Erm, what? ‘Space Monkey’ craze: Texan students ‘get high’ by choking each other’
Source: The Register
Accirding to Kercher the practice of “manually choking oneself or others, applying a ligature around the neck or a plastic bag over the head, placing heavy objects on the chest, or hyperventilating to attain a euphoric feeling” is variously known among the young hipsters of Texas as “the Fainting Game, Pass Out, or Space Monkey”. The survey reveals that:
- 16 percent of students reported having played the game
- 72 percent of these reportedly played the game more than once
- Males were more likely to have played than females
- The average age when students first played the game was 14
- 90 percent of those who played the game first heard about it from peers
- Most students reported that others were present when they first played the game
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/19/the_choking_game/
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