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Sudetenland Tales

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media trends resemble what used to be games of truth or dare "on steroids."

"You're reaching tens of thousands of people. You're not daring somebody face to face," Lightman said. "Why are they doing that? Is it just to get likes, and those likes might turn into followers, and those followers might turn into advertisers, and those advertisers might turn into profits for some people? Is it even real, or is it AI generated?"

Defenders of the UrbanEx trend say it exposes historically significant structures that have been left to rot; many social media users have been calling on local city leaders to revive abandoned schools, houses, churches, insane asylums, and event spaces.

"Just the general lack of respect amongst children today, whether it's for people's property in the classroom or other people's feelings, it's a big problem. They're lacking empathy and respect because they're spending too much time in front of a screen and not enough understanding in real life human emotion," Jordan said.

Others say: “Come on. You have to be a retard not to consider that kicking in a stranger’s door in the middle of the night won’t get you into serious trouble.”