why are kids burning themselves aka "fire challenge?&qu

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15 Aug 2014, 2:24 pm

This fire nonsense is plain stupid and dangerous


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15 Aug 2014, 2:54 pm

Because they don't have a brain in their head ???


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15 Aug 2014, 3:02 pm

City kids that don't know fire is hot? :D
That's worse than playing chicken with a lit cig.Ive seen DAs do that,two people put their forearms together and someone drops a lit cig between them,the person who pulls away first is chicken.theres another one where you toss knives at each other's feet to see who jerks away.


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15 Aug 2014, 4:44 pm

Intellectual Darwinism proves itself yet again.


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15 Aug 2014, 4:49 pm

Maybe they are trying to see if they are Targaryen? :D


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15 Aug 2014, 4:51 pm

When they start doing it to others without consent, then i'll start to worry :D



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15 Aug 2014, 4:55 pm

I really don't understand these stupid "challenges" that involve inflicting pain on yourself. The "burn yourself with ice and salt" challenge was already quite stupid enough....but setting yourself on fire?

Maybe the next thing will be the "jump off a cliff" challenge. If these people are stupid enough to set themselves on fire just because everybody else is, maybe they will soon all start jumping off cliffs as well -- but hey, footage of the jump will be going on Youtube, so death by suicide doesn't matter as long as you achieve Internet fame. Right?

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These crazes aren't new. When I was at school there was a craze for holding your hands to a certain point in your neck and throttling yourself to try and make yourself faint.



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15 Aug 2014, 5:43 pm

The cliff one will be called The Lemming challenge.


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15 Aug 2014, 7:12 pm

Am I the only one who laughed at the description of the practice?

Hell. It's where I'm going after I die.


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15 Aug 2014, 10:51 pm

They'll do anything to get likes on Facebook.



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16 Aug 2014, 9:12 pm

is the younger generation REALLY this stupid ???


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16 Aug 2014, 9:55 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:
is the younger generation REALLY this stupid ???


In the case of the video, the stupid gene was inherited from the previous maternal generation.


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16 Aug 2014, 11:54 pm

AspieUtah wrote:
Intellectual Darwinism proves itself yet again.


How so? I imagine many of these people will go on to have kids one day.....and isn't that the purpose of existence as far as Darwinism is concerned?


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16 Aug 2014, 11:54 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:
is the younger generation REALLY this stupid ???


Yes the entire generation, and past generations had no stupid people.....obviously.


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17 Aug 2014, 5:12 am

Throw that dumb mother in jail!

Re the dumb challenges, I remember 20 years ago dumb kid burning himself "branding" with a lighter for a dare. " Yeah some prick called me a coward so I did it. Everyone does it" 8O :eew: