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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My thought exactly
WARNING: Dousing yourself with this liquid and setting it on fire can be hazardous to your health!
Who on earth would have ever imagined a warning like that would be necessary?
Fixed it there.
These journalists almost never get the quotes correct.
WHOO,HOO!! Were getting rid of them!! (If it didn’t cost us so much.)
This should be a pretty short-lived fad.
These kids could at least join a Buddhist monastery for a while before jumping right into self-immolation. /sarc
LOL! just start walking in the desert and go south. Tweet everybody when you fall.
Give a shout-out to Barrack Hussein Obama as well.
Darwinian Fritos
No, the song is about kids who pour kerosene on their bodies, light it and extinguish the fire.
No, the song is about kids who pour kerosene on their bodies, light it and extinguish the fire.
This is just another effect of the Nanny State. There is no need for pride, ethics, common sense, or anything else of worth when the State takes care of all your needs.
How long before the game becomes:
Throw flammable liquid and a burning match on a random white person and upload the video.
Yes, low information voters are this stupid. Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em, boys and girls.
Not long, I’m afraid.
agree.
“The 2014 Darwin Award candidates will be very large this year...”
More likely they will be charred to a crisp, shrunken, and rendered ‘haram’ according to the Koran.
“Can’t eat ‘em cooked” said MadMo.
I know that is what is going on now, but was it going on then?
What’s next, “Take the Russian Roulette Challenge”?
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