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Schools warn parents about dangerous ‘Chromebook Challenge’ (www.9news.com)

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If people need to be warned/counseled that setting stuff on fire is dangerous there are larger underlying issues at play.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they have to be warned that the internet is suddenly recommending their kids do stupid things, and that, because of the way social media has become a ducking nightmare, their kids are more likely to do it then the parents might think.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I get that, but I like to think that kids would already understand that's a bad idea.

Then again, some stores require ID now to buy tide pods for a reason so...