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A young Irishman has pleaded for a halt to online drinking game Neknominate after his brother became one of two people in that country whose deaths have been linked to the game.
The body of Jonny Byrne, 19, was found in a river in County Carlow, Ireland, on Sunday morning, after he reportedly jumped in after taking part in Neknominate on Saturday night.
The game, which may have originated in Australia, involves participants skolling or "necking" alcohol while being filmed, and then nominating a friend to do the same.
Video footage of the dares often involves outlandish stunts and costumes.
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Nugnominate is much safer than this
Stupidity for joining in is what's to blame
[quote]The game, which may have originated in Australia[/quote]
Never thought I'd see the day where Australian drinking culture would kill an Irishman of all people.
I've been neknominated but I had nothing at the time to do it with :(
[QUOTE=Antdawg;43766729]Never thought I'd see the day where Australian drinking culture would kill an Irishman of all people.
I've been neknominated but I had nothing at the time to do it with :([/QUOTE]
Hand over the person responsible for this death or face military action
Glad to see Ireland is totally not forcing the stereotype.
Neknominate will be forgotten about within a week or two, basically just a waiting game now
Now he's playing Necronominate
I blame Ronald Mcdonald tbh
[video=youtube;uD_VaYY5w3k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_VaYY5w3k[/video]
I'm sorry, what's this about cat girls?
Incredibly stupid drinking game, it's all I see on my facebook feed, some of them are fucking crazy.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB4q4a8E_uA[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocRYVmwfm_8[/media]
I got nominated
I said no, because it's a stupid game
Guess what happened?
Nothing
I have slightly more sensible friends than most, though, so I had little peer pressure. I can imagine peer pressure gets to you in a situation like this
[QUOTE=Trumple;43767756]I got nominated
I said no, because it's a stupid game
Guess what happened?
Nothing
I have slightly more sensible friends than most, though, so I had little peer pressure. I can imagine peer pressure gets to you in a situation like this[/QUOTE]
JFK, MLK and Gandhi all refused to do their neck nominations. Coincidence?
Neknominate aka Darwin Olympics. The people who get themselves hurt would have regardless of the game in one way or another.
look i play on a tf2 server with a bunch of drunks and just because the admin posts "shots NOW" every 5 seconds doesn't mean you have to drink or even go get a drink to play tf2
[QUOTE=smurfy;43767885]JFK, MLK and Gandhi all refused to do their neck nominations. Coincidence?[/QUOTE]
no Gandhi actually downed 3 then was reported to have said "#yolo"
Facebook is currently saturated with these things and I think it's a really dumb fad
I thought everyone got over the neknom craze already?
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;43768370]I thought everyone got over the neknom craze already?[/QUOTE]
Much the same as your average meme, it's still riding the wave of it being a popular fad. Soon it will become overused, then a disgrace to mention after that.
All the media outlets here are saying it as if he was forced by the rules of the game to jump in the river. It's a shame he died, but there are multiple drownings a year of people who think it's a good idea to go for a swim while drinking. It's a water safety issue more than a drinking one to be honest. It's just a bit of craic, you can do the neknomination without doing something dangerous, nobody is going to judge you for not risking your life.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;43769163]nobody is going to judge you for not risking your life.[/QUOTE]
doesn't sound like the high school I went to...
I personally enjoyed doing my neknominate, done responsibly its fun, lighten up
[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;43767232]I blame Ronald Mcdonald tbh
[video=youtube;uD_VaYY5w3k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_VaYY5w3k[/video][/QUOTE]
This is the best Neknominate out of the whole fad
Sounds like he was killed by jumping in a river rather than by drinking booze
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;43770523]This is the best Neknominate out of the whole fad[/QUOTE]
It isn't one tho
NO REAL Drugs or Alcohol were actually consumed!! This video is for entertainment purposes ONLY!
-snip-
[QUOTE=jamzzster;43770494]I personally enjoyed doing my neknominate, done responsibly its fun, lighten up[/QUOTE]
All the nominations I've seen have just been light hearted banter.
Alcohol + Irish never ends well.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;43769163]All the media outlets here are saying it as if he was forced by the rules of the game to jump in the river. It's a shame he died, but there are multiple drownings a year of people who think it's a good idea to go for a swim while drinking. It's a water safety issue more than a drinking one to be honest. It's just a bit of craic, you can do the neknomination without doing something dangerous, nobody is going to judge you for not risking your life.[/QUOTE]
This, pretty much. Just because you get nominated doesn't mean you have to do something stupid.
The worst one is where someone shits in a cup mixes beer with it and downs it, gag.
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