Kids Illustrating Dismal Effects of Being Raised on Social Media as They Snort Condoms for Likes

 If the trend of kids eating Tide Pods  was not disturbing enough, a new social media challenge has teens  snorting condoms. The exact origin of this trend is unknown, but in  recent weeks teens across the country have been snorting condoms and  putting the footage on YouTube to catch their 15 minutes of fame—or  perhaps 15 minutes of shame. 

The search term “Condom Challenge” will bring up more than 279,000 results on YouTube, most of which show young people performing this gross and dangerous trick. In the stunt, a teen takes a condom up one nostril and attempt to  pull it out of their mouth or out of the other nostril. 

This is actually  a trick that has been performed by professionals in sideshows for  generations. However, none of these kids are professionals and many of  them are getting sick and risking permanent damage to their bodies. 

In a recent column for Forbes, Bruce Y. Lee, a Johns Hopkins professor said, “anything  else that goes up your nose can damage the sensitive inner lining of  your nose, cause an allergic reaction, or result in an infection.” Doctor Carol Cooper told The Sun that this stunt could even kill someone.

 “The nose is connected to the back of the mouth—it’s also  connected to the airwaves. There’s every possibility something you push  up your nose will end up in your windpipe, or in your lungs. With  potentially fatal results,” Cooper explained. 

Why are so many kids doing something so pointless and  dangerous? Experts say that it is tied to seeking attention and approval  on social media. 

“Because these days our teens are doing everything for likes, views, and  subscribers. As graphic as it is, we have to show parents because teens  are going online looking for challenges and recreating them,” Stephen Enriquez, a state education specialist, told KPMH News. 

 These dangerous online trends are an indication that there is  something very wrong with the psychology of young people in modern  society. It is obvious to anyone, even children much younger than these  teens, that eating Tide Pods and snorting condoms is dangerous—but they  don’t seem to care. It is almost as if these people have a death wish, or that they have  no concern for their lives or health. 

However, it seems to be much more  complicated than that. It is not that these kids actually want to die,  it simply appears that they value the attention they get on social media  far more than they value their health and their futures. Zooming out a bit and looking at the bigger picture, it is easy to  see this same mentality come into play in the case of teenagers who act  out in more extreme ways. 

The darkest example of this mindset can be  seen in the school shooting phenomenon, where perpetrators of these acts  of violence actually look forward to the media attention that they  receive in the aftermath of their attacks — even if they’re not alive to  see it. Last week, it was reported that the suspected gunman in the Parkland  shooting, who shall remain nameless, has been receiving a disturbing  amount of fan mail  from behind bars—including sexual photos from female fans. 

For someone  who spends their entire life ridiculed and ignored, as many teens do,  this type of attention can be something very attractive for a young and  impressionable person who has not yet learned how to manage their own  emotions. This is why it is no surprise that there are typically dozens of  attempted copycats, or threats thereof, after a high profile school  shooting. 

Confused and disturbed teens end up seeking the attention that  they see others receive through traditional and social media. Although these twisted social media challenges are far less of a  concern than school shootings, both seem to be a sign of how teens are  developing psychologically in an age where self-worth is measured by  likes, clicks and digital friends. 

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