Stupid Teen Challenges

Senior Houston West attempts the cinnamon challenge.

Senior Houston West attempts the cinnamon challenge.

Pierce Lehman, Hi-Times Business Manager

YouTube and social networking have been taken storm by “challenge videos.” While some are fairly harmless, others can cause serious injury or even lead to death.

1. Fire Challenge

The fire challenge consists of setting yourself on fire for views. This has to be the stupidest challenge on the Internet. It can cause third-degree burns, or worse. You could have permanent damage and burn your nerves, causing a lack of feeling in any burn wounds.

2. Cold Water Challenge

The cold water challenge is a crazy challenge often used to raise money for charity. The contestants jump into frozen pools, lakes or oceans. The danger of this challenge is the risk of shock and hypothermia, which can lead to drowning. The ice bucket challenge is a much safer alternative.

3. Pass Out Challenge

The pass out challenge is crazy beyond belief. The challenge is strangling yourself until you pass out. Not only is this psychotic, but it can also cause severe brain damage from lack of oxygen.

4. Salt & Ice Challenge

The salt and ice challenge is a challenge in which you pour salt onto your body, then put ice on top of the salt. This causes the ice to burn. It can lead to second-degree burns.

5. Cinnamon Challenge

The cinnamon challenge seemed to start it all and is extremely dangerous. Consuming the cinnamon can cause airways to close and choking to occur. This can obviously lead to death.

6. Hot Pepper Challenge

The hot pepper challenge involves consuming the hottest pepper in the world, the ghost pepper. While this is unbelievably painful, it can also cause lifelong damage to the stomach.