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A new online challenge that involves teens putting Tide laundry-detergent pods in their mouths is raising concerns among experts.
“Teens trying to be funny are now putting themselves in danger by ingesting this dangerous substance,” Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, told ABC News.
Still think those vaccines given to newborn babies is a good idea? Seems the more advanced our medical industry becomes, along with our governments, the more dumber and dependent the individual person becomes.
Last edited by warhorse78; 01-13-2018 at 02:14 PM..
Is it just me or are teens getting dumber? I remember hearing years ago it used to be swallowing goldfish as a fad...
Nope, it's just that now with social media and the prevalence of the media in general, you hear about it more.
Kind of like when people reminisce about "back in the day," when it was sooo much safer, but in reality, it is safer now than it was in say, the 70s, and generally crime in the US has been on a steady decline since about the 90s if I'm thinking correctly.
The soap companies bent over backwards to redesign these packages to keep them safe so that toddlers couldn't get into them. There's nothing they can do to prevent teenagers from getting into the packets and poisoning themselves. Yet how much you want to bet parents of teens who are stupid enough to kill themselves in this manner will try and blame Tide and for not keeping their kids safe.
There's already claims that the Tide packages look "too much like candy" to children.
Maybe the government will ban the colorful pods in order to save us from ourselves. Tide pods are unhealthy for children and other living things. They might even regulate the colors, and fine Tide for enticing teens with pretty reds and blue.
The soap companies bent over backwards to redesign these packages to keep them safe so that toddlers couldn't get into them. There's nothing they can do to prevent teenagers from getting into the packets and poisoning themselves. Yet how much you want to bet parents of teens who are stupid enough to kill themselves in this manner will try and blame Tide and for not keeping their kids safe.
It will happen. Just like grocery stores now require ID to buy simple over the counter cough medicine. I was also at a meeting once discussing on doing something similar with the vanilla and almond extracts, since kids were buying those and binge drinking them to become intoxicated.
There's already claims that the Tide packages look "too much like candy" to children.
Maybe the government will ban the colorful pods in order to save us from ourselves. Tide pods are unhealthy for children and other living things. They might even regulate the colors, and fine Tide for enticing teens with pretty reds and blue.
What this boils down to is you can't fix stupid.
Uh, I wonder if it will be a ban, or maybe a requirement for parents to now take classes and to lock up all dangerous things when there are children or immature adults in the house.
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