I am acutely aware that I have become the patron saint of ridiculing hot new social trends and concede that my time may perhaps be better spent writing an essay on how gender equality is a myth (thank you, Beyonce).
However I feel a primal need to have a crack at the influx of massive bogans finding a way to compare penis sizes by making speed binge drinking an internet phenomenon.
The Neknomiate situation is the phenomenon I speak of, have you heard of it? No? Well let me inform and educate you.
A person (usually a young male but some ladies have been getting in on the action) films themselves necking/skulling/chugging/downing and entire bottle of beer/vodka/bourbon and then nominates a mate to do the same and so on it goes. It is online chain mail only far more dangerous than seven years of pretend bad luck like the chain mail front the 1990s.
If you’ve never seen it before, this is what it looks like:
On Facebook it says: “Neck your drink. Nominate another. Don’t break the chain, don’t be a dick. The social drinking game for social media! #Neknominate. (It’s Em again- I want to build up the final part of the description, it is my favourite bit. Are you ready?!) DRINK RESPONSIBLY.”
For realz?!
The “don’t be a dick” part is redundant because TOO LATE.
Drink responsibly? How would they imagine that looking? The whole point of this idiocy is competitive, heavy drinking -but do it in a responsible way okay, guys? Maybe pop on a helmet and some knee pads, an adult nappy may also be advised.
Perhaps they mean to pre-order the ambulance for when your internal organs begin shutting down from the acute alcohol poising you have just inflicted on them? Just make sure that when you are power chugging your Jaegermeister you do safely, kay?
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Douche Bag? not you too Em ..
I'm not really with you on this Em.. For the most part IMO it's harmless fun.. Everyone knows it is just a blow in blow out fad. As usual there are always going to be idiots that take things too far.. But really the point is there are always going to be idiots full stop!! On the other side of the coin there are always going to be people outraged/offended at non outrages and often inoffensive things, usually the outrage directed at those idiots on the other side of the spectrum (I'm not saying you are at this extreme). I am smack bang in the middle on this, where I dare say the majority sit, un-fazed no need to make a noise about it. Just one of the normal people with normal friends who really didn't take it too far. I had much fun watching some of my friends get involved, it was a good laugh and allowed me to reconnect with people I haven't seen or spoken to for a while, by 1) Seeing old friends embrace the video age which is a pretty scary step to make for some people and 2) Whether it was as small as clicking "like" on their video, making a statement like "wow" or "Almost!!" or actually engaging in conversation, most of all making a friend smile who could live in another state or even country.. There was social connection. I think that far outweighs the negativities associated with the minority of "Idiots". I really look forward to you writing an essay on gender equality, I agree that more articles such as those can help change the world.