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Tide Pods. I watch a lot of meme videos, partly because they're funny (when they aren't racist) and partly because it's a good way to see where the mental state of young people is at. So in the weeks leading up to the big Tide Pod controversy of 2018, there were dozens of videos that had memes about Tide Pods being candy or harmless, knowing that kids and stupid adults would be interested in trying them out. Then, the Challenge went viral, the news made a circus out of it and everyone was like "Oh those stupid kids! Worst generation ever."
No way it was a coincidence.
I actually haven't heard this one til you mentioned it. Looking it up now and tend to agree, this seems kind of crazy.
why did they do it, though?