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I have several online newspaper subscriptions but the headline from the UK’s The Independent caught my eye.
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“Teenagers risk death in internet strangling craze”
What? Is someone target youth maliciously? A stalker, some miscreant after the children.
Hell no.
It is a a toxic meme that has apparently gone viral.
Just check out all the ‘related videos’. How absolutely bug frakking crazy do you need to be to do this sort of stupid shite? Very..and it is spreading, so says the Independent:
“The problem has been increasingly acknowledged in the United States, Canada and France but campaigners warn that Britain is turning a blind eye. The craze is spreading on the internet largely without the knowledge of adults.”
So what is going on? What is the trick?
“Known by a variety of names from funky chicken to space monkey, the “game” involves hyperventilating or squeezing the carotid artery in the neck for a few seconds to achieve a high. Constricting the artery cuts blood flow to the brain; when the pressure is released, the resulting rush of oxygen causes the high. Experts say it is most prevalent among high-achieving adolescents who do not want to get in trouble by taking drugs or drink. The practice is different to autoerotic asphyxiation because it is not done for sexual gratification.”
So choking oneself is being done because all the cool kids are doing it. *sigh* Another not so brilliant moment in the Digital Age.
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