`Jaffa Cake` challenge
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Mother-of-one, 24, choked to death following Jaffa Cakes challenge
Bethan Gaskin, 24, collapsed at home in Bourne, Lincolnshire and was rushed to hospital in Peterborough after accepting the Jaffa Cakes challenge.
'So many people have said they play a similar game with marshmallows. Even my 90-year-old aunt said she does it with Maltesers.
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WTF is a Jaffa cake challenge?
/me clicks link to article
Ah, okay, how many you can put into your mouth at the same time.
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@PJH That is decidedly not as Darwin-ly stupid as I thought it would be when I read the "death following xxx challenge" headline. In fact, that's something I'd do with marshmallows too.
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@topspin said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
In fact, that's something I'd do with marshmallows too.
To be clear, we're talking about the "how many can fit" rather than "how many can be inhaled," yes?
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@PJH Obviously.
Filed under: wait, we're talking "oral" here?
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@topspin said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Filed under: wait, we're talking "oral" here?
Only if you're talking about them. If you're listening, it's aural.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
That's just depressing.
Depressing? Aren't you aware of the limitless extent of human stupidity?
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@topspin said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@PJH That is decidedly not as Darwin-ly stupid as I thought it would be when I read the "death following xxx challenge" headline. In fact, that's something I'd do with marshmallows too.
From the summary, I presumed the challenge was 'swallow whole'.
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@PleegWat said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@topspin said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@PJH That is decidedly not as Darwin-ly stupid as I thought it would be when I read the "death following xxx challenge" headline. In fact, that's something I'd do with marshmallows too.
From the summary, I presumed the challenge was 'swallow whole'.
The first sentence was:
A young mother choked to death when she tried to see how many Jaffa Cakes she could fit in her mouth for a party trick.
I assumed the "snacks got lodged in her throat" part was already an accident.
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@topspin No, the summary said:
Mother-of-one, 24, choked to death following Jaffa Cakes challenge
Bethan Gaskin, 24, collapsed at home in Bourne, Lincolnshire and was rushed to hospital in Peterborough after accepting the Jaffa Cakes challenge.
Clicking the link is
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@PleegWat Okay then, don't read the article, I'll summarize. A "Jaffa Cake" or "Haffa Cake" is a "street-term" for a steel wool pad. The challenge consists of attempting to swallow one with a sturdy string attached, then to pull it back through the body when it passes.
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@Gribnit said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
swallow one with a sturdy string attached, then to pull it back through the body when it passes.
Similar to that that thing with ducks, string and bacon rind?
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
You say world is full of stupid people, I say world is also full of fucking sociopaths and socially unadjusted people incapable of feeling empathy.
And I say the world is also full of not-people. It's really not surprising.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
And what about the lack of compassion for the suffering caused to other human beings? Does being smarter than this woman give someone the right to hand her the keys to her own death? Or should they, as smarter and superior beings, act to protect vulnerable people instead of giving them stupid and dangerous ideas?
Why do you hate fun?
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
That's just depressing.
Darwinism isn't always funny. But in this case it was.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Does being smarter than this woman give someone the right to hand her the keys to her own death?
No, but it does allow us to laugh at them when they play stupid games and win stupid prizes.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
You say world is full of stupid people, I say world is also full of fucking sociopaths and socially unadjusted people incapable of feeling empathy.
This must be what it is like to be subtweeted.
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@levicki Worse things happen, every day. Did you know these people or something?
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Is it fun to lose a parent or a child at any age?
Probably most fun at the age of 25 to 35, by my reckoning, and only for serious fuckups. Around then, for a serious and complete fuckup, their parent may be considering offing them or the other way around. I know you thought this was a rhetorical question but I think there was something to it after all.
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@levicki Give it a minute.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Is it fun to lose a parent or a child at any age?
You must be fun at parties.
No, that part is not fun. But the way she died is hilarious. Seriously, she wanted to do some stupid internet fad thing that may not even exist and stuffed a bunch of marshmallows in her big chubby jaws. Read the article and forget about the whole motherless child part of it and it is hilarious.
A young mother choked to death when she tried to see how many Jaffa Cakes she could fit in her mouth for a party trick.
The 24-year-old mother-of-one collapsed in the toilet having filled her mouth with the snacks
She said: 'I remember raising my eyebrows when Bethan started the game, thinking "how old are you?" and telling her to spit them out.
'She was like a little hamster with her cheeks bulging.
'She danced off to the toilet to get rid of them and it was only a while later we realised she had been gone a long time.'
