I was surprised how low the number was when assuming it was fake with the instantly snapped necks phrasing.

People really have no idea how dangerous fast moving vehicles can be.

Wait, your link says it's not real. I mean, the challenge is real but 4 people haven't died. They mention two deaths in Alabama that occurred before the challenge was a thing.

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/alabama-boat-jumping-tiktok/44494914

The article did warn you it was Alabama. It could have been Arkansas, except they sold their boats for meth.

TikTok was designed to promote stupid, inane, and self-destructive memes to Americans (westerners in general).

It's the exact opposite of how it works in China. You would never see this kind of stupid shit on Chinese TikTok.

I'm sure there are plenty of people producing interesting stuff on TikTok, Just as with any user submitted content site, but that's not what the algorithm wants to make sure everybody sees.

China wants Americans to die in the most absurd ways possible. /s

If it’s not dangerous and stupid or at least wasteful, it’s not a challenge!

Cool looking stuff tend to be fast, high, spectacular. And those tend to be harsher on body or straight up dangerous. Even the bucket challenger decade ago was about spectacular large cold water bucket.

Also action movies with stunt actors have taught us a wrong lesson on what is normal and what is dangerous

Virality

Even if they did, most people don't really grok what that means. Most people's mental models for reference frames are intertial and without transition, so the idea that they're still travelling at the speed of the boat, say, when they hit the water, and not the speed of the water, doesn't make intuitive sense to them.

They left the boat. To them, that means they're no longer moving with the boat.

They do point out that people seem a bit extra dumb in front of a camera when acting for social media. It's also weird the photos in the OP made me think it was young women doing this shit - buts its 4 men and 1 was a dad with 3 kids and his wife on the boat (who filmed his death).

So that means 1) this guy managed to procreate and thus dodged Darwin 2) these people were smart enough to survive to for awhile so double check yourself before you wreck yourself on social media

I appreciate the Darwin Award concept when moderated tactfully. Like you said, it was a matter of time. So framing these news bites into learning moments has potential value to others imo.

That’s the problem. You should’ve been free to do as we tell you.

If there's anything I've learnt from video games, then it's that water is always safe, no matter how much speed you fall with.

If there's anything I've learnt from slamming my own waterski's snout into the back of my head and being sown at hospital with 11 stings, then it's that water is very much not soft at high speeds and water resistance is a bitch.

Speed kills

Brah just pay for it on credit then it don't matter after you die

So is a rickety submarine with a playstation controller.