Man dies from neck nomination game

[Absently]

A young man in Dublin has died after apparently downing a pint of whiskey as part of a social media trend.

The 23-year-old from the south inner city is said to have taken part in a 'neck nomination', a trend where people are dared to down a pint of an alcoholic drink in the space of 24 hours on social media.

The participant must then video their actions as part of the dare.
The young man who died drank the pint at a party in the Pearse Street area of Dublin on Friday night after he was 'nominated'.

It's believed the man, who was a student, was found dead at his friend's house early yesterday morning.
"He was a legend, a lovely guy with an absolute zest for life," a friend said.
"He loved to have fun and was a real character, a joker, and someone who loved his family," the family friend added.
"He was very close with his family and was always going away with his brothers. They're devastated."
'Neck nomination', which is thought to have originated in Australia, has become very popular on Irish social media.
Participants in the practice record a video of themselves downing a pint as fast as they can and nominating other people to do it once they have finished.
It has been condemned by many organisations promoting the responsible consumption of alcohol, including Alcohol Ireland.
The 'game' reinforces the belief that getting drunk is both normal and fun, according to the organisation's chief, Suzanne Costello.
"The way this game spreads through social media by 'nominations' also means that many young people who would never consider doing something like this are now coming under considerable peer pressure to put themselves in danger – not just in terms of their health, but also the poor decision-making, accidents and the other forms of risky behaviour that we know go hand-in-hand with binge drinking," she said.

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I'm sure everyone has heard of the game as it's literally all over facebook and someone posted about it not so long ago. As far as I'm aware, they're not even 100% sure he died from the game but of course they're gonna go on a riot with it...

[wixard]

he did the nomination a week before he died
skeptical, he was a dj i'm gonna take a wild guess and suggest it was actually to do with drugs

[Daltron]

I wonder who he would have neknominated

[Jurv]

my brother posted a video of him doing that game at uni on facebook it was rather gross and cringey

[Kardan]

Am I the only one never to have heard of this neck nomination thing? Sounds incredibly stupid.

[Hannah]

Am I the only one never to have heard of this neck nomination thing? Sounds incredibly stupid.

It is very stupid. I'm yet to see the interest in it, but a large amount of my social media friends have participated in it 'for the lulz'.

It's as though these people feel that because they have been nominated by someone stupid enough to do it, they have to then become as stupid in fear of a negative response or something. o.O

[wixard]

i don't see how it's stupid, you're meant to just down a pint of beer
no harm from that, it's when people take it too far by downing spirits or some other idiotic mix

[Hannah]

i don't see how it's stupid, you're meant to just down a pint of beer
no harm from that, it's when people take it too far by downing spirits or some other idiotic mix

One, a lot of people are trying to outdo the others by downing more than a pint.
Secondly, it promotes alcohol abuse.
Finally, spreading it just peer pressures other people into doing it, which is not right.

[dirrty]

One, a lot of people are trying to outdo the others by downing more than a pint.
Secondly, it promotes alcohol abuse.
Finally, spreading it just peer pressures other people into doing it, which is not right.

lmao that made me laugh

[Hannah]

lmao that made me laugh

It wasn't meant to - it's quite a serious issue.