Dangerous Trends

Actually, I saw a segment on the vodka soaked tampons on the show "The Doctors." Yes my fellow Momma's, these crazy kids are actually doing this. And yes it does cause major damage to the vaginal tissue.

Here's a fun fact for ya...boys are doing this too! Yup, boys and girls are inserting alcohol soaked tampons into their rectums.

According to the show, another new trend is the anus beer bong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBhrpBNuB1o

Totally grossed out!

Peace and Blessings,
T. B

Ok first off the tampon thing has been proven false by www.snopes.com. Tampons don't hold that much alcohol for one (the equivalent of a shot in the super supers). The burn is so insanely painful that the chance of leaving a tampon in long enough to actually absorb enough alcohol to get drunk ... not gonna happen ... for two.

The eye vodka ... impossible. Put one drop of ANY kind of alcohol in your eye and see what happens ... I dare you LOL What's gonna happen is that your eye is going to start watering and tearing. Again the chances of being able to absorb enough alcohol to get drunk ... impossible. I will say that I've seen people who have used their EYE LIDS for INJECTING drugs because they have blown every other vein in their body ... but these are hard core drug users and they are INJECTING it UNDER the skin of the eyelid ... NOT pouring it into the eye.

gummy bears soaked in vodka ... I'm gonna test that one with some Ouzo I have tomorrow. I have a hard time believing the gummy bears don't disolve in the alcohol. Yes Jello shots have been around for ages ... but the jello isn't soaked in alcohol AFTER it's been pre-made ... it's made with the alcohol as a substitute for some of the liquid. But I'll test it tomorrow ... I don't have any gummy bears on hand LOL I'll get some after class tomorrow.

Some of the other stuff ... ANYTHING is dangerous if you're an idiot.

Planking? You lost me at planking.

Good lord, yeah, if you raise stupid kids there is a chance harm will come to them, otherwise....

I believe the common term for this is Darwinism.

ETA: Jo - it's the "mob mentality" when you get a group of kids together...things can get out of control fast....

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Oh sweet mother of God!! What crazy things will they come up with next???

I knew about the planking - that's just plain stupid...and the gummy bears..the choking one has been around a LONG time...that one is just LUDICROUS!!!

but the other stuff - like tampon soaking and vodka through the eye??? ARE YOU FREAKING INSANE?????

I thought the car riding had stopped. but I was wrong apparently!!

Crushing and smoking smarties?? that does NOT sound like fun at all!!!

That purple drink one? I have seen a person drink one and it was like watching a person on LSD...

URGH!!!

Great post! I teach high school, and I knew about most of the things on the list. There were a couple that were new variations on old tricks. It's a wonder more kids aren't hurt/killed each year.

I don't really see how planking is all that dangerous. I know a group of women at the gym who do this for fun. And Smarty smoking? Wow. I think it is a bit of a stretch to lump planking and Smarty smoking together with the inappropriate use of alcohol and drug use! I'm with Jo W.

I do remember a bunch of really silly things we did as teens. We would hyperventilate and pass out, fill our hands with hairspray and light them on fire, fill our mouths with marshmallows and say "pudgy bunny", bumper shining in the winter...

I think many of these practices could be avoided by teaching teens about responsible alcohol use, and allowing them to try alcohol at home. Then they wouldn't feel the need to experiment in ways in which they won't be caught.

Thanks for posting.
I was not aware of how bizarre some of the teen entertainment has become.
Wouldn't the vodka soaked tampon burn the sensitive skin?

Lots of these have been around for a long time. I dare any woman to do the vodka tampon more than once, it is reported it is very painful.. I am sure he eye ball vodka would be the same.. Duh..
The choking game, is also an auto erotica way that many ADULTS have ended up dying from. Imagine finding out your loved one was discovered hanging with their pants down. Not a pretty sight.

My husband was a forensic photographer for years. The things he saw, pretty bad. He said he hated the though of these victims families being told the truth about how they stupidly caused their own deaths.... Many of them are accidents, but pretty emberassing .

Yes I have seen it- but it doesn;t suprise me. First off, although these things DO happen... it doesn't mean that MOST teens are doing them... and probably those who are dumb enough (even if it is just temporary stupidity) to try them wont do them again.

We did CRAZY stuff when I was in high school! Just as crazy as this stuff, ever gone car surfing??? And cold and flu medicine became contraband in my town do to misuse. The fact of the matter is that people she keep this information in the backs of their minds as CLUES if their teens are doing suspicious things. If your teen boy has tampons in his backpack... ummm you DO nee to ask... if they are carrying eyedroppers for no reason... if out of the blue your teen is buying gobs of gummy bears, worms, Swedish fish- etc... and yet is not USUALLY eating tons of them... maybe you ought to keep a close watch on them. I suspect all of these are fads that will pass as another generation of teens moves on to other things, just as "Robotrippin" and car surfing are not near as popular as they were.... By the time MY kids (1 and 3) are teens I am certain there will be a whole new set of crazy things for me to worry about!

-M.