#is having brain damage a requirement to use tiktok

[newtscamandersbf]

saw this ss on twt and im sorry but im starting to think some of yall actually like when characters are predators cause first it was accusing afo of p3dophilia / sa (despite the fact grooming can be non-sexual) and now its this shit 😭😭

like this is actually crazy yall we are told MULTIPLE times that toga feels safe with the league because they are the only ones who accepted her for who she was 😭😭 its not like she was the only woman or kid in the league either like at some point there were magne and mustard. the league lets anyone in regardless of background this is soo ..

[hayatheauthor]

10 Lethal Injuries to Add Pain to Your Writing

Prev: Non-Lethal Injury Ideas

Need some creative ways to give your characters a real fight for survival? Here are 10 ideas: 

1. Punctured Artery

A puncture to major arteries like the femoral artery (thigh), the carotid artery (neck), or radial artery (arm) can cause rapid blood loss. It starts off with a sharp pain, weakness, lightheadedness and eventually can lead to hypovolemic shock. Requires urgent medical attention.

2. Punctured Eye Socket

A punctured eye socket will cause blood vessel damage leading to internal bleeding. I would use this for non-combat characters trying to get away. The eyes are an easy weak spot + you don’t need much strength to cause a critical injury/puncture. Also good for a protag's tragic backstory.

3. Torn Achilles Tendon

A torn Achilles tendon can result in severe bleeding if nearby arteries or veins are damaged. Your character will be forced to hobble away as pain causes their foot to swell and bruise. Plus, you can easily adjust the pain levels per your scene, from swift cuts to explosive jumps. 

4. Neck Hyperextension (Hangman’s Fracture)

This injury will fracture the C2 vertebra and can lead to spinal cord damage, paralysis or sudden death. This isn’t a light injury your character can come back from, so I would suggest using it only when you’re aiming for death.

5. Pierced Lung

A punctured lung will lead to a pneumothorax where air escapes into the chest cavity, collapsing the lung. Characters with this injury may have difficulty breathing, chest pain, and a cough that produces frothy blood (all the dramatics you need). 

6. Severe Concussion

A severe concussion will lead to confusion, vomiting, immobility and memory loss. More dangerously, brain swelling, internal bleeding and damaged brain tissue. Plus, it has a long recovery period. 

7. Shattered Pelvis

If you need something severe that restricts mobility but also causes severe pain then this is perfect! Involves signs of shock, internal bleeding, numbness, swelling—really a lot of things. Can occur if OC falls from a high place, hit repeatedly, car accident, etc.  

8. Internal Bleeding from Blunt Force Trauma

I like using this when you need something subtle since it doesn't show immediate symptoms. Over time, they will feel weak, cold, nauseous, and intense pain. Perfect if you want that 'everyone made it out then suddenly someone collapses' moment. 

9. Intestinal Perforation

A sharp blow or penetrating wound can cause a tear in the intestines, leaking bacteria into the body cavity, then peritonitis. It can go from small stomach pain to near death pretty quickly. Without prompt medical care, sepsis can set in, causing organ failure and death.

10. Cut to the Jugular

If you need something more visibly dramatic then go with the classic cut to the jugular. A warm rush of blood will pour out, and blood would spurt with every heartbeat. Causes panic, choking, and internal bleeding too. All the blood and gore you need. 

This is a quick, brief list of ideas to provide writers inspiration. Since it is a shorter blog, I have not covered the injuries in detail. Remember the worse the injury the more likely your character is to die (so be realistic folks). Happy writing! :)

Looking For More Writing Tips And Tricks? 

Check out the rest of Quillology with Haya; a blog dedicated to writing and publishing tips for authors!

Instagram Tiktok

[mindfulstudyquest]

“ dopamine detox ,, and why you should delete all your social media right now

"just five more minutes" and then you end up scrolling on instagram or tiktok for hours. i know that feeling. even if you know rationally that focusing on the really important things ( such as studying, working, learning from books or whatever ) is much healthier for you and your future, you can't help it.

you know that start studying for the exam you have next week will benefit you much more in the long run, but you still prefer watching tiktoks and scrolling on instagram. you could say that is pretty obvious: one activity is easy, and doesn't require much effort, whereas the other one is difficult and implies that you are focused.

but it's actually like this? so then why some people manage to be consistent in studying, or working, or exercising? they simply just have more motivation than you? and how can you start having the same motivation as them?

to answer this question, we have to take a look to a very important molecule produced by our brain: dopamine.

dopamine is often considered a pleasure molecule, but it's a false belief. dopamine is actually the molecule that makes us desire things, and it's that desire that gives us the motivation to complete every kind of task. for example, your brain doesn't release dopamine while you're eating a cheesburger, it releases it while you're going to mcdonald's to buy it, because you anticipate that the food will make you feel good, even if it actually makes you feel worse.

to your brain, it doesn't matter if the high-dopamine-activity is damaging to you.

your brain organizes priorities based off how much dopamine is expecting to get:

if an activity releases too little dopamine, you won't have the motivation to accomplish it.

if an activity releases a lot of dopamine you'll be motivated to do it, and repeat it over and over

so, which activities releases dopamine? basically, any activity where you can get an immediate potential reward releases an high amount of dopamine. but if you know that there's not an immediate reward invoved ( such as in studying, where the reward is in the long run ) your brain will not expect to release much of it and you'll be less motivated to do that task.

nearly everything releases some amount of dopamine, even drinking water when you're thirsty, but the highest amount of it is released when you're getting a reward randomly, for example while playing on a slot machine. even if you loose money, you eventually expect to get a bigger reward.

therefore it is not so surprising that the most additive social networks ( tiktok, instagram, pinterest ) are designed as slot machines. you don't know what the next post or video will be, but you expect something great, so your brain releases a large amount of dopamine.

in today's society our brains are overloaded with stimuli that induce an unnatural production of dopamine ( scrolling on social media, playing video games, watching internet pornograhy, etc. ).

it's frightening that people don't know how harmful this lifestyle is: our bodies have a biological sistem called homeostasis, which means that our bodies keep the internal physical and chemical conditions at a balanced level, whenever an imbalance occurs, our bodies adapt to it, for example, when it's very hot our body temperature rises and we start sweating to cool down.

but homeostasis manifests through tolerance too. for example, someone who hardly ever drinks alchool will be tipsy after one beer, on the other hand, someone who drinks alchool on a regular basis will need two, three, four beers in order to get drunk, because their body has developed a tolerance to it. it's not much different with dopamine.

so if you get used to large amounts of dopamine, you won't be able to do the things that you did before, because they don't produce as much dopamine and it's more difficult to motivate yourself to do them. once your dopamine tolerance gets too high, you are no longer able to enjoy low dopamine activities.

as if you were a drug addict, there's only one way to get out of it: you have to perform a dopamine detox. you have to avoid all high dopamine activities in order to allow your body to adjust to a normal level of dopamine production and start finding motivation again in the things that improve your personal growth.

it's not easy, you will be nervous and frustrated, maybe you won't make it through a full day without social media, but day by day it will get better and better, and eventually you'll be able to appreciate small things again.

imagine that you're eating your favorite food - for example, chocolate cake - every single day. after a while, chocolate cake doesn't taste good as before, even if it's literally the same cake. on the other hand, if you eat it once a month, it will taste great, because it's not something you've gotten used to.

this is exactly what dopamine detox does. be safe guys, and start recovering now.

[ source: https://youtu.be/9QiE-M1LrZk ]

[plural-on-paws]

May I expand. It’s not about the “animal packers” and etc. I believe that it’s nobody’s business. The issue is how nonsensical it sounds to say “I am an animal” out loud. People will laugh at you. You will damage your own relationships. Think. Is it worth it? And why do people act like that? Because it’s crazy.

