11 Dumb Things People Have Done in the Name of Internet Challenges

2. Parkour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEs9zmF-Fwk

God, this is hard to watch. Not too long ago, the People of the Internet got a little too cocky. “Oh yeah, we can handle laying face down on the ground, we’re definitely ready to get our Tarzan on and start jumping between houses and shit.”

No, y’all. No you are not. Needless to say, the sport is plenty dangerous, but that hasn’t stopped a few unwitting folks from valiantly trying, missing the landing, and falling to their deaths.

 

3. The Cinnamon Challenge

Bless all the now-famous YouTubers who thought this silly challenge would catapult them to super-stardom. While slightly amusing at best, the cinnamon challenge is nothing to mess with. Just watch these poor folks hacking and and spitting is enough to make you feel the burn in your throat, even from behind a screen. If you didn’t have breathing problems before this challenge, you sure do now.

Written by Mary McCaw

Mary is a freelance writer and editor. She's based in San Francisco, but lately, home is wherever her suitcase is. If you really are what you eat, she is at least 50% pizza.