the plastic goes to the packaging on tide pods.
the plastic goes to the packaging on tide pods.
where does the plastic go on tide pods?
the packaging
due to initial reports of children consuming their laundry detergent pods, procter & gamble began distributing tide pods in opaque tubs and bags. in 2015, p&g announced it would implement a bitter taste to its tide pods as a means to deter people from biting into them. tide would also include child-safety features in its packaging and issue extensive warnings about locking up the pods in households shared with individuals who have alzheimer's disease. additionally, tide's website includes a page discussing how to safely handle its products, and suggesting consumers drink a glass of water or milk if a product is swallowed and call a poison control center for help.
consumption of tide pods
in the following years, online content would skew more in line with the meme's popular usage as a satirical obsession with consuming tide pods. in march 2017, collegehumor uploaded a sketch video titled "don't eat the laundry pods". the specific prominence of tide pods, rather than laundry detergent pods from other brands was noted by "mashable" to trace back to a thread posted on reddit's "intrusivethoughts" subreddit in july 2017. the thread, titled "bite into one of those tide pods. do it." was referenced in another "onion" article from the following day, discussing flavored tide pods. posts on tumblr contributed to the meme's rise, but in december 2017, the meme's popularity rose significantly due to various viral tweets. a common trope of tide pods memes involved referring to the pods as a "forbidden fruit". memes involving the tide pods included joking about how "delicious" they appear, as well as posting images with the pods on top of food. "vox" described that the meme "pokes fun at the idea consuming the pods, while (usually) stopping short of actually doing so." the publication noted that part of the allure of discussing, wondering, and joking about consuming the pods spawns from the product's warning to not eat the pods. in early january 2018, television personality jimmy kimmel referenced the meme when discussing a tweet from president donald trump, "sounds like somebody's been in the white house laundry room eating tide pods again because the president of the united states is starting his own award show for the media."
consumption of tide pods