Posted on 02/15/2019 4:01:50 PM PST by Libloather
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new social media challenge is gaining popularity among teens but not so much with police.
Although teenagers might think the newest social media challenge is cool, the "48-Hour Challenge" only does two things: causes panic in parents and wastes valuable law enforcement resources.
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Lacy and others are very concerned about the latest challenge, where teens dare their friends to disappear for 48 hours with the goal that their name and/or picture will show up on social media.
The missing teen gets points for each like, share and other viewer interactions.
"We are going to take that call very serious," Lacy said. "You are wasting our time, and you are wasting our resources.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox4kc.com ...
It is so creepy when someone is murdered and the news uses pictures that are obviously selfies. Hey, you looked great on the news when they announced that your corpse was found in some woods - nobody has a normal picture of them without some stupid “duck face”?
I hope somebody invents the “donate act like a stupid a-hole” challenge soon.
I meant the v“don’t act like a stupid a-hole” challenge. I hate autocorrect.
Now it’s time for the parents to invent The 49 Hour Game....where on the 49th hour, you go find some other place to live!
This takes kids spending their time in the phantom world of social media to a new level.
Sad.
So sad. these dumb-butt youth of today never would have made it in the good old days of rotary phones, tv antennas, and AM radio.
“the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieveing so that they can’t see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. - 2 For 4:4
today’s kids focus is even more side tracked with so much self focused and frivolous stuff, satan has a field day with them. pray
She is, but she has some health issues you probably don’t want to deal with. ;)
I was QUITE surprised at how ‘Conservative’ she was sounding because I know her Mom and she’s very Liberal!
You probably don’t want a Lib for a MIL, either. ;)
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