It seems teenagers will do anything these days, especially for a shot at fame.
Example: The Banana Peel Challenge.
No, it's not some trend to raise money and awareness for charity. It's just a bunch of impressionable teens making a bunch of silly videos.
Twitter user @jaasonoakes started the trend when he filmed himself testing the theory that one will slip when stepping on a banana peel.
yall I tried to see if banana peels were rlly slipper like in cartoons & I slipped & tried 2 catch myself w/ a cup.. pic.twitter.com/6dvg5BlnHB
— jason oakes (@jaasonoakes) March 27, 2016
The result was the rest of the country's teens testing the theory for themselves.
PSA: the #bananapeelchallenge is real 😭😭🤕🤕 don't do it pic.twitter.com/qDfw7zqU2b
— Grant (@granteverdeen) March 29, 2016
@jaasonoakes taught me how to do the #bananapeelchallenge pic.twitter.com/gfgkmmBprE
— destiny kar (@karleykoz) March 29, 2016
when your sister tries to see if you can actually slip on a banana peel pic.twitter.com/l3LwgSuzJ5
— Kaelen (@WorrallKaelen16) March 26, 2016
Even talk show host Jimmy Kimmel picked up on the challenge:
