It’s incredible how internet trends went from “do a funny freeze frame position or eat a spoonful of something kinda yucky or really spicy” to “consume laundry detergent and smash your own brains in with a lead pipe”
At least those trends would only kill the idiots and actually create more income for other people (funeral service lol). Now these Darwin award winners not only kill themselves but also damage other people's properties who are most likely not compensated because juvenile law.
Back in my days of school late 90's, a friend of mine, would tie a rope around his wrist, to the point, his hand turned blue and then released, thankfully no social media back then.
Back in my days, we used to put a pencil down our friends butt when they were about to sit. But now when i think about it, it was really stupid and dangerous.
I'm one of the many people from the area who had their Kia stolen by this exact group of kids because of this TikTok trend. It completely turned my family's life upside down. Because of all of the damages done to the vehicle when the police recovered it, we did not have a vehicle for 3 months and only recently got it back. And since the thieves involved were underage, we couldn't press charges against them, so in the end we had to pay for the damages they caused that wasn't covered by insurance. The popularity of these dangerous TikTok trends is extremely concerning.
That’s absolutely disgusting. I’m so sorry you had to go through that due to the stupidity of kids who shouldn’t be exposed to this stuff. I hope you do well in the future, good luck
damn. Guess that mean you did not have comprehensive coverage? The worse part is these kids will say things like "Its ok for me to steal this because by law the the owner has insurance to cover what I do". Hope things turn around for you
Can't you press charges against their parents in the US? After all they are responsible for looking after their children so they don't fucking steal cars and crash them..
This isn't new. Previous generations have said that about the generation before them and the cycle continues. The only difference is that we live in the age of accessible information, we hear about things around us more often than before. That can be a good and a bad thing.
The problem here isn't tiktok, it's global capitalism destroying communities, where kids have so little recreational shit to do because their communities are underfunded, that this is the most exciting thing they can do. Tiktok is just the excuse for them to do it. We need to get to the root cause, capitalism.
@@TheHuskyK9 Nah, it's different this time because we live in the age of constant stimulation. The internet is isolating people more and more as corporations discover new and better ways to grab our attention. This isolation is going to drive people insane because they don't know any better. Internet addiction isn't culturally recognized as a form of addiction yet. Medically it's recognized though.
I'm 61 & when I first saw this, my first thought was kids are going to die & 2nd, I wish someone young, who can talk to kids will say something about how stupid this is. Thank you for being that person. You're of an age & have the look where kids will hopefully listen to you.
Yeah, unfortunately people are still calling elders out and calling them “boomers.” I hate that the word is still being used in a negative sense today because it pretty much invalidates anything said by someone with more experience
Ah yes, the "steal a car and crash it" strategy. A bit old fashioned, but effective. I am interested to see what comes next in the "Ruin your life any% speed run" competitive scene.
These strats are really cutting edge. Dude racked up four funerals and a felony without even doing the gang violence skill tree. Devs need to patch this exploit soon.
Sometimes I hear boomers tell me stories about "joyriding" in the 80s and 90s, and I honestly fail to see how this is any different. It's just Grand Theft Auto.
I know you're joking but LifeLock had a commercial with a guys SSN on the side of a massive bus, challenging people to steal his identity. To the surprise of literally no one, he got his identity stolen at least 13 times.
The fact that people completely fail to see anything wrong with these messed up challenges and just think "people are doing it on TikTok therefore I must do it too" without stopping to realize the problem is terrifying
Honestly though, I think tik tok trends may be the next step in human evolution. I mean we are over populated. We try out very best to give all babies a chance at life. We take care of disabled people, the elderly, the terminally ill. Maybe TikTok is a modern form of natural selection in a world where we don't want anyone to die. Going so far as to illegalize suicide and take away federal protection for abortions. At least in America.
@@maineman5757 to be fair in a world without modern medicine you'd probably be dying around 15-25 and that's with critical thinking skills. Humans are getting dumber and dumber, and sure it's sad, but maybe it's the right next step. I mean it's better than getting overpopulated to the point that governments have to just off people or make baby licenses. Then again, it could be China's first step in taking over. Doing the long haul by making the future leaders of their enemies be dumber than rocks. Also I don't think it's fair to say "Children aren't known for critical thinking". These kids were in highschool. They knew the difference between what's right or wrong. They also knew what's something stupid you should never do. Unfortunately the clout was more important to them and it cost them their lives
Heard of another tic tok trend where kids are making themselves pass out which has resulted in the death of a 12 year old girl who did this. Parents talk to your kids get in their business. It's better then losing your child.
i love how the one time charlie gave tiktok the benefit of a doubt and said, "listen, tiktok challenges are dumb, but they can't be THAT dumb," is when they reach the lowest point ever.
the Murican user base it's dumb, they don't make good use of the service, those are different things, in my country you can easily find some online lessons of different things, the only dumb thing I have seen its Tarot reading or some Lottery scratch streams.
This happened to my Kia. I was leaving for work and found someone had broken into our Kia, ripped out the bottom of the steering wheel, and had caused the car to shut down due to failed hot wiring. We still had to pay to get it fixed. These trends are ridiculous.
I work in a Juvenile Detention and Residential facility. We have teens coming in at least once a week for stolen cars. Mostly Kias. We had four come in not too long ago. two of them sent off to DYS, and when they heard that, they celebrated. CELEBRATED about going to what is essentially a Juvenile Prison. Of course when the time came for transport. nothing but sobs and crocodile tears. They think its all fun and games, speeding around, running from cops, crashing cars. Then the reality sets in and it's not so fun anymore.
I’m from Buffalo, NY. This happened right around the corner from where my boyfriend and I live. I had never even heard of this trend whatsoever until this happened. Breaks my heart, and blows my mind that dangerous shit like this can easily become a trendy tik tok challenge.
A lot of people died for tik tok trends. And unfortunately it looks like its not going to stop. Putting yourself and others through harm is not good. Stay safe.
I've been saying this for a long time; TikTok is extremely dangerous. The fact that its awful trends have reached a criminal and life-threatening level makes me really worried about what these idiots will come up with next
It is the allure of 5 mins of fame because if Jane doe says do this and she is "famous" then John Smith will likely do it to say. Well she didn't say no
The race for clout is one that is such a quick race to the bottom it goes past scraping the bottom of the barrel and goes straight to starting to dig a tunnel.
I failed an assignment yesterday, I was feeling pretty bummed until I watched this video. Now I don’t feel like a worthless piece of trash anymore. Thanks Charlie!
The worst thing? Kids who don't follow Charlie's content. You want a social media guru, this is the guy. Everyone else is largely a self-perpetuating fraud, just trying to get more clicks. This is where you go for the straight dope. I can guarantee you that kid's crashing cars based on a TikTok meme are not subscribers.
Imagine how much worse it was when there was no news, and no standards for fact-checking. The Kings of old could say literally anything they want and millions of people would immediately believe it all without question. Humanity has always been cucked by their masters, it's our biggest flaw as a species and the single thing holding us back the most.
I'm sorry but I don't feel sorry for anyone who does something so bone-headed as a "challenge". I feel sorry for anyone they've hurt or put in danger, but that's about it.
These were teens, at-least one as young as 14. Obviously what they were doing was dumb as shit, but a brutal death is not okay. Even if you weren’t that dumb as a teen ask around and you’ll find a lot of good people who grew out of being that dumb.
@@moloy559 I feel bad for the kids are lacking so much attention from their parents that they do things only because they see them online. I think it’s really sad how many young people cling to their phones, and now these people are having kids who also cling to their phones.
@@fart63 This stuff is not new, its just getting more widly publisized. My mother was a nurse growing up, and before the internet took off people were jumping hills riding on the flatbed of a stolen truck. One kid fell out the back hit his head and got permant brain damage. My mother has strong memories of losing it on people who said "that what he desrves". The kid was just conious enough to know something was wrong with him. They couldn't show him photos of himself because he would scream the word "back" pointing at himself, and then to the photo. I'm dead serious. That kid would've been luckier dying, but the world isnt some karmic justice system. If someone young dies or gets injured doing stupid illegal shit it just adds to the shitiness of the situation. Just now we get people on the internet saying its not that bad because they couldn't imagine themsleves or someone they know in that situation.
@@moloy559 being young is not an excuse for being dumb. We were all kids once and for the most part we knew right from wrong. We knew damn well what we were doing.
@@Keeki549 Being young is not an exuse for stealing a car and driving it recklessly. Dying in a brutal accident is not an approrpiate punishment for anyone, let alone a kid. "For the most part" is right. Clearly, these kids didn't think of the consequences that would hit them, let alone the owner of the car or anyone else they put in danger. If they knew what they were doing they would be in court, not a morgue. Im not saying the kids should have gotten off with a slap on the wrist and a "do better next time". I'm saying that 4 families making funeral arrangments and trying to put their lives back together isn't something we should just nod and say "that's only fair" to. It wasn't unexpected they died, its hardly even shocking, but it wasn't just.
It's not a wake-up call. It will never be a wake-up call. Humanity in this modern age is so brain-dead and hold such short-term memories that they'll forget about this in a week and come up with an even worse trend that will result in more deaths, where we'll end up in a perpetual loop. Humanity has become a collective goldfish.
yeah and also those impressionable teenagers. they be stupid but its not something to lose your life over , maybe they needed better friends or role models ? who knows but it just sucks man
@@epicfilms4life507 Nope - those stupid teenagers did this to themselves. It takes only a few working braincells to NOT participate in car stealing for a f*cking TikTok video. Them dying doesn't me make sad in any way.
Don't you dare try the whole "they're teenagers" thing, because I and many people I knew managed to go through our teen years without murdering anyone. Dumb teen things include, sneaking out to fool around with your partner, smoking weed in your friend's basement and forgetting to delete your search history. NOT STEALING A CAR YOU CAN'T EVEN DRIVE AND KILLING YOUR FRIENDS. Just how impressionable do you have to be to not realize cars are dangerous and that's probably a really bad idea?! Edit: when I wrote this, it was on a separate app, which means the @ feature doesn't always work. But you smart cookies know who I was talking to.
To be honest, if you're someone who sees these challanges that are illegal and you think "Let me try doing this and post it on tiktok", the world is better off without you If those people involved has survived, they might've done something even worse as a "challange"
@@RetroPiglin yet you delete your original comment. Thus proving further how wrong your opinion was if you don't even feel confident enough to keep it on the internet. Classic clown act.
The amount of brain dead people on TikTok risking their lives for five seconds of fame is insane yet unsurprising. This should be sad due to the fact that these people died, but at this point- as harsh as it sounds- the only sad thing is how easily preventable this all could’ve been if they used even half a braincell.
A zoomer in my family once told me about a TikTok fad in which kids would steal entire paper towel dispenser from school bathrooms. I remember waiting for the punchline but that was it, the whole trend was just regular theft. Sounds like it's just been getting worse ever since
The problem here isn't tiktok, it's global capitalism destroying communities, where kids have so little recreational shit to do because their communities are underfunded, that this is the most exciting thing they can do. Tiktok is just the excuse for them to do it. We need to get to the root cause, capitalism.
That would be the “devious licks” mentioned in the video. The school I student taught at didn’t have any paper towels or dispensers because of that shit
TikTok is literally a CCP demoralization weapon. 5th generational warfare. Personally, I don't mind it however, since it's filling the void of natural selection. Those dumb enough to smoke tide pods, self sterilize and kill themselves are clearly lacking to begin with, and it's forcing a higher quality gene pool by eliminating all the lessers.n
Congrats? I don’t think Tik Tok is the only issue, social media and how things are being handled is the issue. RUclips has issues, Twitter has issues, etc. It’s just people doing whatever they can to get attention, regardless of what platform it is. There’s no shame in using Tik Tok, it’s just have you use it and how mature you are being with it. There’s a lot of great Tik Tok creators and content out there, but being overshadowed by these stupid trends.
People like you are actually just the dumbest of people who somehow think you are smart. Social media is a tool, its the people that are using it to be blamed. Social media just simply exposes the narccisism of humans. Blame the creators. Also, Instagram selfie deaths, FB YT insta reels tide pod challenge, terrorist recuitment, cyberbullying deaths etc. Are happening everyday. Plus data thief by every single social media company especially FB which are overwhelmingly American. Yet people are somehow only blaming tiktok. This irrational pick on tiktok is none other than racism or simply lack of a brain. Many Embarrasing clowns here 🤡 🤡.
Trends really went from “freeze when someone says” or “do a funny dance in public” to “eat hydrogen peroxide and wash it down with some hydrochloric acid”
@@WyaSlay how's it cap? you want me to send you pictures of my ruined car I had to keep in a shop for 3 months? or maybe you'd like to give a more favorable response than kia did that amounted to, "guess you should spend more on our cars next time, lol"
@@woorugger88 You bought a cheap Kia and expected it to be a good car? lol. This is the same company that paid for advertisements saying all that people needed to buy a Kia was $99 and a job. I'm not sure it's Kia's fault your car got stolen, either. Maybe lock your doors or buy The Club. I know I didn't blame the hard drive manufacturer when my hard drive failed and I lost a lot of files. I blamed myself for not backing it up. At the end of the day, I was careless and cheap not investing in more drives and making sure I had multiple copies.
