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Do Americans routinely engage in this cultural practice without dying?
Did (some) Germans somehow do it differently in a way that causes deaths?
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Are the deaths from being hit with an object?
Are the deaths from falling?
Are the deaths from poisoning?
Are the deaths from drowning?
Yes to all.
Was the outlawing done to prevent the deaths?
Yes, I think so.
So, in other words, something American was outlawed in Germany because it led to deaths of German people that otherwise would not have happened, because these people were doing something not safe? And the outlawing of the American cultural thing would keep these people from dying from unsafe behavior? But the deaths occurred for a number of different reasons?
Is the internet involved?
Note, it was “American” with quotes around it. It did not come from any part of North or South America. (see post #2911)
There is no American cultural thing.
But the deaths occurred for a number of different reasons? YES
Is the internet involved? NO
Yep, this is right.
So it is some type of cultural practice, but it is not an American cultural practice?
Do the Germans who die believe it is American?
Does it have anything to do with suicide?
Does it have anything to do with the current American president?
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Russian roulette?
Was the thing that was outlawed written material of some kind (book, magazine, comic book, etc.)?
Was the thing that was outlawed visual media of some kind (movie, T.V. show, etc.)?
No.
Extreme sports?
No.
Was it a manufactured item? Or a group of manufactured items?
Does the answer involve religion?
Does the answer involve beliefs about the afterlife?
Does the answer involve the supernatural?
No to both.
No to all.