Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming (arstechnica.com)

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[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

The idea that drinking bleach has health benefits has been around for a while. There are facebook and youtube "influencers" that peddle this shit in the usual "big pharma doesn't want you to know this" format.

Internet Comment Etiquette made video making fun of them.

[-] brognak@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know this Internet Comment Etiquette dude is, but I am a long time follower of Todd Clorox

[-] ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I thought that the "drink bleach" thing was a joke. ~Strawberry

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