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2018-01-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Tide pods eclipsed: Dangerous internet challenge involving guns gaining popularity

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Can I get a Darwin picture here? Garcon?

Posted by Raj 2018-01-30 00:47|| 2018-01-30 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Automatic thinning of the herd.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-01-30 01:10|| 2018-01-30 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Darwin delivered as requested. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-30 01:53|| 2018-01-30 01:53|| Front Page Top

#4 It makes an eye-catching story, but how really common is it?

Posted by james 2018-01-30 10:21|| http://www.idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-01-30 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably about as common as swallowing Tide pods, james. That is to say, a few idiots posted videos of their friends from which the press ginned up a story.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-30 11:10|| 2018-01-30 11:10|| Front Page Top

#6 It seems to mostly be gang members or wannabe's. So if they remove each other from the gene pool, it's a win. Think of it as evolution in action.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-01-30 11:32|| 2018-01-30 11:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyone care to explain what the challenge is for those that can't/won't watch the video.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-01-30 14:53|| 2018-01-30 14:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Some asshole pulls a gun on me he'll be breathing through some new holes in his chest.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-01-30 19:03|| 2018-01-30 19:03|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ That'd be the "No lackin' challenge," in which, apparently, pals draw and point pistols at one another as a bonding exercise or conversation starter or something.

A curious quirk of King Haakon:
If ever he caught a man lackin',
He'd lend 'im an axe
And they'd practice their whacks,
Cuz the King couldn't countenance slackin'!

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-01-30 19:08|| 2018-01-30 19:08|| Front Page Top

#10 "A dangerous internet challenge is gaining popularity.

The videos are popping up on YouTube, showing people pulling guns on their friends.

It's called the "No lackin' challenge."

Memphis police said a 17-year-old was shot in the head Thursday morning while participating in the challenge. He was sitting with his friends in a restaurant when he was accidentally shot."

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-01-30 23:09|| 2018-01-30 23:09|| Front Page Top

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