My 14yo son said this same thing yesterday at the dinner table as we talked about how dumb this Tide Pod thing is. Made me feel like a proud mama that he’s not tempted to take on this stupid challenge!
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS … if you do the Tide Pod challenge. You’ll die, we’ll report it on the news…then two days later, we’ll cover your candlelight vigil in the parking lot of your high school, where organizers will ask participants to bring orange and blue balloons (the color of Tide Pods).
We’ll get interviews with all of your friends who will tell us you were a really smart, fun kid to be around (despite the fact that you ate a Tide Pod). Your parents will cry and miss you terribly, but deep down they’ll harbor life-long feelings of guilt, knowing they raised a child stupid enough to eat laundry detergent.
So, the moral of this story is - don’t be a moron, Tide Pods only go in the washer - NEVER your mouth. #JustSayNO
Yes, these fools all deserve to win a Darwin Award. However, IMO it is irresponsible for Tide and other manufacturers to produce and sell a household cleaning product whose shape and color can easily look like candy to a small child. Parents of same SHOULD have the sense not to buy it, but alas…