@FUCKER@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year 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.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-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@FUCKER@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat predates the internet by a fair margin.
minus-square@FUCKER@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt was one of the early internet challenges. It was just renamed and popularized again in 2021.
minus-squareW1Z_4RD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.