Suffocating on condoms & self-immolation: When internet challenges go wrong

Condom Challenge

This ‘classic’ challenge reappeared on the internet over the last few days. It involves snorting condoms up the nose and attempting to pull it through the nasal cavity and out of the mouth. Aside from the associated the vomit-inducing sounds, this maneuver is life-threatening. It can cause the person to choke or suffocate – all the while looking damn foolish.

Condom Challenge MK 2

Incredibly there is more than one way to use a prophylactic for the amusement of the baying internet public. However, both toy with potential suffocation and death. This challenge involves filling a condom with water and then putting the airtight pleasure sack over your face and attempting not to drown.

Cinnamon Challenge

Another online favorite, yet this one has gone out of fashion over the years. It involves attempting to eat a spoonful of ground cinnamon without the aid of a beverage. The potent spice is fine in small doses but large amounts like this, without anything to drink to wash it down, results in gagging, coughing fits, vomiting and, if inhaled into the lungs, can cause pneumonia or even a collapsed lung.