Over the last few weeks my Facebook has been flooded with
people uploading videos of their Neknominations, and the trend has most
definitely hit Bournemouth.
The game involves a person being nominated, which means that
they have to drink a pint of whatever they like and then have 24 hours to post
this video and nominate other contenders.
The videos that I first saw contained different types of
alcohol, being put into a pint glass, and being drank rather quickly, but the latest
videos are getting more outrageous by the minute. Now people are getting more
creative edition, an edition I saw involved in two friends doing a Mr and Mrs
version, having to answer questions about each other an if they got them wrong
items were added to their drink, such as mushy peas and cold baked beans...
pretty grim. Other videos involved drinking underwater, or snorting lines of
protein powder.
This need to adhere to peer pressure and outdo each other is
becoming very dangerous, one video I have seen is a boy taking the legal high
known as salvia, and clearly not understanding what is going on. Another video,
saw a man in Northern Ireland drown after taking part in the game. This
promotion of binge drinking and peer pressure, asks the question how far will
these people go to compete for attention?
It’s clear that social media can have such an impact on
people, but I don’t think its being used in a productive way at all. I’m happy
to see that a group of South Africans have used Neknominatiins in a positive
way, and have filmed themselves doing a good act of kindness and nominating
their friends to do the same, with the ethos ‘change one thing, change
everything.’
Therefore I urge you to stop using these Neknominations to
show off how much alcohol you can swallow or what condiments you can put on
your drink (we already get that you can drink... your students!!) Instead lets
use the platform of Neknomianations to promote good deeds and show that there
is more to our lives then sleeping and drinking!!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/south-african-man-brent-lindeque-turns-neknominate-on-its-head/story-fnjwmwrh-1226818264791
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