@@encycl07pedia- Fucking thank you. Nobody wants to take responsibility for anything anymore. It's like yeah, what happened to you was shit, but here's a way you could prevent it in the future 🤷🤷🤷
Most teenagers aren't... Teenagers DO know better than stealing a car and leading police in a chase. Once you're like 12 you have a proper idea that actions have consequences. These kids must be intellectually disabled, have had piss poor parenting, are simply sociopaths that do not care or are thrill seekers. Any combination of that will do it. But most teenagers do not see something as stupid as this on TikTok and actually do it. It is not necessarily tiotoks problem. If it wasn't TikTok, it would be some other platform or simply word of mouth or the news. Kids did stupid criminal shit long before TikTok, it's just now we have way worse parenting, broken homes, less good (and active) role models in kids lives, and no consequences for these walking and talking masses of destruction. No, I am not suggesting beating kids or locking kids up without rehabilitation chances, but something has to change. Somewhere else in the comments someone was told to charge the parents for damages to their car. What parents? It's likely the father isn't in the picture and the mother is poor. If their actual parents can't parent them, we as a society have to step in and parent for them. Society is fucked right now. Truely a "we live in a society" moment and not "teenagers will be teenagers because clearly 16 year olds don't know stealing cars and speeding away from cops is a bad idea". I am upset these kids lost their lives for such stupidity, but I'm more upset for those around them that they have harmed, including SOME sympathy for their family members who lost their young ones. Hardworking people losing their only method of transportation due to some teens doing stupid shit and the excuse is "the screen brainwashed them!". I bet you these kids had criminal records or disciplinary action at school way before they started stealing cars. They would do something stupid regardless. Honestly, world would be better if kids just snuck out to have sex and drink alcohol. Usually doesn't end up in four minors dead, let alone major destruction of property for people unrelated to these kids. Edit: another issue is lack of proper mental health treatment. Violent kids with issues will grow up to be violent adults with issues. We barely have enough psych resources for people who are wanting to end their life, let alone people who pose a serious risk to others. We need more inpatient beds in both acute treatment settings (several days to a couple weeks) and more inpatient beds in long term residential care. Not to mention after school programs, intensive outpatient programs for short or long term and just simply therapy and social support. Right now our solution for troubled kids is to lock them up in juvie and let them out in a year. No real treatment there. We need to work on behavioral programs to enroll young criminals into, so they DONT BECOME CRIMINAL ADULTS. No more "see you about three weeks from now next time you do the same shit over again".
All I gotta say is, I feel horrible for the victims who had their cars stolen and that's all. Man, I miss vine. **Edit** Okay so I see a lot of anger starting to form so I just wanna say this: I'm sorry for upsetting some of you, it wasn't my intention, so let me explain why I wrote what I did. First off, this isn't "another disregard for human life comment". Yes, the fact that 4 teens lost their lives is horrible. Really horrible. I hate hearing about death, especially involving young people. But at the same time- this is kinda hard to feel bad for the teens- like, common sense people..? Like you steal cars and try to act all cool, for what? Views? That's what happens. I'm sorry for seeming so cold-hearted, but like I said, common sense. They lost their lives hoping to continue a stupid and obviously dangerous trend. It's a shame.
As Tragic as this is and I am genuinely sorry for the teens that died as well as their families, I'm not gonna pretend like I didn't see something like this coming.
It's 2024, and thankfully we just survived the meth in the classroom challenge, but the Fentanyl during Fortnite challenge is really starting to catch on
People like you are actually just the dumbest of people who somehow think you are smart. Social media is a tool, its the people that are using it to be blamed. Social media just simply exposes the narccisism of humans. Blame the creators. Also, Instagram selfie deaths, FB YT insta reels tide pod challenge, terrorist recuitment, cyberbullying deaths etc. Are happening everyday. Plus data thief by every single social media company especially FB which are overwhelmingly American. Yet people are somehow only blaming tiktok. This irrational pick on tiktok is none other than racism or simply lack of a brain. Many Embarrasing clowns here 🤡 🤡.
@@Zulf85 oddly, there weren't many car theft manuals hand-delivered to kids in August 2016 but somehow a month later and we were set onto a path where this is now normal. There are many social media platforms, and almost all of them do a much better job than Tiktok at moderating illegal and extreme content. Almost all of them do a better job at directing people -- especially children -- towards content that is the opposite of the illegal or extreme content that they search for by subtly pushing more reasonable and sane content the more they look for unreasonable and insane content. ByteDance doesn't want children outside of China to thrive. They do not want children outside of China to live to be adults who will compete with them on the global stage. That's not conspiracy, that's literally true. ByteDance offers the same products in China yet somehow they don't have a single car theft trend, or a "eat this poisonous substance" trend. Not a single one.
This trend happened to me too. A bunch of people in my city got their cars stolen, and some kids stole mine, crashed it, and smashed the windows with baseball bats. Luckily they were idiots and did everything under a security camera so they got caught
1:30 its actually worse than that. Every kia, and hyundai built (with the exception of the push button start models, and the azera) up until 2023 was built without an immobilizer (in the US) because the United States has no actual law requiring cars to have an immobilizer.
For those who don't know, an immobilizer is a tiny box that blocks you car's ignition unless the correct key was used. It can be also connected to your car alarm. Think of it as your car's two factor authentication
@@mordy2085 Modern cars usually have them by default. If you want to invest into some hardcore car security though, check out a steering wheel lock (for instance Zederlock) or if you have manual, shifter lock (like Construct)
I feel like someone could start a Russian Roulette challenge on TikTok and people would actually do it without thinking about consequences like *death*
I actually have a vague memory of something like Russian Roulette happening as a challenge (can't remember if it was for TikTok or something else), and in one incident someone was shot and killed and the person who fired the shot was charged with homicide. I remember it was teenagers who were doing it "for fun."
TikTok trends in general get way too far. They may seem fun to try out at first, but later on, you realize that it’s nowhere near fun as you’ve expected it to be in the first place. Charlie seems to have done his research on this. I find it fascinating how he really goes into depth with all his topics.
Sad to hear that the legitimate car owners have been inconvenienced by this. I mean even if you are somehow reimbursed for your damages it takes a while and is just an unnecessary burden.
It still makes me wonder why tiktok has not received massive backlash for this since they constantly keep coming out with these challenges that end up with people dead and property damaged.
Because TikTok didn't come out with these challenges? The kids on TikTok did. Nothing being done against TikTok will help anything, even if there's an international ban, the idiotic kids will just move to another platforms
The only thing to blame TikTok for is the lack of monetization..the only thing they didn't do was ban the accounts doing it, which they fixed. Its the people who create these trends that should receive massive backlash.
My sister recently had her car broken into because of this trend, ignition of the car stolen, and when she called the police to report it, they didn't even care to send anybody out since it was less than 5k of property damage. It really sucks, and I truly hope that people stop doing stupid stuff like this, but with how the generation is it'll probably get more dumb over time.
I live in buffalo and actually drove past the accident on my way to work so I can provide some context on the crash itself. The highway that this tragedy occurred on has a pretty large bend in the road that most people feel the need to slow down to take. These kids took the turn at 100 mph and subsequently flipped over. All 4 people who died did not have seatbelts on and were ejected from the vehicle. My girlfriend works in an ER and was called by paramedics to inform them of the incident and no one there could fathom the idea of 4 people being ejected in a single vehicle crash. So this is a reminder for everyone to be safe and not do stupid things that put others lives at risk
A few years back a similar incident happened to some boys that my brother knew while he was still in highschool. A couple of guys he hung out with were speeding down a country road late at night, presumably drunk. They also hit a curve at dangerous speeds and flipped over, landing in the creek that was next to the road. I believe 6 of the boys died, some from the impact and some of them drowned in the creek. It was a horrific tragedy and their memorials still stand at my brothers highschool to this day.
@@dibel3669 something tells me that even if they had, these teenagers didn't/wouldn't care. (of course people love to blame the parents, who are not even present in the situation.)
I like how the challenge back in the day used to be like, draw something blind folded or the chubby bunny challenge, but now its just, commit a felony in broad daylight and endanger the lives of those around you
I don’t know how none of the 5 spoke up. If they were doing stupid dangerous shit, I’m just surprised the adult in the car didn’t do anything about it.
Reminds me of Fight Club, how he talks about how car companies handle horrible crashes and potential dangers with their products. If it costs more to recall the vehicles than it would to just sell them with the issues and pay off any accidents that happen, they won't recall the cars, because they'll still be making money, even if people die.
TO KIA/HUNDAI OWNERS: If you're worried about this happening to you, you can buy a steering wheel lock that will make it impossible to steal even if they can turn the car on. They're $30-$50 bucks on Amazon last time I checked. Hope that helps someone
The troubles of owning a Korean car. Could've just saved up $5k more to get a car that isnt plastic and won't spontaneously combust. I'm not victim blaming, because the victims didn't know that Hyundai & Kia treat their cars like toys. Rip to all the people who've had problems with Hyundai/Kia.
For anyone wondering, the immobilizer is the unit that checks for the correct, programmed key to be present before starting (even key-start ignitions need the key blade to have a chip in the keys head matched to the car to work). They aren't a new tech, they were invented in 1919 but have been common in cars since the 1990s. Without it, you could use an unprogrammed key copy (which can be created by taking a picture of the original, and cutting a new one accordingly), or by using any other method of hot wiring a car/ starting the engine w/o a key Common sense is being thrown out the window as these RUclips and TikTok challenges fuel how gullible teenagers can be at times. And don't get me started on the political drama that happens on Twitter and Facebook. Social media in general is a mess
Social media is good if you sparingly use it, like for keeping in contact with distant family or friends you grew up with. But, at the risk of sounding like a "you kids always on your phone too much," unfortunately we live in a world where heavy, HEAVY social media usage is normal in the current young adults and teens, and that level of being "plugged in" absolutely fries your brain. These people's attention spans are lower than almost any other previously measured groups' attention spans, they have worse memorization skills, not to mention the bass-ackwards social "skills," and almost complete lack of work ethic (which I can kinda get what with their lack of physical and mental fortitude combined with work being more stressful now than it's almost ever been), among other more disturbing issues among these people. It's easy to see how being "parented" by the internet does not produce even a decent human being 99% of the time. Kids should never have been given unrestricted internet access.
I am surprised that KIA's car in the US doesn't have one. My Kia Picanto (Brazil), 8 years old, has an immobilizer. You can't move the car anywhere. The wheel will lock if you move it without a key in the ignition or using a fake/general one. My friends used to mock me because I didn't lock my car using the alarm key sometimes (it auto locks after 30 seconds) until I told them to try and move my car.
Yeah it's really weird people are defending Kia for not having something that has been basic and standard for decades at this point. It'd be like making a car without door locks. Or without air bags. Or, what keeps coming to mind, it reminds me of when many models of cars could be started with a poke under the steering column and a screwdriver in the ignition.
@@Willowy13 Your conflating two things together. Your Immobilizer only controls the ECU, it stops the engine from turning on without the correct code. Your Steering lock is independent of immobiliser, in fact you can have a steering lock on your car even if you don't have an immobiliser. It's a simple spring loaded mechanism which activates based on the key position in the ignition barrel. If you don't believe me you can test this yourself. Next time you go for a drive, when you switch the car off and remove the key, rotate your steering in one direction as much as you can. Now put the key back in the ignition and try to turn it on. You wont be able to turn the key. This is because you have increased the tension on the steering lock. To relieve the tension counter rotate the steering wheel in the opposite direction and you will be able to turn the key over.
You know people participating in this trend has also made auto insurance rates skyrocket. Some companies can't insure Kia and Hyunai prior to 2023 anymore. It's crazy.
This is why I still strongly believe that tiktok should have been banned when it was scheduled to in early 2020. It's just done so much more harm then good.
I think its a bigger problem than that. I think people are slowing realising that we live in an unfair world. The fact is that humans thrive better in communities now having more and more disconnect from each other will probably result in agression toward the system. Clout chasing is not a normal human trait but a consequence of a disconnected society.
@@Animescene23 I don't think the disconnect of communities is the problem but the overall social stratification as a result of rapidly expanding technology/the internet and the rise of social media where looking good or attractive or getting attention is seen as a better alternative to fading into the background as well as the decline of a unifying social component like religion and the nuclear family. That, and decreased attention spans, emotional/group social contagion as a result of "trends" which are pretty insidious usually.
as someone who was very recently a teenager i don't pity whatever idiot decided to do the challenge. if any of their friends got ripped into it against their will, i do feel bad for them.
Kia: “we don’t need this part, it will save us some money in the long run” *Tiktok challenge happens and lawsuits flood in* Kia: “well well if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions”
I was a victim last month with this challenge. My car was stolen right off the street. I live in Cleveland Ohio but still it's insane that this is happening around the country.
Just imagine being the driver. Killing your 4 possibly best friends (or really close to agree to that shit) for a dumb Tiktok challenge and having to live knowing that you murdered those 4 friends and having a felony charge under your belt. The stupidity. It’s really sad and I feel really bad for him to an extent. He probably genuinely wishes he died with them.
