Way before TikTok yeah. I remember almost the exact same headlines like 15 years ago in middle school.
This ‘blackout challenge’ on Tiktok was a thing before Tiktok?
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 months ago
tardigrada@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Then it’s time to ban this.
meowMix2525@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Ban kids making up dumbshit challenges and attempting them?
basmati@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Yes, this exact thing was at my middle school in the early 2000s, tiktok being a vector for things kids already do and have done for at least twenty years does not make it special.