The Human Mail Challenge involves shipping yourself from one point to another through the postal system.
The Human Mail Challenge is among a recent string of challenge videos that have been attempted by many popular YouTubers such as Ricegum and Kill'em who have both made videos on the topic, but is it real?
From the videos it seems apparent that the Human Mail Challenge seems to be entirely staged, as is easily seen in Kill'em's video where he tapes two plastic tubs together with himself inside, pushes them out to sea, and supposedly drifts from the UK to France. This showcases the insane nature of the challenge whereby if it was properly attempted, there would be many deaths due to people being dropped while in boxes, suffocating or, in Kill'ems case, drowning at sea.
Ethan from h3h3productions made a video addressing the absurd nature of this challenge, specifically debunking Kill'em's video, through the use of satire, while also commenting on the very real dangers these types of videos produce. Many of the YouTubers making these videos aim them at kids, such as the case in Kill'ems videos, and as Ethan poins out, kids are very sucseptible to attempting to imitate their idols. In the case of Human Mail challenge videos, if any of Kill'em's fans were to take his video seriously, there is a chance they may try to wrap themselves in a plastic container and float out to sea, which would result in the deaths of many children.
This shows that the challenge has to stop as, while to older viewers it may be easy to tell that the videos are staged for the purpose of providing entertainment, younger audiences may be influenced into trying the 'challenge' themselves, which would lead to alot of horrible consequences.
- David (Happy to just use planes)
The Human Mail Challenge is among a recent string of challenge videos that have been attempted by many popular YouTubers such as Ricegum and Kill'em who have both made videos on the topic, but is it real?
From the videos it seems apparent that the Human Mail Challenge seems to be entirely staged, as is easily seen in Kill'em's video where he tapes two plastic tubs together with himself inside, pushes them out to sea, and supposedly drifts from the UK to France. This showcases the insane nature of the challenge whereby if it was properly attempted, there would be many deaths due to people being dropped while in boxes, suffocating or, in Kill'ems case, drowning at sea.
Ethan from h3h3productions made a video addressing the absurd nature of this challenge, specifically debunking Kill'em's video, through the use of satire, while also commenting on the very real dangers these types of videos produce. Many of the YouTubers making these videos aim them at kids, such as the case in Kill'ems videos, and as Ethan poins out, kids are very sucseptible to attempting to imitate their idols. In the case of Human Mail challenge videos, if any of Kill'em's fans were to take his video seriously, there is a chance they may try to wrap themselves in a plastic container and float out to sea, which would result in the deaths of many children.
This shows that the challenge has to stop as, while to older viewers it may be easy to tell that the videos are staged for the purpose of providing entertainment, younger audiences may be influenced into trying the 'challenge' themselves, which would lead to alot of horrible consequences.
- David (Happy to just use planes)
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