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HAVE YOU SEEN THE HASHTAG FIRE SPRAY
CHALLENGE ?
KNOW, I AM IN ADULT.
LOOK LIKE KIDS ON INSTAGRAM ARE DOING USING THIS HASHTAG.
MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT DONE, DID YOU KNOW YOU
COULD DO THIS WITH A CAN OF HAIRSPRAY ?THE LOOKS ON
THEIR FACES IS LIKE THEIR DISCOVERING FIRE FOR THE
FIRST TIME THAT THIS IS WHAT MAKES ME SAD MORE THAN ANYTHING.
IS LIKE HUMANITY AS A WHOLE.
AND YOU KNOW FIRE IS REAL HOTDOCS
HAVE A EITHER OF YOU EVER DONE THIS ?
GAP COURSE.
WHEN YOU WERE A KID.
KNOW I HAVEN'T VIDEOTAPE MYSELF DOING IT.
THERE WERE VIDEOS LIKE THAT WHEN I DID IT.
WHEN I WAS A KID I LET EVERYTHING I COULD GET MY
HANDS ON FIRE.
I THINK ABOUT THAT LIBRARY,
NO REALLY. I LOVE THIS IDEA. I WAS A VERY SCIENTIFICALLY
MINDED KID
AND A PIRATE.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME TO SEE HOW THINGS WOULD BURN.
I LOVE TO BURNING WHERE THINGS LIKEA COMB HER HAIR BRUSH ?
I BURN A CRAYON.
THEIR GOAL WHEN YOU BURN THEM.
I BURN HAIR DYE WAS REAL GROWTH. SOUNDS TERRIBLE TO
SAY THIS BUT IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE SIDEWALK. IT
WAS AN OLD DISCARDED BOOK BY SAYING YOU BURNED A BOOK
SOUNDS REALLY BAD. I DO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
ANTI-INTELLECTUAL.
WHY DID YOU JUST ADMIT THAT ONE AIR. HE BURNS VELOCITY
PHILOSOPHY BOOKS.
I DID IT BECAUSE AN OLDER KID TODAY AND I WANTED TO SEE
IT, WHICH IS A STUPID REASON TO DO IT BUT I DIDN'T DO IT SO
THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD GIVE ME A THUMBS UP AND THINK
THAT I WAS COOL. THESE KIDS ARE DOING SOMETHING KIND OF
SILLY AND DANGEROUS, AND THE THING THAT UNIFIES ALL OF
IT IS THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY MAKING IT ABLE TO BE VIEWED
BY WHOEVER THEY WANT WHICH SEEMS LIKE A GREAT WAY TO GET
YOUR PARENTS TO BE THE SHOULD OUT OF YOU.
BUT ISN'T THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT I WANT
TO LOOK COOL. THE THINKING BEHIND IT IS I WANT TO LOOK
ONE FRONT OF THESE OTHER KIDS THAT
AIDED THE SAME THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANOTHER KID AROUND. HE WANTED
TO LOOK: IT SHOWED IT TO ME BUT I THINK I DID IT BY MYSELF.
BUT SHE WANTED TO LOOK COOL.
I JUST ONE OF THOSE BOOKS TO BURNS OKAY.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE THESE KIDS BUT INSTEAD YOU BURN LITERATURE.
TO THINK INSTAGRAM IS GOING TO BLOCK THIS ?
ANYTHING THAT REASONABLY COULD LEAD TO HARM ñ
THERE'S A BUNCH OF RISK INVOLVED.
NOT LAKES NELLY SHOWING DOUBLES ON INSTAGRAM.
BURNABLE OFF. MY GOD.
THIS IS A LIABILITY.
THEY CAN BE SEEN ENCOURAGING IT.
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BUT THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE GETS HORRIFIC
BURNS ON THEIR FACE OR POTENTIALLY DIE BECAUSE THEY LIT
THEMSELVES ON FIRE ñ THEY THINK IT'S COOL WITH HAIRSPRAY AND THEY
WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE WITH LIGHTER FLUID.
I LOVE TECHNOLOGY AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
NEW SOCIETY AND HOW THAT KNOWLEDGE AREAS ARE GOING TO INFLUENCE
SOCIETY. THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS IS BECAUSE OF
THAT SORT OF THING. GROWING UP AMONGST IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
HOW ARE KIDS SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION? THEY ARE ALL TRAINED TO BE
SO DESPERATE FOR RECOGNITION AND APPROVAL, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY
HAD THAT, BUT NOW TO GET IT IN A WEIRD VIRTUAL, ANONYMOUS
ONLINE AND THEY ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO GET THUMBS UP AND
SHARES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. EVEN MORE THAN PERHAPS US WHOSE
JOB IT IS. A LOT OF IT IS DANGEROUS. THERE WAS THE
BANANA SLIP CHALLENGE RECENTLY WHERE PEOPLE WERE CRACKING
THEIR HEADS ON FURNITURE IN THE KITCHEN.
