♪ (Industrial music) ♪
(in video: laughter)
- Oh, I know what this is.
- Oh god. - (teen) No! (cracks up)
- I've seen that before.
- Oh, this is The Condom Challenge, right? (giggles)
- Oh, I've seen this go around.
- (teen laughs) No! - What?
- What did he just do?
(wheezes and laughs)
- (in video: breathless laughter) - What is that?
- Are they trying to get it stuck on their head?
Is that what it is?
- (woman in video) Three, two, one. - He's in the bath.
- (woman squeals and laughs) - Oh my gosh! That's awesome!
- (woman in video) Three, two, one. (squeals and laughs)
- What the [bleep]? (laughs)
- That is really impressive.
- What is going on here?
- Is this like The Bucket Challenge or something similar?
- (woman) Two, three. (excited screaming)
(both laugh)
- What kind of fraternity thing is this?
- That looks like... (uncertainly) good, clean fun?
- (in video: giggling) - These people, man.
- Oh my god! These are condoms.
- It's a good brand, whatever they're using. (laughs)
- If a condom could get through this, like, pssh--
I have nothing to worry about.
It gets me sexual assurance. I will be fine.
- (off screen) Go? - (man) Yeah.
- He did it!
- Nothing better than a couple of shirtless guys
dropping condoms on each other.
- I wonder if they were nervous when they
had to go to the store and buy these.
- This is one of those Internet questions. You just go, "Why?"
- (in video: woman screams, laughs) - OH! She did it.
- (in video: hysterical laughter) - I don't if-- is she okay?
Is she, like, choking?
- It's like a jellyfish beard.
- I think it's stuck.
- And they're enjoying it. Like, really?
- (in video: spluttering, laughter) - Oh! There's no water.
It's created a space helmet around his head.
- I feel like this could go so wrong so easily.
- (in video: wheezing) - Take it off!
Oh my gosh. This is actually really nerve-wracking now.
What if someone dies?
- (woman) Go! - (squealing and laughter)
- (laughing along) Damn it!
- (hysterical laughter) - (in video: stomping on floor)
- And her friend's having a nervous breakdown while she suffocates.
That's fricking awesome.
- I guess it's really fun to do it. I might have to do it now.
- I want to know what possessed people to think,
"Hey, I'm gonna fill this condom with water
and throw it over our heads. See what happens."
- (in video: man chokes, friends laugh)
- That sounded like he was drowning.
- He was close to death!
Like... that is dangerous.
(wheezing laughter)
- Oh, they look like they're having so much fun.
- A bunch of bros in their underwear, high-fiving each other.
- (man) Suck it! - "Suck it!" (cracking up)
- Yeah, suck it! We did it! Nailed it!
- That is hysterical. That is so funny.
- That was totally worth coming down to see.
- I don't know what trend that is, but it's hilarious.
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- (Finebros) Okay, so were you familiar with this before today?
- Not at all.
- No.
- No, I was not.
- Half of us was.
- Absolutely not. - This one was.
- I started seeing those videos a week ago.
- I had heard about it and I'd seen a couple online.
- I've seen them many times on Facebook and on Vine.
- (Finebros) So this trend is called "The Condom Challenge."
- Okay.
- (Finebros) Can you break down exactly how you perform
The Condom Challenge? - (snickers) First, I think
you gotta get hammered.
- You put water into a condom
and you drop it on someone's head.
- To create a fish bowl effect around your head! (laughs)
- You envelop the person's face completely
so that they create this almost, like, gorgeous beard like mine.
- I want to go home and do it.
I gotta see, do I have condoms at home?
No, I got a vasectomy ten years ago.
I haven't seen a condom in a long time.
- (Finebros) How does this challenge compare
to other challenges that have gone around recently?
- I mean, they're all pretty stupid but stupid can be fun.
- They're all kind of the same.
I just don't understand it.
- This one, I don't see the social commentary
attached to it like a lot of the other ones.
- The ALS, I get it, the challenge for something.
This is just like-- what are they trying to achieve for it?
- There's been challenges where people get hurt.
Like The Cinnamon Challenge and stuff like that.
But this is like you can suffocate.
You could watch your friend die via condom, which is scary.
- (Finebros) So this challenge has gotten some criticism
for just being stupid, as well as being potentially dangerous.
Do you find this to be potentially dangerous?
