14 DAY TRIAL // Bored students decided to have some fun by inventing a Darwin award-worthy game that involves alcohol and, of course, idiotic challenges. The extreme fun challenges have now taken over not only Australia but also parts of New Zealand, and the Facebook group that started the whole trend has reached almost 17,000 likes.
The “Neknominate” game became popular with a series of videos featuring drunk students attempting, and doing, incredibly dangerous stunts. From drinking from the toilet while held upside down, to drinking on motorcycles or skateboards while going downhill to dandling from a helicopter drinking bear, the challenges just get more and more life-threatening every day.
The game involves people videoing themselves while engulfing large quantities of alcohol and engaging in ridiculous and probably pain-inflicting adventures, before nominating one of their friends to do the same, notes International Business Times.
With a worrying increase of “neknominate” challenges, authorities have stated their official concern and called the activities related to the game as “totally inappropriate.” People fear for the players' safety as they engage in alcohol-triggered stupid adventures that may leave them with debilitating injuries or even cost them their lives.
The hashtag “neknominate” was reported in some countries in Europe almost one year ago, and has spread in popularity since. But, the deadly game reached some worrying levels in Australia, with people taking the challenges to some crazy new phases.
On the dedicated Facebook page, the slogan of the extreme game is “Neck your drink. Nominate another. Don't break the chain.” Besides the problems risen by the large amounts of alcohol consumed and the life-threatening activities the participants undergo, authorities have also voiced their concerns on the issue of “cybershame.”
Either they are shamed for not going through with a challenge or just laughed upon because of the fact that they actually did the “nomination,” teens can feel misjudged. Also, the fact that they are making their idiotic challenges public can really affect their future and the way educational institutions or potential employers will see them.