The `Bird Box` Challange
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Background for those who are unaware:
The film follows a woman, played by Sandra Bullock, who, along with a pair of children, dubbed Boy and Girl, must make it through a forest and river blindfolded to avoid supernatural entities which cause people who see them to die by suicide
Background idiocy, for those who are unaware:
In Australia, Netflix originally partnered with four Twitch streamers in performing what they called a Bird Box challenge, in which they would play some popular video games while blindfolded. However, the challenge has since turned into a global Internet meme in which participants wear blindfolds and try to do day-to-day activities.
And now for the news:
'Bird Box Challenge': Teen crashes after driving car blindfolded
A teenager escaped without injuries after drifting into another lane of traffic while driving blindfolded, inspired by the film.
Lt Travis Lyman, the chief of Layton Police, said "luckily" there were no injuries - but added that he never thought he would have to warn the public not to drive while blindfolded.
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
drive while blindfolded.
Reminds me of that Mythbusters episode...
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Of all the things you could try to do blindfolded... why choose driving a car?
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@anonymous234 said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
Of all the things you could try to do blindfolded... why choose driving a car?
Suicide is less fun if you don’t kill other people while doing it.
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@anonymous234 said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
Of all the things you could try to do blindfolded... why choose driving a car?
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
However, the challenge has since turned into a global Internet meme in which participants wear blindfolds and try to do day-to-day activities.
Surprised we haven't heard outrage from the blind community... Maybe they don't have as many
s as some other communities?edit: I hadn't heard of this particular idiocy until that crash story popped up in my Facebook feed...
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@dcon said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
However, the challenge has since turned into a global Internet meme in which participants wear blindfolds and try to do day-to-day activities.
Surprised we haven't heard outrage from the blind community... Maybe they don't have as many
s as some other communities?They probably haven't read about it yet.
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Jake Paul Ran Into Oncoming Traffic Blindfolded Doing The Bird Box Challenge
Jake Paul took part in the viral Bird Box Challenge, but appeared to run through oncoming traffic whilst blindfolded during his stunt.
Who? No idea either.
Anyway:
YouTuber Jake Paul has trumped his brother, Logan's [nope, no idea there either] idiocy [by saying he'd go gay for a month for a New Year's resolution, which apparently didn't go down too well] by following the Bird Box Challenge trend, and running through traffic blindfolded.
The siblings are apparently, and I quote, "American actor[s] and Internet personalit[ies]"
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@PJH Logan Paul is a jackass YouTube celeb who last year made everyone unite against him for is tasteless and tone deaf antics. He recently announced he was going to try being gay out for a month to see what it is like.
If you asked the average person informed of these siblings their opinion of this story, they would say it was a tragedy the cars swerved.
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@PJH I thought these people already got weeded out after the tidepod challenge.
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
In Australia, Netflix originally partnered with four Twitch streamers in performing what they called a Bird Box challenge, in which they would play some popular video games while blindfolded.
And long before some movie tie-in, people were already doing things like this:
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@topspin Well, in cases like that it's usually the family's fault.
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
Background idiocy, for those who are unaware:
When I was growing up, many, many years ago, I heard stories about kids who were seriously injured trying to imitate things they saw watching cartoons on TV.
So, this really isn't anything new. The Internet just makes stupidity more accessible.
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@anonymous234 said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
Of all the things you could try to do blindfolded... why choose driving a car?
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YouTube cracks down on ‘harmful and dangerous’ challenges and pranks
These new guidelines come right after an influx of ‘Bird Box challenge’ videos
YouTube’s guidelines now further detail which of these popular videos push the line, including challenges such as the Tide Pod challenge and the Fire challenge — anything “that can cause death and/or have caused death in some instances.”
Spoilsports.
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
have caused death in some instances
No drinking water on camera.
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There are always idiots. Someone will always do this. However, there is a true WTF here: that the commenting officer's first words were NOT "pop goes the driver's license (for good)".
I mean, for all the faults of the local law here, this kind of stunt would get an insta-ban from driving for up to 6 years. No mention of that in the article.
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@PJH Did you type the title blindfolded?
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@loopback0 said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@PJH Did you type the title blindfolded?
Quite possubly.
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@loopback0
I always type blind.
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@acrow said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
I mean, for all the faults of the local law here, this kind of stunt would get an insta-ban from driving for up to 6 years. No mention of that in the article.
Do you think that someone who's stupid/crazy enough to drive blindfolded would care about driving with no license?
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@Zerosquare said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@acrow said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
I mean, for all the faults of the local law here, this kind of stunt would get an insta-ban from driving for up to 6 years. No mention of that in the article.
Do you think that someone who's stupid/crazy enough to drive blindfolded would care about driving with no license?
