PLANKING: To Plank or Not to Plank?
My husband and I missed a get-together last weekend that my friend hosted at her home. Curious about what took place at the event, she emailed me photos from the party. I skimmed through the pictures and came across party- goers planking. My immediate reaction was laughter. I could barely keep my composure looking at her photos. I couldn’t believe that grown folks were participating in a trendy viral game.
If you haven’t heard about this new craze called “planking,” then I’ll enlighten you on this subject. The planking game was created by Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon, who called it the “lying down game.” They later changed the name to“planking” and since then it has created an internet buzz across the globe.
This bizarre internet sensational craze is just that. People plank (lay down flat) on public random items and/or structures and post their planking photos online. Even celebrities – such as Rosario Dawson, who planked on Jimmy Kimmel’s desk are doing it. Usher’s two sons joined in the planking sensation and their TwitPic hit the web.
My immediate reaction to the idea of planking was funny, but then my mother instinct kicked in and I thought crazy. What if planking goes wrong? What if someone gets hurt trying to plank on an object that isn’t plankable? After doing a little more research I discovered that a 20-year-old Aussie man planked on a hotel balcony and fell seven stories to his death. I can imagine that planking and alcohol wouldn’t be a good mix. I can also imagine that we may see more deaths or severe injuries.
Therefore, you won’t find me planking on anything but my bed. Maybe I’m just a worrywart being overly cautious. What do you think about this new planking craze? To plank of not to plank? Have you planked?
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What is really going on?
It is just fun – doesnt harm anyone and in this serious enough world a bit of laughing at yourself.
I respect your opinion. I just don’t want another person to die from planking.
Honestly, I just don’t get it. Why is this fun? I have way too much going on to be planking. Hope people think before they plank so they don’t hurt themselves ir someone else!
I agree.. you could get hurt planking.
some people feel planking is racist with ties to slavery.
I don’t think it’s racist, it’s just silly..planking.
absolutely absurd. Don’t people have anything productive to do with their free time?
Owling is the next new thing! Have you seen that?
Owling is the modern version of day dreaming.
Just as meaningless as planking.
LOL – I agree. If planking created a craze, then we should be able to do the same with more meaningful issues.
whoever put their baby on the stove needs to be in JAIL!
Wait – Baby on the stove? I thought it was the microwave. Either way it’s not a good look!
Electric burners on a microwave??? It was a stove!
Planking on a stove – not funny at all! #FAIL
What kind of sick joke is this?
Bubbles – You hadn’t heard about this until now! Yes, it’s trending!
Planking is dangerous and it’s stupid I don’t see anything fun about it
Thanks for commenting! I’m glad we all agree!Is there anyone who doesn’t?
Planking is an embrassment to this generation. Planking is something that we should not be embrassing at all. if you look into the history of planking that is how the slaves were brought over on the slave ships. This is something that really needs to stop and there is nothing funny about it at all.
I’m not 100% sure if the folks who created planking were thinking about slavery. I understand the comparison, but think it’s just for fun. Not my kind of fun, but fun for other folks.
I think it can be dangerous and it’s a really silly waste of time. People are way to into this nonsense. It will take, God forbid, someone really getting hurt for people to use their brains and think twice before “planking”. Did you see Sean “Diddy’ Combs’ sons planking the basketball net? DANGEROUS! There’s even a video of a girl trying to plank her kitchen counter and her stove and she feel cause the stove couldn’t hold her…her face actually hit the oven door, which flew open. WHY should you do this?
Evelina – I did see the girl planking on the stove. I hope she’s OK, because the end result looked super painful!
I think that planking is a waste of time. Not a huge waste of time, but a waste of time. And it looks stupid. People follow the corniest trends.
I’ll find the slope of a line, and then I want everyone to follow that trend.
Cee-Lo – I think it’s pretty corny too and can be dangerous!
What do you think about planking?
I think planking is another dumb, stoopy idea that allow us to act ignorant in some form of manner. Wake up America. Start focusing on what is important. Raising our kids with values and confidence. Making sure our kids are able to survive in a competitive racist world. Keeping our neighborhoods and homes up. Reaching a helping hand out to our neighbor who is in need. If everyone follow Jesus the way they follow these dumb fads, oh I better off the world would be.
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