There’s a popular conservative lie that is spread around of “litter boxes in schools” and “people identifying as animals” and that’s NOT REAL. It comes from a complete fabrication to make trans people look worse. Don’t try to make it real. I don’t care if it’s “been around for decades” that doesn’t change anything. It’s not about streamlining your identity to make it more digestible to outsiders who don’t understand, it’s about the threshold where “identity” crosses between “genuine insanity” and if you can’t SEE the clear line between those two things then there isn’t much hope for you.

Hey anon! Great to see you actually just hate therians! Hooray!

Even longer post, will also be under a cut!

Firstly, addressing the very popular but very wrong lie of "kids are using litter boxes in schools": These are for service animals. These are put in place by schools who have students (or teachers) who have disabilities that require them to bring a service animal to school with them. This has nothing to do with therianthropy, it is just a lie that Tiktok caught on to and spread it like wildfire.

(Now, to add in before this section, this isn’t to “throw clinical zoanthropes under the bus” with therian discourse. There’s nothing “wrong” with clinical zoanthropes, just like there’s nothing “wrong” with therians. I am simply stating facts. That’s it. I think it’s important to be educated about things like this. Let’s continue.)

Secondly, therianthropy is not "being crazy". It is not a mental illness, it is not a disability, it is not wrong. However, you may be interested im learning about "clinical lycanthropy" (or zoanthropy, different from therianthropy). This is an extremely rare, delusion-based psychiatric syndrome characterized by patients believing that they can or have physically transformed into a non-human animal. It is essentially the delusion that one can shapeshift into a werewolf (or similar animal). It is associated with psychosis (aka delusions and hallucinations). It is considered to be an expression of a psychotic or dissociative episode caused by another condition (like DID, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression).

This article describes a report done on clinical lycanthropy. Over 130 articles were screened and between 1852 and 2020, there were 43 cases of clinical lycanthropy identified. That's right. 43. Now, have you seen how many therians are on Tiktok? Yeah, more than 43. And they're definitely not from 1852. So how can you say that therianthropy is "being crazy"? And don't say "they're just delusional" because the only delusion that somewhat accurately presents like therianthropy is that of clinical lycan/zoanthropy. Professionals would know if someone is genuinely delusional, but why would they care about such a small group of people in the world?

There are also studies done on patients with clinical lycanthropy actually have differences in their brains. The part of the brain known to be involved with represent body shape can display unusual activation in patients with clinical lycanthropy, showing that when patients report their body changing and shapeshifting, they may genuinely be perceiving those feelings. Have therians ever claimed to you that they can feel their bones and skin and limbs shifting and changing to become that of a non-human animal? No, because therianthropy is not a delusion. There are often no physical feelings in the body of a therian when they, for example, experience phantom tails or ears etc. That begs the question, would you say that an amputee experiencing phantom limbs is psychotic?

So, people identifying as a non-human animal is real! There are reported cases of it in the medical field! Shocking, right? It must be crazy to you that there are documented medical cases of people identifying as animals, allllll the way back to 18-goddamn-52.

Thirdly, therianthropy has nothing to do with being trans. It never has, it never will. No one has ever claimed it to be. Being trans means that your assigned sex and birth does not match with how you perceive yourself and how you want others to perceive you. What you might be thinking of is being trans-species. This is okay too! It just means that your assigned species at birth (human, obviously) does not match with how you perceive yourself and how you want others to perceive you. See how I used two different words? Species and gender?

Plus not all therians are trans-species, like myself! Generally I don't have much of a desire to physically become a wolf or a cat or a shark. I'm comfortable being perceived as a human, even though sometimes I just wanna wag my tail and run around and put my ears back and growl! I know that some therians feel super uncomfortable in their human body and wish that they could change! And that's where the species-affirming packers come in. It's like being transgender but it is not! And no one is claiming it is.

Another thing is that a lot of therians tend to be neurodivergent. But you're not saying that therianthropy is ableist, are you? No, you're just trying to connect two dots that are miles away. Neurodiverse people can feel a disconnection with humanity, and that can explain for some people their alterhumanity. Of course, not all therians are neurodivergent nor do they believe that their neurodiversity are the root of their alterhumanity. Have a look at this poll from Reddit, almost two thirds of participants indicated that they're neurodiverse!

Now, being neurodivergent calls for being discriminated against in and of itself. Same with being LBGT+. And being any race except white. Do you really think that therians who are LBGT+ are going to be discriminated against more for their alterhumanity than their sexual orientation or gender? No. Do you really think that therians who are neurodiverse are going to be discriminated against more for their alterhumanity than their disabilities? No again. Do you really think that therians who are POC are going to be discriminated against more for their alterhumanity than their race? Absolutely not.

Ultimately, people have been discriminating against POC, gay, trans and neurodivergent people long before they were called "weird" for being a therian. People have been killed over simply being gay or trans or neurodivergent or . Therians may receive death threats, yes, and that is disgusting behaviour from hateful people, but no one (to my knowledge) has been killed simply for being a therian. The discrimination against LGBT+, neurodivergent and POC communities runs way way way deeper than anyone saying "therians are weird". Do you think that therians in these communities are going to be more worried about being laughed at because they're a therian than being literally slaughtered for their race, disabilities, sexual orientation or gender? No! There are way worse problems for people to worry about than people saying they identify as animals! It truly is not that deep to say "I identify as an animal". Some people identify as inanimate objects but you don't seem to care about that (although there is nothing wrong with identifying as an inanimate object).

Also I can't even comprehend what you're talking about "streamlining your identity to make it more digestible". How is identifying as an animal more digestible than identifying as a man instead of a female like I was born as?

[weirdmageddon]

i’m thinking again about this article, read it if you havent

it concisely puts into words what ive been lowkey aggravated about online as a psych major and as someone diagnosed with ASD (and subsumed ADHD)

Social media incentivises reductive or sweeping statements, meaning that these kinds of distinctions often get flattened by the way we talk about mental health and neurodivergence online. Given that its platforms are mostly limited to 60 second videos, 10-slide infographics, or 280 character microblogs, it rarely provides the space necessary to tackle these topics with detail or nuance.

this is so important to recognize. i hate that i have to ask myself “does this person really neurochemically have adhd like me or did they self-dx because they relate to some generalized symptoms they saw on a ‘you may have adhd if x’ post”? if someone told they they had adhd 5 years ago online i would have believed them but now i can’t be sure if they actually have adhd like neurochemically or if they saw something online they related to. and i understand why people self-diagnose, our healthcare system is fucked and systemic racism and sexism still exist, but me and my mom (who works as a nurse in a psychiatric clinic and sees the entire DSM in her workplace every day) believe it’s gotten way out of hand to the point of being detrimental to everyone involved.

for me my disorder is a structural and connectivity difference during gestation which begets divergent thinking and neurochemical imbalances. (ADHD is almost always comorbid with ASD. in fact when i was diagnosed with ASD it was during the DSM-IV where it was dictated that a diagnosis of ADHD not be given along with a diagnosis of ASD because it’s subsumed into it, but DSM-V allows dual diagnosis now.) for me it’s purely nature but i think for a lot of others it’s a question of nurture.

