We are aware of the Tik Tok trend involving students inserting small metal objects (such as paper clips, pushpins, pencil lead, etc.) into the charging ports of their Chromebooks. This can result in creating sparks, electrical fires, and/or battery punctures, all of which can cause serious injury and damage.

After this message, if a student chooses to participate in this inappropriate behavior, the student may be charged the replacement fee for a new Chromebook. Additionally, the student will face disciplinary action in the form of out of school suspension (OSS).

We are asking for your support in speaking with your child about the dangers of this behavior, as well as reinforcing the importance of treating school-issued devices with care.

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[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You don't need TikTok to do dumb shit, but I can see how it can be an inspiration. However, people have been poking things into holes since the dawn of time. And I don't mean sexually, although that's also true, but it belongs on another instance.

Back in the days of dumb switches, a bored colleague managed to take down the network in the whole building. While in a meeting, he played around with an Ethernet patch cable and inserted it in two adjacent network ports on the table, thus creating a loop. Good times.

[–] danieljoeblack@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hey I did that when I was in elementary school. Was bored playing around and unplugged the ethernet cable from the back of the computer and plugged it into an open port on the wall. ~~Queue~~ Cue the whole network going down and me pretending I had no idea how that happened. We ended up getting a talk about not playing with the wires once someone figured out what happened 😅 never figured out it was me tho haha

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Haha good for you! Our guy got the nickname Loopmaster for a couple of weeks. 😁

Nowadays the proper network switches used commercially can tell there's a loop and isolate the ports until the loop is gone. Another loophole closed (pun very much intended).

[–] danieljoeblack@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

As far as nicknames go that one ain't bad!

I remember thinking it was stupid that I could cause something like that, I chalked it up to my school's IT infrastructure just being bad (rural Ontario) lol glad to know it doesn't mess things up now, never tried it again after that!

[–] Willem@kutsuya.dev 3 points 1 year ago

If they turn it on spanning tree, it's not always default on.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

btw, you wanted cue not queue, as in cue cards, that's my cue, cue the music.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least they didn’t use que

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Por que?

[–] danieljoeblack@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks fixed!

[–] Sidhean@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I do occasionally queue the music, however.

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like tiktok has accellerated it slightly, though tiktok is something people love to hate.

[–] popcar2@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it weren't tiktok it'd be any other mainstream social media that people spread dumb trends on. Anybody remember teenagers eating laundry soap pods a couple years ago?

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I could never tell if that was actually a thing, or just a meme, and that's when I knew I was now one of the olds.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It was a meme

[–] pohart@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It was a meme, but older boomers started doing it. I don't know if was related to the trend or if they just looked appetizing, but the real issue was dementia.

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, and people would be talking about it like they talk about tiktok.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Well, apparently, my school has disabled STP for some reason. So it's still a possibility.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Oh man. I read "students are inserting small metal objects..." And totally expected it to continue with "...into their urethras in a trend called 'sounding.'"

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok good I wasn't the only one who jumped to this

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

i think most people were expecting a meat orifice instead of a computer orifice

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These whippersnappers shoving small objects in their Chromebook?

Back in MAH day, we shoved small metal objects IN OUR ASS.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Small? Amateur...

[–] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Sounds like a new video you could start making. Think of the sponsorship money!

[–] Goose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

I remember a kid in our class grabbed a fork from lunch, then proceeded to wrap his hand with a sweatshirt when we’re in class and then stabbed the outlet causing our room and a couple of classrooms to loose power. I think they thought it just happened randomly since the sub didn’t notice plus the lights went off so you couldn’t see him stabbing the outlet. Our class got yelled at for being too loud since they were screaming when the lights went off, but the kid that did that never got caught.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wanna know the perfect way to ensure students continue doing this kinda stuff?

...out of school suspension...

I can guarantee there are probably a good amount of kids that would see that in an email and most likely fry their device just to ensure they don't gotta go to school anytime soon because they don't care.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Parents and teachers want their kids to reduce their screen time, but then complain bitterly when the kids do something about it.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Capitalism will be the end of us all. It is not tech alone that is the problem. We get dumber each cycle.