I can’t imagine the guilt he must feel… If I was in that position, I think it would break me. I already have severe depression and guilt/shame comes along with it.
I dont feel bad..theyre not babies..even 10 year olds know not to take other people's stuff if taught at an early age...they have the capacity to know what they did was wrong, did it nonetheless and got the consequences shoved into their throats... In fact, they *should* be guilty, they *should* live with that in their conscience, they *should* live with that eating them alive This isnt some "ha ha funny meme" trend, this is literal crime
Imagine feeling bad for the killer. What has the world come to these days. He’s a f up killer and I hope he suffers every second of his life in prison! Every f second I hope it hurts for him
as much as I want to be unempathetic and unfeeling like these ppl in your replies, I won't. because no matter how stupid these ppl were, it's still a sad situation.
You know, there was a time where a lot of people thought the news was overreacting to stuff like the tide pod challenge or the penny challenge (or whatever it was called, the one where you touch a penny to an exposed outlet) because there were actually only a couple people doing it. Thing is, stuff like this keeps happening. Time for TikTok to be deleted off the face of the earth.
It really would be a win to have TikTok removed and deleted from existence. I think the next best thing though, is for TikTok management to realize that their app is causing crime and death and for them to implement a way to check certain uploads before they go live for content that could lead to crime or death. TikTok can be a fun app, but it is also causing a lot of young people to kill themselves or nearly kill themselves and mostly accidently. But can a certain amount of blame be held to the parents? For not teaching their kids to analyze situations before they act? Or is social pressure just too high these days?
How does getting rid of Tik Tok fix the actual problem here. These stupid people aren't confined within this one app, all these dumb challenges will just end up on RUclips or Twitter or something.
@@j.f3448 yeah this is too true. Do you think it comes back to what I said in comment about parenting or social pressures? Or are people just becoming too spontaneous?
@@Armpittt i’m not saying you’re wrong but i think the pressure has gotten really high. you’ve got thousands, if not millions of people watching, and really pushing people to do these things because it’s “funny”, so of course you’re gonna a see few brain dead idiots(both underage and adult people) do this because they want to find approval, they enjoy the attention, and they feel like they have to. it’s sad, but it’s true. i’ve seen adults opinions swayed just by comments. can you imagine your friends pressuring you to do a tiktok and feeling nervous to be seen as less by everyone as a teen? sometimes what your parents taught you flies over your head in those situations. adults? well, they’re just stupid at that point. i’ve seen teens who don’t even post on tiktok but still feel like they need to be skinny or have a certain look/aesthetic or dress a certain way and it goes extreme to a point where they’re not really themselves but a byproduct of what tiktok wants everyone to be, what it finds attractive. it’s truly about looks and being seen a certain way to a point where everyone has a cookie cut personality. it sucks
There have always been “trends” that have had fatal consequences throughout history. Social media just allows the these antics to be shared further and faster.
Labeling this a TT trend is misleading imo. It’s not like kids wake up, open the app, see this and decide to do it over a stupid dance. This is merely a platform that enabled this technique to commit a felony to spread for too long before they stopped it. Maybe there’s a TT of Addison Rae out there stealing a Kia and if so I’ll eat my words, but I don’t think “kids” were torn between dancing or stealing cars and only chose the former bc it went viral on TT.
calling joyriding and car theft a tiktok trend though is a new one. that's how they didn't have that before in usa/uk/eu... riiiiiiiiiiight? lol. 80's tiktok sure was crazy.
@@lasskinn474 lol, everyone blaming a social media platform for people committing felonies. “And tonight, a disturbing new TikTok trend has teens committing murder for clout. Has TikTok gone too far??”
I live in Buffalo. That's the Scajaquada Expressway. Its deadly. My brother watched a camaro fly past him. He told his girlfriend I bet they crashed. They did and my brother pulled up and body parts were on the ground. This was over 20 years ago. These young kids are crazy nowadays. This is so sad.
Lol not hardly, it was the idiots that lacked common sense fault and stole a car and totaled it. As a car guy and ex "mechanic" (trade school) I know of a lot of cars easy to steal but I'm not a braindead moron chasing clout. And if I did decide to steal a car, would my instructor from trade school be held responsible for my actions? No.
How do you prove someone started a trend though? Someone posting a video online doesn’t always result in people copying their actions. It would be hard to prove which was the first video, or even if that person intended for people to copy them…. there’s just no way to hold anyone accountable for the whole trend/situation
This has been happening in my home town a CRAZY amount for the last couple months. Literal teenagers stealing countless cars(mostly Kias) and either crashing them or just destroying the car and ditching it somewhere. And due to them being actual like 15 year Olds, they just get a slap on the wrist and sent home with mama. It's insane. Been happening a lot lately here.
4:19 "... who probably wouldn't have stolen if they didn't know how to do it" then they would have committed some other crime. It's no one's fault but their own for what happened to them. The fact alone that they were willing to commit a crime just to gain clicks shows what kind of people they were and what their moral standards were.
Heya. Just to keep everyone safe: An immobilizer, known as an engine immobilizer, is a tool that is installed within the car to prevent theft. You can find out if your car has one by checking the factory handbook. It uses a pin detection system in a transponder to allow the engine to start. No transponder chip in a key fob with the same pin: no engine activation. This is to prevent potential hotwiring. If your car does not have one, you can take it to a car stero or security shop. I would also recommend getting a steering wheel lock. I own a Hyundai myself, and it's the first car I'm owning, so security is a must for me. If your car has an immobilizer it does not deter them from breaking the column and gaining access, unlike a steering wheel lock which does prevent this. Plus, it's cheaper. Thanks Charlie. 😊
unfortunately, 90% of the cars do not have that system, and can be stolen easily. Not that they're insecure, but it's also not that hard to steal an average car
@@Malam_NightYoru Oh definitely. That's why it's always important to check the factory manual or look up your model first, or take it to a mechanic if you're really not sure. I still recommend a steering wheel lock over an immobilizer personally, but having one is definitely better than having none. Thanks for the comment NiKz. 👍
Hey man, I'm not trying to be an asshole, as a first. I'm a big car guy, so please hear me out. Don't buy a korean car ever again. They are bad. It's as simple is that. Please don't waste your money. The best car brands for someone who just wants reliable transportation are Toyota, Honda, Subaru and Mazda. They're usually around 10% more expensive than a Kia/Hyundai but trust me, you will save that money on future repairs. And you will give your money to a good company, instead of one which doesn't care about it's customers in the slightest. I'm really just trying to help you.
Me and my sister was talking about this the other day it feels crazier when it's close to home. The fact they thrown their lives away for a trend and now the only survivor, the driver is going to live with that weight. The theft and the other kids who passed are gonna put him away for life most likely.
As someone who owns a Kia that falls into that category…. I am absolutely terrified. Everyday I walk outside to go to work in expecting to see it missing. It’s so stressful.
@@kirkmashino4106 still more difficult than just popping the ignition. Hell locks don't stop people from breaking in , they just stop lazy and stupid thieves.
Or just take down the platform entirely. And start making parents have real responsibility and don't let them be online, except for educational purposes that are monitored. I was raised that way and frankly, I'm better for it. Too many fucking 6 to 17 year olds glued to a phone their parents shoved in their face. For reference, I'm 25, barely a decade or so over these kids
It's so terrifying that people are literally killing themselves and others, for views on TikTok. People involved have been hurt and damaged by this. It's just sad. I hope the families of everyone directly or indirectly affected by this can be okay despite what happened. :(
The Chinese government is subtly trying to destroy the US from the inside out, and that starts with our youth-which is essentially our future. Fanning the flames of political and social infighting, destroying our attention spans, encouraging us to stay disease-riddled and overweight, convincing us to both chemically and surgically castrate ourselves, and now straight up driving us to jump off cliffs in droves like lemmings. Really cunning stuff though, I can’t even lie 🤷♀️ In just a few years we won’t stand a chance… at all 😂
I'm one of the people that got their car stolen thanks to the Kia Boyz challenge or whatever it was called and I had to wait for over two weeks to get my ignition repaired because the parts needed were on back order due to the sudden surge in Kia thefts, so...yeah. That one was true.
if you live in one of these "problem" areas where gangs of young criminals are going around carjacking people, please arm yourself, or tighten your security or something, because many of these carjackings aren't just some kids playing around. They're dumb criminals who have no morals and will commit armed robbery and murder for little to no reason. I've seen it many times through police footage, in particular with this Kia challenge, that the perps will "obtain" their vehicle through armed robbery, and will hurt the victim. You gotta prepare yourself if you're gonna live in bad areas lol.
Fun Fact: In other markets like Australia, transponders/immobilizers are legally required for every new vehicle, so hyundai were saving very little not including them as the production to do so already exists.
I'm very confused about models from 2015 and on not having immobilizers. My 2013 sonata does, and I'm happy it does, except for how badly it likes to engage and not respond to my key. Why would they have stopped in later models?
Yeah, the lack of immobilizers is the most shocking part of this story. I thought that every car for the past 20 years had those, except maybe some cheap Russian cars or other trash.
@@alminzukic5740 yes but the point is an immobilizer doesn't cost $1, say it's $150 to manufacture and install, they're now making another 150M. They can also add that extra $1 to the price and like you say the buyer won't bat an eyelid, but if they add another couple hundred on top maybe they will
I'll always try to separate the tool from the people using it, but the more I hear about TikTok trends going wrong, the more I struggle to separate TikTok from it's users. I'm not really into it to begin with so I don't know if the platform does anything to try and put dangerous/illegal trends down. From my perspective, I don't think they do.
Hey, there are also a BUNCH of really sexy early 30s to early 40s milfs on there in unhappy marriages trying to feel relevant against by the horny attention of teenagers. Overally, I think the good balances the evil. The weight of the tits swinging around alone....
The algorithm is too aggressive imo, I see zero of these trends but now because I liked a few funny reddit stories and Australian videos of Australians being Australian, that's all I see now, stopped using it and switched to instagram
@@erronblack308 I'm pretty sure after the overwhelming stupidity of TikTok allowing things like the Kia challenge to spread and especially after those 4 kids splattered all over the highway not too long ago, that they're kind of pissed and getting tired of having to deal with the fallout from that
I mean you're right about one thing, typically with these dumb trends no one does it. I believe there were only around 82 confirmed cases of people eating Tide Pods, or at least getting hospitalized for it. The issue is, the like 20 people will do are the type of people who ruin something for everyone else and shines a bad light on similar people.
@@Alittlefruitgoesalongway Well, did they do it because of the challenge, or are the 82 the total amount recorded to be hospitalized in tide pod related poisoning cases during a time period? There’s a big difference between the two
Just started watching Charlie’s videos often and I have to say, his viewers/fans are such empathetic and cool people I’d love to be friends with it. Nice to see a RUclips comment section that is not garbage as usual. That video with that streamer who had a really messy room and all of you were empathetic about his depression rather than laughing at him made me tear up. Y’all are awesome ❤.
When I first watched one of his videos a couple of months ago, I made a comment about how wholesome his viewers were in the comment section and how interesting and cool Charlie and how I cant wait to watch more of his vids,similar to ur comment, everyone replied “Nice, your in for a treat” and stuff like that. All I got to say is your in for a treat 😇
"I didn't think anyone would make an actual challenge that's just committing crime but... I've been proven wrong." is such an iconic quote and kind of sums up modern internet culture.
Idiots have been around MUCH longer than TikTok... It's so amazing how people blame the place they first realize the depth of humanity's stupidity for the stupidity that has always existed... I really hate to break it to you, but most people are pretty dumb. The dumbest of us cannot even think in complete sentences, let alone wrestle with a thought that lasts longer than a moment.
The problem is that in the USA the Kia and Hyundai models have no immobilizer system. Here in Canada Hyundai and Kia are obliged by law to have Immobilizers installed in there models.
It’s honestly upsetting how people these days are going as far as causing harm to others or themselves just for some simple internet clout. This is the main reason why I don’t have Tik Tok myself, I don’t want to expose myself to that type of stuff. I’m honestly nervous about what will happen next when it comes to internet challenges.
Tik Tok is the biggest time waster/ time stealer there is. China's app doing as designed. Fools have it installed , and it steals info from their phone. Can never get that time back
@@karin1636 i mean i have tiktok and i can control myself and dont really do anything stupid, but some of the things people do on that app are actually terrifying. most of the people on it are greedy and hungry for clout. its extremely sad
"drinking diesel and hopping over flaming-hoops challenge" Ever since humanity has conquered the planet and we're sitting on top of the food chain, nobody would've guessed that our new natural predator would've been TikTok "challenges" (they're literally just crimes) with sheer stupidity to match. But, honestly, natural selection with TikTok *is completely avoidable to people with common sense.*
How many orphans in a orphanage can you burn down with 1 match challenge. (Results are nutty, 18+, YOU WONT BELIEVE THE ENDING, shocked face* shocked face* shocked face* goofy emoji*)
I genuinely believe tik tok is a danger to society now. The amount of physical and mental damage it’s done to people is awful. I know they won’t but I hope tik tok executives do something about all this. Edit: for all the people that say it’s not just tik tok , I know, there are other platforms that are also bad not just tik tok. Edit 2: I also am aware that the company brings in lots of money from stuff like this. Edit 3: hopefully I won’t have to make anymore edits but , I was not aware of the whole spy/gain foreign info on the western world thing. Thank y’all for letting me know
Humanity already doomed itself to extinction by accepting the plastic recycling scam instead of paying attention to the corporate sleight of hand hiding the many, many negative effects of oil. We didn't move to anything sustainable. This is the result: children who know they're going to die, so why not make it go faster?
