Dozens of Teens Arrested as TikTok Trend Spirals ‘Out of Hand’

Yahoo News! ^ | Thu, March 24, 2022 | Justin Rohrlich

[nickcarraway]

“Squishy and smooth, kids and adults alike will love the soothing sensory experience of Orbeez!” Spin Master Ltd., the company behind Orbeez, explains on its website. “There’s no limit to the ways you can play. Explode them, squish them, squeeze them, bounce them, crush them or let them flow through your hands! Use your imagination and have endless amounts of fun with Orbeez!”

The official description sounds innocuous enough. But the polymer beads also play a central role in a viral social media trend popular among teens and have caused serious injuries across the country. The so-called Orbeez Challenge—which may or may not have emerged on TikTok—involves loading airguns with the gel-filled pellets and firing them at strangers. The resulting videos are subsequently posted on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, where they have racked up millions of views. In certain instances, cops say kids freeze the beads, which makes them harder and more damaging, potentially leading to severe eye injuries, puncture wounds, and costly property damage.

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Orbeez shootings are occurring nationwide, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Claudio Jimenez told local outlet WSOC, which first reported on the incident at Olympic High. In Salt Lake City, Utah, six teens were arrested after they walked into a restaurant wearing masks and started shooting. One woman, who was hit in the back of the head with a pellet while running away, said she didn’t realize the weapons were loaded with Orbeez and thought she was being shot at with real guns.

[Jonty30]

Wait until I glue a whole bunch of these Orbeeze to my Constitutionally allowed nuclear device.

[dennisw]

Hhahaha...Trump was trying to ban Tik-Tok.

[Bullish]

It’d be a real shame if someone got shot with a 9m for shooting others with an Orbeeze.

Chit happens, ya’ know?

[Mr. Blond]

Seems like something that would be popular among people with diminished capacity for future oriented thinking.

[Nifster]

Or natural consequences

[Samurai_Jack]

“It’d be a real shame if someone got shot with a 9m for shooting others with an Orbeeze.”

Guess they didn’t see that coming!

[FreedomPoster]

That’s the whole point of Tik-Tok. It encourages stupidity like this in the West / the US, while in China it encourages cool engineering stuff.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Stupidity is spreading like cancer. Instagram and YouTube now have TikTok style videos.

[Tallguy]

Give it time... it will happen...

[clee1]

Just what I was thinking....

[daku]

Naming it tik tok makes a lot of sense in this regard

[shoff]

Shoot the wrong person with an airsoft and either you get a great TicTok video or Or beez dead.

[Bikkuri]

I tried to watch Survivor 42 tonight.
(Again, I say these last 2 generations, especially that last generation, are (totally) LOST generations.)

Past all of the queers and trannies on there now (lots of them), there is 1 (18yo, I guess) girl who weighs around 300lbs.. 2nd day, "OMG, this is the most difficult Survivor ever...". (paraphrased).
(Also remember, back in the beginning, the 'tribes' didn't get ANY tools/pots/pans/rice, etc., until they WON them. Now, they automatically get them at the beginning, except this season, at least they didn't give rice, which is NOT a first.)

Most of the rest of them are pretty close to the same. There are maybe 2 on there that are likable and would be good, if there were other true players (like the original/beginning seasons).


Back on topic, this tiktok crud should have been shut down when the kids were swallowing tide-pods (I think it was called "Tide-Pod Challenge), and kids were dying from it.

[Scarlett156]

Population control.

[BobL]

“In certain instances, cops say kids freeze the beads, which makes them harder and more damaging, potentially leading to severe eye injuries, puncture wounds, and costly property damage.”

Some people just can’t take a joke.

[I want the USA back]

The problem is not Tiktok per se. The problem is that the forthcoming generation has no moral values. Its mind sees nothing wrong with attacking other people and laughing over it. This is the product of years of liberalism being in control of the minds of the young.

[rlmorel]

"... nothing wrong with attacking other people and laughing over it..."

Leftism in a nutshell.

[Who is John Galt?]

Wait until I glue a whole bunch of these Orbeeze to my Constitutionally allowed nuclear device.

Your 'bill of rights' up there in the north country is a bit different than ours. You also might be a little farther down the road to tyranny than these United States, if the actions of your Prime Minister Clouseau are any indication...

;>)

[Professional Engineer]

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