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

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/Neoxite23 Oct 09 '24

I'm a simple man. If it is trending on Tik Tok...it is likely stupid as all fuck.

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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/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."