“I think it's great to be able to relate to people and find a community based on your traumas and how fucked up and maldapted you feel to society,” says P.E. The issue is, however, that these overly-pathologised views of mental health and neurodivergence usually invite us to situate the root of the problem firmly within ourselves, and as fixed parts of our identity. “If more and more of us all feel so maladaptive to the point that we require medication, then perhaps we can all collectively realise that something larger is going on that does not have to do with the chemical composition of our brains. I think we need to realise that it's something larger than that.”

we shouldnt be so quick to turn everything into a diagnosis. if you dont actually have the neurochemical imbalances of ADHD, stimulants can fuck you up while they help me to do just basic tasks and leap over executive hurdles that other people have no problem doing without them because my brain is wired differently from the start.

i posted this thread on twitter and someone replied, “i managed to skim it, i wish i had the attention span to read it in full. Very frustrating to see tik toks that have almost a million likes tell people that their behavior is a result of trauma while knowing that its impossible to undo the damage the tik tok has done”

and let me tell you i literally fucking hate tiktok. i’ll read this headline “people with OCD are finding community and support on tiktok” and be oh good for them but the thing with tiktok is like

it’s all about image. it’s focused on image. so what you’re going to get is people all dolled up in clothing and fashion and whatever with some bland ass music playing to some text on the screen and some kid sitting there silently running their fingers through their hair and pointing to the text with an air of sanctimoniousness about it. the use pathology as a topic for visual clout.. it’s not taken as seriously or as in as much nuance as it should. the focus isn’t fully there. it feels almost disrespectful to me.

im not kidding when i say tiktok has regressed our society and not to sound like a boomer but it literally was not like this before tiktok. tumblr had issues with romanticizing depression which was bad but it smoothed itself out because it was in writing and people weren’t pulled away by how someone looked so they could successfuly counter it. but now? i’ve never seen the talk about diagnoses so grossly oversimplified as they are right now especially on twitter too and it makes me feel like my real issues and the issues of other people with ASD and ADHD will become disgustingly trivialized like a game of telephone if this keeps up because of the association with these stupid fucking kids who think having diagnoses makes you “cool”. autism is cool in some aspects—i wouldn’t be me without it—but horrible in others (cant focus on what people are saying because all i can focus on is my ability to maintain eye contact, thinking im crazy for most things because no one else seems to notice or struggle with it, oversensitivity to sensory stimuli, being a picky eater because i have such an aversion to many textures and flavors and being made fun of for it and i feel horrible and disrespectful like i might come across as xenophobic for it if its with foods im not used to from other cultures, i can’t become friends with anyone if they dont share my interests, i don’t know i’m feeling emotion unless there’s a physiological reaction i can perceive. all of these things i hate about myself and are just generally unnecessary obstacles), there is nothing cool about living with ADHD (and im not saying this as to how i can benefit others. i mean i literally cant do the things i want to because of executive dysfunction, i dont process shit that was just said to me which is frustrating and embarassing for me, my mom gets fed up with having to tell me the same thing over and over or she thinks i’m lying that i didnt hear what she said to avoid doing something when i genuinely didn’t even process she said it), there is nothing cool about living with anxiety. but none of them, NONE of them should EVER be used as an excuse to not take responsibility for one’s actions or be used to appear more meek. this extends beyond ASD, ADHD, and anxiety btw im also talking about bipolar, cluster Bs, dissociative disorders, etc. these may serve as explanations for why behavior is the way it is but never an excuse. i can’t tell you how fucking tired i am of people using their hyperfixations as an excuse as to why they cant stop watching racist youtubers. literally as someone with autism and adhd and hyperfixations of my own if you have basic human morality you’ll feel guilt every time you interact with it so it will be aversive conditioning until you stop altogether or if you prevent yourself from watching it the hyperfixation will fade fast. it’s gotten out of control.

the worst offenders are for the most part teens who are Going Thru It and want to find an identity and answers. the teenage stage of life is the perfect recipe for all of this to coalesce and it’s no wonder we’re seeing all these serious mental health disorders on 13-16 year old’s carrds like bpd when you typically can’t even get diagnosed with personality disorders until you’re 18 because teenager’s personalities are still developing and clinicians are hesitant to give a diagnosis until then. knowing you have complex ptsd of some kind is one thing but treating it as a badge of honor to tote around to appear special because all the cool kids have it isn’t it and it further adds to the stigma of bpd as just being annoying attention seeking teenagers which bars the people who need help from getting it. pretty much every teenager has mood swings and emotional issues and image issues but those alone don’t create the diagnosis of a personality disorder which is why clinicians typically like to wait until the patient is an adult to diagnose them. the same thing with self dx’d psychotic and dissociative disorders too, this thread really tells it how it is.

so many teens. aren’t. doing. necessary. research. i’m talking like scientific articles on journal databases type of research. research that takes genuine self-reflection as to how your experiences align with formal diagnostic criteria for a year or two at least. and teens are being indirectly influenced by social and peer pressures to diagnose themself with something. don’t use social media like tiktok or twitter or tumblr as a means to diagnose yourself. it’s okay not to have something, in fact it’s a privilege. not everything needs a diagnosis.

it also makes me feel like there’s less of a community to turn to i can trust to know what i’m going through and what i experience in the same way as me and i know i’m not the only one feeling this. it’s not “everyone has a little ADHD”, it probably means there’s a societal problem and we’re being pushed beyond the limits of what human brains are able to effectively handle. and we also need to stop treating mental disorders as a way to appear unique and cool and immune to criticism and/or as a crutch to fall back on when we fuck up.

[pmeofficial]

The Sixteen Deadliest Tik Tok challenges Ever (DailyDot)

So, it’s not everyday a social media platform run by Chinese people and designed to basically duplicate snap chat, except video only, becomes popular, in fact tik tok is so popular, that it has millions of users, well,  TikTok has 689 million monthly active users, whereas its twin Douyin (China’s version of TikTok) has 600 million daily active users. Combined, the TikTok/Douyin apps have over 1.29 billion monthly active users in 141 countries. Still, dumb, clout chasing teenagers have claimed this beloved social media sensation for themselves, however, clout is deadly, literally, people die from TikTok challenges, but hey, don’t take our word for it, check out the 16 dealiest tikrok challenges, with a 101% chance of decimating the insurance you wasted on your kids

The choking challenge Anything that involves choking a friend—or yourself—into near-unconsciousness is, unsurprisingly, ill-advised. Considering this is the very idea behind the choking challenge, it’s safe to say that anyone and everyone should steer clear of this particular trend.

This challenge, in one form or another, has been around for a long time. Teens have been partially strangling themselves for decades, just to feel the brief euphoria that follows that first, desperate gasp of air. The game ebbs and flows in terms of popularity but reached its viral zenith in 2017. Since then, the dangerous challenge has cropped up on various social media platforms, including TikTok. Risks of participating in the choking challenge are pretty much what you’d expect. Do it too long, and participants risk loss of brain cells, permanent brain damage and even death.

The condom challenge Another challenge that can lead to asphyxiation, the condom challenge hasn’t been around nearly as long as the choking game. This dangerous TikTok challenge requires a condom, some water, and at least two willing participants.

Performing the challenge is simple: One person fills the condom with water and drops it over the second person’s head. Thanks to the durability of most condoms, the dropped water “balloon” rarely pops. This means that many people participating in this challenge end up with an airtight seal over their noses and mouths. Bad idea.

The fire challenge You might be wondering why anyone would ever participate in something called the fire challenge. Clearly, you don’t remember being a teenager. Most common among younger users, the fire challenge is exactly as dangerous as it sounds—which has in no way stopped people from attempting it.

Performing the challenge is as simple and foolish as you might assume. Participants douse a portion of their body—usually the chest or hands—with a flammable liquid. Then they light it up and record the effects, which often lead to first- or second-degree burns. Videos of badly burned teenagers are all over the web thanks to this particular viral challenge.

