Reginald Fairfield
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Looks like a new tiktok trend is sending people to the hospital. The fumes are actually hazardous.
Don't boil Nyquil
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Looks like a new tiktok trend is sending people to the hospital. The fumes are actually hazardous.
When will people learn not to trust stuff they see on tiktok? That said, people were doing stupid stuff before tiktok so-
But anyway, that's crazy it reacts that way. I'd never think to boil it but after seeing that, I'll pass. How did someone come up with the idea to put that stuff with food?
But anyway, that's crazy it reacts that way. I'd never think to boil it but after seeing that, I'll pass. How did someone come up with the idea to put that stuff with food?
Lady Timpani
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I remember seeing a tweet awhile ago that I'm pretty sure was a joke about somebody making Allegra chicken, and I guess some people ran with that idea but actually started doing it on TikTok?
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My question is who would even do this in the first place??
Millysaurusrexjr
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I see articles on these kinds of things all the time and it turns out it was just one person making a joke, and not actually a trend that people are doing
Indeed, from what I've been able to research, the FDA is responding to the sudden increase in popularity of a viral meme, and news publications are reporting it as a "challenge" or "trend," despite no record of hospitalizations or deaths. Which--not that it needs to be said, but just to make sure--it is still a bad idea and you should not be using medication in any way other than as instructed, but the FDA's hasty response to what was ultimately just a silly post that would have blown over in a few days has probably inadvertently drawn more attention to it. I understand the concern in a post-Tide Pods world (a fad that was also greatly exaggerated, but did nevertheless exist), but I think media coverage has done more harm than good for this particular instance.
This happens all the time lmfao. One person does something stupid or even just plain weird on TikTok/Instagram/Twitter and people end up writing outrage articles about how "our future generations are doomed!!" Because it gets clicks and garners attention.
Well, I can at least understand some of the concerns, and I tend to think the FDA was perhaps trying to get ahead of the curve by issuing a statement before it became a sensation. Like I mentioned before, though exactly how widespread the trend had become was largely exaggerated, people really were eating Tide Pods, and there's no shortage of other social media challenges and trends that--even while consuming substances that aren't highly toxic--carry serious health risks. In addition, media outlets such as YouTube and TikTok are slow, if not resistant, to taking action against users and channels encouraging harmful behavior. Many low-effort content farm "life hack" and "cooking hack" videos gain upwards of hundreds of millions of views while promoting behavior that can seriously injure or kill anyone who isn't aware of the dangers they pose.
So, certainly, while I do not have any empathy for boomers (or otherwise nonsensically cynical people) who use these kinds of sensationalist stories to stroke their own ego, I am concerned about what content younger viewers such as my niece might be watching when her mother hands her a tablet to act as a babysitter. But cripes, they could at least wait until someone actually did go to the hospital for it before brute-forcing it to trend on Twitter and everywhere else.
You know, where I live anyway, as much as the media has restrictions of adjectives used in discussing topics and news, you'd think describing it as a challenge or trend wouldn't be allowed. They could just call articles NyQuil Chicken is Dangerous or something. Or the Dangers of cooking with NyQuil.
This this so much. Although it seems these kind of stupid things have increased especially with TikTok so I also think a bunch need to delete it.
For the original post, that is just stupid and why one would even do that is just insane.
Oh for sure. Tiktok trends are more popular than Youtube ones or whatever else since teens and young kids use Tiktok a lot more. It just needs to die lol
I mean, people did the hotplate challenge years ago when the tide pod challenge was a thing. There wasn't any challenge. It was just stupid people putting their hand on their stove's hotplate when it was on. The original person probably faked it somehow and others did it for real and got burns. People are just stupid. There isn't a cure for stupidity.
Reginald Fairfield
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