According to published reports, students at two Oldham County high schools near Louisville told teachers they had a gun or a bomb, then recorded their reactions. At least some of them face terroristic threatening charges. Dr. Dan Florell is an Eastern Kentucky University professor specializing in childhood and adolescent development. He said such stunts are nothing new.
“YouTube had a series of these challenges, too. So you had things like the tide pod challenge, where you're supposed to go ahead and try to chew on a tide pod until it exploded in your mouth. Obviously, ingesting detergent is not a good thing. There's been like cinnamon challenges also, which can, if done, to the point of where it was popularized, you know, could be fatal.”