The skullbreaker challenge The skullbreaker challenge is another fresh viral craze that, to most, seems completely ridiculous. The challenge has already proven itself immensely dangerous after a Venezuelan teen reportedly ended up in the ICU. Authorities have issued warnings about this particular trend, but that won’t stop some from attempting it.

You need at least three people to perform the skullbreaker challenge. All three stand in a row—in front of the camera, of course—and jump. The two on either side jump first, simultaneously, followed by the person in the center. When the center person’s feet leave the ground, however, their companions knock their feet out from under them. This typically leads to the middle person crashing backward to the ground, often striking their head in the process. It’s in the name, people: You can literally break your skull doing this. So don’t.

The outlet challenge One of social media’s newest trends, the outlet challenge is also one of the more dangerous TikTok challenges we’ve seen. This viral sensation can easily result in electrical system damage, fires, and electric shock.

To perform the—extremely inadvisable—outlet challenge, people use a phone charger partially plugged into the wall. Then they touch a penny to the exposed prongs, creating a large spark. The challenge has already caused property damage at a high school in Massachusetts. Thankfully, the teens weren’t injured, but if this challenge keeps up for much longer, someone will doubtless get hurt.

The hot water challenge Another dangerous challenge that can lead to severe burns and injury, the hot water challenge has been around for a while. Back in 2017, in fact, an 8-year-old girl died after attempting a version of this trend. The new version, which is just as dangerous, has been cropping up online.

The old version of the challenge involved drinking boiling water through a straw. The revamped challenge more often features participants pouring boiling water on themselves or their friends. Unsurprisingly, it has led to some serious injuries. One teen, whose friend poured boiling water on him while he slept, told Fox 59 that his skin “just fell off my chest.”

The snorting challenge Some of these challenges are supremely dangerous. Others are upsettingly disgusting. The snorting challenge has the unfortunate privilege of being both. It involves snorting a foreign object—usually a condom—up your nose and pulling it out of your mouth. *shudder*

This dangerous TikTok challenge, like many others on this list, is nothing new. It has cropped up multiple times over the last few decades, but in the age of doing dumb shit for followers, it has reemerged. When this challenge goes wrong, it can result in infection or damage to the lining of the nasal passage, CBS News reported. In really bad cases, it has the potential for choking, which could cause far more severe issues. Even when nothing goes wrong, it looks painful and extremely uncomfortable, so… why?

Ghost pepper challenge If you’re a big fan of hot food, the ghost pepper challenge—also called the hot pepper challenge—might be right up your alley. Blessedly less dangerous than many of its fellows, the ghost pepper challenge has nonetheless resulted in some major side effects among its participants.

Participation in this challenge merely requires that you locate and consume a hot pepper that lands high on the Scoville scale and upload your reaction online. Usually, people select between ghost, cayenne, and habanero peppers. The majority of people manage to walk away from this challenge unscathed, thankfully, but ghost peppers are nothing to mess with. Medical Daily reported in 2016 that a 47-year-old California man was hospitalized after he ate a ghost pepper–pureed hamburger during a local eating contest and ended up continuously vomiting and experiencing an esophageal rupture.

Pass out challenge Anytime a person passes out, it has the potential for negative side effects. Teens, however, are all over the trend of forcing themselves to pass out. Rather than partially asphyxiate themselves—like in the choking challenge—this dangerous TikTok challenge just involves swaying your head repeatedly from side to side.

Based on the TikTok attempts at the challenge, it seems to work. Unfortunately, a number of risks go along with successfully knocking yourself out—including simply falling and injuring yourself.

Concussion challenge Doesn’t this just sound like a great idea? The concussion challenge, also referred to as the “how to get a concussion” challenge, has been making the rounds on TikTok for several months now.

This utterly idiotic TikTok challenge requires a group. All the participants stand in a circle around the camera, which faces upward. Facing down, foolish teens then throw an object—which has ranged from a basketball to tricycles and ladders—into the air above their heads. The “challenge” is to stay put, risking a concussion when the object comes hurtling back to Earth. Why? Just… why?

The honorable mentions of dangerous challenges: These challenges came around before TikTok made its global launch, but that doesn’t make them any less dangerous or worthy of a spot on this list. Absolutely idiotic, sometimes deadly and always painful, the internet is clogged with far too many of these viral challenges.

The Tide Pod challenge We’ve likely all heard of the Tide Pod challenge. It swept the nation in early 2018, making headlines across the country. In case you were wondering, consuming soap in any form, no matter how colorful, is not a good idea. Complications from ingesting Tide Pods has led to serious health issues.

The Tide Pod challenge, as far as anyone can tell, started with a joke. Memes and jests about Tide Pods’ pretty colors and candy-like appeal were around long before people were downing the product itself. Then, people started doing just that. Younger YouTube users, in particular, fell victim to this ill-advised trend. Videos of teens and pre-teens eating laundry detergent packets briefly drenched the web before the pressing dangers of this challenge became common knowledge.

The blue whale challenge Despite the clear danger, a few of the challenges on this list might seem tempting to try out. The blue whale challenge, which has allegedly been linked to deaths on far too many occasions, is not one of them. The actual number of deaths that can be attributed to this viral trend is questionable—some speculate it’s simply an internet hoax—but its brief time in the spotlight terrified parents nationwide.

The blue whale challenge is, to put it simply, a suicide challenge. Participants are given 50 tasks to complete over 50 days. The tasks, which begin as rather benign, gradually increase in danger. To complete the challenge, anyone taking part must ultimately kill themselves. Similar challenges have cropped up over the years, but few garnered as much attention as the blue whale challenge.

The Kylie lip challenge Loads of online tutorials outline methods to mimic Kylie Jenner’s enviable look. Usually, this involves contouring and the careful application of makeup. Back in 2015, however, a very different method arose to try to imitate the young model’s full lips.

The Kylie lip challenge skyrocketed to popularity, mostly thanks to how easy it was to pull off. All participants needed was a small jar, cup, or shot glass. Placing the cup over their lips, they then created a vacuum by sucking all of the air out of the space. The intended result was puffy, pouty lips similar to Jenner’s. More commonly, people ended up with bruises and torn skin and risked permanent scarring.

The cinnamon challenge Remember planking? Ah what an innocent, mostly safe internet trend. Since the days of planking, viral challenges have gone from dumb to painful to dangerous and worse. The cinnamon challenge may seem rather tame on the outside, but don’t be fooled.

Cinnamon challenge TheButtingHeads/YouTube This challenge first cropped up as early as 2001, but it didn’t reach viral status until 2012. The necessary steps are quite simple. Just eat a spoonful of cinnamon without drinking water. In 60 seconds. All while the camera is running. This challenge lasted a remarkably long time, considering the massive health risks it posed. Participants in the cinnamon challenge were at risk of choking and gagging on the cinnamon in mild cases, and in worse cases inhaling cinnamon could lead to vomiting and scarring of the lungs.

The salt and ice challenge Thankfully, the salt and ice challenge hasn’t been overly popular since 2012. Still, fresh videos of people trying it out are always cropping up, despite multiple reports condemning the practice.

This challenge involves pouring salt onto moist, bare skin and then pressing an ice cube onto the area. Whoever endures the longest emerges victorious, but rarely unscathed. The resulting chemical reaction can lead to frostbite, first- or second-degree burns, and painful blisters. Warnings against participating in this painful challenge have, unsurprisingly, not made much of a difference.

[fapangel]

WELCOME, NEW GUN OWNERS!

A Brief Intro To The Whole ‘Gun’ Thing Business Stuff

By Planefag

1. So You Bought A Coronavirus Gun and you’re honestly a bit scared of it. What now?

You already know the four rules of gun safety because 1. the guy at the store told you, 2. it was in the users manual, which you read, and above all 3. you’ve not a redneck going “yee-haw BANG-GATTY!” you’re a goddamn sane human being. In point of fact, this new gun kind of scares you a bit and you sometimes have second thoughts.

