Do you call up the first time your parent state to you , “ if your friends all jumped off of a bridge would you do it too ? ”

These adolescent are the single jumping off the bridge .

In the latest installment of ludicrously idiotic cyberspace trends , admit us to enclose the # TidePodChallenge .

Cue optic roll .

This time around adolescent are eat on Tide Pods , and posting the picture online . tally it to thelonglist of exceedinglydumb challengeswe’ve stumbled upon in   recent age .

It start as a joke in a satiricalOnionarticle , narrated from the perspective of a child entice by the enticing candy - looking cod . As it become out , eating the blue and orange pods   causes serious scathe – and in some case death .

TheNational Capital Poison Centerwarns that laundry pods are posing an unexpected problem for young minor who bite into them , causing harm and even death . adult withdementiaare also at risk of mistakenly ingesting the poisonous pods . A 2017reportsays two children and six adults with cognitive impairment have died in the past five year from ingest the pod .

Nonprofit advocacy groupConsumer Reportssays between 2012 and 2017 , the American Association of Poison Control Centers reported   over 38,000 cases of citizenry suffering from pic , whether that came from ingest , inhaling , acquire it in their eyes , or absorb it through their peel .

It should n’t need to be said , and yet again here we are . Do n’t go put a Tide Pod in your sassing .

in earnest .

The pods have alistof ingredients that are toxic to humankind , include polymers andlinear alkylbenzene sulfonate .

Tide has an entire page dedicate to the good handling of itsproductsand advises to straight off call the medico and drink a meth of water or milk if a product is swallowed . Do not induce puke .

If you or someone you do it has eaten   a laundry detergent fuel pod , call theNational Poison Control hotlineat 1 - 800 - 222 - 1222 .

We ’re still not certain how widespread the challenge is , but the net is certainly buzzing with its absurdity .

Check it out for yourself if you do n’t believe us .

[ H / T : USA Today ]