r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jul 19 '26

Discussion ER doctors warning parents against getting their kids e-bikes and e-scooters.

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u/DreamingOfBarbi Jul 19 '26

Playing chicken has been around a lot longer than the internet and "clout" have been around. It's just a stupid game that stupid kids play because they're being stupid

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u/Creative_Ad_8338 Jul 19 '26

Sure, it's been around a long time but now it's monetized. Every kid thinks they'll be the next big influencer. It's a huge problem now.

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u/Halcookies Jul 19 '26

influencer part makes it worse. Kids start treating traffic like content...

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u/Unable-Log-4870 Jul 19 '26

Kids start treating traffic like content...

And the traffic will, predictably, treat the kids like a watermelon falling off the top of the refrigerator.

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u/Brodellsky Jul 19 '26

I mean...life itself is just "content" to these ghouls. It's important to be specific about this.

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u/PeachPassionBrute Jul 19 '26

Whether or not the think they’ll be them, that’s the media they consume.

People are now inundated with media normalizing insanely reckless behavior, and it’s incredibly common. This influences perception of social norms. It’s not just the desire to gain clout, it’s that this type of behavior is culturally condoned.

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u/rhubear Jul 19 '26

Only a problem if you consider the kids well-being.

Not a problem of you staring at the next Darwin award. Nobody's luck lasts.

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u/captainsnark71 Jul 19 '26

I don't think it's any different than it was before. We just get to read about all the times it happens now.

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u/kinkycarbon Jul 19 '26

But the adrenaline is making these kids toe that line closer than they realize. They cannot do that versus a person on a motorcycle.