- Yeah, in one of the videos you can hear the guy literally drowning.
You're waterboarding yourself with a condom.
- Suffocation... - (laughing) Yes.
- Like, I'm claustrophobic looking at those.
It's hard to breath.
- While your friend is laughing his or her ass off,
you could actually be suffocating. (laughs)
- Then they find you with a condom over your head,
and then you'll be all over the news. That would suck.
- I think it's a lot more harmless
than what people are making it out to be.
- There's someone filming, there's someone dropping it,
you have enough people at hand to take care of you.
- Not in the least. It's like swimming is dangerous.
Nah, who said that? - (Finebros) A lot of people.
- Really? Ah, that's idiotic.
- (Finebros) So when you were a teenager or in college
and a trend like this started, do you think this is something
that you might have done? - Probably not.
- No, we would have not. No. - No.
- Oh yeah, for sure.
- Yeah!
- Let's be honest, yeah.
- My friends, we would've gotten together, drank some Jack Daniels
or some Crown Royal, and just done something stupid like that.
- (Finebros) So if you got home... - Yeah.
- (Finebros) ...and you found your kid filming one of these--
- Oh my god! I would...
- (Finebros) Or you already saw that they posted it on social--
- No, oh my god! - (Finebros) What would you do?
- I think I'd hide, watch, laugh quietly,
and then run in there and be like, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
You're being a moron! Stop it!"
- I'd be really concerned if it was a nine year old,
a five year old, and a three year old that were doing this
'cause that's what I have at home right now.
I'd have to use different words.
I'd be like, you know, "What the Hall & Oates are you doing right now?"
- (Finebros) So a lot of challenges on the Internet stand for something.
Do you see any possible thing this challenge could stand for?
- To be honest, I have no idea.
- I guess this was maybe reminding people to use condoms?
- Besides Trojan, it's not helping anyone.
- It is to see which brand is the best?
- (giggling) - Is this advertisement for the companies?
- The strength of some of those was unreal.
I'm like, "Good night!"
- (Finebros) Some say there is none with this one,
but others say it's to raise awareness
that a condom is strong enough for any man!
- (laughs) Wow!
- That is ridiculous!
- (Finebros) Do you think that's the cause here?
- I mean, it's a little bit of a stretch.
- I guess it makes sense to test the condoms,
but, I mean, is it really necessary?
- I don't think it's gonna ever bring up,
"Oh, that's a good video to show your kids."
- It kind of seems like one of those "do it for the sake of doing it"
and, "Oh, by the way, it's got this really interesting side effect."
- There's not a cause!
That's someone justifying throwing a condom balloon on another friend.
- That seems like what I call on the job
articulation after the fact.
You already did it and now you're trying to find a reason why.
- (Finebros) Why do you think these challenges continue
to be something that young people connect with
and want to create and share with the world?
- I think challenges kinda just bring fun
into peoples' lives.
- Kind of brings everybody into a sense of community
where you can partake in these big communal events
of doing challenges and "spreading awareness."
- Social media is just a big petri dish of everything
that people find to be silly and stupid.
- People have always liked to be liked and popular
and things like that, but now it's moved into this realm
of being liked online.
- I wouldn't say they didn't exist.
It's just we didn't have the means to share it with other people.
I wouldn't be surprised if my mom was to go,
"Oh yeah, we did that when I was a kid."
And it's just, "Okay, mom. Fine."
- (Finebros) So finally, can you imagine any circumstance
where you would do this condom challenge now?
- No. (snickers)
It's the same thing as saying, "Oh, I'll do drugs
and it'll make you cool."
- You know what? I never say never.
- I think I'm gonna do it. Like, I think it's fun.
- I don't want a condom dropped on my head! (laughs)
- No! (laughs) I'm not doing it.
- No. - (laughing)
This specific challenge? No.
- Absolutely not.
- Yes! Why the [bleep] not?
Let's do it! Let's do it right now.
Right now. Do you got a condom?
- (laughing) No. Never.
I have 198 students right now looking up to me.
I have to think of all these other ramifications
if I were to do something like that.
- Yeah, I'm gonna do it. - (Finebros snickers)
- I'm gonna do it.
Oh my god, I'm gonna burn in hell for this. I am.
I'm gonna do it. It's too funny.
It's too funny not to do, man. (laughing)
I want to video tape it. I'll send it to you.
God, I'm gonna burn.
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