"Facebook Challengers"

Dear "Challengers":

For some weeks, my timeline (from time to time) has been occupied with various short videos entailing humans setting themselves on fire, choking out another human, throwing boiling water on someone, and eating Vaseline. I must say, BRAVO! While you're striving to receive "likes" and "shares" on social networks, acknowledgement, and more friends, you're also marking your territory in the stereotypical images department for your generation...AND displaying how willing you are to put your safety at risk for people that probably wouldn't join, help, or know how to save you if they were with you during your adventurous and heroic stunt. While you're just "having fun" because you're bored (or extremely eager to start a new trend), you're also demonstrating what little self-love and creativity you have for yourself. Your "Bad-ass card" has been revoked. I assure you that some of you are unaware of the criminal charges you could receive for those tag team pass-out challenges (eheem.. manslaughter)? Or maybe you don't care. Either way, don't drop the soap and prepare for some clothes you'll be wearing for some time while reminiscing about how fortunate you were to have had your family and freedom, and someone to buy your clothes and materialistic items for you! Then you'll be looking like this:

..... While living in a place like this: 

Fire challenge friends, how about those burns and medical bills that you probably can't pay for? Someone else probably has to pay for your careless choice, huh?

You're taking up time in the E.R while someone, somewhere, with a stray bullet wound could be fighting for their last breathe, or someone who is losing the battle to a deadly disease is willing to give anything to be able to LIVE their life. And you, well you, you CHOSE your injury.What about the inconsideration towards the person taking care of you and those bills that are gonna be pretty costly? No, no, here's one: What about your life? No? Not too important? Okay. Setting yourself on fire could also be perceived as attempted suicide (arguable) which would, then, deem you as unstable and could get you sent off (which leads to more bills you probably don't pay) and, also, limited freedom. Have you smelled burning flesh before?

No? Well, it's foul. Perhaps you are unable to reach that shower head to rinse off and your home catches on fire, taking the lives of others, but you live? But you're not thinking about that..because you need the "likes". Yes, the "likes". Those "likes" of so many people that sit and view your short video, but wouldn't join you. The "likes" and "shares" of people that state how much of a follower you are while they laugh at you. OH Most importantly, you're doing exactly what someone wants you to do: killing yourself off...so they don't have to, of course. You're now one less individual to pay mind to because you are no longer perceived as anyone of importance or viewed as capable of creating positive change. Because they don't have to worry about you. You're feeding into the stereotypes people have towards your generation, and you're displaying to a numerous amount of people that you aren't a leader. That you're susceptible and willing to seek attention by any means. That you're willing to give someone else your life because you don't value it! Is it really that necessary?

I didn't think so either...

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With Realness, 

B. Elae
8/2/14

Image Links:

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http://www.mkwhy.com/top-10-ways-to-survive-prison/
http://uvahealth.com/services/plastic-surgery/conditions-treatments/22574
http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/1464934/EXTREME/