Setting oneself on fire is the newest disturbing online trend. According to The Daily Dot, YouTube and Vine are loaded with teens who are putting accelerant on themselves and setting themselves aflame. One teen in Kentucky suffered second-degree burns because of his online stunt (which went viral). (Time)

Paul Asay has written for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for PluggedIn and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He recently collaborated with Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, on his book The Good Dad. He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.