I can't really explain this. There's this "fad" called ghost riding the whip. It's an incredibly stupid thing being done mostly by Upper-Middle class and Upper class male idiots. Despite its name, ghost riding the whip is not gansta. It's what mostly bored, well-to-do teenagers do when they can't actually commit any "real" crimes. It's also a "perfect" activity for bored people living in Canadia.

On a side note, I can somehow imagine Cabel doing a video that mocks this fad. Something like Ghost Riding a parked minivan while he does a review of the Wii while showing off his lovely hands.

Here are some examples:

And here's a video about the dangers involved when doing this stupid, stupid activity (warning: strong language):

I can't express in words how dumb this is.

The reason this came up was a recent article about some kid that died from doing this activity (as it seems to me, at least). The article blames Jackass. OMGWTFBBQ?! I haven't watched many episodes of Jackass, but I don't think they've ever done this. Furthermore, whatever happened to personal responsibility. Why can't people just be called stupid if they're doing something like this? Why does someone have to blame the action on someone else? After all, World War II wasn't caused by video games, AFAIK.

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The first clip was shown on one of those Stupid Video's shows a while back. I remember back when I was a kid we used to do ghostriders with our bikes. I guess this is just the next (il)logical step in the evolution of the ghostrider. Next up is airplanes ;)

Posted by: Twist on December 15, 2006 1:35 AM

Maybe the converse isn't true, but you can't deny that WWII caused a whole lot of stupid video games. The "greatest generation" has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Drew Thaler on December 15, 2006 8:24 AM

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