TRUST FALL.
NOT EVEN TRUST FALL. YOU PUT A BANANA ON THE
GROUND AND STEP ON IT.
NO THERE WERE TRUST FALL. THEY WERE HILARIOUS
BECAUSE EVERYONE GOT HURT.
WHEN YOU JUST GO UP TO SOMEBODY AND YELLED TRUST
FALLEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING IT. YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THIS?
EVEN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AT LEAST PLANKING IS NOT THAT
DANGEROUS. YOU ARE LITERALLY NOT MOVING.
BUT YOUíRE PLANKING IN WEIRD PLACES.
WAIT IS THERE A CHALLENGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
PUTTING THINGS OVER THEIR HEAD?
YES, CONDOMS. THERE WAS A CHALLENGE SPECIFICALLY TO
POUR LIGHTER FLUID ON YOURSELF AND SET IT ON FIRE WHICH
SOUNDS LIKE A TROLL STARTED IT BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY DOING IT.
NO WE USED TO DO A THING WHEN WE HAD HAVE LIGHTERS
WE WOULD PUSH THE BUTTON WITHOUT LIGHTING IT AND FILL YOUR
HAND WITH FLUID AND THEN WE WOULD LIGHT IT LIKE THIS
AND YOU WOULD HAVE A LITTLE FIREBALL IN YOUR HAND.
THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA. I'M GOING TO START A CHALLENGE
WHERE YOU HAVE A CAMERA RUNNING AND YOU CUT OFF YOUR OWN
HEAD AND YOU SEE IF YOU CAN SMILE BEFORE YOU LOSE
CONSCIOUSNESS. WHAT IS THE LIMIT? LITERALLY POURING
LIGHTER FLUID AND SETTING US ON ON FIRE.
IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE DIDN'T DO THAT BEFORE THEY HAD INSTA.
I BET FEWER PEOPLE DID IT.
THAT'S THE ISSUE IS THAT NOW WE HAVE A NUCLEATION SITE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT SOUNDS RIGHT THOUGH.
THERE'S A PLACE WHERE SOMETHING STARTS AND THEN ACTUALLY RIPPLES
OUT PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
I GET THOSE WORDS.
YOU DO KIND OF SOUND LIKE AN OLD MAN. THE KIDS THESE DAYS.
I LOVE TECHNOLOGY. I SPEND EVERY MINUTE AT MY COMPUTER
AND I DRIVE AN ELECTRIC CAR AND SOMEDAY I WANT TO MARRY A ROBOT.
BUT WITH NUCLEATION, I NEVER WOULD'VE GOTTEN THIS IDEA
TO LIGHT A FIRE WITH HAIRSPRAY OR LIGHT MY ARM ON FIRE.
ULTIMATELY, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS
WHETHER YOU SEE SOMEBODY A SCHOOL DOING IT IN A SMALL GROUP
OF PEOPLE DO IT BECAUSE OF THAT WERE YOU SEE SOMEONE ON THE
INTERNET DOING AND YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE COOL IF I DID
THIS. THIS WILL BE A FLASH IN THE PAN. TRUST ME. HASHTAG
FIRE SPRAY CHALLENGE IS NOT GOING TO BE CATCHING ON.
ACTUALLY THE FUNNY THING IS, I DIDN'T PICK THE STORIES TODAY.
I CAME IN LATE. SO THIS IS AN ASSIGNED STORY TO ME AND I WAS
LIKE THESE IDIOTS. I WAS SO NERVOUS. THE IDEA WAS TO
PRESENT IT, BUT IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME THEY ALL LIGHT THE
FIRE AND THEN SAY OW.
SO FAR. JUST NOT WORTH THE RISK.
BABYíS HAND ON THE STOVE IN THE OLDEN DAYS.
EVENTUALLY ITíS GOING TO GO WRONG FOR SOMEBODY. IF YOU DO
THIS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A VERY BIG FLAME OUT OF IT. YOU
DON'T WANT TO RISK YOUR LIFE FOR NOTHING.
YOU CAN THANK JOHN FOR GIVING YOU THAT IDEA.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE LAWSUITS ROLLING IN.