Actually, yes. Some friends tend to magnify the insecurities that a lonely/insecure person might feel.

What is doing something on a dare besides a play to battle the insecurity of being labeled a "coward"?

> No, you do it for the lulz - because you'll be amused when you see people whining about it on the internet.

Which is the same as "knock, knock, ginger" or as:

> if you were to cut a branch down, people would DEFINITELY notice. people would think about you, when no one would before. even if the thoughts aren't positive.

>in other words, to not feel so small and meaningless.

Aka negative attention, trolling, NS (narcissistic supply). Its all more or less the same league, explained by what I quoted from user 2bitencryption. 2bitencryption's entire quote explains the full process in detail. Kudos.

I agree, kids (and teens) are immature and don't have the tools to make correct choices.