• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Maybe I’m just an old curmudgeon, but I can’t feel sorry for anyone dumb enough to try this.

    I have kids, and I’m confident that if I asked my 10 year old about this, even she’d know that it’s a terrible idea.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      I’d hope so too, but I worry that even the smartest kids could fall for something that perfectly targets the specific thing they’re really insecure about.

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          5 months ago

          Wow, this brought back a weird memory.

          There was a very old internet ‘trend’ that had folks basically stretching and helicoptering their dicks on a regime with the idea that over time, it would make them bigger.

          Basically dicksmashing.

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        5 months ago

        I’d worry about things they don’t understand. If there was a “bleach and ammonia” challenge, I’d be concerned.

        I don’t think many kids know what happens when you mix those, and some would die figuring it out.

        It’s going to be much more difficult to find a kid that doesn’t know that a hammer to the face is a bad idea.

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      5 months ago

      It’s not the 10 year Olds that are doing it, it’s the disaffected, terminally online 20-somethings who have grown up in a hyperficial world with very little opportunity to form real, natural relationships. Ask your daughter in ten years if she’d do something harmful for the chance of increasing her attractiveness.