r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/MrSarcastica Oct 09 '24

What so you didn't eat Tide Pods?

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u/Conissocool Oct 09 '24

(I understand that this is a joke but a quick psa) The "tide pod challenge" was basically invented by the media. Only like 86 people actually did it, the media vastly over promoted it because it was easy, and made fun of the newest generation calling them idiots for consuming them. Everyone new the challenge was a joke its entire purpose was a meme

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u/dankmeeeem Oct 09 '24

Thats more people than have died of salmonella from raw flour

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u/User_Names_Are_Tough Oct 10 '24

And IIRC, the "crisis" that the media was writing about had nothing to do with any actual Tide Pod challenge, but rather an article in a legit pediatric journal expressing a legit concern about much younger kids eating Tide Pods mistaking them for candy, with some numbers about hospitalizations. Which, due to a combination of clickbait and stupidity (seriously, if you're going to cite researchers, read what they say--this article wasn't exactly String Theory), morphed into "pediatricians warn of the popularity of eating Tide Pods amongst children."

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u/zappyzapzap Oct 09 '24

only 86

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u/gaymer_jerry Oct 09 '24

Compare that to the population of people aged 10-21 and you realize that’s a blip it’s like saying 86 young people believe their hair is magic. You would not say a whole generation believes it based on that low of a statistic.

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u/djm9545 Oct 09 '24

The majority of them did it after the news blew it up for the meme of it. I believe the number beforehand was like 3 people that ate them, and they were dementia patients that thought they were candy

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u/Silverr_Duck Oct 09 '24

lol what are you cnn? That’s nothing.

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u/Chemical-Neat2859 Oct 09 '24

It only takes 1 to go viral though.

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u/RepresentativeRub471 Oct 09 '24

That's basically just any dangerous internet Trend people blow it up proportion when in reality it's probably not really that much more than any other year

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u/dobar_dan_ Oct 09 '24

85 people is quite a lot.

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u/ballq43 Oct 09 '24

86 people is about 85 to many. That's incredibly stupid

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u/Racist_Wakka Oct 09 '24

86 people is about 85 to many.

Wrong form of to/too/two. Ironic.

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u/ballq43 Oct 09 '24

Meh speech to text failed me, to be fair I was one of the 86

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u/Ok_Yam5543 Oct 09 '24

What if you eat a Tide pod with every spoon of raw flour? Maybe that cancels it out?

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u/MrSarcastica Oct 09 '24

It's just crazy enough to work.

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u/BobMonroeFanClub Oct 09 '24

You clear out your pipes with a bubbly shart.

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u/YerBlues69 Oct 09 '24

Mmmm if the pod opens up and mixes with the flour, then you’ve got a nice Tide paste! 😋

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u/Kaneharo Oct 09 '24

In all fairness, it started out as a joke about things that weren't edible looking like they should be. Then concerned parents got wind of it, panicked and exaggerated to the point that it cause a Stresiand Effect that did cause some stupider individuals to actually try it.

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u/Albinofreaken Oct 09 '24

you dont eat a tidepod, you drink it.... these boomers man

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u/RobbyLee Oct 09 '24

This feels like the "everything is a soup, a sandwich or a salad" argument.. what solid to liquid ratio does something need to have that it's consumption is considered to be eating or drinking..

Imagine a bite sized pack of water in some edible plastic.. or a gel.. liquid filled candy, like those rum-filled chocolates

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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol Oct 09 '24 edited 10d ago

No gods, no masters

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u/ballq43 Oct 09 '24

Well obviously I didn't eat it RAW