What is the risk in "the pass-out game"?

Question

Now I've played this game only twice before and i read up on it and i found out the some idiots actually CHOKE THEMSELVES to do this. but I want to know that maybe, long term effects are of playing this game, I did it a much safer way, but I hear that it cuts off oxygen to the brain. So anyways... Are they long-term effects to playing the pass-out game too much.

PS: pass-out game-A game where you make yourself pass out for about 5 seconds...

Answer 1

I love how americans make a game out of everything.... lol the stoners at least, uh well since you cut off oxygen to the brain if you did that  enough you'd kill enough brain cells to be noticeable. so yeah even once is enough

Answer 2

If the oxygen is cut of for more that a few seconds it can cause brain damage or death. Though anyone who plays this game is probably already brain damaged.

Answer 3

Sorry, there is no safe way. YOU CAN DIE.

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Answer 4

Straight from Wikipedia...

Fainting game

Injuries arising from the practice

Any activity that deprives the brain of oxygen has the potential to cause moderate to severe brain cell death leading to permanent loss of neurological function ranging from difficulty in concentration or loss of short term memory capacity through severe, lifelong mental disability to death. Statistics on fatalities and neurological damage are controversial, no definitive, empirical study exists although the indications are that the practice is a significant contributor to death and disability, particularly among male juveniles in most developed countries. Many believe that deaths are significantly undereported because of false attributions to suicide. [1]

One study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found sufficient evidence to indicate that since 1995 at least 82 youths between the age of 6 and 19 have died in the United States as a result of the game, see chart right. Of these 86.6% were male, the mean age being 13.3. 95.7% of these deaths occurred while the youth was alone; parents of the decedents were unaware of the game in 92.9% of cases. Deaths were recorded in 31 states and were not clustered by location, season or day of week.[2] Neurological damage is harder to attribute accurately because of the difficulty of linking generalised, acquired neurological disability to a specific past event.

Incidental, or indirect, injuries may arise from falling or uncontrolled movements and crushing by a ligature or an assistant. Such injuries may include concussion, bone fractures, tongue biting and hemorrhaging of the eye.[3]

The CDC encourages parents, educators and health-care providers to familiarize themselves with the signs of the game.[2] These include: discussion of the game; bloodshot eyes; marks on the neck; severe headaches; disorientation after spending time alone; ropes, scarves, and belts tied to bedroom furniture or doorknobs or found knotted on the floor; and unexplained presence of things like dog leashes, choke collars and bungee cords.[4]