IF someone does something on the 'net, will you do it too?

[no1_vern]

IF someone does something on the 'net, will you do it too?

Boy, 12, badly injured in 'salt-and-ice' challenge - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ariel Aballay, director of the Burn Center, held a news conference today to alert parents of the serious injuries the challenge can cause, noting that videos of people taking the challenge are well represented on You Tube. In just moments, the challenge can cause first-degree cold injuries of redness that can take a few days to heal. The Pittsburgh youth's injuries caused severe blistering and require drug treatment with a lotion that must be applied four times a day for months. He is lot allowed to swim or go outside without a shirt and even must have his back washed if he sweats for the rest of the summer.

"The injury is similar to frostbite that can result in mild cold injury but it also could increase in severity based on the time the ice is applied," Dr. Aballay said. "The longer, the more serious the injury. This patient went for a few minutes, but there have been cases that went for six or seven minutes that resulted in third-degree injuries.

These stories keep coming up again and again. ARE so many people unable to understand stupid stunts on Facebook or Youtube are dangerous? Performing "challenges" like this could do permanent damage to you or kill you.

Ive got to ask: IF someone does something on the 'net, will you do it too?

[sharder8]

When you guys catch up with some of the crazy s**t I've done . . . I'll think about doing some more. I have nothing to prove to you guys and you have plenty to prove to me!


Harder

[CERuppel]

Crazy dumb irrational attention seeking stunts? No

Upgrades to my cats toys? Yes

[Whir]

no1_vern posted on the internet, and I am too!

[tony_j15]

Let's all video ourselves drinking a gallon of milk and swallowing a tablespoon of cinnamon! LOL, we'll be internet superheroes!!!!

Kids have always done stuff like this, and they always will.

[GroundZero3]

As tony mentioned, kids have been doing this since the beginning of time. The internet just makes it easier to show a larger audience how stupid you are you.

[pickel]

The Hudson River is a Very Cold place in Jan/Feb. Kids from the neighborhood and I would get on the bow of the Staten Island ferry ,strip down to the skin (tops only) and see who can hang in the frigid wind. A few got pneumonia, a few got very ill. But kids will be kids.
I wasn't the first to cut out , but wasn't far behind.

[no1_vern]

Fun with a grenade.(some adult language)

[GroundZero3]

ah yeah 4chan, gotta love it