Congratulations! You’re already becoming a Responsible Gun Owner.

Y’see, what us gun nerds don’t tell you is that we practice gun safety to the point of obsessive paranoia. Guns don’t shoot people, people shoot people – including by accident. The gun doesn’t do jack diddly shit – YOU do. All that responsibility is on YOU. And if you’re sitting there eyeballing the damn thing like it’s a live snake, it means you respect and fear the power, which is the first step in fully accepting the responsibility of gun ownership. You didn’t buy that damn thing as a dick replacement or to kill tin cans in the backyard, you bought it to protect yourself and your family should the worst happen – i.e. you’re already taking responsibility for your and/or your family’s own safety.

Being a grown-ass responsible adult is what qualifies you to own a gun. That’s it. Everything else is just knowledge, and none if it means diddly squat without the attitude, and as a (likely) reluctant owner, you already have that.

Never forget this.

2. What Nobody Will Tell You About The Safety Culture Of Firearms

You are absolutely going to fuck up gun safety a lot and the entire system and culture of firearm safety is designed to deal with this.

It starts with the Four Rules themselves:

All guns are loaded at all times.

Never point the gun at anything you don’t want to destroy.

Keep your finger off the trigger unless you intend to fire.

Never shoot an unidentified target and always consider what’s behind it.

These rules are multiply redundant safeties. Just ONE of these rules can and will save your life. You, as an ordinary mortal human, cannot possibly be perfect all the time, even with well-ingrained safety habits, but with multiple safety habits, you don’t NEED to be. Once Upon A Time a friend brought over her husband’s new gun for us to see, and my whole family handled it and tried it out. I asked to try the trigger pull, and before I touched the trigger, I decided to check the chamber – and a live round popped out.

That’s when I realized that, despite all of us having failed to check the chamber, we had all: 

1. Never touched the trigger 2. Never walked in front of the muzzle 3. Never pointed it in an unsafe direction - only at the floor.

My whole family, my friend, and I all fucked up, and nobody was hurt because while you will occasionally forget one or even two rules of gun safety, it’s effectively impossible to forget all four.

This “multiple redundancy” extends to other gun owners, and it’s why gun nerds seem to be such tiresome pedantic pricks about precise terminology – it all starts with “trigger discipline;” i.e. pointing out when someone else has their finger on the trigger when they’re not about to shoot; in a movie, in pictures, in real life, in a TikTok video etc. Muzzle discipline (don’t point it at things you want to destroy) is a close second. This is how gun owners work together to reinforce each other’s safety habits until they are second nature. This is the root of much gun culture – for instance, “silencer” is a perfectly valid name for the round make-gun-more-quieter-can, but lots of people get uptight and insist they be called “suppressors” because they don’t actually literally silence a gun, and your hearing can still be damaged if you fire a louder/bigger gun with a “can” on it and omit hearing protection (“earpo.”) Safety is serious business and you can expect other gun owners to coach you in it.

This system is formally enforced at shooting ranges, where someone called the Range Officer walks around for the sole purpose of making sure every rule of gun safety is observed at all times. With so many people in such tight confines, perfect gun safety is required, which is beyond the ability of any mere mortal. The range officer’s job is to be your second brain, helping you observe gun safety. They will often show you tricks to help avoid common mistakes in gun handling – one RO showed me how to stand sideways to my bench, so that when I manipulated my pistol in both hands, I could hold it sideways (as one naturally wants to do, to inspect it,) while still keeping the muzzle downrange. It’s natural to feel embarrassed if an RO corrects your mistake in gun safety, but you shouldn’t be – RO’s see every knuckle-dragging moron on Earth and can easily tell someone who is trying to be safe from a simple moron who doesn’t give a damn. RO’s treasure earnest newbies, because its easy to teach knowledge and habit, but difficult if not impossible to instill responsibility.

A final note on safety involves storage. To be of any damn use, your gun must be loaded and ready in your home, but many people also need to secure it against children, dumb-ass visiting friends or in some neighborhoods, possible burglary. What you need is a quick-access safe, like this one linked here. Note how the keypad has grooves so your fingers can find it in the dark, and only has four buttons. These tools are expressly designed to keep your firearm readily accessible and also safe and secure. Avail yourself of these.

3. You Don’t Know Jack Shit About Guns And That Doesn’t Matter.

Everything you think you know about guns is probably complete fucking bullshit – but if you know how to point YOUR gun’s loud end at the bad guy and pull the trigger, that’ll do.

Many in my own tribe will rip me a new asshole for saying this, but its true nonetheless. A TON of what you think you know about guns is total bullshit propagated by Hollywood, and some of it’s dangerous because it could get you killed – for instance, if you think your new shotgun doesn’t need to be aimed because it’ll light up half the living room from five feet away like in video games.

But you don’t own every gun from movies or games, do you? You only own YOUR gun. That’s the only one you need to worry about learning right now. You’re probably stuck “sheltering in place” and all the shooting ranges are closed, but that means you have plenty of time to watch youtube videos, and damn are there a lot of good, informative youtube videos on firearm topics. Paul Harrell alone has tons of excellent, down to Earth videos on every topic you can imagine, and he often caters to fresh-faced newbies, such as this introduction to shotguns and what they do. Full30.com is “gun youtube” and has nothing but informative gun videos.

Watching these videos you’ll soon realize that what sounds like basic newbie information to you is being delivered in videos aimed at experienced gun owners – because we gun owners often don’t know shit, either. Even among gun owners ourselves, a great many myths and legends persist; the classic example being old-timers who think the springs in magazines will wear out if you keep them loaded too long (they don’t, any more than the suspension springs on your car do from just sitting in the garage.) These rumors persist because while their recommended techniques don’t help, they almost never hurt, either. Gun owners pursue these almost mythical rituals for the exact same reason they have such strong opinions (and sometimes bitter arguments) over trivial differences in firearm performance or utility – even though the differences are very minor, when you are fighting for your own priceless life, even slim advantages are worth having. Even though most gun owners keep a simple shotgun for home defense and spend most of their money on Fun Shooty Guns for the range and/or competitions, the entire community is, ultimately, rooted in traditions and lessons pertaining to actual practical use of firearms for community, family and self-defense.

Thus: when fellow gun-owners, in person or online, give your selection of firearm shit and recommended ten billion other accessories or methods to buy or use, do not be fooled into thinking your gun is useless or seriously sub-par; almost anything that you can put lead downrange with, where you want it, will do the job. At the same time, understand that this community has such strong opinions on often trivial differences because you’re preparing to defend your and your families lives, and with infinitely high stakes, no advantage is too trivial to consider.

Sights and slings and magazines and such are all well and good to have, but if you need to make a choice, remember that having the gun, and the skill and familiarity to use it is already 90% of the equation. Paul Harrell demonstrates this very very well in his video on using double-barreled shotguns for home defense, which he opens with the line “not everyone can afford thousand-dollar guns,” and “you don’t need the latest, greatest thing to get the job done.” Clint of Thunder Ranch – a man who has in fact shot people and been shot at – is also on-record as warning people that you can absolutely be killed by the oldest, silliest damn Oregon-Trail looking goddamn Elmer Fudd popgun if the wielder knows how to run it well. Look no further than the return of lever-action Old West guns for home defense.

4. The Right Of The People To Keep And Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed AND YOU ARE PEOPLE

YES, YOU, YOU LEFT-WING BERNIEBRO TRIPLE-COMMUNIST FROM SOVIET MORDOR. AND YOU, TRANS-QUEER-POC-NONBINARY OTHERKIN. YOU ARE PEOPLE.