Has TikTok ever publicly condemned any of these challenges? Are they doing anything to try and prevent further dumb challenges from being contrived? I mean really, normally I wouldn't put so much of the blame on the service itself but they're just as responsible at this point considering just how many challenges have spawned from TikTok alone.
They are a Chinese company and have zero accountability, they WANT this to happen. In their country the algorithm pushes education and community service trends in our country a different algorithm pushes risky behavior and sexualization of minors. Trump was mocked for trying to have it banned.
When I was in High School we'd challenge each other to ask a girl out on a date. Back before the internet the biggest tragedy was getting made fun of because you asked out the head cheerleader. I'm scared for my children's generation.
My neighbor had her Kia stolen by a couple of teens from a state away, doing this 'challenge', they found her car in a 3rd state but also fortunately caught the teens. Cost her $5,000 in repairs that her insurance will not cover because of some technicality, that was her whole savings and now she is pretty screwed, which is what happens when you are 1 crisis away from homelessness and that's what these POS teens almost caused her, for views. A couple weeks after she got her car back (trashed, bullet riddled, all the windows smashed, all 4 tires flat and wheels bent), she said she was absolutely planning to sue the family of the 2 teens, and I really hope she is successful at that. They came very close to literally destroying her life, making her homeless, and she is just the nicest girl.
Hi Charlie. I live in this area that this happened and I remember hearing about it the day of. This happened at around 7am est on the day. The driver was 16, and the age of the kids ranged from 14-17 years old. There were 6 kids in the car. Yes, four died. The driver is in custody, and I believe iirc the other is in the ICU. It's so weird to think that I've driven down this road so many times. It's very sad, and I had no idea that this was a tiktok trend. It's very sad, and although what they did was stupid, may they rest in peace.
Nah rest in piss and pieces worhtless low life pieces of shit, hopefully icu kid dies too, what if the car is of a single parent or someone who is living on the edge and their car is the only thing they have to travel to work to make money, what they end up losing their house and job because they can’t work because of a trend, once again rest in piss, and hopefully one more on the way🤷🏻♂️
Not only he killed his friends but he also endangered other people on the road. He’s 16 not fucking 3 years old. I’d say it’s more infuriating than sad.
This happened in my neighborhood a few months ago. 3 teens were driving in a stolen Hyundai and ended up getting shot by someone. 2 were hit and injured 1 was unharmed. They crashed through a fence and ditched the car in a field and fled but were later found by cops. That is the definition of fuck around and find out. It was never specified that they were inspired by the Kia challenge but it’s quite a suspicious that the car they stole was a Hyundai 🤷🏽♂️
Hyundai and Kia are the easiest cars to break into and “Hotwire” I was researching a KIA car model that I liked and came to found that they were getting stolen easily using an iPhone charger. This was like a year ago. KIA has had time to fix this but ignored the problem
The most dangerous challenge from when i was a teenager was lining toilet seats with small cherry bomb crackers. Scary, but completely harmless. I used to think telling people not to do bad things was silly, as we all inherently have a moral code and know right from wrong. These kids don't even know that to get away with a crime you shouldn't start by filming your face as you do it.
It’s incredible how internet trends went from “do a funny freeze frame position or eat a spoonful of something kinda yucky or really spicy” to “consume laundry detergent and smash your own brains in with a lead pipe”
At least those trends would only kill the idiots and actually create more income for other people (funeral service lol). Now these Darwin award winners not only kill themselves but also damage other people's properties who are most likely not compensated because juvenile law.
Back in my days of school late 90's, a friend of mine, would tie a rope around his wrist, to the point, his hand turned blue and then released, thankfully no social media back then.
Back in my days, we used to put a pencil down our friends butt when they were about to sit. But now when i think about it, it was really stupid and dangerous.
I mean eating a spoonful of some stuff is really bad too
Cinnamon challenge was kind of a health risk tho
I'm one of the many people from the area who had their Kia stolen by this exact group of kids because of this TikTok trend. It completely turned my family's life upside down. Because of all of the damages done to the vehicle when the police recovered it, we did not have a vehicle for 3 months and only recently got it back. And since the thieves involved were underage, we couldn't press charges against them, so in the end we had to pay for the damages they caused that wasn't covered by insurance. The popularity of these dangerous TikTok trends is extremely concerning.
That’s absolutely disgusting. I’m so sorry you had to go through that due to the stupidity of kids who shouldn’t be exposed to this stuff. I hope you do well in the future, good luck
At least there was some justice in this case
damn. Guess that mean you did not have comprehensive coverage?
The worse part is these kids will say things like "Its ok for me to steal this because by law the the owner has insurance to cover what I do".
Hope things turn around for you
Can't you press charges against their parents in the US?
After all they are responsible for looking after their children so they don't fucking steal cars and crash them..
@@iCakeMen You can
People are getting extremely desensitized to reality. It's kind of scary how more and more people are lacking self-control.
This isn't new. Previous generations have said that about the generation before them and the cycle continues. The only difference is that we live in the age of accessible information, we hear about things around us more often than before. That can be a good and a bad thing.
The problem here isn't tiktok, it's global capitalism destroying communities, where kids have so little recreational shit to do because their communities are underfunded, that this is the most exciting thing they can do. Tiktok is just the excuse for them to do it. We need to get to the root cause, capitalism.
@@TheHuskyK9 Nah, it's different this time because we live in the age of constant stimulation. The internet is isolating people more and more as corporations discover new and better ways to grab our attention. This isolation is going to drive people insane because they don't know any better. Internet addiction isn't culturally recognized as a form of addiction yet. Medically it's recognized though.
Bad parenting is where the issue starts honestly, after that its just plain stupidity
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE NGL your name and pic worked
I'm 61 & when I first saw this, my first thought was kids are going to die & 2nd, I wish someone young, who can talk to kids will say something about how stupid this is. Thank you for being that person. You're of an age & have the look where kids will hopefully listen to you.
Yeah, unfortunately people are still calling elders out and calling them “boomers.” I hate that the word is still being used in a negative sense today because it pretty much invalidates anything said by someone with more experience
@@dragonmanover9000Young people dismiss old people before and after “boomer” existed
hi 61
@@tekiii1 Thanks for the giggle! I needed one tonight.
@@tekiii1 Hi 61 when I first saw this
Ah yes, the "steal a car and crash it" strategy. A bit old fashioned, but effective. I am interested to see what comes next in the "Ruin your life any% speed run" competitive scene.
*Karl Jobst started spittin' facts as he's casually saying TikTok trend is a good strats for Shamingfamily%*
These strats are really cutting edge. Dude racked up four funerals and a felony without even doing the gang violence skill tree. Devs need to patch this exploit soon.
Sometimes I hear boomers tell me stories about "joyriding" in the 80s and 90s, and I honestly fail to see how this is any different. It's just Grand Theft Auto.
@Abraham Johnathan It was a slap on the wrist for them, but now it's "OMG THIS ENTIRE GENERATION IS STEALING CARS AND EATING TIDE PODS"
@Abraham Johnathan its real dumb this time around because they're posting evidence of their own crime for clout. thanks for helping the cops i guess
I can't wait for the "leaking my social security number" and "this is my credit card information" challenges to become a thing
i wouldnt do this, but i’d support it, free shit!
i love free shit
There's a thing called chargeback LMAO
I wouldn’t be surprised at this point if that were to ever exist tbh
I know you're joking but LifeLock had a commercial with a guys SSN on the side of a massive bus, challenging people to steal his identity. To the surprise of literally no one, he got his identity stolen at least 13 times.
The fact that people completely fail to see anything wrong with these messed up challenges and just think "people are doing it on TikTok therefore I must do it too" without stopping to realize the problem is terrifying
Its natural selection
Children aren't known for critical thinking.
The weak die while the strong survive
Honestly though, I think tik tok trends may be the next step in human evolution. I mean we are over populated. We try out very best to give all babies a chance at life. We take care of disabled people, the elderly, the terminally ill. Maybe TikTok is a modern form of natural selection in a world where we don't want anyone to die. Going so far as to illegalize suicide and take away federal protection for abortions. At least in America.
@@maineman5757 to be fair in a world without modern medicine you'd probably be dying around 15-25 and that's with critical thinking skills. Humans are getting dumber and dumber, and sure it's sad, but maybe it's the right next step. I mean it's better than getting overpopulated to the point that governments have to just off people or make baby licenses. Then again, it could be China's first step in taking over. Doing the long haul by making the future leaders of their enemies be dumber than rocks. Also I don't think it's fair to say "Children aren't known for critical thinking". These kids were in highschool. They knew the difference between what's right or wrong. They also knew what's something stupid you should never do. Unfortunately the clout was more important to them and it cost them their lives
Heard of another tic tok trend where kids are making themselves pass out which has resulted in the death of a 12 year old girl who did this. Parents talk to your kids get in their business. It's better then losing your child.
if your kids have an IQ above 5, dying because of a tiktok challenge shouldn't be an issue
i love how the one time charlie gave tiktok the benefit of a doubt and said, "listen, tiktok challenges are dumb, but they can't be THAT dumb," is when they reach the lowest point ever.
the Murican user base it's dumb, they don't make good use of the service, those are different things, in my country you can easily find some online lessons of different things, the only dumb thing I have seen its Tarot reading or some Lottery scratch streams.
@@derederekat9051 what, are you Chinese?
the lowest point ever SO FAR.
@@SomeMamaLuigis homer moment
they were ⬛
This happened to my Kia. I was leaving for work and found someone had broken into our Kia, ripped out the bottom of the steering wheel, and had caused the car to shut down due to failed hot wiring. We still had to pay to get it fixed. These trends are ridiculous.
This trend began in Milwaukee. Do you live there?
Use any cheap steering lock.
@@Frichilsasta08 no I’m in KY
Insurance didn’t do shit?
Guess you can join the lawsuit
Every time I think TikTok trends can't possibly get any worse, the people who perform them and die doing so keep proving me wrong.
Remember when school bathrooms were being destroyed
Ok NOW it can’t get worse… can it?
Oh it’s gonna get worse- much worse
@@geoghoul you fucking jinxed it
To be fair I’m on tiktok and have never heard of this or half the other deadly “trends”
I work in a Juvenile Detention and Residential facility. We have teens coming in at least once a week for stolen cars. Mostly Kias. We had four come in not too long ago. two of them sent off to DYS, and when they heard that, they celebrated. CELEBRATED about going to what is essentially a Juvenile Prison.
Of course when the time came for transport. nothing but sobs and crocodile tears.
They think its all fun and games, speeding around, running from cops, crashing cars. Then the reality sets in and it's not so fun anymore.
Its weird how many Tik Tok trends are basically some kind of "natural selection"
Keep em coming. People who fall for something like this should go extinct anyway...
Black
This isn't how natural selection works
People voluntarily create these stupid challenges to get idiots to hurt themselves
@@plainmap8055 wow bro
I’m from Buffalo, NY. This happened right around the corner from where my boyfriend and I live. I had never even heard of this trend whatsoever until this happened. Breaks my heart, and blows my mind that dangerous shit like this can easily become a trendy tik tok challenge.
We should spread that 716 love not stupidity, these teens reap what they sew but it’s tragic nonetheless
Yea ny tri state area is nuts especially near nyc people swerve even if there not drunk
@@Some-idot Buffalo isn’t near the tri-state area lol- it’s the complete opposite side of the state
@SophiaKristine nyc isn’t even close to buffalo 💀
@SophiaKristine Buffalo is literally like 6 hours away from nyc 💀
Y’all remember the ALS water bucket challenge and the Harlem Shake? Good times, peaceful times…
niɡɡer 💀
ALS ice bucket challenge is what challenges should be. harmless, fun and even helpful
@@Diedqra Bro woke up and chose racism 💀💀💀💀
@@minnalunar and actually teaching people how ALS patient felt
@@Josiechan99 That's a bot lol it's just trying to piss you off.
2000s internet challenge: a non life threatening jump scare
2020s internet challenge: Death
When I was in school it was trendy for friends to choke each other out
A lot of people died for tik tok trends. And unfortunately it looks like its not going to stop. Putting yourself and others through harm is not good. Stay safe.
A lot of people?
@@maggiesims6055 the death toll keeps ringing higher after every challenge that occurs.
to be honest i think thats great lmfao
maybe it helps with the rising population?
