# "Don’t Eat The Laundry Pods"- Short Film - Pure genius! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639 "2017-04-03T03:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/1 "2017-04-03T03:59:52Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pM6wanZOLtk/maxresdefault.jpg "Don't Eat the Laundry Pods. (Seriously. They're Poison.)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM6wanZOLtk) Pure genius! Marvelously done! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/2 "2017-04-03T05:24:01Z")
I must have blinked and missed the “genius” part. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/3 "2017-04-03T05:46:58Z")
They are delectable looking and feeling. He gets the tension of the irresistible impulse just right. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/4 "2017-04-03T06:35:10Z")
I feel like maybe my expectations were a bit too high. Genius is such a strong word. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/5 "2017-04-03T10:33:22Z")
Cudos for the riff on _American Beauty_, but otherwise, meh. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/6 "2017-04-03T14:22:59Z")
I’m not getting the genius either. No offense really but that’s not even funny enough to recommend to my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/7 "2017-04-03T14:32:58Z")
Really? Huh. I usually quite enjoy CH Originals. Some are actually kinda clever (“Every app is a dating app”, anyone?) The Laundry Pod sketch is on of the few I turned off half way. It looked like a simple, random premise being dragged for way too long. Now I’ve finished to see if there was a “genius” part at the end, and nope. It’s a weird choice to make a thread about. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/8 "2017-04-03T15:04:07Z")
The OP should have said that this was a College “Humor” video. As usual, definitely not worth the click. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/9 "2017-04-03T18:53:53Z")
I once called BS on a similar concept, [in another thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=806323) but that one wasn’t played for laughs. FWIW, **Astro** , I liked this clip better than the one in my thread. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/10 "2017-04-07T00:33:34Z")
I kinda liked this video. The “If Google Was a Guy” videos are hilarious, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/11 "2017-04-07T04:30:34Z")
I thought it was fairly funny. Not the funniest thing I ever saw, but got a chuckle out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/12 "2017-04-07T09:53:56Z")
I first thought it was a joke all along, but some googling has led me to believe that such laundry pods actually exist (and have been considered a potential threat to young children). So, how the hell are they supposed to work? Are the two compartments somehow designed to break and release their contents at different points in the washing cycle? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/13 "2017-04-08T20:32:26Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > So, how the hell are they supposed to work? Are the two compartments somehow designed to break and release their contents at different points in the washing cycle? I think you’re just paying for it looks cool and you don’t have to measure it. I say, as I buy basically the same things for the dishwasher. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-eat-the-laundry-pods-short-film-pure-genius/783639/14 "2017-04-08T20:45:59Z")
I actually never noticed how enticing those things looked before. It’s the dishwasher pods we have in the house here, too, and a couple of weeks ago my wife warned me not to leave them in the reach of our kids, as apparently, they are enticing to children and kids want to stick it in their mouths. (And I can see why.) Now after watching the video (which I didn’t really find all that amusing), I can’t help but look at the laundry pods and want to bite into them.