'So many people have said they play a similar game with marshmallows. Even my 90-year-old aunt said she does it with Maltesers.
'This just shows how fragile we are.'
Ms Gaskin donated her heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas and one of her lungs.
Presumably it was the lung that was not stuffed full of snack cakes.
Ms Gaskin had worked as a carer and was now hoping to pursue a career in the beauty industry.
Her father added: 'There was more make-up in her flat than anything else.
'Bethan enjoyed spending time with her friends and also took part in medieval re-enactments.
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@levicki It sure is. I dunno though if you have considered the, whatsit, extended consequences, of extending empathy to people you just don't know. Someone is dying screaming somewhere, right now, for instance. You should maybe empathize? No, that's nuts. Best to draw the line somewhere reasonable where you can get a laugh sometimes.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
How about you stop for a moment to think how would it feel to be in her place -- accidentally choking, starting to lose consciousness, and unable to call for help even though you know people are in the next room?
Easy. Step one: Don't be in that position in the first place. But, failing that... Step 2: Pound on the door while continuing to attempt digging out the cakes. Step 3: your friends arrive and summon more help.
Back when I played the game (it's really not new) you made absolutely sure you could still breath, and the moment it became hard to do so you were out, no exceptions.
'Course, then we got the cheaters that slowly munched when nobody was watching...
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
How about you stop for a moment to think how would it feel to be in her place -- accidentally choking, starting to lose consciousness, and unable to call for help even though you know people are in the next room?
It is still pretty funny when you imagine her doing all of that while intermittently coughing out chunks of snack cakes and imagining her looking like a hamster while doing so before she dies with her head in the toilet.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Except she died in the hospital in a coma 5 days later when they pulled the plug on life support. Your fun is denied now.
She was braindead after the snack cake incident.
Well, she likely was braindead before that, which is why she jammed her cheeks full of snack cakes which led to her demise.
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Sadly,
Indeed. Too much non-thinking happened too quickly for it to dissipate.
Let that be a lesson learned by proxy.
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Oh, I see there's another installment of "dumber than me" saga.
You, lady,
arewere DUMBER THAN ME!
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@Gribnit said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Why do you hate fun?
Is it fun to lose a parent or a child at any age?
If they die a dumb death, of course. People can't stop laughing all through the funeral. Usually it's so funny, their laughing makes them cry!
@Polygeekery said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
No, but it does allow us to laugh at them when they play stupid games and win stupid prizes.
So you are:
- Enjoying the fact that there is now a 3 year old girl inconsolably crying for her mom?
- Considering yourself superior as in "such things can't happen to me because I am smart"?
In short, you are not a human being.
- Hey, how can you be so sure the 3-year old girl is actually crying for her mom right now? Do you just want her to be unhappy, you heartless bastard? She might be laughing in the playground already, or something! Plus, a 3-year old can cope with losing a parent much better than a 6-year old, so I guess it's a good thing the mother did off herself so early, since it was inevitable!
- Of course. Having a masters degree or a PhD protects you from shoving stuff in your mouth. That's why husbands usually want their wives to stay in the kitchen instead of going off to uni and studying. They like their BJs too much!
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@Gribnit said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@levicki Worse things happen, every day. Did you know these people or something?
No I haven't, but that doesn't mean I should mock someone's loss of life. I am not that callous.
You just can't into fun, huh?
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@Polygeekery said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Is it fun to lose a parent or a child at any age?
You must be fun at parties.
No, that part is not fun. But the way she died is hilarious. Seriously, she wanted to do some stupid internet fad thing that may not even exist and stuffed a bunch of marshmallows in her big chubby jaws. Read the article and forget about the whole motherless child part of it and it is hilarious.
A young mother choked to death when she tried to see how many Jaffa Cakes she could fit in her mouth for a party trick.
That's why it's much safer for a girl to try and check how many cocks she can fit in her mouth, as a party trick. They usually can't get into their lungs.
Usually.
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@kt_ said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Usually it's so funny, their laughing makes them
crychoke on a jaffa cake!
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@Polygeekery said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
But the way she died is hilarious.
How about you stop for a moment to think how would it feel to be in her place -- accidentally choking, starting to lose consciousness, and unable to call for help even though you know people are in the next room?
But hey, after that what comes it's that beautiful moment of bliss, when you're dead and no one can hurt you anymore! Not even some psychos talking shit about you on the Internet!
It's a horrible death and there is absolutely nothing hilarious about it.
Seriously, you've got dark humour deficiency. You should go to your doctor. He'll probably prescribe some Monty Python for you.
