The Eraser Challenge was a viral internet phenomenon that gained notoriety in the early 2010s, primarily among middle and high school students. It involved individuals rubbing a pencil eraser against their skin as hard as possible, often while reciting the alphabet or a specific set of words, until a burn or scar was formed. While originally a dangerous playground dare, the trend evolved into an internet meme used to satirize the questionable decisions of youth or to evoke nostalgia for specific school-era subcultures. Today, the meme template is often used to represent self-inflicted problems or the lengths people go to for peer validation, serving as a humorous reminder of a painful and bizarre chapter in internet challenge history.