IF YOU ARE PEOPLE, THIS IS YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. IT IS NOT CONTINGENT ON YOUR POLITICS, YOUR RELIGION, YOUR SEX, GENDER, OR PREFERENCE OF GAMING CONSOLE. YOU BOUGHT A GUN, NOT A POLITICAL PARADIGM SHIFT. IT CAME WITH A TRIGGER LOCK, NOT A PACKET OF KOOL-AID.

WE GUN OWNERS HAVE FOUGHT TIRELESSLY FOR GENERATIONS TO DEFEND THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PRECISELY BECAUSE WE KNEW TIMES LIKE THESE WOULD INEVITABLY COME. AND NOW THAT THEY’RE HERE, BEING VINDICATED IS ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY NO FUN AT ALL, BECAUSE WE’RE ALL IN THIS SHITSTORM TOGETHER.

5. Come Talk To Us – We Don’t Bite

Most gun owners collect guns because we can’t afford to collect cars or old tractors or whatever, and worse, we can’t race them against each other nearly as easily as we can go to an IDPA competition and blap steel pop-up targets. Firearms are exquisite works of engineering, and marksmanship is a science, an Olympic sport, and a true art that was respected as the domain of the experienced and wise even in Antiquity. Most of us were taught gun safety as a case-study in the responsibilities of adulthood, at our parents and grandparents knee, and we find real joy in introducing new people to the joy of firearms ownership and shooting sports.

Gun owners have been subject to non-stop, wall-to-wall abuse for decades due to our views on firearm rights – quite often to our faces, from family members. It makes us scornful and defensive – but it also primes us to welcome fellow supporters of self-defense rights with open arms as long-lost brothers. Hit us up on Twitter or BookFarce or whatever the hell you use. Ask your questions – yes, even the dumb ones. We asked the exact same ones ourselves when we were starting out. We’ll deny it till the sun burns out, but we did, and our guilty memories mock us still.

It often feels like the divides in America are too deep to ever be healed, and even in the midst of this crisis, where there should only be two sides – humanity vs. virus – the bitter recriminations continue. But it’s still the best chance we’ve had to see eye-to-eye with each other, and that new gun of yours, lying in its factory grease still in its factory hardcase, is proof positive of that.

You’re disgusted by this reality, aren’t you? That such ugly measures are necessary? That things have gotten this bad?

Good. So are we. Which is why we need you; you people who wish for a world where guns aren’t needed and people sleep with their doors unlocked at night. People who push forward, finding a way to advance. And this current disaster is why you need us; people who know how bad it can get, how easily the center can fold, who prepare for the worst.

We will need you again in the future. And that is why we are here for you now.

[mediaandcommsprojectbblog]

what’s a phone?

Phone addiction is real, like super real. According to Addiction Centre, “there are over 3.8 billion smartphone users in the world and of those billions, 427% receive more messages and notifications than they did a decade ago” (Gomez, S, Smith-Slade, D, Dr. Bhatt, A, 2022). Unfortunately, the little boxes of light we hold in our hands are designed to be addictive since they can make life easier by making information being so accessible. These little boxes have now been proven that they are altering our brain. “When we read digital media, the cluttered landscape of links and ads and the short bursts of attention that are required by scrolling and swiping, and tweeting result in a contradiction in terms: an intensely focused state of distraction” (Karanasiewicz, S 2022). This explains how after TikTok was created, no one could focus on anything for more than 30 second periods without getting distracted or bored.

Speaking of content, “TikTok also appears to be faster than any other platform at detecting interest” (Paul, K 2022) which only entices the addiction. “The app provides an endless stream of emotional nudges, which can be hard to recognize and really impact users in the long run,” Faddoul said. “It’s not going to make anyone depressed overnight, but hours of consumption every day can have a serious impact on your mental health” (Paul, K 2022).

TikTok is constantly walking on a fine line between raising awareness and bringing up past trauma. “These concerns are particularly pronounced in the realm of ADHD content, where users have reported being diagnosed by medical professionals after seeing videos about their symptoms” (Paul, K 2022). The type of realm that TikTok is offering if not taken lightly can be extremely damaging. It creates a replacement for social interaction and is something that can be super detrimental to the younger generations that are growing into this fixation. Especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, also coinsidently when TikTok became most popular with a 180% download growth (Ceci, L 2022), people were forced into their homes with little to no social interaction. There’s been so much recent controversy surrounding the app that entrepreneur Mathias Döpfner says that “TikTok should be banned in every democracy” and argues that “democratic nations are naïve and dangerous to allow TikTok to operate” (Barrabi, T 2022).

With TikTok on the rise and other platforms trying to catch up to its popularity level, it may be worth revaluating how much it truly needs to be on our home screens…

References:

Barrabi, T 2022, ‘TikTok should be banned in every democracy, media mogul says’, September 7th 2022, New York Post, viewed 9th November, < https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/tiktok-should-be-banned-in-every-democracy-politico-owner-says/ >

Addiction Centre, 2022, ‘Phone Addiction: Warning Signs And Treatment’, 2022, viewed 9th November, < https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/phone-addiction/ >

Karnasiewicz, S 2022, ‘7 Things To Know if You Think You’re Addicted to Your Phone’, Health, June 14th 2022, viewed 9th November,  < https://www.health.com/condition/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction >

Paul, K 2022, ‘What TikTok does to your mental health: It’s embarrassing we know so little’, The Guardian, Sunday 30th October 2022, viewed 9th November, < https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/tiktok-mental-health-social-media#:~:text=Experts%20agree%2C%20saying%20that%20while,also%20lead%20to%20additional%20trauma.&text=%E2%80%9CFor%20many%20people%2C%20disclosing%20abuse,the%20children's%20mental%20health%20expert. >

Ceci, L 2022, ‘Share of individuals using TikTok during the coronavirus outbreak’, Statista, Jan 28th 2022, viewed 9th November, < https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207831/tiktok-usage-among-young-adults-during-covid-19-usa/ >

[pennsylvaniaprelawland-blog]

TikTok Sued By Families Of 2 Girls Who Died While Attempting The “Blackout Challenge”

By Angelica Meliksetyan, University of Pennsylvania Class of 2024

July 25, 2022

Most videos on TikTok are challenges users create, representing one of the platform's most popular aspects. Even though many challenges are harmless to users of any age, particular challenges pose a considerable risk primarily to unsupervised children who use the app. There are various viral TikTok trends that are considered to be dangerous, such as taking enough Benadryl to experience hallucinations, removing an IUD without the help of a doctor, and eating massive amounts of frozen honey and corn syrup. TikTok is currently being sued by the parents of a 9-year-old girl in Wisconsin and an 8-year-old girl in Texas who claim their daughters tragically passed away after participating in a TikTok challenge [1].

Essentially, the lawsuit alleges that the "Blackout Challenge" was responsible for the deaths of the two girls. The "Blackout Challenge" has been around since 2008 but has resurfaced on TikTok in recent months. The challenge requires participants to hold their breath for as long as possible until they pass out from a lack of oxygen [1]. The users are also advised to choke themselves with "belts, purse strings or other similar items" until they lose consciousness [2]. Dr. Nick Flynn commented on the challenge, explaining, "If you have low oxygen to the brain for over three minutes, you can get brain damage, and if you have low oxygen to the brain for over five minutes, it can result in death." He explained that when insufficient oxygen is provided to the brain, it results in effects similar to drowning, choking, or going into cardiac arrest. According to the CDC, there have been over 80 deaths associated with the challenge [1].

