Whatsis MOMO challenge I just heard about? It's all over the local nooze...

[TreasonousBastard]

and looks like scary stuff when kids take it seriously.

[Takket]

1. i don't know but....... i already hate it lol

what stupid thing are they up to now.......

[hlthe2b]

2. Internet Hoax

Momo Challenge
Description
The "Momo Challenge" is a hoax Internet challenge, which was spread by users on Facebook and media outlets. It was reported that children and adolescents were being enticed by a user named Momo to perform a series of dangerous tasks including violent attacks and suicide. Wikipedia


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Momo Is Not Trying to Kill Children

Like eating Tide Pods and snorting condoms, the Momo challenge is a viral hoax.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Yeah, I read that. But, are kids really doing that dumb stuff? Are they hurting themselves?

[hlthe2b]

5. ? probably someone somewhere. But clearly not proportionate to the hysteria.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. No.

[RockRaven]

3. It's what the current POTUS would call "fake news"

seems to be a bogus moral panic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_Challenge

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Well, if there's dead or injured kids because of it, it's not so fake.

[hlthe2b]

7. In the Atlantic story link I posted: "Additionally, there have been zero corroborated reports of any

child ever taking his or her own life after participating in this phony challenge."

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Maybe, but I heard about a few dead teens in Europe...

And isn't this how the Tide pod thing started? "Only" three or four kids died from that.

Anyway, it's still not nice to throw spells and curses at impressionable 8 year olds.

[RockRaven]

11. The 3rd sentence of the opening paragraph of the wikipedia article reads:

"Despite claims that the phenomenon had reached worldwide proportions in July 2018, the number of actual complaints was relatively small and no police force has confirmed that anyone was harmed as a direct result of the phenomenon." and there's 4 citations.

Now, maybe that is out of date, but I would ask to see the evidence for any such claim.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. No one who died eating Tide pods did so because of a "challenge."

[cwydro]

21. Heard where?

I’m in Europe, and I’ve heard nothing about anyone dying over this.

[scheming daemons]

13. There aren't

[TwilightZone]

8. It's a hoax, so he'd think it's real.

Reality, on the other hand, is "fake news" to Trump.

[blogslut]

9. The image is a Japanese-created sculpture

The "challenge" is a hoax that's been trolling around for a few years now.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/02/26/momo-challenge-suicide-game/
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47393510
https://www.wired.com/story/momo-hoax-viral-scares-advice/

[Eugene]

12. It's a hoax periodically hyped by the media.

Children’s charities suggested the warnings about the supposed threat posed by the Momo challenge, which is represented by an image of a Japanese puppet with bulging eyes, were “fake news” spread by adults. They said the warnings could become a self-fulfilling prophesy by encouraging children to seek out harmful material.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/28/schools-police-and-media-told-to-stop-promoting-momo-hoax

[CentralMass]

16. The republicans have the DILDO challenge where they follow this creepy orange character.

[Retrograde]

17. The only thing "momo" means to me

is a kind of Nepalese/Tibetan dumpling. If there's a challenge to make batches of these and send a few my way I'm all for it.

[Dorian Gray]

18. I'll participate

in the Nepalese Momo challenge. YUM!

[Dave Starsky]

22. It's also Japanese for "peach".

I'll take a momo challenge any day. Yum!

[RandiFan1290]

19. When I was young

a bunch of morons thought Ozzy Osbourne was going to make me commit suicide

[Petosky Stone]

23. KISS made me worship the Devil!

[dustyscamp]

20. This Momo challenge is similar to the Elsagate thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate
both were designed by sadistic trash who want to shock and scar children

[xmas74]

24. Are they looking for Big Foot at Truman Lake?

Missouri's version of Bigfoot is called MoMo and he supposedly hangs out in the woods by Truman Dam. A friend claims he met him and fed him pancakes while camping. My friend does lots of acid.