{"id":49922,"date":"2025-08-07T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49922\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:17:10","slug":"mum-breaks-spine-doing-stiletto-trend-what-are-the-worst-challenges-in-internets-history-explainers-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49922\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum Breaks Spine Doing Stiletto Trend: What Are The Worst Challenges In Internet’s History? | Explainers News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated:August 07, 2025, 12:05 IST<\/p>\n

Kiki challenge, Tide Pod challenge, skull breaker challenge… what are the worst (most dangerous) challenges to exist on the Internet?\"font\"\"An<\/p>\n

An Internet influencer from Russia broke her spine while attempting viral Stiletto challenge on her kitchen top. (X screengrab)<\/p>\n

Internet challenges come with their own set of challenges. The desire to go viral or simply stay in tune with the trend drives a ton of engagement online. Your social media apps may love the idea of traffic pumping into their platforms with heightened likes and shares during a viral challenge, but the well-being of an individual goes for a toss when potentially dangerous trends bring an unhealthy amount of FOMO in their digital spheres. Take 32-year-old Mariana Barutkina, an influencer mom, for instance. <\/p>\n

Barutkina, who hails from Russia, recently tried her hand (read: leg) on recreating Nicki Minaj\u2019s 12-year-old pose that the folks on the Internet call a \u201cStiletto” challenge. For the unversed, this viral trend involves balancing in high-heeled stilettos on unusual objects or in odd locations, such as soda cans, stools, boxes, ladders, dumbbells, or even water fountains. You get the idea.<\/p>\n

The new mom\u2019s attempt at ticking \u201cstiletto challenge” off her list, however, did not end well. Balancing on a pan and baby formula on her kitchen countertop, Barutkina\u2019s recreation lasted for a few seconds before panic was plastered all over her face. <\/p>\n

As you would\u2019ve already guessed, the influencer slipped and took a nasty fall. According to reports, Barutkina ended up in a hospital with a broken spine. <\/p>\n

This, unfortunately, wasn\u2019t the only Internet challenge that has caused an injury to an excited participant. <\/p>\n

Kiki Challenge<\/p>\n

Kiki, do you love me? Remember the glorious days of the Internet when citizens of Earth were casually ditching their moving cars to perform a dance step?<\/p>\n

With Drake\u2019s \u201cIn My Feelings” blaring from car speakers, individuals jumped out of moving vehicles, performed dance moves beside them, and hopped back in to complete a viral challenge. Unsurprisingly, this risky trend resulted in injuries.<\/p>\n

Cops around the world issued warnings against recreating the challenge that put traffic safety in jeopardy and caused accidents worldwide. <\/p>\n

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Tide Pod<\/p>\n

What could possibly go wrong after ingesting a detergent capsule? The Internet coined it the \u201cTide Pod challenge”, and it simply involved people, mostly kids, biting into the \u201cforbidden fruit” and spewing detergent from their mouths. <\/p>\n

Many who tried their hands on this hazardous challenge experienced diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting. There were deaths reported, too, a report in NBC dated 2018 revealed.<\/p>\n

Cockroach On Face<\/p>\n

This might not particularly be a dangerous Internet challenge on the face, but hey, that\u2019s a cockroach on the face nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Alex Aung kicked off a viral challenge on Facebook, daring people to place a live cockroach on their face and snap a selfie. He posted a photo of himself doing it and encouraged others to join in and spread the challenge.<\/p>\n

Skull Breaker Challenge<\/p>\n

This challenge was not only cruel but also highly dangerous.<\/p>\n

In this unusual challenge, three individuals line up side by side. The person in the centre jumps, while the two on either side kick the jumper\u2019s leg, causing them to fall. The goal of this risky stunt is to make the jumper land heavily on their back, potentially leading to serious head injuries.<\/p>\n

Just Internet things, right?<\/p>\n

Parents, understandably, grew concerned and urged the younger demographic to put a full stop to harming their friends and loved ones for a few chuckles. Commenting on the hazards of the challenge, one X user wrote: \u201cThese Dumb kids and the skull breaker challenge. They are unable to see the dangers of this prank. Foolish generation they can\u2019t think at all. Why would anyone want to hurt their friend. They are being tricked by evil spirits.”<\/p>\n

Outlet Challenge<\/p>\n

You already know where this is going. Don\u2019t do?<\/p>\n

The \u201coutlet challenge” involved participants partially inserting a phone charger into a wall socket and placing a coin in the gap to create sparks. <\/p>\n

Fire departments in the US were summoned in separate instances when they were informed about scorched outlets in houses and high schools, where kids thought it was a wise idea to make a coin contact an electrical outlet. <\/p>\n

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