Mother warns parents of dangerous game

I dont think brightest would be the word I would choose.

There's book smarts then there's common dog smarts. These kids have the former but none of the latter. Sort of like a woman who would name their kid Jagger.

No, if you look at someone and say "Hey choke me out for fun," you have just lost the title of 'bright' child.

The two paragraphs contradict each other. The first one describes no choking. We used to do that as kids too - hyperventilate, stand up and press your arms to your chest while holding your breath. You just space out for a bit, and I doubt if it's very dangerous. But if he stood up while disoriented, and then banged his head, that's probably the problem.

The second one sounds much different. I know kids hang themselves on washroom roll towels for that. That does sound dangerous. Just ask Micheal Hutchence.

Somebody is mixing up two different activities.

I knew kids in JH school that would hyperventilate then stand up and have their friends press on their necks to pass out, it's common and despite what many believe kids of all intelligence levels do it. Never saw the appeal myself.