Saturday, February 8, 2014

The deadly teenage drinking craze fuelled by Facebook: Terrifying online fad sees young people down pints of spirits mixed with car polish, Viagra and even live goldfish

Smiling at the camera, Ryan Linley raises a pint glass full of foaming liquid to his lips and drains the lot in five seconds flat. A few minutes later he logs on to his Facebook page, posts the video and then taps in the following comment: ‘Hahaha I am burping fxxxxxx bubbles.’ It is hardly surprising, given what the 23-year-old has just drunk: a home-made cocktail of Tabasco sauce, Southern Comfort and fluorescent yellow liquid car polish. What many will fail to comprehend is why anyone would risk their health by drinking such a concoction, let alone boast about it to all and sundry. The answer is to be found in a deeply worrying internet craze currently sweeping the UK — and spiralling out of control — called ‘NekNomination’.

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NekNomination, which has already killed two young men, started in Australia early last month but, thanks to social networking, has swept around the world like lightning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554417/The-deadly-teenage-drinking-craze-fuelled-Facebook-Terrifying-online-fad-sees-young-people-pints-spirits-mixed-car-polish-Viagra-live-goldfish.html

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