I don't think it's fair to say the game kills people. A NekNomination is really just a bad dirty pint, which people have been drinking for years as part of drinking games (which are also reliant on peer pressure). I've had dirty pints myself that are worse than some NekNominations. If you say that NekNomination kills people you have to say that all these other, more "traditional" drinking games kill people too. It's much simpler to say that heavy drinking in any context can kill people, and people know the risks they're taking when they choose to drink it irresponsibly.
I feel like by picking on NekNomination specifically the media deliberately takes advantage of the stereotype of young people and social media users as irresponsible, vain, self-absorbed, insecure and dangerous. These news stories are designed to instill an irrational fear of young people and social media, and that's not something I think is right.
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I don't think it's fair to say the game kills people. A NekNomination is really just a bad dirty pint, which people have been drinking for years as part of drinking games (which are also reliant on peer pressure). I've had dirty pints myself that are worse than some NekNominations. If you say that NekNomination kills people you have to say that all these other, more "traditional" drinking games kill people too. It's much simpler to say that heavy drinking in any context can kill people, and people know the risks they're taking when they choose to drink it irresponsibly.
I feel like by picking on NekNomination specifically the media deliberately takes advantage of the stereotype of young people and social media users as irresponsible, vain, self-absorbed, insecure and dangerous. These news stories are designed to instill an irrational fear of young people and social media, and that's not something I think is right.