# People eating Tide pods **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541 "2013-12-05T01:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/61 "2013-12-07T12:42:50Z")
Some years back, there was a brand of lemon-scented furniture polish that looked like lemonade and had a lemon on the label. So of course little kids were drinking it and poisoning themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/62 "2013-12-08T01:05:11Z")
Ok, so I did some laundry last night and I licked a Tide pod. I though the packet would be like flavorless gelatin. It is not. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/63 "2013-12-08T03:43:36Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > Ok, so I did some laundry last night and I licked a Tide pod. You’re doomed. It’s been good to know you. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/64 "2013-12-09T11:22:32Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Some years back, there was a brand of lemon-scented furniture polish that looked like lemonade and had a lemon on the label. So of course little kids were drinking it and poisoning themselves. There was a brand of dishwashing liquid that had the same thing happen - the company sent out samples to millions of homes. Sadly for the future of the human race, the stuff wasn’t all that poisonous. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/65 "2018-01-18T23:52:41Z")
NECRO ALERT! This thread just got a mention on [VICE](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjyaz8/amazon-reviews-are-in-and-tide-pod-challenge) ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/66 "2018-01-19T00:56:34Z")
It’s also mentioned in [the Wikipedia article.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_Tide_Pods#Internet_meme) For the record, I can personally verify that the packaging for Tide/Daz/Vizir/Ace pods displays the message “Keep away from children” (in the locally appropriate language) across Western Europe, and has done for several years. I don’t know whether P&G have gone so far as to add “keep your kids away from the internet”. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/67 "2018-01-19T01:22:36Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > It’s also mentioned in [the Wikipedia article.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_Tide_Pods#Internet_meme) > > For the record, I can personally verify that the packaging for Tide/Daz/Vizir/Ace pods displays the message “Keep away from children” (in the locally appropriate language) across Western Europe, and has done for several years. I don’t know whether P&G have gone so far as to add “keep your kids away from the internet”. I saw a post on Facebook that said the best way to keep people from eating them would be to label them “contains gluten.” ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/68 "2018-01-19T01:33:44Z")
Yep, here’s the suggested packaging. [https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26730984\_175965896345730\_2399204049948611270\_n.jpg?oh=bd884ddebf558d049c3530f6c22fb1eb&oe=5ADD1D50](https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26730984_175965896345730_2399204049948611270_n.jpg?oh=bd884ddebf558d049c3530f6c22fb1eb&oe=5ADD1D50) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/69 "2018-01-19T14:33:59Z")
I was hoping this thread was going to explain what the ever loving hell is up with the Tide pod challenge. I only just heard about it a few days ago when it was being discussed on the local news. And again I say, W T F??? I know teenagers are notorious for following nonsense trends and doing dumbass stuff, but this has to be the outright stupidest fad I’ve ever heard of. Is the point to see who can keep it in their mouth longest without vomiting? You “win” if it doesn’t kill you? Please tell me it at least gives you a buzz or something :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/70 "2018-01-19T14:53:53Z")
[The forbidden snack](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/cOzFA) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/71 "2018-01-19T15:02:02Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I was hoping this thread was going to explain what the ever loving hell is up with the Tide pod challenge. I only just heard about it a few days ago when it was being discussed on the local news. And again I say, W T F??? > I know teenagers are notorious for following nonsense trends and doing dumbass stuff, but this has to be the outright stupidest fad I’ve ever heard of. Is the point to see who can keep it in their mouth longest without vomiting? You “win” if it doesn’t kill you? Please tell me it at least gives you a buzz or something :smack: I think they are just stupid. Besides, they are missing out on all the cotton candy that stored right in our walls! (stolen from the Intertubes) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/72 "2018-01-19T15:03:52Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I think they are just stupid. > > Besides, they are missing out on all the cotton candy that stored right in our walls! > > (stolen from the Intertubes) Ha! I totally remember wanting to eat the yummy looking insulation:p ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/73 "2018-01-19T15:12:47Z")
As little as I post on here, I can’t believe I had a thread make its way into the wide world. I feel like a jerk for joking about it now because of how the original situation turned out. At the same time, I kind of crave[that floor cleaner that looks like fruit juice](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/8/19/18/enhanced-buzz-14145-1345414323-2.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto). ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/74 "2018-01-19T16:07:03Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > As little as I post on here, I can’t believe I had a thread make its way into the wide world. I feel like a jerk for joking about it now because of how the original situation turned out. At the same time, I kind of crave[that floor cleaner that looks like fruit juice](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/8/19/18/enhanced-buzz-14145-1345414323-2.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto). Don’t you think you’ve caused enough trouble? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/75 "2018-01-19T16:13:41Z")
[Gronk says NO!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrC_PF_3Lg) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/76 "2018-01-19T21:08:03Z")
I am torn now. I desperately want to eat a Detergent pod, but I am of course far too sophisticated to eat any thing pre-made by a corporation. Does anybody have a good recipe for homemade,organic,hormone-free detergent pods? Has Alton Brown done one yet? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/77 "2018-01-19T21:30:18Z")
How about an artisanal, locally sourced detergent pod? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/78 "2018-01-19T21:36:29Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I am torn now. I desperately want to eat a Detergent pod, but I am of course far too sophisticated to eat any thing pre-made by a corporation. > Does anybody have a good recipe for homemade,organic,hormone-free detergent pods? Has Alton Brown done one yet? No, but maybe [this](https://www.facebook.com/elarroyoaustin/photos/a.219897351427151.55728.219890958094457/1606584426091763/?type=3&theater) will ease you into the experience. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/79 "2018-01-19T22:20:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I saw a post on Facebook that said the best way to keep people from eating them would be to label them “contains gluten.” 😛 On a related note, when people say they are doing a cleanse, this is probably not what they had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/80 "2018-01-19T22:27:37Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > As little as I post on here, I can’t believe I had a thread make its way into the wide world. I feel like a jerk for joking about it now because of how the original situation turned out. At the same time, I kind of crave[that floor cleaner that looks like fruit juice](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/8/19/18/enhanced-buzz-14145-1345414323-2.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto). Except that the overpowering floral scent of Fabuloso may prevent you from getting it to your lips. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541.md?page=5)