# 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:** 6
**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:** [January 22, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/101 "2018-01-22T22:42:24Z")
The thing is, it never occured to me that Tide pods or dishwasher pods look enticing to eat but now, after all this media coverage and constant pleas not to eat the damned things, I can’t help but think every time I pop that Cascade pod into that dishwasher, “man, that really does look tasty!” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/102 "2018-01-22T23:43:44Z")
I’m still scared that the police will get me for putting non-Tide pods in the Tide Pods container; eating them is unthinkable. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/103 "2018-01-22T23:56:23Z")
There’s a chance for someone to cash in on this by making a similar candy. Moral? No, but someone’s gonna do it just the same. Remember candy cigarettes? ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/104 "2018-01-23T00:22:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There’s a chance for someone to cash in on this by making a similar candy. Moral? No, but someone’s gonna do it just the same. > Remember candy cigarettes? It’s come to this. We deserve Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/105 "2018-01-23T00:46:27Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Holy crap. I’d been hearing about the concept of eating Tide pods lately, but I never dreamed it started here on the SDMB. To be precise, the SDMB had the earliest online report that the writer of the article could find about other people eating Tide pods. We weren’t the ones who started eating them. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/106 "2018-01-23T01:58:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There’s a chance for someone to cash in on this by making a similar candy. Moral? No, but someone’s gonna do it just the same. > Remember candy cigarettes? A few weeks ago, I saw a post on imgur where someone made a candy “Tide Pod” using gelatin sheets, some corn sugar, and some red and green “watermelon slice” gummies. It did not look exactly like an actual Tide Pod, but you could probably freak some folks right out by talking about Tide Pods, then pull it out of your pocket and popping it in your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/107 "2018-01-23T04:42:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There’s a chance for someone to cash in on this by making a similar candy. Moral? No, but someone’s gonna do it just the same. > Remember candy cigarettes? Oh, making stuff that looks like Tide pods is [already](https://www.avclub.com/people-have-resorted-to-making-edible-tide-laundry-pods-1821949064) a huge [thing](https://www.today.com/food/dangerous-tide-pod-challenge-inspires-tide-themed-foods-t121445), and I think even started before the real challenge (as opposed to the joke one). I personally suspect this will all end with Tide changing the design of these. I’ve seen other laundry stuff that doesn’t look like food. (At least, I don’t think so, but I also don’t think Tide Pods look like food, with the weird plastic part.) ---
**Author:** ![FavreCo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a698b9/32.png) [@FavreCo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FavreCo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/108 "2018-01-23T23:18:42Z")
Dumbest generation in history. I mean who eats poison. A moron, that’s who. ---
**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 24, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/109 "2018-01-24T13:46:50Z")
At home I use one version of Arm & Hammer Ultra pods that are not squishy and colorful but just a hard packet of compressed blue powder. So it’s not like you HAVE to make it look like candy. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/110 "2018-01-24T13:50:43Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > At home I use one version of Arm & Hammer Ultra pods that are not squishy and colorful but just a hard packet of compressed blue powder. So it’s not like you HAVE to make it look like candy. Except I have had the A&H powder ones get wrapped up in a sheet before dissolving and leave a booger on them. The Liquid works better in a crowded machine. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/111 "2018-01-24T13:58:19Z")
Let’s be honest though: there’s no reason to make the Tide Pods as colourful and swirly as they are, apart from marketing appeal. It’s fucking detergent. It doesn’t have to look like anything. It’s all marketing hype. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/112 "2018-01-24T14:03:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Let’s be honest though: there’s no reason to make the Tide Pods as colourful and swirly as they are, apart from marketing appeal. > > It’s fucking detergent. It doesn’t have to look like anything. It’s all marketing hype. so what? how does is that an excuse for the abject stupidity of people who damn well know better? We’re not talking about toddlers here. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/113 "2018-01-24T14:18:30Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > Dumbest generation in history. I mean who eats poison. A moron, that’s who. My generation dropped acid. Wasn’t that poison? But, you’re right, stupid kids. They’re not even getting high. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/114 "2018-01-24T14:34:41Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > so what? how does is that an excuse for the abject stupidity of people who damn well know better? We’re not talking about toddlers here. I am kind of falling down on this of the debate. Sure it looks pretty, but something in your head called common sense should stop you before you put it in your mouth. Grown folk don’t give in to every impulse. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/115 "2018-01-24T14:36:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My generation dropped acid. Wasn’t that poison? But, you’re right, stupid kids. They’re not even getting high. In terms of actual harms, LSD ranks low among drugs - lower than legal substances such as alcohol and tobacco. > **[LSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide#/media/File:Rational_harm_assessment_of_drugs_radar_plot.svg)** > > Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German Lysergsäure-diethylamid), and known colloquially as acid or lucy, is a potent psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages, LSD manifests primarily mental, visual, and auditory hallucinations. Dilated pupils, increased blood pressure, and increased body temperature are typical. > Effects typically begin within half an hour and can last for up to 20 h... ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/116 "2018-01-24T14:39:18Z")
> [@Grumbacher\_Red](#): > > I am kind of falling down on this of the debate. Sure it looks pretty, but something in your head called common sense should stop you before you put it in your mouth. > > Grown folk don’t give in to every impulse. I mean, one whiff of the stuff should be a raging clue it’s not meant for eating. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/117 "2018-01-24T14:43:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Let’s be honest though: there’s no reason to make the Tide Pods as colourful and swirly as they are, apart from marketing appeal. > > It’s fucking detergent. It doesn’t have to look like anything. It’s all marketing hype. But, it reminds me of how brilliant the colors in my clothes will stay, and how whites my whites will get!!! ---
**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 24, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/118 "2018-01-24T15:23:41Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > But, it reminds me of how brilliant the colors in my clothes will stay, and how whites my whites will get!!! Plus aren’t there a few brands that are plain clear/transparent, both the liquid and the film? Yes, it’s sort of perverse, that really _unnaturally_ bright color is somehow appetizing. But STILL, dammit, it’s concentrated cleanser. You have to know better. People have this strange notion that physiological damage is something that you can overcome by being “tough”. No, dude, coating your esophagus in concentrated detergent is not something you can “shake off”. What next, whiffing oven cleaner? You know what we need? That torture test box in “Dune” that makes it feel like your hand is being melted off but it is not. Then these people can take dares all day. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/119 "2018-01-24T15:28:07Z")
the brighteners are UV brighteners, which are meant to offset the tendency for white fabrics to start looking yellow and dingy with age. UV brighteners add more ability to reflect the blue end of the visible spectrum to try to keep white fabric looking white. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541/120 "2018-01-24T16:04:21Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Plus aren’t there a few brands that are plain clear/transparent, both the liquid and the film? Yes there are. Including, wait for it, [Tide free and gentle](https://tide.ca/en-ca/shop/type/laundry-pods/tide-pods-free-and-gentle). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-tide-pods/675541.md?page=7)