Challenge Accepted!

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Post 2 : THE CONDOM CHALLENGE

  It’s the 21st century, the golden age of the internet, memes and ridiculous challenges. The oh-so-wonderful generation where human stupidity reaches its peak.

Bring teenagers, the internet, hormones and anything remotely sexual and what do you get? The Condom Challenge. In stark contrast to its name, if you ask me, the player of the challenge ends up looking like an over-grown foetus.

                                                     

‘Now what exactly is this “Condom Challenge”?’ you ask. Well basically, one person drops a water-filled condom onto the head of another person. Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? ‘So, what’s the point of it?’ you ask again. Well, maybe to make people realise how easily a condom can tear (that’s right kids, abstinence is the way to go!)  Or maybe to raise awareness on how important a condom is. Honestly, I think people just needed another reason to play with condoms.

So, since when did condoms go from being the ultimate anti-baby making gadget to the subject of another ridiculous internet challenge, you wonder. A weird relation, don’t you think? Let’s travel back in time all the way to a pleasant summer in 2006 when a man decided to challenge himself to drop an elastic pocket filled with water on his head. The video was immediately uploaded onto Break.com (basically the older brother of Youtube) and voila! The challenge was conceived. Although it was born in 2006, baby Condom Challenge got its name only in 2012 following the Cinnamon Challenge; talk about a late bloomer. Soon everyone began attempting the challenge and it went viral in around 2013.

                               
                               

Some people say that the Condom Challenge can be pretty deadly, that the person could suffocate or choke under the condom. The same people also said that Snapchat and Pokemon Go were unsafe. Oh well, YOLO.
                                       
                               
So, here’s my suggestion: Skip the challenge. You don’t deserve all those dirty looks for buying a condom for the challenge. We all have a Mrs. Sharma who’s waiting to complain to our parents. Instead, grab some popcorn and a Coke and just watch the best ones on Youtube. What’s the internet for anyway?

                                      
                                  


                                 

 (On a side note, if anyone could do this, most of the world would be extremely grateful. And hey, you might even win a Nobel Peace Prize or if not, a super huge pizza from me. Good luck!)                      

             
-Rtr. Beverly Menezes










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