Lol okay that was dark
@@freezxng_moon sick. u are sick
I've been saying this for a long time; TikTok is extremely dangerous. The fact that its awful trends have reached a criminal and life-threatening level makes me really worried about what these idiots will come up with next
It’s demonic
It is the allure of 5 mins of fame because if Jane doe says do this and she is "famous" then John Smith will likely do it to say. Well she didn't say no
i mean hey atleast its getting rid of the idiots tho
The race for clout is one that is such a quick race to the bottom it goes past scraping the bottom of the barrel and goes straight to starting to dig a tunnel.
What’s scarier than that? The fact that tik-tok isn’t coming up with these wild ideas. What’s scarier than that?
That you don’t seem to grasp that.
I failed an assignment yesterday, I was feeling pretty bummed until I watched this video. Now I don’t feel like a worthless piece of trash anymore. Thanks Charlie!
Hey I got a zero on a quiz and a d on a test, I grinded back to a c, u got this
Agent 47 would never fail an assignment. You'll meet him soon. Failure is not acceptable, unless it was gender studies.
@Patrick39 No patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument
Charlie's just a messenger, TikTok is the real hero here
@UCcLcEeFt94D1zNAflNiNPIg it's true though. The OP has tiktok to thank for feeling better lol
0:52 Guess KIA stands for "Killed in Action"
Charlie is a humble man. He admits when he's wrong, but when he's wrong it's a bad thing.
Not always
The worst thing? Kids who don't follow Charlie's content. You want a social media guru, this is the guy. Everyone else is largely a self-perpetuating fraud, just trying to get more clicks. This is where you go for the straight dope. I can guarantee you that kid's crashing cars based on a TikTok meme are not subscribers.
He’s wrong mainly because no research is done he could be right but lacks information nothing new to see
@@tomlxyz Morbius
@@bernlin2000 Weirdo
It's so fucking scary to see how easily manipulative society is right now
bro just put random words together
@@indiansmokar what
did you mean manipulated?
@@theclockman775 they definitely did
Imagine how much worse it was when there was no news, and no standards for fact-checking. The Kings of old could say literally anything they want and millions of people would immediately believe it all without question. Humanity has always been cucked by their masters, it's our biggest flaw as a species and the single thing holding us back the most.
I'm proud to *not* have TikTok. There's actually good people on there, but it's like finding gems in piles of trash.
Same.
niɡɡer 💀
Bro uses RUclips shorts💀
@@Probatives bro uses tiktok💀
Tik tok is beyond horrible
I'm sorry but I don't feel sorry for anyone who does something so bone-headed as a "challenge".
I feel sorry for anyone they've hurt or put in danger, but that's about it.
These were teens, at-least one as young as 14. Obviously what they were doing was dumb as shit, but a brutal death is not okay.
Even if you weren’t that dumb as a teen ask around and you’ll find a lot of good people who grew out of being that dumb.
@@moloy559 I feel bad for the kids are lacking so much attention from their parents that they do things only because they see them online. I think it’s really sad how many young people cling to their phones, and now these people are having kids who also cling to their phones.
@@fart63 This stuff is not new, its just getting more widly publisized. My mother was a nurse growing up, and before the internet took off people were jumping hills riding on the flatbed of a stolen truck.
One kid fell out the back hit his head and got permant brain damage. My mother has strong memories of losing it on people who said "that what he desrves".
The kid was just conious enough to know something was wrong with him. They couldn't show him photos of himself because he would scream the word "back" pointing at himself, and then to the photo. I'm dead serious.
That kid would've been luckier dying, but the world isnt some karmic justice system. If someone young dies or gets injured doing stupid illegal shit it just adds to the shitiness of the situation.
Just now we get people on the internet saying its not that bad because they couldn't imagine themsleves or someone they know in that situation.
@@moloy559 being young is not an excuse for being dumb. We were all kids once and for the most part we knew right from wrong. We knew damn well what we were doing.
@@Keeki549
Being young is not an exuse for stealing a car and driving it recklessly.
Dying in a brutal accident is not an approrpiate punishment for anyone, let alone a kid.
"For the most part" is right. Clearly, these kids didn't think of the consequences that would hit them, let alone the owner of the car or anyone else they put in danger. If they knew what they were doing they would be in court, not a morgue.
Im not saying the kids should have gotten off with a slap on the wrist and a "do better next time". I'm saying that 4 families making funeral arrangments and trying to put their lives back together isn't something we should just nod and say "that's only fair" to.
It wasn't unexpected they died, its hardly even shocking, but it wasn't just.
this happened near my apartment. it’s so tragic. those poor families. I really hope this is a wake up call to those who think doing this is okay.
It won't be. The only reason you would post a video of you stealing a car is if you think you're better and safer than other people.
Nah. They totally deserve what happened to them. If they’re dumb enough to do all of that shit then what happened to them is absolutely justified
It's not a wake-up call. It will never be a wake-up call. Humanity in this modern age is so brain-dead and hold such short-term memories that they'll forget about this in a week and come up with an even worse trend that will result in more deaths, where we'll end up in a perpetual loop. Humanity has become a collective goldfish.
they were ⬛
Well..them kids ain't waking up
I miss when trends were just cool new things. Not these dangerous challenges that get people killed
K-pop better + I’m the ultimate k-pop defender 🤓🤓🤓
yeah I miss the tide pod challenge
I pray that it's the internet's attempt at Darwinism.
Npc response
@@-whyquestion k pop is shit
Rest in peace to all the crashed cars during this trend. It sucks for the owners to lose their cars due to a stupid trend
yeah and also those impressionable teenagers. they be stupid but its not something to lose your life over , maybe they needed better friends or role models ? who knows but it just sucks man
@@epicfilms4life507 no genuinely fuck em. I do not understand how you can be this moronic and we’re honestly lucky we don’t have them taking oxygen
@@epicfilms4life507 Nope - those stupid teenagers did this to themselves. It takes only a few working braincells to NOT participate in car stealing for a f*cking TikTok video. Them dying doesn't me make sad in any way.
Don't you dare try the whole "they're teenagers" thing, because I and many people I knew managed to go through our teen years without murdering anyone. Dumb teen things include, sneaking out to fool around with your partner, smoking weed in your friend's basement and forgetting to delete your search history. NOT STEALING A CAR YOU CAN'T EVEN DRIVE AND KILLING YOUR FRIENDS. Just how impressionable do you have to be to not realize cars are dangerous and that's probably a really bad idea?!
Edit: when I wrote this, it was on a separate app, which means the @ feature doesn't always work. But you smart cookies know who I was talking to.
@@akiramakara2062 can i ask a question... uhm... when did anyone said anything like that?
Edit: I see my mistake and I’m very sorry internet stranger
To be honest, if you're someone who sees these challanges that are illegal and you think "Let me try doing this and post it on tiktok", the world is better off without you
If those people involved has survived, they might've done something even worse as a "challange"
@@RetroPiglin their lives aren't that important if they're willing to throw them away so easily
@@RetroPiglin your opinion is wrong
Yep.. world is now a better place
@@RetroPiglin yet you delete your original comment. Thus proving further how wrong your opinion was if you don't even feel confident enough to keep it on the internet.
Classic clown act.
your depressing man
The amount of brain dead people on TikTok risking their lives for five seconds of fame is insane yet unsurprising. This should be sad due to the fact that these people died, but at this point- as harsh as it sounds- the only sad thing is how easily preventable this all could’ve been if they used even half a braincell.
K-pop better + I’m the ultimate k-pop defender 🤓🤓🤓☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻👦🏻👦🏻👦🏻👦🏻👦🏻👦🏻
It’s a Darwin Award imo
this is any social media app
@@thySilence01 cap
@@LucidLuka there was litteraly the tide pod challenge which was huge on RUclips instagram etc
A zoomer in my family once told me about a TikTok fad in which kids would steal entire paper towel dispenser from school bathrooms. I remember waiting for the punchline but that was it, the whole trend was just regular theft. Sounds like it's just been getting worse ever since
The problem here isn't tiktok, it's global capitalism destroying communities, where kids have so little recreational shit to do because their communities are underfunded, that this is the most exciting thing they can do. Tiktok is just the excuse for them to do it. We need to get to the root cause, capitalism.
That would be the “devious licks” mentioned in the video. The school I student taught at didn’t have any paper towels or dispensers because of that shit
TikTok is literally a CCP demoralization weapon. 5th generational warfare. Personally, I don't mind it however, since it's filling the void of natural selection. Those dumb enough to smoke tide pods, self sterilize and kill themselves are clearly lacking to begin with, and it's forcing a higher quality gene pool by eliminating all the lessers.n
It got so bad that some people on the tok apparently started to do the opposite and put shings in the bathrooms
Lmao they ended up stealing literal fucking sinks and toilets from schools. Some mf's stole whole ass doors.
As someone around the age of 20, never having downloaded TikTok is one of my most proudest accomplishments
Congrats? I don’t think Tik Tok is the only issue, social media and how things are being handled is the issue. RUclips has issues, Twitter has issues, etc. It’s just people doing whatever they can to get attention, regardless of what platform it is. There’s no shame in using Tik Tok, it’s just have you use it and how mature you are being with it. There’s a lot of great Tik Tok creators and content out there, but being overshadowed by these stupid trends.
Dont_Read_My_Names*
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My country just flat out banned it.
People like you are actually just the dumbest of people who somehow think you are smart.
Social media is a tool, its the people that are using it to be blamed. Social media just simply exposes the narccisism of humans. Blame the creators.
Also, Instagram selfie deaths, FB YT insta reels tide pod challenge, terrorist recuitment, cyberbullying deaths etc. Are happening everyday. Plus data thief by every single social media company especially FB which are overwhelmingly American. Yet people are somehow only blaming tiktok. This irrational pick on tiktok is none other than racism or simply lack of a brain. Many Embarrasing clowns here 🤡 🤡.
@@squirlis1189 Good, I wish mine did
Trends really went from “freeze when someone says” or “do a funny dance in public” to “eat hydrogen peroxide and wash it down with some hydrochloric acid”
Yeah, look up "ajax challenge"
I was a victim of this trend, glad you admitted you were wrong. it sucks to hear people deny it along with Kia themselves not taking an responsibility
Ugh of course Kia would deny it, absolutely horrible excuses
Stop capping 😂
@@WyaSlay how's it cap? you want me to send you pictures of my ruined car I had to keep in a shop for 3 months? or maybe you'd like to give a more favorable response than kia did that amounted to, "guess you should spend more on our cars next time, lol"
@@woorugger88 You bought a cheap Kia and expected it to be a good car? lol. This is the same company that paid for advertisements saying all that people needed to buy a Kia was $99 and a job. I'm not sure it's Kia's fault your car got stolen, either. Maybe lock your doors or buy The Club.
I know I didn't blame the hard drive manufacturer when my hard drive failed and I lost a lot of files. I blamed myself for not backing it up. At the end of the day, I was careless and cheap not investing in more drives and making sure I had multiple copies.
@@encycl07pedia- Fucking thank you. Nobody wants to take responsibility for anything anymore. It's like yeah, what happened to you was shit, but here's a way you could prevent it in the future 🤷🤷🤷
It's crazy how detached from reality you really are when you're a teenager versus when you're an adult.
You can get away with pretty much anything and only get a few years in prison max as a teenager.
Only if you surround yourselfs with people like that
this is why I have a superiority complex lol
Most teenagers aren't... Teenagers DO know better than stealing a car and leading police in a chase. Once you're like 12 you have a proper idea that actions have consequences. These kids must be intellectually disabled, have had piss poor parenting, are simply sociopaths that do not care or are thrill seekers. Any combination of that will do it. But most teenagers do not see something as stupid as this on TikTok and actually do it. It is not necessarily tiotoks problem. If it wasn't TikTok, it would be some other platform or simply word of mouth or the news. Kids did stupid criminal shit long before TikTok, it's just now we have way worse parenting, broken homes, less good (and active) role models in kids lives, and no consequences for these walking and talking masses of destruction. No, I am not suggesting beating kids or locking kids up without rehabilitation chances, but something has to change. Somewhere else in the comments someone was told to charge the parents for damages to their car. What parents? It's likely the father isn't in the picture and the mother is poor. If their actual parents can't parent them, we as a society have to step in and parent for them. Society is fucked right now. Truely a "we live in a society" moment and not "teenagers will be teenagers because clearly 16 year olds don't know stealing cars and speeding away from cops is a bad idea". I am upset these kids lost their lives for such stupidity, but I'm more upset for those around them that they have harmed, including SOME sympathy for their family members who lost their young ones. Hardworking people losing their only method of transportation due to some teens doing stupid shit and the excuse is "the screen brainwashed them!". I bet you these kids had criminal records or disciplinary action at school way before they started stealing cars. They would do something stupid regardless. Honestly, world would be better if kids just snuck out to have sex and drink alcohol. Usually doesn't end up in four minors dead, let alone major destruction of property for people unrelated to these kids.
Edit: another issue is lack of proper mental health treatment. Violent kids with issues will grow up to be violent adults with issues. We barely have enough psych resources for people who are wanting to end their life, let alone people who pose a serious risk to others. We need more inpatient beds in both acute treatment settings (several days to a couple weeks) and more inpatient beds in long term residential care. Not to mention after school programs, intensive outpatient programs for short or long term and just simply therapy and social support. Right now our solution for troubled kids is to lock them up in juvie and let them out in a year. No real treatment there. We need to work on behavioral programs to enroll young criminals into, so they DONT BECOME CRIMINAL ADULTS. No more "see you about three weeks from now next time you do the same shit over again".
