[Photo via Netflix]

‘Bird Box’ inspires new challenge involving blindfolds and a lot of trust

January 2, 2019

[Photo via Netflix]

Bird Box seems to be all anyone can talk about lately, and with good reason. The post-apocalyptic thriller broke Netflix’s record for most viewers in a single week. As is the case with anything gaining popularity, thousands of memes have appeared.

Whether or not those are the result of some major meme conspiracy theory remains unanswered, but the “can’t hear, can’t speak, can’t see” ones have us cracking up. Now, it appears a new challenge has been sparked that requires blindfolds and a lot of trust.

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In a nutshell, Bird Box is described as: “Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.”

However, as Malorie (Sandra Bullock) and the rest of the film’s characters traverse the post-apocalyptic world, they must do so with a blindfold as a way to protect themselves from an ominous force.

As if the internet didn’t learn anything from the failed Tide pod challenges, we now have the #birdboxchallenge where users attempt to do things blindfolded.

Someone played drums:

#RePost #birdBoxChallenge #liveDrumsAndDj
@_imdrummerboy @iamdjkarizma @tykubar NYE PARTY
??? pic.twitter.com/CdFCzC61TO

— DrummerBoyLifeStyle (@IMdrummerboy) January 2, 2019

Two radio hosts from Ireland agreed to a shaving challenge:

Others are trying to put on makeup:

We decided to let @ERINonyourRADIO do #BirdboxChallenge on me with makeup – it went well ? pic.twitter.com/x7GrV1Y3jZ

— Big Jim OBrien (@wcsxjim) January 2, 2019