http://www.charlotte.com/171/story/494531.html

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"ATLANTA -- At least 82 youths have died from the so-called "choking game," according to the first government count of fatalities from the tragic fad. In the game, children use dog leashes or bungee cords wrapped around their necks or other means to temporarily cut blood flow to their head. The goal is a dreamlike, floating-in-space feeling when blood rushes back into the brain. As many as 20 percent of teens and preteens play the game, sometimes in groups, according to estimates based on a few local studies. But nearly all the deaths were youths who played alone, according to the count compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC started the research after receiving a letter last year from a Tacoma, Wash., physician who said her 13-year-old son died from playing the game in 2005. "At the time, I had never heard of this," said Dr. Patricia Russell, whose son was found hanging in his closet. She said she later learned he had talked to a friend about it. "One thing that really needs to happen -- and is starting to happen now -- is to get more information about how common this is," she said. The CDC counted cases from news reports and advocacy organizations from 1995 through 2007, totaling 82 fatalities of children ages 6 to 19. They did not include deaths in which it was unclear if the death was from the choking game or if it was a suicide. They also did not include deaths that involved autoerotic asphyxiation, which is self-strangulation during masturbation and is said to be mainly done by teenage boys or men. The 82 deaths were spread across 31 states. Nearly 90 percent were boys, at an average age of about 13, the CDC found. The report is being published this week in a CDC publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The authors acknowledged that 82 is probably an undercount. They could not rely on death certificates, which do not differentiate choking-game deaths from other unintentional strangulation deaths. Instead, they relied mainly on a news database that is large but doesn't include all media outlets. What to look for Signs that a child may be engaging in the choking game: • Discussion of the game -- including other terms used for it, such as "pass--out game" or "space monkey." • Bloodshot eyes. • Marks on the neck. • Severe headaches. • Disorientation after spending time alone. • Ropes, scarves and belts tied to bedroom furniture or doorknobs or found knotted on the floor. • Unexplained presence of things like dog leashes, choke collars and bungee cords. • Petechiae (pinpoint bleeding spots) under the skin of the face, especially the eyelids, or the conjunctiva (the lining of the eyelids and eyes) SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"

We used to do the 'pressure pinch' where you'd make yourself hyperventilate but it was all done with breathing and the worst thing that would ever happen would be you'd fall out and hit your head...kids these days though, the choking GAME? wtf

2/15/2008 4:53:20 PM

only during sex

2/15/2008 4:55:35 PM

fucktards

2/15/2008 4:56:04 PM

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"They also did not include deaths that involved autoerotic asphyxiation, which is self-strangulation during masturbation and is said to be mainly done by teenage boys or men."

lol wat

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 4:58 PM. Reason : never knew they had a word/phrase for that]

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 5:01 PM. Reason : yeah]

2/15/2008 4:57:57 PM

they should give out whippets as an alternative

2/15/2008 4:58:30 PM

^^ you arent the brightest light in the hallway are you?

2/15/2008 4:59:26 PM

i like to choke myself and then stick my thumb up my ass right before i cum. i thought this was normal

2/15/2008 5:00:31 PM

Darwin is serious about this shit!

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 5:02 PM. Reason : .]

2/15/2008 5:01:14 PM

why do they call this the choking "game"? that doesn't make any sense.

2/15/2008 5:01:59 PM

i guess you "win" if you black out but don't die?

2/15/2008 5:02:38 PM

i really like to play the 'getting drunk game'.

it's where you drink alcohol until you're drunk, sometimes w/ other people and sometimes by yourself.

beware of kids paying this game.

2/15/2008 5:04:38 PM

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"like to choke myself and then stick my thumb up my ass right before i cum."

My best friend in HS was named Brownthumb because he stuck his thumb in his ass when he was jerking it. Found out because he mentioned that "everybody did it".

2/15/2008 5:05:04 PM

if you die in the game, you die in real life

2/15/2008 5:05:10 PM

almost nobody does it by use a ligature. You can do the same thing by just pressing on the arteries on either side of your throat.

The number of people doing that dangerous method is drastically over reported by the media because it's the version that kills people. And then other kids read about it, try to reproduce results, and die.

2/15/2008 5:07:57 PM

I remember this being in the papers in NJ about 3 years ago. Legalize pot already.

2/15/2008 5:08:34 PM

^^^haha i think it was "if you die in the game you die for real"

i never saw that movie but i'll always remember that line from the trailer

2/15/2008 5:08:54 PM

Clearly we need to pass legislation about this.

2/15/2008 5:16:09 PM

the one kind of drug you can't take away from the kids no matter how hard you try...

2/15/2008 5:21:52 PM

this thread is a disappointment. I had higher expectations of a thread with such a lucrative title

2/15/2008 5:53:43 PM

I got an idea for a game. you wanna play?

2/15/2008 5:57:47 PM

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"suffffffffffffication the game of suffication suffffffffffffication the game you never play..... put a bag, OVER YOUR HEAD!!! go to bed, WAKE UP DEAD!!!!! sufffffffffffication the game you never play....."

2/15/2008 6:10:28 PM

2/15/2008 6:23:36 PM

damn kids these days...back in my day we just choked each other out with our hands

2/15/2008 6:32:02 PM

are people really this bored?

2/15/2008 6:34:48 PM

INXS?

2/15/2008 6:36:07 PM

^ i thought that was a result of coke or something.

2/15/2008 6:55:33 PM

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"On 22 November 1997, Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room under suspicious circumstances. The coroner who performed his autopsy ruled his death a suicide. Some speculate his death was actually an accident, the result of autoerotic asphyxiation."

above from wikipedia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/416509.stm



[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 6:58 PM. Reason : better link.]

2/15/2008 6:57:17 PM

you win this round.

i thought he had done a lot of narcotics and decided it'd be cool to hang himself. which it definitely is.

2/15/2008 6:59:54 PM

not as cool as headbutting a wall until you kill yourself.

2/15/2008 7:01:37 PM