onsdag 27. november 2013

ASSIGNMENT #5 - "MEMES" and DIFFUSION of INTERNET TRENDS by Renate Torgersen


The Cinnamon challenge

The Cinnamon challenge is a dare game who involves the attempt to swallow a spoon of cinnamon. Since the early 2000s, the game has been well known because it is extremely difficult to do. Today, the cinnamon challenge is a well-known phenomenon on YouTube, and there are thousands of videos about the challenge.
The earliest known attempt is the Cinnamon challenge in 2001, and it was hosted by Michael Buffington and played by Erik Goodlad. The challenge was posted as a blog article on Buffington’s blog. 
However, the earliest YouTube version was not uploaded until April 2006. This video was called “Pipe Attempts the Cinnamon challenge”.

After 2006, many similar videos was posted on YouTube, and it became a great hit. The number of YouTube videos have increased greatly the last couple of years, and they are only getting funnier and funnier. You will absolutely find one video you like. One of the funniest videos I have seen is one uploaded by GloZell.

The reason why it became so popular have to be because it is hilarious to watch people trying to eat a spoon of cinnamon. People do not think it is hard to eat cinnamon, and do not understand why this should be funny, which makes it even more hilarious. They are coughing cinnamon and looking for water.

The cinnamon challenge today is really famous, and people are still uploading new videos. A google search of cinnamon challenge gives us 18 800 000 hits, and there are over 40.000 videos of the Cinnamon challenge on YouTube. This meme have been there for several year, and I think it is going to be popular for a long time. It is easy to find it entertaining, and people are enjoying this kind of jokes or pranks.



However, this challenges actually more dangerous than it appears, people are being poisoned and sickened because of this. Inhaling the cinnamon powder into the lung can be dangerous. On the other hand, I do not this will affect the popularity and people will still do and laugh of this dare.



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