![]() ![]() I love you too much to see you dead ❤️" Another wrote, "It takes a special kind of moron to not realize how that could result in serious injury."įor the record, Netflix had to issue a warning on January 2 about how the challenge can be dangerous. It's on the news to not do the birdbox challenge. One fan wrote, " Jake, that stuff can kill you. Naturally, people on Twitter are upset that he would do this knowing it could be dangerous and putting it on YouTube. Oh, and it's clearly still not safe to walk into traffic with a blindfold. The movie captured audiences and sparked memes after a reported 45 million subscribers watched the movie in its first seven days. I mean, I guess maybe the people in the cars could've been in on the prank, but that's pretty unlikely. Last December, Netflix revealed what would become a pop cultural phenomenon, the Sandra Bullock movie Bird Box. All challenges, stunts, and pranks are performed by trained professionals in a controlled environment with proper safety measures taken, and are for entertainment purposes only! Again, do not try this at home!" Viral challenges have a way of encouraging participants to one-up each other in an endless quest for views – and this meme about a Netflix movie is no exception.In the description of Jake's video, he included this disclaimer: "Please be warned (and we cannot possibly stress this enough) under no circumstances should any challenges, stunts, or pranks be attempted by any of our viewers. The same premise was copied by other YouTube channels, and “Good Morning America.” One enterprising, young memer on Instagram combined the “Bird Box” challenge with the also dangerous KiKi challenge in which, you’re supposed to dance alongside a moving car. The video also contains a couple moments that would be a bad idea to repeat, like walking blindfolded on an escalator. The pair have un-blindfolded chaperones for the entire challenge, who appear to guide and drive them around. Another video follows a would-be “Bird Box” challenger to the hospital after, the caption says, she broke her foot doing a practice run.Īs the challenge grew, YouTuber Morgan Adams got more than 2 million views for a “24 hour ‘Bird Box’ challenge” video, in which she and a friend attempt to do a bunch of things (order Popeye’s, go to a casino and gamble) while blindfolded. Bird Box challenge inspired by Netflix movie goes viral on social media A new ‘Bird Box’ challenge inspired by the Netflix film of the same name, in which people are called to do everyday. Some, with relatively few views until Netflix’s warning, showed people driving while blindfolded (or at least pretending to). My family and i wanted to see how well we’d do if we were in the bird box movie □□ #birdboxchallenge /da3d0KWTkO ![]() One early video, recirculated on a few meme accounts, shows a dad accidentally walking his toddler. How "Beyoncé" giggled sent me□□□ /hmpWrHgUdyĪ lot of the early videos feature families doing the challenge together, which is what happens when something like this goes viral over a holiday break. The BirdBoxChallenge hashtag started showing up within days of the movies release on Netflix. This is it for the #birdbox challenge□□□□□ Another variation involves re-creating a scene where the movie’s evil force imitates the voice of someone important to the blindfolded family to trick them into looking: There are plenty of examples of people doing the meme without putting themselves in immediate peril, or pretending to. Sandra Bullocks Birdbox has become the latest online challenge with the viral BirdBoxChallenge, which Netflix is now advising against. The video is staged to make it appear as if one participant bolts from the group and falls down the stairs of a subway station. Another mildly viral early adopter shows a group walking down a Brooklyn street. One early video, recirculated on a few meme accounts, shows a dad accidentally walking his toddler into a wall while trying to recreate one of the movie’s blindfolded scenes. The #BirdBoxChallenge hashtag started showing up within days of the movie’s release on Netflix. And the warnings about its dangers are mainly aimed at those who would take it too far, of which there are plenty of examples. The “Bird Box” challenge really has gone viral, to some extent. But the “Bird Box” challenge is a bit different from the Tide Pod or condom challenges. Given that the jump from “a teen did this once” to “(x dangerous idea) is the latest viral TEEN TREND” is instantaneous in today’s internet machine, it’s wise to look carefully at any viral warnings about teen behavior online. ![]()
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