@@dibel3669 then my mom raised me well then to acknowledge this ridiculousness
All I gotta say is, I feel horrible for the victims who had their cars stolen and that's all. Man, I miss vine.
**Edit** Okay so I see a lot of anger starting to form so I just wanna say this: I'm sorry for upsetting some of you, it wasn't my intention, so let me explain why I wrote what I did.
First off, this isn't "another disregard for human life comment". Yes, the fact that 4 teens lost their lives is horrible. Really horrible. I hate hearing about death, especially involving young people. But at the same time- this is kinda hard to feel bad for the teens- like, common sense people..? Like you steal cars and try to act all cool, for what? Views? That's what happens. I'm sorry for seeming so cold-hearted, but like I said, common sense. They lost their lives hoping to continue a stupid and obviously dangerous trend. It's a shame.
Vine brought us gems like water malone and storytime, tiktok is bringing us dipshits getting their friends killed
Me too
@@beelboy0065 Very true, unfortunately.
*vine boom*
Darwinism is amazing.
As Tragic as this is and I am genuinely sorry for the teens that died as well as their families, I'm not gonna pretend like I didn't see something like this coming.
Nah , gone for good.
I feel bad for the families. The kids played a stupid game, won a stupid prize
@@cement_eater exactly.
I would feel bad, but if you’re smart enough to steal and drive a car, you’re smart enough to know you’re committing a felony
@@pichanao1069 Based
It's 2024, and thankfully we just survived the meth in the classroom challenge, but the Fentanyl during Fortnite challenge is really starting to catch on
Ah, yes... Many a student who undertook the "Meth in Math" challenge found it quite a shock to learn that their number was up...
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Hey, I'm from 2025, and my train, gladly, run over some teenagers who seem to be doing new trend.
Sleep on railroad challange
Thinning of the heard. Natural selection -
Wait y’all don’t use fetanyl when u play Fortnite?
With each """challenge""" that comes through on TikTok, the more I wish that attempt to ban TikTok in America a couple years actually went through.
Same but in my country
if it weren't on tiktok it would be on some other platform though unfortunately. human stupidity is not bound solely by algorithms
People like you are actually just the dumbest of people who somehow think you are smart.
Social media is a tool, its the people that are using it to be blamed. Social media just simply exposes the narccisism of humans. Blame the creators.
Also, Instagram selfie deaths, FB YT insta reels tide pod challenge, terrorist recuitment, cyberbullying deaths etc. Are happening everyday. Plus data thief by every single social media company especially FB which are overwhelmingly American. Yet people are somehow only blaming tiktok. This irrational pick on tiktok is none other than racism or simply lack of a brain. Many Embarrasing clowns here 🤡 🤡.
The one time Trump almost did something right, don't @ me
@@Zulf85 oddly, there weren't many car theft manuals hand-delivered to kids in August 2016 but somehow a month later and we were set onto a path where this is now normal. There are many social media platforms, and almost all of them do a much better job than Tiktok at moderating illegal and extreme content. Almost all of them do a better job at directing people -- especially children -- towards content that is the opposite of the illegal or extreme content that they search for by subtly pushing more reasonable and sane content the more they look for unreasonable and insane content.
ByteDance doesn't want children outside of China to thrive. They do not want children outside of China to live to be adults who will compete with them on the global stage. That's not conspiracy, that's literally true. ByteDance offers the same products in China yet somehow they don't have a single car theft trend, or a "eat this poisonous substance" trend. Not a single one.
This trend happened to me too. A bunch of people in my city got their cars stolen, and some kids stole mine, crashed it, and smashed the windows with baseball bats. Luckily they were idiots and did everything under a security camera so they got caught
were they given any repercussions
please I need updates i'm so invested
@@iiLMunchkiin samee
Commenting to receive updates on the story
I need to know the aftermath
1:30 its actually worse than that. Every kia, and hyundai built (with the exception of the push button start models, and the azera) up until 2023 was built without an immobilizer (in the US) because the United States has no actual law requiring cars to have an immobilizer.
For those who don't know, an immobilizer is a tiny box that blocks you car's ignition unless the correct key was used. It can be also connected to your car alarm.
Think of it as your car's two factor authentication
That's a great analogy
@@mordy2085 Modern cars usually have them by default. If you want to invest into some hardcore car security though, check out a steering wheel lock (for instance Zederlock) or if you have manual, shifter lock (like Construct)
@@mordy2085 you're welcome!
I feel like someone could start a Russian Roulette challenge on TikTok and people would actually do it without thinking about consequences like *death*
Fucking literally. Everyone on that app is braindead
I actually have a vague memory of something like Russian Roulette happening as a challenge (can't remember if it was for TikTok or something else), and in one incident someone was shot and killed and the person who fired the shot was charged with homicide. I remember it was teenagers who were doing it "for fun."
@@CoverLuxe
Darwin award
@@CoverLuxe in russia maybe.
@@CoverLuxe Yeah I do remember something like this as well
Sure "for fun" what am I even supposed to say anymore
TikTok trends in general get way too far. They may seem fun to try out at first, but later on, you realize that it’s nowhere near fun as you’ve expected it to be in the first place. Charlie seems to have done his research on this. I find it fascinating how he really goes into depth with all his topics.
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE i did
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE i did again
Imagine being on TikTok
@@rightthroughthecounterstri3961 agreed
K-pop better + I’m the ultimate k-pop defender 🤓🤓🤓☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
He had too much faith in humanity.
Sad to hear that the legitimate car owners have been inconvenienced by this. I mean even if you are somehow reimbursed for your damages it takes a while and is just an unnecessary burden.
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE ok i wont
@@boshyvic Who did you reply to? Strange they don't even have a username.
I mean the fact that kids lost their lives is WAY WAY WAY WAY worse than losing a fucking car. wtf is wrong with you?
Eh, they were Hyundai owners. Should've bought a better car
@@beastfromtheeast7 your mom should have fucked a better guy
It still makes me wonder why tiktok has not received massive backlash for this since they constantly keep coming out with these challenges that end up with people dead and property damaged.
yep, im for an international ban of that app
Because TikTok didn't come out with these challenges? The kids on TikTok did. Nothing being done against TikTok will help anything, even if there's an international ban, the idiotic kids will just move to another platforms
Yeah good wonder
The only thing to blame TikTok for is the lack of monetization..the only thing they didn't do was ban the accounts doing it, which they fixed. Its the people who create these trends that should receive massive backlash.
@@jambie exactly!! Well said
My sister recently had her car broken into because of this trend, ignition of the car stolen, and when she called the police to report it, they didn't even care to send anybody out since it was less than 5k of property damage. It really sucks, and I truly hope that people stop doing stupid stuff like this, but with how the generation is it'll probably get more dumb over time.
Was this in Rochester NY perchance? The cops there are infamous for that sort of thing.
Agh I hate police man.
@@glitchpenguin6371 Not all police are bad though? The media/internet is the true villain here.
KIA and Hyundai are korean, a nation without black people or negrified influence,
@@glitchpenguin6371 "Nobody is going to save you but yourself. Nobody is coming. I am inside your home."
"Tik Tok Trend Got 4 People Killed" Despite our best effort as species to eliminate survival of the fittest , it does creep in still
I live in buffalo and actually drove past the accident on my way to work so I can provide some context on the crash itself.
The highway that this tragedy occurred on has a pretty large bend in the road that most people feel the need to slow down to take. These kids took the turn at 100 mph and subsequently flipped over. All 4 people who died did not have seatbelts on and were ejected from the vehicle.
My girlfriend works in an ER and was called by paramedics to inform them of the incident and no one there could fathom the idea of 4 people being ejected in a single vehicle crash. So this is a reminder for everyone to be safe and not do stupid things that put others lives at risk
I'm from Buffalo, was it on the 33?
Of course they didn't have seatbelts on, did the parents not teach them well enough??
I grew up in Buffalo and this is awful to hear, I wish parents would pay attention to what their kids and teens are watching on the internet
A few years back a similar incident happened to some boys that my brother knew while he was still in highschool. A couple of guys he hung out with were speeding down a country road late at night, presumably drunk. They also hit a curve at dangerous speeds and flipped over, landing in the creek that was next to the road. I believe 6 of the boys died, some from the impact and some of them drowned in the creek. It was a horrific tragedy and their memorials still stand at my brothers highschool to this day.
@@dibel3669 something tells me that even if they had, these teenagers didn't/wouldn't care.
(of course people love to blame the parents, who are not even present in the situation.)
I like how the challenge back in the day used to be like, draw something blind folded or the chubby bunny challenge, but now its just, commit a felony in broad daylight and endanger the lives of those around you
I feel like if someone can be convinced to steal a car for a tiktok 'trend' they have failed as a human being.
I don’t know how none of the 5 spoke up. If they were doing stupid dangerous shit, I’m just surprised the adult in the car didn’t do anything about it.
Reminds me of Fight Club, how he talks about how car companies handle horrible crashes and potential dangers with their products. If it costs more to recall the vehicles than it would to just sell them with the issues and pay off any accidents that happen, they won't recall the cars, because they'll still be making money, even if people die.
We don’t talk about that movie man
TO KIA/HUNDAI OWNERS: If you're worried about this happening to you, you can buy a steering wheel lock that will make it impossible to steal even if they can turn the car on. They're $30-$50 bucks on Amazon last time I checked. Hope that helps someone
The troubles of owning a Korean car. Could've just saved up $5k more to get a car that isnt plastic and won't spontaneously combust. I'm not victim blaming, because the victims didn't know that Hyundai & Kia treat their cars like toys. Rip to all the people who've had problems with Hyundai/Kia.
Que the lockpicking lawyer telling us how to pick the wheel lock
@@ulfricstormcloak6675 not gonna have time to lock pick after breaking a window + adrenaline
i think they announced that theyre giving them away for free
THE CLUB IS BACK BABY
For anyone wondering, the immobilizer is the unit that checks for the correct, programmed key to be present before starting (even key-start ignitions need the key blade to have a chip in the keys head matched to the car to work). They aren't a new tech, they were invented in 1919 but have been common in cars since the 1990s. Without it, you could use an unprogrammed key copy (which can be created by taking a picture of the original, and cutting a new one accordingly), or by using any other method of hot wiring a car/ starting the engine w/o a key
Common sense is being thrown out the window as these RUclips and TikTok challenges fuel how gullible teenagers can be at times. And don't get me started on the political drama that happens on Twitter and Facebook. Social media in general is a mess
Social media is good if you sparingly use it, like for keeping in contact with distant family or friends you grew up with.
But, at the risk of sounding like a "you kids always on your phone too much," unfortunately we live in a world where heavy, HEAVY social media usage is normal in the current young adults and teens, and that level of being "plugged in" absolutely fries your brain. These people's attention spans are lower than almost any other previously measured groups' attention spans, they have worse memorization skills, not to mention the bass-ackwards social "skills," and almost complete lack of work ethic (which I can kinda get what with their lack of physical and mental fortitude combined with work being more stressful now than it's almost ever been), among other more disturbing issues among these people. It's easy to see how being "parented" by the internet does not produce even a decent human being 99% of the time. Kids should never have been given unrestricted internet access.
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I am surprised that KIA's car in the US doesn't have one. My Kia Picanto (Brazil), 8 years old, has an immobilizer. You can't move the car anywhere. The wheel will lock if you move it without a key in the ignition or using a fake/general one.
My friends used to mock me because I didn't lock my car using the alarm key sometimes (it auto locks after 30 seconds) until I told them to try and move my car.
Yeah it's really weird people are defending Kia for not having something that has been basic and standard for decades at this point.
It'd be like making a car without door locks. Or without air bags.
Or, what keeps coming to mind, it reminds me of when many models of cars could be started with a poke under the steering column and a screwdriver in the ignition.
@@Willowy13 Your conflating two things together.
Your Immobilizer only controls the ECU, it stops the engine from turning on without the correct code.
Your Steering lock is independent of immobiliser, in fact you can have a steering lock on your car even if you don't have an immobiliser.
It's a simple spring loaded mechanism which activates based on the key position in the ignition barrel. If you don't believe me you can test this yourself.
Next time you go for a drive, when you switch the car off and remove the key, rotate your steering in one direction as much as you can. Now put the key back in the ignition and try to turn it on. You wont be able to turn the key. This is because you have increased the tension on the steering lock.
To relieve the tension counter rotate the steering wheel in the opposite direction and you will be able to turn the key over.
Natural selection creates man, man beats natural selection.
Man creates TikTok, TikTok challenges become natural selection.
Good riddance imo
underrated
this would have never happened on msn messenger... man created government, government created media control, mass media control created tiktok...
At least those teenagers can't spread their junk DNA anymore
This is what I have been syaing! Go ahead, eat tipods, go ahead, eat chicken with nyquil, go ahead, lick toilet seats!
You know people participating in this trend has also made auto insurance rates skyrocket. Some companies can't insure Kia and Hyunai prior to 2023 anymore. It's crazy.
