Dumbest Viral Challenges

Sabre0001 · 08-02-2018 04:07PM #1

I've just read about the "Hot Coil Challenge" in which people put their arm on the hot coils of an oven for as long as possible. It seems that challenges are getting dumber and dumber. The Tide Pod Challenge (eat a detergent pod) is another recent example.

Suddenly the trend of planking and the Harlem Shake don't seem so bad...

What are the dumbest viral challenges that you have heard of?

The Backwards Man · 08-02-2018 04:08PM

All of them.

biko · 08-02-2018 04:10PM

They are great, I am a firm believer in Darwin awards.

The_Valeyard · 08-02-2018 04:11PM

Maybe its a Darwinian way to thin out the herd.

The_Valeyard · 08-02-2018 04:12PM

biko wrote: »

They are great, I am a firm believer in Darwin awards.

Snap.

Katgurl · 08-02-2018 04:13PM

I haven't heard of them, must Google. I thought the drinking shots one was beyond stupid especially as you'd see people in their 30s and 40s doing it.

silverharp · 08-02-2018 04:21PM

probably not dangerous but the cinnamon one was pretty dumb.

jeffy jefferies · 08-02-2018 04:22PM

The Scat Challenge. I know you can eat it, but it tastes like sh1t. Although I'd eat a mile of Sharon Ni Bheolains sh1te to get near her.

Effects · 08-02-2018 04:24PM

jeffy jefferies wrote: »

Although I'd eat a mile of Sharon Ni Bheolains sh1te to get near her.

There are easier ways to get near Sharon, and what you suggest would actually distance her from you.

Sabre0001 · 08-02-2018 04:24PM

Katgurl wrote: »

I haven't heard of them, must Google. I thought the drinking shots one was beyond stupid especially as you'd see people in their 30s and 40s doing it.

Ah yes, Neknominations...

Ulysses Gaze · 08-02-2018 04:25PM

Sabre0001 wrote: »

I've just read about the "Hot Coil Challenge" in which people put their arm on the hot coils of an oven for as long as possible. It seems that challenges are getting dumber and dumber. The Tide Pod Challenge (eat a detergent pod) is another recent example.

Suddenly the trend of planking and the Harlem Shake don't seem so bad...

What are the dumbest viral challenges that you have heard of?

andekwarhola · 08-02-2018 04:26PM

'Viral Challenge' and 'Dumb' is a tautology.

jeffy jefferies · 08-02-2018 04:29PM

Effects wrote: »

There are easier ways to get near Sharon, and what you suggest would actually distance her from you.

Hadn't thought about that, thanks for the heads up.

Hitman3000 · 08-02-2018 04:30PM

I'd like to see the Russian roulette challenge go viral but with no empty cylinders.

frag420 · 08-02-2018 04:45PM

I’ve set up a “Fastest to floor” challenge!

Venue TBC but we are thinking The Shard!

pleas advice · 08-02-2018 04:46PM

Ebola

Noveight · 08-02-2018 04:52PM

Playing “the floor is lava” at random times was one, right?

The current ones make planking actually look pretty cool.

whoopsadoodles · 08-02-2018 04:57PM

silverharp wrote: »

probably not dangerous but the cinnamon one was pretty dumb.

Apparently it's really dangerous as it burns your respiratory system once you start coughing.

That info is from a nurse but I haven't verfied it. Hence the apparently!

Bob Harris · 08-02-2018 04:58PM

They're all fucking dumb. Getting cold water thrown over you. Fucking dumb.
Having to stand still. Fucking dumb. Drink a bottle of some vile liquor. Fucking dumb.
Lip syncing a song. Fucking dumb. All the ones I thankfully can't remember. Fucking dumb.

The Davestator · 08-02-2018 05:00PM

Planking was unbelievably funny folks.

or at least i thought it was.

these are beyond stupid

ohnonotgmail · 08-02-2018 05:03PM

Hitman3000 wrote: »

I'd like to see the Russian roulette challenge go viral but with no empty cylinders.

Russian roulette with a Glock 17.

whiskeyman · 08-02-2018 05:08PM

Be great if we could get 'kind gestures' going viral.
Might get some of these clowns taking time out to do something nice to other people instead of focusing on themselves.

99 Bortles of Beer · 08-02-2018 05:10PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Be great if we could get 'kind gestures' going viral.
Might get some of these clowns taking time out to do something nice to other people instead of focusing on themselves.

...and harvest said kind gesture for as many likes, thanks and upvotes as possible.

GLaDOS · 08-02-2018 05:15PM

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Apparently it's really dangerous as it burns your respiratory system once you start coughing.

That info is from a nurse but I haven't verfied it. Hence the apparently!

From the journal "Pediatrics"

However, attempts to swallow a large quantity of dry cinnamon carry a real risk of aspiration. At least 30 participants nationwide have required medical attention.6
Cinnamon inhalation can cause pulmonary inflammation, predisposing airways to epitheliallesions and scarring. Aspirated powder entering the upper airways can cause inflammation and, in more severe cases, aspiration pneumonia.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/5/833.short

So yeah, not that innocent!

Sabre0001 · 08-02-2018 05:23PM

99 Bortles of Beer wrote: »

...and harvest said kind gesture for as many likes, thanks and upvotes as possible.

It's a small price to pay. These idiots eating tide pods and all the other nonsense are doing it for the exact same reason. At least some money went to charity with things like the ice bucket challenge.

Noveight · 08-02-2018 06:32PM

Bob Harris wrote: »

They're all fucking dumb. Getting cold water thrown over you. Fucking dumb.
Having to stand still. Fucking dumb. Drink a bottle of some vile liquor. Fucking dumb.
Lip syncing a song. Fucking dumb. All the ones I thankfully can't remember. Fucking dumb.

The ice bucket challenge stands apart in that it raised a good bit of money for motor neuron disease. But you're right, most of them are pretty stupid.

Stonedpilot · 08-02-2018 06:33PM

Ice bucket challenge. Simpletons following Bressie or some other goon celeb.

JohnnyFlash · 08-02-2018 06:56PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Ice bucket challenge. Simpletons following Bressie or some other goon celeb.

Raised a load of money for charity pal, and was done in good spirits by people who participated. Don’t know what Bressie had to do with it. You just want to give out about something???

the_pen_turner · 08-02-2018 07:12PM

ie bucket challenge was stupid but not really dangerous.
that pod challenge thing is ridicules. what idiot thought that would be a good idea.

08-02-2018 07:27PM

It's really only the viral aspect that's new, there have always been idiots willing to do stupid things for attention. Back in school there were lads who would jump off roofs or hold on to bangers

TerrorFirmer · 08-02-2018 07:48PM

Calling it the 'hot coil challenge' is just ridiculous clickbait. It's a video of a guy doing something incredibly stupid....there are any amount of videos like that, and worse, out there. There will always be people out there willing to do stupid things for no real reason other than their few seconds of fame....and as someone above pointed out, people have been at it long before the internet was around, too.

There are no videos linked to this 'hot coil challenge' other than that one, yet already there's articles about 'People being scarred for life attempting latest challenge'....and it also just links back to that single video. They're feeding this crap and encouraging it with articles like that, saying one thing whilst blatantly hoping others follow suit.

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