Charlie Thread
The Charlie Charlie challenge is a modern incarnation of the Spanish paper-and-pencil game called Juego de la Lapicera (Pencil Game). Like a Magic 8-Ball, the game is played by teenagers using held or balanced pencils to produce answers to questions they ask.
The Charlie Charlie challenge is a modern incarnation of the Spanish paper-and-pencil game called Juego de la Lapicera (Pencil Game). Like a Magic 8-Ball, the game is played by teenagers using held or balanced pencils to produce answers to questions they ask.
Teenage girls have played Juego de la Lapicera for generations in Spain and Hispanic America, asking which boys in their class like them.[citation needed]
Basic set up for the two pencil game, with the top pencil balanced the same way as the other,
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Basic set up for the two pencil game, with the top pencil balanced the same way as the other,
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such that minor air movements can cause it to rotate
Originally described on the Internet in 2008,[1]the game was popularized in the English-speaking world in 2015, partly through the hashtag #CharlieCharlieChallenge. On 29 April 2015 an alarmist tabloid televisionnewscast about
Originally described on the Internet in 2008,[1]the game was popularized in the English-speaking world in 2015, partly through the hashtag #CharlieCharlieChallenge. On 29 April 2015 an alarmist tabloid televisionnewscast about
the game being played in Hato Mayor Province of the Dominican Republic was uploaded to YouTube, and the unintentional humor in the report led to the game trending on Twitter, crossing the language barrier to be played around the world.
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According to Caitlyn Dewey of The Washington Post, this game is valuable as an example of cross-cultural viral trends:
Charlie makes a killer case study in virality and how things move in and out of languages and cultures online. You'll notice, for instance, a lot of players and
Charlie makes a killer case study in virality and how things move in and out of languages and cultures online. You'll notice, for instance, a lot of players and
reporters talking about the game as if it were new, when it's actually—and more interestingly, I think—an old game that has just recently crossed the language divide.
Maria Elena Navez of BBC Mundo said "There's no demon called 'Charlie' in Mexico," and suggested that
Maria Elena Navez of BBC Mundo said "There's no demon called 'Charlie' in Mexico," and suggested that
Mexican demons with English names (rather than, say, "Carlitos") are "usually American inventions."[10] Urban legend expert David Emery says that some versions of the game have copied the ghost story La Llorona, popular in Hispanic America, but the pencil game is not a Mexican
tradition. Joseph Laycock, a professor of religious studies at Texas State University argued that while Charlie is "most often described as a "Mexican ghost," it appears that Christian critics reframed the game as Satanic almost immediately, due to their desire to
"Claim a monopoly on wholesome encounters with supernatural"
Now you know what's about.
Mafo 😂
Now you know what's about.
Mafo 😂
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