This is why I still strongly believe that tiktok should have been banned when it was scheduled to in early 2020. It's just done so much more harm then good.
To be fair if tiktok was banned then kids would get deadly new trends from another form of social media anyway
Even without tiktok people would still do this on youtube Nothing would change
@@SimBits you guys know tik tok was designed by the chinese government to destroy american youth and track Americans at the same time right
Trump was right
They'll simply go to another social media platform. Theres no stopping it
I'm convinced that TikTok will be the downfall of mankind.
its literally a mental disability at this point.
It’s a conspiracy that China released this app to ensure the downfall of the USA
It's designed to promote stupidity here in the west. It promotes educational content in China.
It already fell lol
Only to brain dead kids born after 2000.. who cares. Less of the idiots the better.
People are starting to not care for lives anymore it actually makes me feel sick thinking how crazy social media is affecting people.
I think its a bigger problem than that. I think people are slowing realising that we live in an unfair world. The fact is that humans thrive better in communities now having more and more disconnect from each other will probably result in agression toward the system. Clout chasing is not a normal human trait but a consequence of a disconnected society.
@@Animescene23 I don't think the disconnect of communities is the problem but the overall social stratification as a result of rapidly expanding technology/the internet and the rise of social media where looking good or attractive or getting attention is seen as a better alternative to fading into the background as well as the decline of a unifying social component like religion and the nuclear family. That, and decreased attention spans, emotional/group social contagion as a result of "trends" which are pretty insidious usually.
Ok
It will only get worse
This is exactly why I don't have any social media accounts, aside from RUclips of course.
as someone who was very recently a teenager i don't pity whatever idiot decided to do the challenge. if any of their friends got ripped into it against their will, i do feel bad for them.
Kia: “we don’t need this part, it will save us some money in the long run”
*Tiktok challenge happens and lawsuits flood in*
Kia: “well well if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions”
probably Korean makers did not realize how immobilizer important could be in the US. Whereas no one stealing others car vs. having KIA boiz
dont forget the reputation it destroyed, doubt people will be buying many hyundais and KIAs after this
@@jaanuspapp1333 kia is already known for shit tier cars. (Source me I’m a kia senior technician)
@@VanillaSunrise oh yeah i fucking know, hyundai is as well, they are both cheap korean shite
@@VanillaSunrise they truly are
I was a victim last month with this challenge. My car was stolen right off the street. I live in Cleveland Ohio but still it's insane that this is happening around the country.
ohio💀
Average day in ohio
I am so sorry for you is there anyway you can find the person who did it
also
ohio💀
Thats just a normal occurrence in Ohio
tf going on in ohio bruh
Just imagine being the driver. Killing your 4 possibly best friends (or really close to agree to that shit) for a dumb Tiktok challenge and having to live knowing that you murdered those 4 friends and having a felony charge under your belt. The stupidity. It’s really sad and I feel really bad for him to an extent. He probably genuinely wishes he died with them.
I can’t imagine the guilt he must feel… If I was in that position, I think it would break me. I already have severe depression and guilt/shame comes along with it.
I don't feel bad for the dude one bit.
I dont feel bad..theyre not babies..even 10 year olds know not to take other people's stuff if taught at an early age...they have the capacity to know what they did was wrong, did it nonetheless and got the consequences shoved into their throats... In fact, they *should* be guilty, they *should* live with that in their conscience, they *should* live with that eating them alive
This isnt some "ha ha funny meme" trend, this is literal crime
Imagine feeling bad for the killer. What has the world come to these days. He’s a f up killer and I hope he suffers every second of his life in prison! Every f second I hope it hurts for him
as much as I want to be unempathetic and unfeeling like these ppl in your replies, I won't. because no matter how stupid these ppl were, it's still a sad situation.
You know, there was a time where a lot of people thought the news was overreacting to stuff like the tide pod challenge or the penny challenge (or whatever it was called, the one where you touch a penny to an exposed outlet) because there were actually only a couple people doing it. Thing is, stuff like this keeps happening. Time for TikTok to be deleted off the face of the earth.
It really would be a win to have TikTok removed and deleted from existence. I think the next best thing though, is for TikTok management to realize that their app is causing crime and death and for them to implement a way to check certain uploads before they go live for content that could lead to crime or death.
TikTok can be a fun app, but it is also causing a lot of young people to kill themselves or nearly kill themselves and mostly accidently.
But can a certain amount of blame be held to the parents? For not teaching their kids to analyze situations before they act? Or is social pressure just too high these days?
How does getting rid of Tik Tok fix the actual problem here. These stupid people aren't confined within this one app, all these dumb challenges will just end up on RUclips or Twitter or something.
@@j.f3448 yeah this is too true. Do you think it comes back to what I said in comment about parenting or social pressures? Or are people just becoming too spontaneous?
@@Armpittt I think the parents also hold responsibility.
@@Armpittt i’m not saying you’re wrong but i think the pressure has gotten really high. you’ve got thousands, if not millions of people watching, and really pushing people to do these things because it’s “funny”, so of course you’re gonna a see few brain dead idiots(both underage and adult people) do this because they want to find approval, they enjoy the attention, and they feel like they have to. it’s sad, but it’s true. i’ve seen adults opinions swayed just by comments. can you imagine your friends pressuring you to do a tiktok and feeling nervous to be seen as less by everyone as a teen? sometimes what your parents taught you flies over your head in those situations. adults? well, they’re just stupid at that point.
i’ve seen teens who don’t even post on tiktok but still feel like they need to be skinny or have a certain look/aesthetic or dress a certain way and it goes extreme to a point where they’re not really themselves but a byproduct of what tiktok wants everyone to be, what it finds attractive. it’s truly about looks and being seen a certain way to a point where everyone has a cookie cut personality. it sucks
There have always been “trends” that have had fatal consequences throughout history. Social media just allows the these antics to be shared further and faster.
Social media will always be social media. It's the people that needs self control n some brain cells.
@@adotm6813 For sure. Younger and younger people have access to social media now and they are much more impressionable.
Labeling this a TT trend is misleading imo. It’s not like kids wake up, open the app, see this and decide to do it over a stupid dance. This is merely a platform that enabled this technique to commit a felony to spread for too long before they stopped it.
Maybe there’s a TT of Addison Rae out there stealing a Kia and if so I’ll eat my words, but I don’t think “kids” were torn between dancing or stealing cars and only chose the former bc it went viral on TT.
calling joyriding and car theft a tiktok trend though is a new one. that's how they didn't have that before in usa/uk/eu... riiiiiiiiiiight? lol. 80's tiktok sure was crazy.
@@lasskinn474 lol, everyone blaming a social media platform for people committing felonies. “And tonight, a disturbing new TikTok trend has teens committing murder for clout. Has TikTok gone too far??”
I seriously respect that he did not mention the method of stealing.I wish that every one does the the same.
It’s simple if you know anything about cars, it’s disgustingly easy and Kia needs to be investigated for letting this go for over 10 years
@@shadowtemp7839 how do you steal it?
@@moldy_banana5015 ayo
@@moldy_banana5015 Maybe....maybe don't. Kay?
I live in Buffalo. That's the Scajaquada Expressway. Its deadly. My brother watched a camaro fly past him. He told his girlfriend I bet they crashed. They did and my brother pulled up and body parts were on the ground. This was over 20 years ago. These young kids are crazy nowadays. This is so sad.
the people responsible for these trends should be held accountable as well
The " people " are literally just delusional kids and brainwashed clowns on tiktok.
Lol not hardly, it was the idiots that lacked common sense fault and stole a car and totaled it. As a car guy and ex "mechanic" (trade school) I know of a lot of cars easy to steal but I'm not a braindead moron chasing clout. And if I did decide to steal a car, would my instructor from trade school be held responsible for my actions? No.
@@X340n I don’t get it with you ppl y’all hate accountability in todays age 😂
How do you prove someone started a trend though? Someone posting a video online doesn’t always result in people copying their actions. It would be hard to prove which was the first video, or even if that person intended for people to copy them…. there’s just no way to hold anyone accountable for the whole trend/situation
its not about accountability, it's about FREE SPEECH. I don't get it with you people, y'all hate free speech so much
I absolutely hate how the first thing I thought was “I’m not surprised.” I feel like being a TikTok “star” should be a crime on some behalf
This has been happening in my home town a CRAZY amount for the last couple months. Literal teenagers stealing countless cars(mostly Kias) and either crashing them or just destroying the car and ditching it somewhere. And due to them being actual like 15 year Olds, they just get a slap on the wrist and sent home with mama. It's insane. Been happening a lot lately here.
4:19 "... who probably wouldn't have stolen if they didn't know how to do it" then they would have committed some other crime. It's no one's fault but their own for what happened to them. The fact alone that they were willing to commit a crime just to gain clicks shows what kind of people they were and what their moral standards were.
Heya. Just to keep everyone safe: An immobilizer, known as an engine immobilizer, is a tool that is installed within the car to prevent theft. You can find out if your car has one by checking the factory handbook. It uses a pin detection system in a transponder to allow the engine to start. No transponder chip in a key fob with the same pin: no engine activation. This is to prevent potential hotwiring.
If your car does not have one, you can take it to a car stero or security shop. I would also recommend getting a steering wheel lock. I own a Hyundai myself, and it's the first car I'm owning, so security is a must for me.
If your car has an immobilizer it does not deter them from breaking the column and gaining access, unlike a steering wheel lock which does prevent this. Plus, it's cheaper. Thanks Charlie. 😊
unfortunately, 90% of the cars do not have that system, and can be stolen easily. Not that they're insecure, but it's also not that hard to steal an average car
@@Malam_NightYoru Oh definitely. That's why it's always important to check the factory manual or look up your model first, or take it to a mechanic if you're really not sure. I still recommend a steering wheel lock over an immobilizer personally, but having one is definitely better than having none. Thanks for the comment NiKz. 👍
@@youtubeisdead1858
Hey man, I'm not trying to be an asshole, as a first. I'm a big car guy, so please hear me out. Don't buy a korean car ever again. They are bad. It's as simple is that. Please don't waste your money. The best car brands for someone who just wants reliable transportation are Toyota, Honda, Subaru and Mazda. They're usually around 10% more expensive than a Kia/Hyundai but trust me, you will save that money on future repairs. And you will give your money to a good company, instead of one which doesn't care about it's customers in the slightest. I'm really just trying to help you.
Me and my sister was talking about this the other day it feels crazier when it's close to home. The fact they thrown their lives away for a trend and now the only survivor, the driver is going to live with that weight. The theft and the other kids who passed are gonna put him away for life most likely.
I'm really shocked he's not charged in thier deaths yet
good! that idiot led to the deaths of their friends, possibly others, and should absolutely catch manslaughter plus grand theft charges.
This was super close to me too, it's gut-wrenching honestly
Good. At least you have one of them to live with the consequences of their actions.
Absolutely deserved
As someone who owns a Kia that falls into that category…. I am absolutely terrified. Everyday I walk outside to go to work in expecting to see it missing. It’s so stressful.
They used to make a device that goes onto your steering wheel to leave lock it in place, it was called the club I think,
If you have a push button start, I believe your car is safe.
I would second getting the club. It kinda blows that they are $50 but it's better than having your car stolen.
@@arrogance2166 I wouldn't get "the club" you can just cut the steering wheel and take them off.
@@kirkmashino4106 still more difficult than just popping the ignition. Hell locks don't stop people from breaking in , they just stop lazy and stupid thieves.
I've have lost all my faith in humanity, and this just makes me lose even more.
may i recommend living in the woods away from civilization? i feel more like an observer this way and it's quite peaceful.
Its either TikTok has to start banning "challenges" or they have to put a 21+ age restriction on their app.
Well parents also need to step in and look at wth their kids are doing online lol
Or an IQ test to access
@@blight1636 but then nobody would be on TikTok
Agreed on age restriction, too many kids on that app watching degenerate shit without repercussions.
Or just take down the platform entirely. And start making parents have real responsibility and don't let them be online, except for educational purposes that are monitored.
I was raised that way and frankly, I'm better for it. Too many fucking 6 to 17 year olds glued to a phone their parents shoved in their face. For reference, I'm 25, barely a decade or so over these kids
It's so terrifying that people are literally killing themselves and others, for views on TikTok. People involved have been hurt and damaged by this. It's just sad. I hope the families of everyone directly or indirectly affected by this can be okay despite what happened. :(
The Chinese government is subtly trying to destroy the US from the inside out, and that starts with our youth-which is essentially our future. Fanning the flames of political and social infighting, destroying our attention spans, encouraging us to stay disease-riddled and overweight, convincing us to both chemically and surgically castrate ourselves, and now straight up driving us to jump off cliffs in droves like lemmings. Really cunning stuff though, I can’t even lie 🤷♀️
In just a few years we won’t stand a chance… at all 😂
Natural selection
@@zooblesdoobles7298 Haha, in a way. Yeah. :(
@@zooblesdoobles7298 Darwin awards for days
Imagine having your car stolen to be recovered with blood and Brains inside
That has to fucking suck
I'm one of the people that got their car stolen thanks to the Kia Boyz challenge or whatever it was called and I had to wait for over two weeks to get my ignition repaired because the parts needed were on back order due to the sudden surge in Kia thefts, so...yeah. That one was true.
