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Check Out This New, Incredibly Stupid And Deadly Online Dare That’s Sweeping America
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org ^ | august 10, 2014 | steve straub

Posted on 08/10/2014 10:13:19 AM PDT by lowbridge

US health officials have warned of the dangers posed by the latest deadly dare sweeping the internet: The Fire Challenge.

Those taking part in the challenge douse themselves in flammable liquids and set fire to themselves, then extinguish the flames as quickly as they can, uploading the videos onto sites including YouTube and Facebook.

Santa Clara county health officials in California have warned of the dangers posed by the game, and say that several taking part in it have suffered severe burns as a result.

“A number of kids have suffered second- and third-degree burns across the country,” said Joy Alexiou, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman. “There are long-term consequences. Weeks if not months of rehab, lifelong scarring and disfigurement and movement loss, because the tissue will be tight when it heals.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: california; fire; healthofficials; kerosene; santaclara; video; viralmarketing; youtube
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1 posted on 08/10/2014 10:13:19 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

The latest victims of public education...


2 posted on 08/10/2014 10:16:42 AM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: lowbridge

Darwinism at work.


3 posted on 08/10/2014 10:17:13 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: lowbridge

Sounds like a new level has been achieved in the Darwin Awards.


4 posted on 08/10/2014 10:17:20 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: lowbridge

The 2014 Darwin Award candidates will be very large this year...


5 posted on 08/10/2014 10:17:20 AM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
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To: lowbridge

And yet America’s schools are now teaching teens about sadomasochism, safe words, “safe” partner abuse, rape fantasy, etc.

And not in the “danger, don’t do it” sense, but teaching them about safe words and the varieties of sex available to those who do not have complimentary genitalia.


6 posted on 08/10/2014 10:17:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (CNN suppressed news to maintain their Baghdad bureau under Saddam; they just did the same for Hamas.)
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To: Arm_Bears

You beat me by a millisecond!


7 posted on 08/10/2014 10:17:56 AM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
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To: lowbridge

“Hold my beer and watch this”, This younger generation are idiots.


8 posted on 08/10/2014 10:20:56 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: rottndog
The latest victims of public education...

Lack of parenting can take a bow to this stupidity.

Public education can't be blamed for poor parenting!

9 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:15 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: rottndog

They need to learn socialization skills you know.


10 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:29 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: rottndog

They need to learn socialization skills you know.


11 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:29 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: lowbridge

This is nothing new.

The band Big Black released a song called Kerosene in 1987.

I was born in this town
Live here my whole life
Probably come to die in this town
Live here my whole life
Never anything to do in this town
Live here my whole life
Never anything to do in this town
Live here my whole life
Probably learn to die in this town
Live here my whole life
Nothing to do, sit around at home
Sit around at home, stare at the walls
Stare at each other and wait till we die
Stare at each other and wait till we die
Probably come to die in this town
Live here my whole life
There’s Kerosene around, something to do
There’s Kerosene around, she’s something to do
There’s Kerosene around, she’s something to do
There’s Kerosene around, we’ll find something to do
Kerosene around, she’s something to do
Kerosene around, set me on fire
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire
Kerosene around, something to do
There’s Kerosene around, find something to do
There’s Kerosene around, find something to do
Kerosene around, find something to do
Kerosene around, she’s something to do
Kerosene around, set me on fire
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire
Kerosene around, she’s something to do
Kerosene around, now what do we do?
Jumped Kerosene, now what do we do?
Jumped Kerosene, now what do we do?
Kerosene around, nothing to do
Jumped Kerosene, now what do we do?
Never anything to do in this town
Never anything but jump Kerosene
Never anything to do in this town
Never anything
Jump Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire, Kerosene
Set me on fire


12 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:31 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: lowbridge
Darwin works in mysterious ways.
13 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: lowbridge

Let the idiots thin out the herd. Or at the very least render them sterile so they can not pass on their inferior genes.


14 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:56 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: lowbridge

Each generation has its share of risk taking males


15 posted on 08/10/2014 10:23:56 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Organic Panic
"Let the idiots thin out the herd. Or at the very least render them sterile so they can not pass on their inferior genes."

These are the achievers. The inferior gene pool can't figure out how to strike a match.

16 posted on 08/10/2014 10:27:05 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: lowbridge

When many parents have no common sense it’s reflected in their offspring.


17 posted on 08/10/2014 10:27:13 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: lowbridge

This will confirm the perp’s utter stupidity as a “pre-existing condition”, allowing for treatment & subsequent coverage under Obamacare ....


18 posted on 08/10/2014 10:27:15 AM PDT by mikrofon (Darwin BUMP)
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All contributions are for the current quarter expenses.



FReepathon day 40.

Two percent a day keeps the 404 away.

19 posted on 08/10/2014 10:28:11 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Oliviaforever

Maybe Kerosene was a girls name. It would not be the dumbest name that black parents have named their babies.


20 posted on 08/10/2014 10:32:15 AM PDT by Ditter
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