Kick, an ever-expanding streaming service, has now introduced a new policy aimed at safeguarding its users from trends that are disquieting. It targets the misuse of Galaxy Gas-nitrous oxide whipped cream charge these days more popularly known as “laughing gas.” Once employed in the far more innocuous creation of whipped cream or adding a foamy texture to beverages, Galaxy Gas was finding an astoundingly staple place in the recreationist drug scene, hence compelling Kick into action.
What is the gas of a galaxy?
Galaxy Gas was among the first to market it as a food product, although the product contained nitrous oxide N₂O, a chemical compound used both in food and medicine. The colorless gas is used medically as an analgesic, while also being widely abused to create intoxication by inhaling the substance for a brief high-known colloquially as “doing whippets.”
But the feelings of dizziness and giddiness caused by inhaling nitrous oxide would not remain for a longer period. The effect is pretty severe: it leads to depriving the body of oxygen, fainting, neurological factors, and sometimes death after repeated abuse. The trend has suddenly surged as videos on this spread across social media to entice users-actual and intended-moreover, to inhale gas for kicks through platforms like TikTok.
Social Media and Fatal Trends
Abuses of Galaxy Gas have actually gone hand in glove with social media. In 2024, TikTok experienced a spate of viral videos where creators were inhaling nitrous oxide for kicks. Health experts, along with concerned parents, pointed out the video content. What seemed to be harmless videos masked the dangers that the substance brought, and many young viewers, oblivious to the risks, started participating in these viral challenges.
As more and more videos, promoting unsafe behaviors started to make the rounds, the public pressure began to rise: something needed to be taken by Kick-like platforms, and now.
Kick’s Response: Banning Galaxy Gas Content
Among the growing concerns, Kick has made updated content policies that bar streams of Galaxy Gas. This is part of a continuing move to protect users, especially its younger demographic, from negative trends that normalize dangerous activities.
Kick’s leadership has talked at length about its commitment to user safety, and that would mean the platform has a duty to rein in content that encourages illegal activity or life-threatening actions, including the recreational use of nitrous oxide.
A Broader Push for Accountability in Social Media Kick had banned Galaxy Gas content, a reflection of the greater trend among social media platforms that become increasingly intolerant of unsafe behaviors. Other platforms, including TikTok and Instagram, started to address the spread of harmful content-from the crackdown on dangerous challenges to promoting mental health awareness. Impressible users are increasingly protected from the risks brought about by going viral as the companies mature. Kick bans Galaxy Gas joins the ranks of many digital platforms that all, in recent times, have been working toward a safe and responsible environment.
