An Important Message for Kids: Don’t Eat Tide Pods

Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
January 27, 2018

A big part of the Daily Stormer’s mission is to serve as a guide for teenagers.

And we have a very important message for you today: don’t eat Tide Pods.

RT:

YouTube and Facebook have been desperately trying to stop kids from participating in a popular new trend that involves eating laundry detergent, but it’s not working. Now, some businesses are taking advantage of the phenomenon.

Earlier this week, the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) issued a “high alert” warning that said the trend of teens intentionally ingesting Tide Pods has “increased in its popularity despite repeated warnings.”

Like many trends, the Tide Pod Challenge began on social media. Teenagers posted videos of themselves attempting to eat the packets of liquid laundry detergent while daring their friends to do the same.

Y’all ever just get the urge to eat a tide pod? pic.twitter.com/9vy49VdG7U

— baby doll ?? (@xangirI) December 31, 2017

In the first two weeks of 2018, US poison control centers handled 39 cases of teenagers intentionally eating Tide Pods, according to the AAPCC. During the next week, there were another 47 cases reported, bringing the total number of teens sent to a poison control center for eating laundry detergent to 86 this year.

“We cannot stress enough how dangerous this is to the health of individuals—it can lead to seizure, pulmonary edema, respiratory arrest, coma, and even death,” Stephen Kaminski, CEO and Executive Director at AAPCC, said in a statement.

Last week, YouTube began removing videos that depicted users eating Tide Pods, saying they were in violation of their guidelines.

“YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit content that’s intended to encourage dangerous activities that have an inherent risk of physical harm,” YouTube said in a statement obtained by BuzzFeed. “We work to quickly remove flagged videos that violate our policies.”

Facebook has also been removing videos of the Tide Pod Challenge from its platforms, including Instagram.

A Facebook spokesperson told CNN they “don’t allow the promotion of self-injury and will remove it when we’re made aware of it.”

Procter & Gamble, Tide’s parent company, said it is working with social media platforms to “remove harmful content that is not consistent with their policies,” according to the Daily Mail.

Tide also released a public service announcement video with New England Patriots star player Rob Gronkowski telling teens that eating Tide Pods is a “bad idea.”

What should Tide PODs be used for? DOING LAUNDRY. Nothing else.

Eating a Tide POD is a BAD IDEA, and we asked our friend @robgronkowski to help explain. pic.twitter.com/0JnFdhnsWZ

— Tide (@tide) January 12, 2018

I’m not going to pretend to understand why kids are eating Tide Pods. I assume it is because they are stupid and/or on drugs.

But you need to put your health first, kids. It is the most important thing, as everything else you do in your life starts from the point of good health.

And Tide Pods are not food.

Of course, it used to be safe to eat soap. It was made of animal fat or vegetables. I have sensitive pink skin, and I’ve got right here some soap made of oatmeal that I could eat if I wanted to.

But today’s soap is made out of petrochemicals. Eating it is like drinking melted plastic. I personally quadruple-rinse my clothing because laundry detergent with actually give me a rash – just particulate in my clothing on my skin.

Eat Tide Pods, and you’ll turn into this:

If you want to eat something delicious, kids, try a steak or some keffir.

Just remember this happy phrase: HEALTHY BODS DON’T EAT TIDE PODS.