It’s true. Honestly, It’s just like that stupid thing that occurred in the early 2000s I believe. “The Choking Game” where kids would choke themselves to get high and a lot ended up killing themselves. I’m sure there was a stupid fad like these in the 90s and maybe even 80s Teens are looking for dumb ways to get high/participate in trends to the point where they are seriously hurting themselves.
Lots of people are saying “Well let them be stupid. They need to learn a lesson or two” and I don’t agree with that at all. People are getting sent to the hospital, causing parents to have to pay medical bills over this, and some people are possibly dying. I don’t think there is a lot that we can do to stop this, because people will always find something dumb to do, but just dismissing it is kind of dumb and allowing it to happen.
I use social media a lot, and I saw the tide pod memes when they first started happening. I thought they were kind of funny. But, I never would have ever thought people were going to take it to such a level.