BY MAKAYLA B. – 12 YEARS OLD
If you have technology, you’ll probably feel the need to always be on it and will have a hard time looking away from it because you feel you might miss something. What I have found is that paying attention to specific apps to complete challenges or try what’s “trending” could possibly kill you.
Challenges like the “Tide Pod Challenge” where you have to eat a tide pod or even the “Rompcráneos Challenge”. Rompcráneos the Spanish name (translated as the Skull Breaker Game) is where three people stand side by side. The one in the middle has to jump, and the two on the sides have to try to kick out their feet before they land.
The “Outlet Challenge” can risk the lives of everyone in the building this dangerous act is performed in. By sticking a phone charger partially into an outlet then putting a penny to touch the prongs of the charger could cause electricity to flow into you, possibly killing you or lighting the whole building on fire.
The “Salt and Ice Challenge.” You’re probably thinking that this challenge is harmless, right? How could salt and ice have the ability of hurting, injuring, or even killing you? It’s all basic science.
If you put salt, an ice-cube on top of another ice-cube, and push down on it, after a while the two cubes are stuck together. How does that relate to this “Salt and Ice Challenge?” Well, people are putting salt on their skin, and putting ice on that very same spot. They wait to see how long they can withstand the pain. Participants have been rewarded with second-degree burns and some have even received third-degree burns. After the challenge, some of the participants required skin grafts.
The “Pass-out Challenge” also known as the “Choking Game” involves a person cutting off their oxygen on purpose trying to get euphoria but usually just losing consciousness.
This challenge has caused people to die, due to the fact that the human body needs oxygen to survive, so by cutting that off you are intentionally stopping your body from getting one of the things it needs most. This challenge has caused people to be rushed to the hospital.
The challenge I think is probably the most deadly is the “Fire Challenge” where participants pour flammable liquids all over their body, then intentionally light themselves on fire, becoming a flaming ball, and looking like a person made out of flames. I don’t know what they are thinking when they are doing it.
I know. These sound really irresponsible, but there are some good challenges. I like the Ice Bucket Challenge, Tip Challenge, In My Feelings Challenge, and Git Up Challenge. They are not as dangerous, and the chances of getting hurt are not as bad.
I want parents to know that things like this are going on. We may not tell you what we see, and you should be aware of that.
