The First Viral Trend Of 2017 Is Both Very Painful And Stupid

#1

There were plenty of ridiculous viral trends in 2016, but 2017 has already taken the cake for the dumbest ever seen and we're not even a week into the new year yet.

We've witnessed dick eyeliner, torso's compared to A4 paper, women dressing their boobs up as Rudolph, and the ‘panty challenge' but breaking ligaments is a whole new territory of stupid.

We see hundreds of people film themselves performing moronic stunts just for internet fame over the years but this has got to take the cake.

#2

A sick ‘how-to guide' has been circulating online which shows the brainless how to break your thumb ligament.

It's been aptly titled: "If you are bored: How to break your thumb ligament."

And it appears lots of people are bored.

#3

All it took was one dude posting a how-to diagram on Twitter showing the method for a shitton of people to then post pics of their f*cked up thumbs.

#4

Holding your thumb in this way and then bending your wrist in the opposite direction will cause your ligament to stretch and eventually snap, especially if you do it quickly.

#5

It's such a simple way to injure yourself that many people put it to the test and learned the hard way that sometimes they should wait before experimenting themselves.

#6

The NHS says torn hand ligaments can mean up to 12 weeks of recovery time, but it may take six months to return to normal movability.

#7

So pretty much these guys are shit out of luck if they did this to their dominant hand if they need it for work.

#8

If you write or type for a living (or you're still in school), you're shit out of luck recovery time is around six to eight weeks.

Kids, definitely don't try this at home.

#9

According to commenters, the trend is this guy's fault:

#10

People have even been sending him private messages threatening to sue for their now-broken ligaments.

#11

But let's be honest, if you were dumb enough to break your ligament because of something you saw on the Internet in the first place, chances are you don't have the brain power to sue someone for it.