DarkStar189 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 “Dozens of students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were hospitalized over the weekend after participating in the dangerous "borg" drinking challenge that has gained popularity on TikTok, officials said. In total, 46 students were hospitalized, but all were eventually medically cleared and discharged back to campus or home with injuries deemed not life-threatening, Amherst town manager Paul Bockelman told CBS News. Twenty-eight ambulances were used to transport students to the hospital. Because of the high number of students needing medical assistance, Amherst required the help of ambulances from neighboring towns and the regional EMS task force, Bockelman said. Borgs, or "blackout rage gallons," are one-gallon containers of water that are emptied a bit, and then filled with alcohol and some kind of flavoring, such as water-enhancing drops or powdered drink mixes. The hashtag #borg has garnered over 82.5 million views on TikTok.” https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dozens-umass-students-hospitalized-consuming-borgs/ Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Jesus Christ. 'Empty them a bit' and fill them with anti-freeze. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It's reasons like these that I am not entirely against TikTok being run by the Chinese government & taking out stupid Americans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I wish I had the borg when I was in college that’s all I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Was it too hard to drink out of a cube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 So, basic college shit? Same as it ever was. Points to journalists for getting that "Tik-Tok" angle so that they seem current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 16 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said: So, basic college shit? Same as it ever was. Points to journalists for getting that "Tik-Tok" angle so that they seem current. 46 people with 28 ambulances. Probably looked like a mass shooting was happening. Turned out to be a mass stupidity event. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 UMass? You pass. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Mr.Vic20 said: So, basic college shit? Same as it ever was. Points to journalists for getting that "Tik-Tok" angle so that they seem current. Imagine if people were spreading this challenge on AIM back in the day! 😱 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 What happened to just making a giant amount of jungle juice? It's not hard to recklessly drink and not end up in the hospital you silly kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: UMass? You pass. It’s weird, I didn’t go to college and college snob humor still makes me chuckle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 This is just 4 Lokos but for Gen Z. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 16 hours ago, DarkStar189 said: The hashtag #borg has garnered over 82.5 million views on TikTok.” I wonder how many of those are disappointed Trekies. This is the same idiot generation that invented the Tidepod challenge. I guess we know what generation won’t need social security. Fucking hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 College kids are defending drinking 'borgs,' saying warnings against them are overblown and miss the point WWW.INSIDER.COM Insider spoke to college students about how they want to keep drinking borgs. They say the "black out rage gallon" has benefits that are being ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 My mother would regale us with the tales of her college days mixing drinks with an oar in a trash can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 For no reason at all, I’m reminded of the time my sister once said “it’s not fun unless you black out” to me. My other sister and I constantly roast her over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 on the one hand it seems like dumb college stuff but on the other hand 46 idiots went to the hospital. I don't recall anything that bad when I was in college and I went to a school with a drinking problem and a large student body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 It doesn't SOUND dangerous on paper, but I guess youngins were binging too much on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 On 3/9/2023 at 6:01 AM, Mr.Vic20 said: So, basic college shit? Same as it ever was. Points to journalists for getting that "Tik-Tok" angle so that they seem current. This was my reaction as well. I too remember college and the ambulance calls due to people being way too fucking intoxicated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 The article above actually lists some positives/rationale that make sense: You control your own drink at all times, so much smaller chance of spiking You can have as much (or little) alcohol as you want, so no shaming if you aren't actually drinking much Binge drinking has been around forever and the actual medium makes no difference With America's more puritan culture as it relates to teens, I don't think you're ever going to stop binge drinking at college/university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 This is one of those things where social media just shines a spotlight on things that are objectively tamer than they used to be. I went to college at a bougie liberal arts school and during my junior year, a freshman nicknamed “Dudeman” got shitfaced and yeeted himself out a second story window and needed to be hospitalized after he hit the pavement. I don’t think the party stopped. I’m also reminded of frat initiation / hazing my dad told me about, the finale of which involved the pledges being walked into the house basement naked and blindfolded, carrying cinder blocks that were tied to their penises with string. While blindfolded and distracted, the brothers cut the strings while the pledges couldn’t see, and they had an accomplice drop a cinder block and start screaming like they were in pain. The end of the ceremony involved demanding that the pledges drop the cinder blocks, and when they didn’t, they’d get screamed at and had their hands punched until they dropped the cinder blocks only to find out that their dicks weren’t ripped off. So… yeah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 This latest TikTok killer challenge, reminds me when kids were dying from the Tide Pod challenge. Trying to remember the comedian who said it. Might have been Jim Jeffries. “The Tide Pod Challenge. Removing what should have been stains on their parents clothing” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: This is one of those things where social media just shines a spotlight on things that are objectively tamer than they used to be. I went to college at a bougie liberal arts school and during my junior year, a freshman nicknamed “Dudeman” got shitfaced and yeeted himself out a second story window and needed to be hospitalized after he hit the pavement. I don’t think the party stopped. I’m also reminded of frat initiation / hazing my dad told me about, the finale of which involved the pledges being walked into the house basement naked and blindfolded, carrying cinder blocks that were tied to their penises with string. While blindfolded and distracted, the brothers cut the strings while the pledges couldn’t see, and they had an accomplice drop a cinder block and start screaming like they were in pain. The end of the ceremony involved demanding that the pledges drop the cinder blocks, and when they didn’t, they’d get screamed at and had their hands punched until they dropped the cinder blocks only to find out that their dicks weren’t ripped off. So… yeah. Jesus... why do all frat initiation stories from before the 1980s illustrate the absolute worst in humanity? And now all the idiots that went through that control and run the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, Comet said: Jesus... why do all frat initiation stories from before the 1980s illustrate the absolute worst in humanity? And now all the idiots that went through that control and run the country. It didn’t stop then either lmao. There were some greek organizations kicked off my schools campus when I was in college a bit more than a decade ago for hazing. And that’s just the ones that were caught! The rumors within greek life for what didn’t get reported were wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: It didn’t stop then either lmao. There were some greek organizations kicked off my schools campus when I was in college a bit more than a decade ago for hazing. And that’s just the ones that were caught! The rumors within greek life for what didn’t get reported were wild Oh I'm aware that hazing kept going (and still happens). It's the extreme levels of it that have truly fallen off though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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