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

1.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 burned area

2. 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. 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. The salt and ice challenge is a challenge where 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. The cinnamon challenge seemed to start it all and is extremely dangerous. When consuming the cinnamon, it can cause airways to close and choking to occur. This can obviously lead to death.

6. 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.

7. The banana and Sprite or milk challenge, while not deadly, can cause damage to the stomach. Consuming large quantities of Sprite or milk and a banana can stretch the stomach beyond capacity and cause extreme stomach pains and excessive vomiting.

8. Finally, the eraser challenge. While we all probably did this in our elementary years, we never took it too far–usually due to a teacher stopping us. Now it’s something people do to get hits on YouTube. Rubbing an eraser on the skin repeatedly can cause the skin to split and bleed. While not as dangerous as the other challenges, it is still really stupid.

Are views on YouTube or Instagram fame really worth harming and potentially killing yourself?