If you think it can't happen to you think again. You don't have to stuff your face with Jaffa, you can choke while eating or drinking water and there may be no one around to execute a Heimlich maneuver or pat your back.
That's why I never eat alone!
You can also develop peanut or bee allergy and choke from anaphylaxis because you are stupid and don't have an Epinephrine shot within reach at all times.
Yup, that would be stupid. Fortunately intelligent people don't forget stuff. That's just how
wethey are.Seriously, she wanted to do some stupid internet fad thing
Don't be so quick to judge her,
And now you're just taking all of the fun out of life!
from the article it is obvious that she was childish rather than stupid. If your child saw that challenge on youtube and did it and you found it dead I bet you wouldn't gloat like that.
If my child did that, I'd be amazed though. Cause I don't have one. So if this fad were able to breed a kid for me and then kill it, kudos!
@Gribnit said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@levicki It sure is. I dunno though if you have considered the, whatsit, extended consequences, of extending empathy to people you just don't know. Someone is dying screaming somewhere, right now, for instance. You should maybe empathize? No, that's nuts. Best to draw the line somewhere reasonable where you can get a laugh sometimes.
So you are one of those who wouldn't help a stranger if they collapsed on the sidewalk? Good to know.
Exactly! If you laugh at the way that someone died, it means you wouldn't help a stranger in need.
True, I cannot empathize with everyone, but if I can't share anything positive with them I don't have to be callous and laugh at their suffering because that doesn't help me feel better or be a better person.
Of course, you don't have to. But we can. Thankfully
(It reminds me of the time that Obama laughed at all of the deaths caused by drone strikes. #notmypresident)
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@Polygeekery said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
It is still pretty funny when you imagine her doing all of that while intermittently coughing out chunks of snack cakes and imagining her looking like a hamster while doing so before she dies with her head in the toilet.
Except she died in the hospital in a coma 5 days later when they pulled the plug on life support.
I sooo hope there was a machine that goes ping there. You just can't pull a plug on a person if the machine that goes ping is not in the room.
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@topspin The unfit usually don't realize they're heading to their doom. ;-)
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@levicki said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@Polygeekery said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
But the way she died is hilarious.
How about you stop for a moment to think how would it feel to be in her place -- accidentally choking, starting to lose consciousness, and unable to call for help even though you know people are in the next room?
I'd feel stupid.
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@kt_ said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
I sooo hope there was a machine that goes ping there. You just can't pull a plug on a person if the machine that goes ping is not in the room.
And if you have the IoT version of that machine, you can ping it from your smartphone to check if everything's OK. If it doesn't respond, either the machine or the person is dead.
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@Zerosquare said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@kt_ said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
I sooo hope there was a machine that goes ping there. You just can't pull a plug on a person if the machine that goes ping is not in the room.
And if you have the IoT version of that machine, you can ping it from your network to check if everything's OK. If it doesn't respond, either the machine or the person is dead.
Or both!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Back when I played the game (it's really not new) you made absolutely sure you could still breath, and the moment it became hard to do so you were out, no exceptions.
You must be fun at parties
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@bb36e said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@Tsaukpaetra said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Back when I played the game (it's really not new) you made absolutely sure you could still breath, and the moment it became hard to do so you were out, no exceptions.
You must be fun at parties
QED I don't do parties.
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@kt_ said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
He'll probably prescribe some Monty Python for you.
I came here for an argument!
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@PJH said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
If you're listening, it's a
urnal.I read anal.
I also am drinking straight vodka right now.
Might not be correlated.
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@kt_ said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Having a masters degree or a PhD protects you from shoving stuff in your mouth.
On the contrary; it can have amazing effects on career advancement.
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@darkmatter said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@PJH said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
If you're listening, it's a
urnal.I read anal.
That's sitting.
Allow me (NSFW....):
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@PJH said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@darkmatter said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
@PJH said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
If you're listening, it's a
urnal.I read anal.
That's sitting.
Allow me (NSFW....):
Isn't sitting rectal?
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@PleegWat said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Isn't sitting rectal?
Rectal is the bit inside. Anal is the bit on the outside that allows egres from it.
Thus endeth today's "English you never knew you wanted to know, and still don't want to know."
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@PJH said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
English you never knew you wanted to know,
That's not English it's Medicalese.
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@PleegWat said in `Jaffa Cake` challenge:
Medicalese
They are quite anal about terminology
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How many Jaffa Cakes does it take to kill a mother of one?
:@levicki:That's not funny!
