nomadthethird
more issues than Time mag
One of those things that, for a while, everyone would claim had caused the death of "some kid at another school" that their older brother or cousin had known...
There was a big craze like this in the American media about autoerotic asphyxiation. Some 10 or 12-year-old boy hanged himself on his bedpost accidentally (or so everyone assumes) using his belt, and other kids claimed he used to play the "choking game" with them. Suddenly, there's a crimewave sweeping the nation!
Imagine having so few problems in your life that you were genuinely worried about this happening to your kid...