Arriani Jaileen Arroyo died of suffocation at nine years old after participating in the challenge. Her younger brother discovered her unconscious and hanging from a dog's leash attached to her door. Soon after being alerted by her brother, the father rushed her to a nearby children's hospital, where she was placed on life support. Although the doctors tried their best to save her, testing revealed that Arriani suffered permanent brain damage and complete loss of brain function, which forced her family to make the difficult decision to remove her from a life support system. Similarly, after returning from a trip, Lalani Erika Renee Walton was instructed by her stepmother to clean her room while she took a nap. Upon waking up, her stepmother found Lalani hanging from her bed with a wrapped rope around her neck. Unfortunately, the police determined Lalani had died from self-asphyxiation [2].

Like many others, their children were initially posting videos of themselves dancing and singing on TikTok. Neither parent was concerned about their children's usage of TikTok and had no idea about the dangerous challenges that came with the app [2]. However, a forensic analysis of their phone revealed that they watched “Blackout Challenge” videos on TikTok prior to their deaths. In the investigation, it was discovered that Lalani had watched videos of the challenge repeatedly, anticipating that she would become famous in the future if she posted a video [3].

The lawsuit filed on behalf of the Arroyo family and Walton family claims that TikTok has a defective design and that it is an addictive app that is not safe for its users. The Arroyo family alleges in their lawsuit that "TikTok's algorithm was designed to promote TikTok challenges to young users to increase their engagement and maximize TikTok's profits" [3]. Similarly, Jeffrey Goodman, an attorney representing another family with a daughter who was involved in the same challenge, blames TikTok's addictive algorithm. He explains, "with TikTok, you see the videos that it puts in front of you, and the purpose of the algorithm is to try and get users hooked" [2]. Further court documents indicate that shortly after Lalani got a smartphone, she became obsessed with TikTok [3]. Additionally, TikTok is marketed toward children aged 13 and up. In a statement, Arriani's father expressed hope that their legal action would prevent other families from suffering similar tragedies. [2]. A spokesperson for TikTok explained that the "Blackout Challenge" was not a TikTok trend since it existed prior to the app's launch. Furthermore, TikTok took action to remove content regarding the challenge and blocked searches relating to the #BlackoutChallenge hashtag. Despite the statement, TikTok is still being blamed, with their attorneys claiming that they were aware of the virality of the challenge and failed to react immediately [1].

______________________________________________________________

Angelica Meliksetyan is an incoming junior at the University of Pennsylvania. She is studying Criminology with a minor in Law and Society. She hopes to go to law school in the future.

______________________________________________________________

[1] Felbin, S.; Talbert, S.; Aloian, A. (July 19,2022). "What Is TikTok's 'Blackout Challenge' And Why Is It Dangerous?". Women’s Health. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

[2] Stoddard, Catherine (July 21, 2022). "Families sue TikTok after 2 girls die attempting controversial ‘blackout challenge,' lawsuit claims'". Fox. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[3] Patterson, Charmaine (July 21, 2022). "Parents Sue TikTok After Daughters Die Doing 'Blackout Challenge': 'We Want People to Be Aware'". People. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[prometheusonair]

If you do this in the shower, stop right away.

There is no single-size requirement for a routine shower. Some rinse in the morning for the first time. Others prefer to do it in the evening. And according to certain internet conversations, there is even a dispute about which body parts should truly be bathed and how often should we bathe. But according to a doctor, you might want to avoid at least one habit once it's time to jump on the shower. Read on to understand what you shouldn't do when you are clean.

When you're in the shower, you should never pee.

You can only be steps away from the toilet, but it is no secret — and another contentious hygiene controversy — that some people are allowed to urinate while they rinse off. And while some may claim that this is a hygienic problem, a doctor warns you should not pee in the shower for potential impacts on your body.

Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, MD, a pelvis physical therapist with a doctorate in physical therapy, warns you that you can accidently make yourself urinate under control to the nozzle spray sound in a video that has since gone popular on TikTok. "If you are peeping in the shower, turning on the faucet or switching on the shower and then sitting on the toilet to pee, you are developing an association in the brain between the flush and urine sounds," she added.

If you pee in the shower, it could subconsciously train you to urinate when you hear water.

It may seem like a strain at first to connect bladder control problems to peeing in the shower. But Jeffrey-Thomas clarified her remarks and highlighted the psychological reaction known as the pavlovian effect in a later interview with Buzzfeed.

"Your bladder relies on messages it is received both from the bladder stretch as the bladder fills and from brain signals that tell it when to constrict urination," she added. "We want to avoid training our bladder in connection with the urge to pee for particular signals. In this situation, the sound of running water is associated with urinating or dipping into water. It can often be triggered through other noises of running water (such running the hull to wash your hands or dishes) or in bodies of water."

The conditional reaction may not be a problem for all, but some could feel the repercussions in a potentially embarrassing way. "For some people this may simply be annoying, but it may contribute to urge incontinence (or leakage of pee, if you are urged to use the bathroom)," she said to Buzzfeed.

You could also physically damage your body with the seemingly harmless habit.

But it's not only the psychological condition that can create a problem. Depending on your body type, it may contravene the body's tactics to hold it if you need to urinate while standing in rushing water.

"The position to peel in the shower, from the point of view of the pelvic floor, does not lead to pelvic floor relaxation," Jeffrey-Thomas said to Buzzfeed. "AMAB (male at birth) bodies have the prostate to support the bladder, which is in order to urinate, while AFAB (woman at birth assigned) bodies—as well as those who have had assertion operations—do not support the bladder at the same level. The pelvic floor usually wants to stay in a standing position or floating position in order to maintain continuity (i.e. do not pee your pants in inappropriate times) so that you are urinated at those points, you must avoid these normal mechanisms of continuation, which can be problematic down the lines."

However, if you ever find yourself urgent to pee while swimming, there is one solution to overcome this question. "Deep huddling in the water to the ground avoids this and allows the pelvic floor to relax." But, she noted, "then you still make the association with water/peeing."

Avoiding peeing in the shower now could save you grief later in life.

Jeffrey-Thomas finally agrees that her recommendation could be a little extreme. However, she says that taking care of this one tiny bath detail today could have a huge effect on the way your body works.

"Shower peeing may look stupid but many little habits contribute to our overall bladder health and the function of the pelvic floor," she told Ms. Buzzfeed. "It's all about avoiding complications later in life. Ask everyone who pees their pants: if they knew how to avoid the shame and frustration involved, they'd get back and do it in a heartbeat."

[booksandmorestuff]

New Post has been published on https://booksandmore.online/product/hyper-marketing-influencer-video/

Hyper Marketing Influencer Video

Hyper Marketing Influencer Video

As a special offer for our customers, we are excited to let you know that we have put together a video training series on Hyper Marketing Influencer Video!

First of all, we would like to congratulate and welcome you on board! Rest assured that Hyper Marketing Influencer Guide will show you the way to a successful Influencer career, step by step. You will be able to leverage the traffic of the three most used social media platforms, for profits!

But what if you can become the guru of those platforms much quicker and without missing any important detail that would be crucial for your success?

YES, you can!

As a special offer for our customers, we are excited to let you know that we have put together a video training series on Hyper Marketing Influencer Video! Sure, you will have access to every aspect of the knowledge which is required in order to become the next successful social media Influencer!

The video upgrade, however, will help you reach your goals much faster! Please note, that this is a SPECIAL offer for customers and for a limited time only!

why you don't want to miss the video upgrade of Hyper Marketing Influencer Video!

Most people are visual learners, meaning that they learn much easier and faster by watching a video, instead of reading a guide.

We have made sure to emphasize the most important steps of the process so you don't miss anything.