Feels bad man. You should suing them
if you live in one of these "problem" areas where gangs of young criminals are going around carjacking people, please arm yourself, or tighten your security or something, because many of these carjackings aren't just some kids playing around. They're dumb criminals who have no morals and will commit armed robbery and murder for little to no reason. I've seen it many times through police footage, in particular with this Kia challenge, that the perps will "obtain" their vehicle through armed robbery, and will hurt the victim. You gotta prepare yourself if you're gonna live in bad areas lol.
Were you able to join that class-action lawsuit? If so, I hope you get something decent for putting up with that crap
Man I hope you get to at least get back at the fools who stole your car
@@thekamotodragon speaking off, how cheap are guns in the US? I'm no American, so I have no proper knowledge about firearms.
Glad I've never even considered using tiktok. It's horrible how many people have died because of a challenge.
Fun Fact: In other markets like Australia, transponders/immobilizers are legally required for every new vehicle, so hyundai were saving very little not including them as the production to do so already exists.
If you make 1 million cars a year and save £1 per car that's a million extra profit
I'm very confused about models from 2015 and on not having immobilizers. My 2013 sonata does, and I'm happy it does, except for how badly it likes to engage and not respond to my key. Why would they have stopped in later models?
Yeah, the lack of immobilizers is the most shocking part of this story. I thought that every car for the past 20 years had those, except maybe some cheap Russian cars or other trash.
@@brothermanben7140 and if you charge 2 dollars extra per car, you make a million profit and no buyer will even bet an eye.
@@alminzukic5740 yes but the point is an immobilizer doesn't cost $1, say it's $150 to manufacture and install, they're now making another 150M. They can also add that extra $1 to the price and like you say the buyer won't bat an eyelid, but if they add another couple hundred on top maybe they will
My condolences to the owner of the Kia. It had so many miles left to drive.
K-pop better + I’m the ultimate k-pop defender 🤓🤓🤓
Insurance should have them covered, hopefully they buy a 2023 model year that actually has an immobilizer installed
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@@-whyquestion stop spamming,youtube might *permanently ban* you if you continue,
RIP Kia (and those kids that died too I guess)
I'll always try to separate the tool from the people using it, but the more I hear about TikTok trends going wrong, the more I struggle to separate TikTok from it's users. I'm not really into it to begin with so I don't know if the platform does anything to try and put dangerous/illegal trends down. From my perspective, I don't think they do.
Hey, there are also a BUNCH of really sexy early 30s to early 40s milfs on there in unhappy marriages trying to feel relevant against by the horny attention of teenagers. Overally, I think the good balances the evil. The weight of the tits swinging around alone....
TikTok + kids + joggers = Insanity
The algorithm is too aggressive imo, I see zero of these trends but now because I liked a few funny reddit stories and Australian videos of Australians being Australian, that's all I see now, stopped using it and switched to instagram
And this is why the United States has it right when they're trying to ban TikTok
I doubt the government actually cares. They just don’t like it because it’s a Chinese app.
@@erronblack308 I'm pretty sure after the overwhelming stupidity of TikTok allowing things like the Kia challenge to spread and especially after those 4 kids splattered all over the highway not too long ago, that they're kind of pissed and getting tired of having to deal with the fallout from that
Trump will get it done..😅
I mean you're right about one thing, typically with these dumb trends no one does it. I believe there were only around 82 confirmed cases of people eating Tide Pods, or at least getting hospitalized for it. The issue is, the like 20 people will do are the type of people who ruin something for everyone else and shines a bad light on similar people.
Damn, I didn't know 82 people actually ate tide pods, joke or not that's way too many.
@@Alittlefruitgoesalongway, most were adults with developmental issues. So it’s more a fault of their caregivers.
@@Alittlefruitgoesalongway Well, did they do it because of the challenge, or are the 82 the total amount recorded to be hospitalized in tide pod related poisoning cases during a time period? There’s a big difference between the two
One dude jumps out of a window and now no one can have magic mushrooms
One of my buddies popped one in his mouth, this was in the military, 😂
Just started watching Charlie’s videos often and I have to say, his viewers/fans are such empathetic and cool people I’d love to be friends with it. Nice to see a RUclips comment section that is not garbage as usual. That video with that streamer who had a really messy room and all of you were empathetic about his depression rather than laughing at him made me tear up. Y’all are awesome ❤.
And then you check the replies...
@@BiggiecheeseAKAgod well yeah all the bots aren’t empathetic cool people because they’re not programmed with empathy & are not people
When I first watched one of his videos a couple of months ago, I made a comment about how wholesome his viewers were in the comment section and how interesting and cool Charlie and how I cant wait to watch more of his vids,similar to ur comment, everyone replied “Nice, your in for a treat” and stuff like that. All I got to say is your in for a treat 😇
Oh just sort by newest instead of top comments and you'll see the bad takes
Welcome to the moistverse
"I didn't think anyone would make an actual challenge that's just committing crime but... I've been proven wrong." is such an iconic quote and kind of sums up modern internet culture.
The only wholesome challenge I can think of is the ice bucket challenge but that was before tik tok.
Idiots have been around MUCH longer than TikTok... It's so amazing how people blame the place they first realize the depth of humanity's stupidity for the stupidity that has always existed...
I really hate to break it to you, but most people are pretty dumb. The dumbest of us cannot even think in complete sentences, let alone wrestle with a thought that lasts longer than a moment.
The problem is that in the USA the Kia and Hyundai models have no immobilizer system. Here in Canada Hyundai and Kia are obliged by law to have Immobilizers installed in there models.
It’s honestly upsetting how people these days are going as far as causing harm to others or themselves just for some simple internet clout. This is the main reason why I don’t have Tik Tok myself, I don’t want to expose myself to that type of stuff. I’m honestly nervous about what will happen next when it comes to internet challenges.
Tik Tok is the biggest time waster/ time stealer there is. China's app doing as designed. Fools have it installed , and it steals info from their phone. Can never get that time back
Tik tok is a Chinese psyop. I can't believe people are this surprised.
Delete all socials
Tiktok is like a drug.
@@karin1636 i mean i have tiktok and i can control myself and dont really do anything stupid, but some of the things people do on that app are actually terrifying. most of the people on it are greedy and hungry for clout. its extremely sad
It's pretty sad when I'm not even surprised anymore. I swear to god, some people on Tiktok would be willing to burn down an orphanage for a trend.
I wouldn't be surprised if that happened in the future
Dont give them ideas
Reunite with your parent's challenge! you my friend, it's a veritable genius!
"drinking diesel and hopping over flaming-hoops challenge"
Ever since humanity has conquered the planet and we're sitting on top of the food chain, nobody would've guessed that our new natural predator would've been TikTok "challenges" (they're literally just crimes) with sheer stupidity to match. But, honestly, natural selection with TikTok *is completely avoidable to people with common sense.*
How many orphans in a orphanage can you burn down with 1 match challenge. (Results are nutty, 18+, YOU WONT BELIEVE THE ENDING, shocked face* shocked face* shocked face* goofy emoji*)
I genuinely believe tik tok is a danger to society now. The amount of physical and mental damage it’s done to people is awful. I know they won’t but I hope tik tok executives do something about all this. Edit: for all the people that say it’s not just tik tok , I know, there are other platforms that are also bad not just tik tok. Edit 2: I also am aware that the company brings in lots of money from stuff like this. Edit 3: hopefully I won’t have to make anymore edits but , I was not aware of the whole spy/gain foreign info on the western world thing. Thank y’all for letting me know
They won't do anything about it because it was designed to destroy western civilization.
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE get the f@ck outta the comment section
@@mjanny6330 I mean isn’t it owned by china
Tik tok and youtube kids deserves to be ban.
Oh please, the Chinese company wouldn't care about what happens to Americans, or even their own people.
The more chaos TikTok helps to sow, the more I think that's entirely intentional.
Of course it is. Dumb down our country while in other countries only shows engineering and math videos.
The more I hear of these challenges going horribly wrong, the more I'm convinced that humanity is purposely dooming itself towards extinction.
Humanity already doomed itself to extinction by accepting the plastic recycling scam instead of paying attention to the corporate sleight of hand hiding the many, many negative effects of oil. We didn't move to anything sustainable. This is the result: children who know they're going to die, so why not make it go faster?
Yep, people are becoming pandas.
It’s china. In china tiktok videos are nothing but education, opposite of US. China is slowly poisoning our youth making than damn near retarded
We aren't even gonna make it to Mars at this point.
More "progressives" than ever yet regression is at an all time high. Not coincidence.
Has TikTok ever publicly condemned any of these challenges? Are they doing anything to try and prevent further dumb challenges from being contrived? I mean really, normally I wouldn't put so much of the blame on the service itself but they're just as responsible at this point considering just how many challenges have spawned from TikTok alone.
They are a Chinese company and have zero accountability, they WANT this to happen. In their country the algorithm pushes education and community service trends in our country a different algorithm pushes risky behavior and sexualization of minors. Trump was mocked for trying to have it banned.
they're chinese owned i think so they wouldnt care if americans are dying cuz of tik tok lmaoo
China are probably laughing at this shit, you don’t think TikTok is stealing data and monitoring users? It’s literally common knowledge
With the pattern I'm seeing, from the devious licks to this. I'm pretty bloody sure that tiktok is actively pushing these trends.
@@yomommaNyadaddy chinese don't even care if chinese are dying
When I was in High School we'd challenge each other to ask a girl out on a date. Back before the internet the biggest tragedy was getting made fun of because you asked out the head cheerleader. I'm scared for my children's generation.
You get that your generation raised this generation right?
@@jimmyrustles43 facts
Props on you for actually being a **parent** these days
@@jimmyrustles43 how do you know how old his kids are? they could be babies/toddlers.....aka not his generation
@@jimmyrustles43 nah kids are just dumb
My neighbor had her Kia stolen by a couple of teens from a state away, doing this 'challenge', they found her car in a 3rd state but also fortunately caught the teens.
Cost her $5,000 in repairs that her insurance will not cover because of some technicality, that was her whole savings and now she is pretty screwed, which is what happens when you are 1 crisis away from homelessness and that's what these POS teens almost caused her, for views. A couple weeks after she got her car back (trashed, bullet riddled, all the windows smashed, all 4 tires flat and wheels bent), she said she was absolutely planning to sue the family of the 2 teens, and I really hope she is successful at that.
They came very close to literally destroying her life, making her homeless, and she is just the nicest girl.
Ok but the “these cars are more insecure than me going through puberty” line sent me into orbit
Hi Charlie. I live in this area that this happened and I remember hearing about it the day of. This happened at around 7am est on the day. The driver was 16, and the age of the kids ranged from 14-17 years old. There were 6 kids in the car. Yes, four died. The driver is in custody, and I believe iirc the other is in the ICU. It's so weird to think that I've driven down this road so many times. It's very sad, and I had no idea that this was a tiktok trend. It's very sad, and although what they did was stupid, may they rest in peace.
Nah rest in piss and pieces worhtless low life pieces of shit, hopefully icu kid dies too, what if the car is of a single parent or someone who is living on the edge and their car is the only thing they have to travel to work to make money, what they end up losing their house and job because they can’t work because of a trend, once again rest in piss, and hopefully one more on the way🤷🏻♂️
Not only he killed his friends but he also endangered other people on the road. He’s 16 not fucking 3 years old. I’d say it’s more infuriating than sad.
This happened in my neighborhood a few months ago. 3 teens were driving in a stolen Hyundai and ended up getting shot by someone. 2 were hit and injured 1 was unharmed. They crashed through a fence and ditched the car in a field and fled but were later found by cops. That is the definition of fuck around and find out. It was never specified that they were inspired by the Kia challenge but it’s quite a suspicious that the car they stole was a Hyundai 🤷🏽♂️
Hyundai and Kia are the easiest cars to break into and “Hotwire” I was researching a KIA car model that I liked and came to found that they were getting stolen easily using an iPhone charger. This was like a year ago. KIA has had time to fix this but ignored the problem
@@awesomebeast7509 Assuming that is true, boy I hope they reel from the lawsuit. They are worth 20 billion, it should sting.
@👑LAKEHUNTIST👑[BOSS] bro you dont even look old enough to be 14 years old
Hyundai-Kia are the same company. they use the same engines, etc.
The most dangerous challenge from when i was a teenager was lining toilet seats with small cherry bomb crackers. Scary, but completely harmless.
I used to think telling people not to do bad things was silly, as we all inherently have a moral code and know right from wrong.
These kids don't even know that to get away with a crime you shouldn't start by filming your face as you do it.
Toilet cherry bombs... So.... Were you trying to scare the sh*t out of them?
@@erichanastacio9695the ultimate laxative: fight or flight!
And thing is, things like this are gonna keep happening
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE shut up
K-pop better + I’m the ultimate k-pop defender 🤓🤓🤓☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
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I’m sorry your comment is being tainted by bots… things like that are gonna keep happening too
Which is why I agree the app should be banned..