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10-29-2006, 05:25 AM | #1 (permalink) | |
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It's currently trendy for teenagers to tighten a belt around their own neck until...
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Did kids you knew back in your school days do things like this? I am so curious. When did crap like this become cool? These creative lengths kids will go to... |
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10-29-2006, 05:38 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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Hell kids have been strangling themselves for years - - though when I was growing up they were using it as a masturbatory aid rather than as a "thrill" by itself.
The bottom line is that kids are by and large freaking stupid, which is why they need adults around to keep them alive until their brains start working, generally some time around age 25 The reason we're seeing more and more cases where kids do idiotic things that could get them killed is because parents are becoming less and less involved with their kids' lives - hey that's WORK after all, and work is hard - and so the kids don't have the guidance they need. |
10-29-2006, 07:08 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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Really, I thought this was a passe thing kids were doing 15 years ago...
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10-29-2006, 08:23 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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I remember a fad when I was at primary school (elementary for your americans) to bend over double, hypervetilate for a while and then stand up rapidly to cause fainting.
Can't say it did much for me, but several friends seemed to like it. (that was about 25 years ago).
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10-29-2006, 09:31 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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I thought it was insane when I saw a Dr Phil show about cough syrup abusers. I thought I was the only one. Haha. In high school I used to down two or three bottles a day to be high throughout the school day. My friends thought I was nuts...and even I didn't think it was "normal."
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10-29-2006, 10:23 AM | #9 (permalink) |
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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Good to see that the War on Some Drugs is working.
In my day, kids didn't huff paint and get brain damage or accidentally kill each other trying to asphyxiate... we just smoked some pot. But, thankfully, the devil weed and other relatively safe illegal drugs have been demonized to the point where kids are exploring all that stuff that is so dangerous that its use was limited enough that it hasn't been made illegal yet.
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10-29-2006, 02:52 PM | #10 (permalink) | |
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We were working together one afternoon, when one of the older guys offered us some pot in the parking lot. My roommate turned him down with a "no thanks, that shit'll kill you." I think kids are going to be kids. There's always new avenues of stupidity to be explored and I rest uneasy in the knowledge that my kids will be no exception. One day I'll be old and sitting around the retirement home watching the news remembering fondly the good ol' days when kids used to just 'tighten belts around their own neck until....'
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10-29-2006, 03:16 PM | #11 (permalink) |
Getting it.
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This is called culling the herd.
It is good for the strength of the greater collective if the weak and/or stupid are weeded out.
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10-29-2006, 03:31 PM | #12 (permalink) | |
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10-29-2006, 03:35 PM | #13 (permalink) | |
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10-29-2006, 03:49 PM | #14 (permalink) | |
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That was about 12 years ago.
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10-29-2006, 04:50 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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Location: Florida
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I must admit, in Middle School I heard about that and we used to do that all the time to. Gave you a crazy tingling feeling and everyone a good laugh if you get goofy while passing out.
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10-29-2006, 05:01 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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A few of my friends were into eating a big lunch and then working out on the gym until they puked in high school. This wasn't a one-time thing either -- they did it usually every week. They said that puking was fun.
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10-30-2006, 06:26 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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I knew some kids who were into that weird stuff, and I've met quite a few girls in college who abuse over the counter drugs.
maybe I got lucky...but I have no desire for any of that stuff. give me a beer a month and a little THC about once a year and I'm doing A-okay. |
10-31-2006, 07:56 AM | #19 (permalink) |
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Most of the kids I knew were more into smoking pot and sleeping around then they were into other stuff like huffing and choking.
From what I hear, the choking thing isn't any bigger than any of the other stupid crap kids do...just something to really flare up parents (bless the media..)
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10-31-2006, 11:43 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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The bottom line is that kids are by and large freaking stupid, which is why they need adults around to keep them alive until their brains start working, generally some time around age 25 QUOTE] I agree with most everything that has been said in this thread - choking yourself just to feel high is definitely a stupid thing to do - but I will take offense to this one remark. I'm 21 and I consider myself to be an adult - I live on my own, have held down a full time job for over five years now and do not need an 'adult' around to keep me alive. My brain is working just fine now as are the brains of a lot of other people my age. This comment is just a generalization of the masses. Yes, there are some who don't grow up (not even after their 25th birthday) but to say that by and large 'kids' need adults around until they turn 25 is a pretty low remark without a lot to back it up..... just my thought on the matter.... |
10-31-2006, 11:51 AM | #21 (permalink) |
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I think the most daring thing we did was sneak out a cup of vodka to mix with every kind of kool aid and frunt punch known to man and mix it up in a cooler and drink it during field day
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10-31-2006, 12:07 PM | #22 (permalink) | |
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10-31-2006, 04:59 PM | #24 (permalink) |
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Well, the world is overpopulated anyway and there seems to be quite the competition for the Darwin Awards of late...
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10-31-2006, 05:33 PM | #25 (permalink) | |||
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Not to say you cannot make responsible decisions at any earlier age. That, as you mentioned, depends on the individual.
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10-31-2006, 06:50 PM | #26 (permalink) | |
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