I just… WTF people.
“An interesting and somewhat bizarre trend recently cropped up on the internet. The “Tide Pod challenge” simply entails filming yourself biting down on a Tide Pod; a laundry detergent capsule, which some say resembles a sweet.
“Like many things on the internet, the origins of the challenge are murky and unclear. Some trace it back to a satirical article by The Onion, others to CollegeHumor videos, and others still to various tweets about the appetising appearance of the capsules.
“Various US and UK media outlets have claimed the trend is a “craze” that is “sweeping the internet”. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission warned its 42,000 Twitter followers not to take the challenge.
“Facebook and YouTube have been busy scrubbing all videos referencing the challenge from their platforms…”
Read more at The Conversation
