What the hell is the Blue Whale Game? Well, the Blue Whale Game is a game
reportedly responsible for more than 130 suicides in Russia. So, wow. But what is
it about? The premise sees young people sign up and agree to follow increasingly
bizarre instructions over the course of 50 days. You must send proof that you
have carried out their demands. At the end of the 50 days you win the game by
killing yourself. The tasks in the game can include: cutting yourself, waking up
at odd hours or listening to a particular song. Reports say teenagers
influenced by the bizarre game are told to watch horror movies all day and to
wake themselves at 4:20 a.m. They are also urged to use knives or razors to
make the shape of a whale on their wrists or legs. When you sign up to play
the game via online chat rooms you are given an administrator or curator who is
assigned to you. This curator gives you things to do over the course of 50 days
and you must send proof that you have carried out their demands. At the end of
the 50 days your final task is to end your own life.
Early in February of 2017 a teen committed suicide by hanging, in
an incident that was widely attributed to the influence of the Blue Whale Game.
Also that month two teenagers committed suicide allegedly because of the game.
They left messages on their social media profiles simply stating "End" and "Sense
is lost. End". The following week one girl suffered critical injuries after jumping
from the roof of a flat in Siberia. Two days earlier a 14 year old girl is also
reported to have died after lodging herself under a commuter train. So how
does it go? In a transcript from an online conversation with a curator it
went something like this.
The first task given to be correspondent was to carve f 58 into
their arm. They tried to photoshop an image of it and send it on to the curator but
the curator stop responding. In 2016 alleged ringleader of the movement, 21
year old, Philip Budeiken was detained, and he's been charged with creating 8
separate groups between 2013 and 2016 promoting suicide in teenagers. After
his arrest there appeared to be a reduction in these types of cases though
there is newfound fear vulnerable teenagers are still being swayed by the
social media accounts. Investigations still haven't gotten to the bottom of these
tragic cases but this social media movement is certainly one of the more
disturbing trends anyone has ever seen. In a disturbing interview Budeiken said his
victims died happy. "I gave them that which they did not have in their real
life: warmth, understanding, connection."
So why are people playing this game? Well it's recorded in some cases that
Russians on social mediam they get a private message with a link. When you
click the link you accidentally give your IP address away to malicious people,
who then threaten you to play or else. The name of the game, blue whale, comes
from the way whales will sometimes beach themselves and they die. Yet this story is
kind of unproven or at least there's more to the story than some sites are
recording. For one thing Russia already has quite a high suicide rate among
minors. For instance in 2013, 461 young people killed themselves. And it's
reasonable to believe that depressed or suicidal teenagers are simply drawn to
the same social media groups and not that the groups are causing them to
commit suicide. If many people are playing a game like Blue Whale it may
just be that a game like that attracts people who already have suicidal
tendencies and it could just be enough to push them over the edge.
It is incredibly disturbing that games and social media groups that encourage
suicide exist it is amazingly unhealthy and alarming and what may just be a game
to one person could be the last decision someone else makes. So if you are feeling
a little depressed or sad make sure you talk to somebody it will help the held a helluva
lot and there is no such thing as a situation that can't be helped. Thanks
very much for watching, I hope you found this video informative if you'd like to
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