You can watch the videos quickly and you can intake a lot more information in a very short time span.

The human brain likes to visualize things, and videos are the visualizations ready for you.

Learning complex things is much faster and easier with videos as compared to the books...

THE VIDEO COURSE UPGRADE...

INTRODUCTION TO INFLUENCER MARKETING

CHOOSE YOUR NICHE

INSTAGRAM – THE FUNDAMENTALS

INSTAGRAM – LET THE GAME BEGIN

One more on INSTAGRAM – THE NEXT STEPS

YOUTUBE – SETTING UP THE SYSTEM

YOUTUBE – SCALING UP

TIKTOK – FIRST STEPS TO SUCCESS

TIKTOK – DEVELOPING YOUR STRATEGY

One more on TIKTOK – ANALYSIS, AND GOALS

"KINDLE KINGS".. IS NOTHING LIKE THE "others".

You Just Need To Create Each Book Once And Let It Sell Forever!

If You Can Follow Simple Instructions,

You Will Start Creating Your Own Publishing Empire.. today! ACT NOW AND GET FREE ACCESS TO OUR EXCLUSIVE fast action BONUS:

Frequently Asked Questions

How Is the Video Course Any Better Than The Guide?

Most people are visual learners, meaning that they learn much easier and faster by watching a video, instead of reading a guide.  We have made sure to emphasize the most important steps of the process so you don't miss anything.

You can watch the videos quickly and you can intake a lot more information in a very short time span. The human brain likes to visualize things, and videos are the visualizations ready for you. Learning complex things is much faster and easier with videos as compared to the books.

When And How Will I Receive My Video Course?

Once you have clicked the button below and placed your order, the videos will be instantly delivered to you in HD MP4 format, along with all your bonus.

How Many Videos Do I Have To Watch?

You will be provided with step-by-step videos. We have made sure to cover every single aspect of social media Influencer marketing!

Can I Have A Refund If It's Not For Me?

Sure thing! Your order is being covered by our 30-days, no-questions-asked refund policy.

Can I Save The Videos For Future Reference?

Absolutely! You will be able to download all the videos to your computer, as soon as you have completed your order.

How Much Will That Cost?

We don't like the term 'cost' :) We prefer to call this an investment which will pay itself if you take action on what you'll learn inside. Please also note that the price may be higher in case you save this page to buy in the future.

I'm Ready! How Do I Get Access?

Just click on the ADD TO CART button to get access to the video training, now!

We know that your time is valuable. We know that you may not have the time to watch the videos. Nothing to worry about! We are coming up with mp3 files as Hyper Marketing Influencer Audio, shortly. Moreover, you can utilize the same anytime, anywhere!

No Liability

Under no circumstances will the product creator, programmer, or any of the distributors of this product will be liable. Moreover, or any distributors, be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental. Even moreover, other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from the use of this product. This product is provided "as is" and without warranties.

The use of this product indicates your acceptance of the "No Liability" policy. If you do not agree with our "No Liability" policy, then you are not permitted to use or distribute this product (if applicable). Therefore, failure to read this notice in its entirety does not void your agreement to this policy should you decide to use this product.

Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages. So the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. The liability for damages, regardless of the form of the action, shall not exceed the actual fee paid for the product.

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

Morons and Kids on Social Media

https://twitter.com/glowyclawz/status/1365652601002459136?s=20

This is, and will always be why kids should not use social media. They are ill informed. Older people with ill intent often will groom them to their standards of subjectivity and training them to think that their views are Objective instead and everyone should have them.   This right here? This is from TikTok. And honestly it pisses me off because this is likely kids. 30+ people died in that fire, and not only that the person that died was the director of the anime. Not the creator. And people are calling him a lolicon. Fun fact for those that don't know. If you listen to Shibuya Kaho she specifically mentions that the term lolicon in Japan means something that has a much more difficult context than just "little girl". Funny enough these monsters that cheer for the deaths of these people don't know the first thing about pedophilia because they get their information from stupid people.  

Pedophilia is an attraction to children. Uniquely for a number or reasons.   -The person never emotionally grew past a certain age -They are attracted to children for their innocence and youth -They have a need to feel needed and try to fall somewhere between mentor and lover -They like the mental state of children.    Last but not least, they are attracted to their bodies. Now why did I put this last? Because over 95% of pedophiles have a number of these things and more that they require. And this IS the short list. Fact is only a fraction of pedo's actually chase kids for their bodies alone. And often it's not what they are looking for.

Also it bares noting that there is a difference between an opportunistic predator, and a pedophile. The I actually blame Republicans and Conservatives for making them out to be the same thing. Now that's become the norm when it's not even close to correct. Opportunistic Predators are just people who get it where ever they can find it and often don't really discriminate. Pedophiles are people that are specifically attracted to and want relations with children often under the age of 12.

After that you have Ephebophilia, which is the primary sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century. ... Ephebophilia strictly denotes the preference for mid-to-late adolescent sexual partners, not the mere presence of some level of sexual attraction.Scummy? Yes. But still not the same. 

Though here is the kicker. The worst of the three is actually the Opportunistic Predator. Mostly because they don't care and the only thing wrong with their heads is a lack of control. Pedophiles after this because as long as they don't actually abuse children, either leave them be or try to get them to do therapy. Because they often can't control the fact they are attracted to kids. This is often due to chemical imbalances in the brain.  Lastly you have Ephedophile which is the least bad. Mostly due to the fact that functionally you are getting to a point where you are nearing adulthood. Is it still bad? YES. I can't stress that enough. In the grand scheme of things though..., It's not the worst of the 3.

Either way, one of the characters these people have an issue with is this>

I’ve personally dated someone who has proportions like this in college. She was shorter than 4′10″ and had a similar if not bigger bust. And I know that she was petit because we had sex. She was 20 at the time, though she could have passed for 14 if she wanted. The reason I HATE radical feminism and hyper progressivism, is because it tells women that are small they don’t have a right to consent. They don’t have a RIGHT to be found sexually attractive. They don’t have a right to date anyone not also their size. And they also body shame these women by claiming that big breasts are inherently sexual. Do you know how damaging it is to grow up being wanted for your breasts and them get told by a bunch of moron radical feminists that your body type is too sexual? Do you know how many turned to anime because western cartoons seemed to agree with that notion?

Long story short. Social media is turning children into monsters who don’t know anything, think subjective morals are objective, and think that drawing smaller women in art someone makes that person a lolicon or a pedo. Meanwhile not realizing how damaging that is to ACTUAL victims of sexual abuse. And you know what else it damages? Law enforcements ability to find and capture real predators. Because Neo Progressives will find lewd pictures of this character *which is an adult in human years* and send it to law enforcement. Or start a harassment campaign on Twitter, diverting resources away that could be used to find real abusers. Can social media be good for kids and teens? Yes. But only under supervision of a responsible adult or parent. Kids might  be smart, but their brains are still developing. And Social Media studies show the effect on the brain is like that of hard core drugs. 

[she-whodreams]

Maybe some people will drag me for this, but I'm right so I'll say it. Bcs some people on tiktok are fucking brain damaged or sum

You NEED dysphoria to be trans. There's literally NO other requirement. Many people confuse dysphoria and dismorphia, which is why I believe there are so many young people saying that they're trans now. And if you don't have dysphoria and walk around with your tits out and waist on thinna and say "uwu I use he/him pronouns ✨" your hurting the ACTUAL trans community sooo much. And don't say "owo but pronouns don't equal gender" well then what are they doing? Thats their job. And if they didn't indicate gender, actual trans people wouldn't want theirs changed.

And don't get me started on he/him or they/them lesbians.

No, not everyones identity is ✨valid✨