@FUCKERcake to CreepyWikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-211 months agoChoking game - An internet challenge of intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain to gain temporary loss of consciousness and euphoria. The challenge resulted in the deaths of 82 youths.en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up135file-text
arrow-up135external-linkChoking game - An internet challenge of intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain to gain temporary loss of consciousness and euphoria. The challenge resulted in the deaths of 82 youths.en.wikipedia.org@FUCKERcake to CreepyWikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-211 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@FUCKERcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoIt was one of the early internet challenges. It was just renamed and popularized again in 2021.
minus-square@W1Z_4RD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoI remember this becoming a thing at my jr high school in the late 80’s in rural NV, well before there was any internet access in the town at all… this is nothing new.
That predates the internet by a fair margin.
It was one of the early internet challenges. It was just renamed and popularized again in 2021.
I remember this becoming a thing at my jr high school in the late 80’s in rural NV, well before there was any internet access in the town at all… this is nothing new.