No, but I'm hoping that the people who would otherwise give the idiot a car do care. In this case, I assume it's the parents. The article described the idiot as "teenager", which to me sounds like "mommy and daddy paid for the car". Which, I'd argue, they won't do while the little darling has no license. If for no other reason, then because driving without license can land a hefty fine also on the person who gave the perp the car, although this depends on the jurisdiction and
look up the laws of OP article.In a perfect world (or, at lest, in my little banana utopia dream land), driving without license would lead to immediate government possession of vehicle when caught. (Unless the vehicle was stolen, of course.) Drinking and driving usually gets a license suspended anyway, so this would lead to a 2-strikes system for taking serial drunkards off the roads, which I consider a bonus. <rant> Did I ever tell you what the record is for getting caught driving without a license on one day, around here? I think it stands at 14 counts in 24 hours. Yes, by the same person. No, I don't remember if the car was confiscated in the end.</rant>
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@acrow Confiscating the car leads to problems with loaners. Kid borrows parents car, friend borrows friend's car, etc. You're punishing an innocent party.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@acrow Confiscating the car leads to problems with loaners. Kid borrows parents car, friend borrows friend's car, etc. You're punishing an innocent party.
They should make sure the driver is licensed before lending them the car.
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@loopback0 Well, at least I don't need any kind of licensing to program the thing.
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@loopback0 said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@Benjamin-Hall said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@acrow Confiscating the car leads to problems with loaners. Kid borrows parents car, friend borrows friend's car, etc. You're punishing an innocent party.
They should make sure the driver is licensed before lending them the car.
Exactly this.
Imagine if people just lent each other guns without checking for permit. Or lent their CA certificates around.
We're talking of 2-ton pedestrian-seeking missiles here. If someone hands over their car to a non-licensed individual, they deserve to lose it, and should be held liable for any damage caused to third parties by use of the vehicle.
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@PJH oh lol, so RedLetterMedia were right when they were joking what if it turned out netflix itself actually started the challenge =D
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@acrow said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
In a perfect world (or, at lest, in my little banana utopia dream land), driving without license would lead to immediate government possession of vehicle when caught. (Unless the vehicle was stolen, of course.)
I suspect that that will cause problems with people claiming that the vehicle was being driven without permission when in fact that wasn't true. It also imposes a punishment without court oversight, which is bad because of the (sadly, often realised) potential for abuse by officialdom.
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@dkf said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@acrow said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
In a perfect world (or, at lest, in my little banana utopia dream land), driving without license would lead to immediate government possession of vehicle when caught. (Unless the vehicle was stolen, of course.)
I suspect that that will cause problems with people claiming that the vehicle was being driven without permission when in fact that wasn't true. It also imposes a punishment without court oversight, which is bad because of the (sadly, often realised) potential for abuse by officialdom.
I don't really care whether the un-licensed driver loses a car or gets charged for grand theft auto (is that really the legal term?). I just want them off the road, so one of the two needs to happen.
Yes, I know that there is room for abuse by officialdom. I assume that you're referring to the police confiscation practises in the U.S., of the last 10 years or so. But that is a separate issue. If the police themselves are not rewarded for confiscating cars, then abuse is likely to stay at a minimum.
Edit:
typo
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(Mentioned else-thread, at least once.)
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
YouTube cracks down on ‘harmful and dangerous’ challenges and pranks
These new guidelines come right after an influx of ‘Bird Box challenge’ videos
YouTube’s guidelines now further detail which of these popular videos push the line, including challenges such as the Tide Pod challenge and the Fire challenge — anything “that can cause death and/or have caused death in some instances.”
Spoilsports.
Expecting a massive influx of normies to LiveLeak.
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@Gąska WorldStar!
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@Gąska said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
YouTube cracks down on ‘harmful and dangerous’ challenges and pranks
These new guidelines come right after an influx of ‘Bird Box challenge’ videos
YouTube’s guidelines now further detail which of these popular videos push the line, including challenges such as the Tide Pod challenge and the Fire challenge — anything “that can cause death and/or have caused death in some instances.”
Spoilsports.
Expecting a massive influx of normies to LiveLeak.
Maybe Pornhub will finally start a non-porn VidHub and provide viable competition to youtube.
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Re: The
Bird BoxChallangeNobody commented about the typo in the title yet?
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@JBert said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
Re: The
Bird BoxChallangeNobody commented about the typo in the title yet?
@loopback0 said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@PJH Did you type the title blindfolded?
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@El_Heffe said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
When I was growing up, many, many years ago, I heard stories about kids who were seriously injured trying to imitate things they saw watching cartoons on TV.
So, this really isn't anything new. The Internet just makes stupidity more accessible.
It's true. I dropped an anvil on my head trying to kill my sister's pet bird, and then ran into a painting of a tunnel on a wall.
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Yes, but you were fine again one minute later, right? So, no big deal.
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@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@dcon said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
@PJH said in The `Bird Box` Challange:
However, the challenge has since turned into a global Internet meme in which participants wear blindfolds and try to do day-to-day activities.
Surprised we haven't heard outrage from the blind community... Maybe they don't have as many
s as some other communities?They probably haven't read about it yet.
It would certainly be a good idea to solicit feedback on the issue from the visually-impaired. Not doing so would be incredibly myopic.
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@RobFreundlich I believe your avatar picture is sexy.
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