![]() ![]() We here at The Reg will stick to traditional means of achieving euphoric feelings - or anyway warding off anti-euphoric ones - involving the trusty social lubricant of beer handed out in pint glasses. The practice has apparently led to "several suffocation deaths in Texas and across the country", and parents are warned to keep an eye out for telltale signs that their kids might be indulging in it. ![]() Sadly it would seem that a round of Space Monkey is every bit as dangerous as - if not more so than - traditional student pastimes such as drinking games or a puff on a jazz cigarette. Most students reported that others were present when they first played the game. ![]() 90 percent of those who played the game first heard about it from peers.The average age when students first played the game was 14.Males were more likely to have played than females.72 percent of these reportedly played the game more than once.16 percent of students reported having played the game. ![]() Accirding to Kercher the practice of "manually choking oneself or others, applying a ligature around the neck or a plastic bag over the head, placing heavy objects on the chest, or hyperventilating to attain a euphoric feeling" is variously known among the young hipsters of Texas as "the Fainting Game, Pass Out, or Space Monkey". ![]()
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