Posted on 03/25/2022 12:57:13 AM PDT by nickcarraway
“Squishy and smooth, kids and adults alike will love the soothing sensory experience of Orbeez!” Spin Master Ltd., the company behind Orbeez, explains on its website. “There’s no limit to the ways you can play. Explode them, squish them, squeeze them, bounce them, crush them or let them flow through your hands! Use your imagination and have endless amounts of fun with Orbeez!”
The official description sounds innocuous enough. But the polymer beads also play a central role in a viral social media trend popular among teens and have caused serious injuries across the country. The so-called Orbeez Challenge—which may or may not have emerged on TikTok—involves loading airguns with the gel-filled pellets and firing them at strangers. The resulting videos are subsequently posted on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, where they have racked up millions of views. In certain instances, cops say kids freeze the beads, which makes them harder and more damaging, potentially leading to severe eye injuries, puncture wounds, and costly property damage.
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Orbeez shootings are occurring nationwide, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Claudio Jimenez told local outlet WSOC, which first reported on the incident at Olympic High. In Salt Lake City, Utah, six teens were arrested after they walked into a restaurant wearing masks and started shooting. One woman, who was hit in the back of the head with a pellet while running away, said she didn’t realize the weapons were loaded with Orbeez and thought she was being shot at with real guns.
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My mistake.
I keep confusing myself as an American.
Agreed...
;>)
“In certain instances, cops say kids freeze the beads,
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Not so fast, those kids are just fighting Global Warming.
I wonder if it hurts as much as return fire from a .357 magnum?
When we were stationed overseas as kids, my brother and his friends would “shoot” unsuspecting strangers with a pea-shooter from the school bus window as it wound through the streets of Naples and Pozzuoli, Italy.
Not quite the same thing. 😏 (But it was hilarious. To us, anyway.)
😂😂🤣
Involves loading air guns with the gel-filled pellets and firing them at strangers.
Karma is when you hit Fast Tony he returns fire age sex have no meaning.
Undertakes gets call for a pick up.
Tick-tock, tick-tock….
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