"Don't put garlic in your nose": The dangers of sinusitis misinformation on TikTok (www.psypost.org)

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[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 19 points 6 months ago

Did we already forget about the Tide Pods? This isn't new, it's just a different social media platform.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 22 points 6 months ago

You mean another fad that was blown out of proportion by one generation trying to prove the idiocy of another?

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago

Yes, that is indeed my point.

[-] intrepid@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't call idiocy leading to ER admissions as 'blown out of proportions'. That aside, I still don't understand what you prove by consuming something as distasteful as tide pods.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago

I would call it blown out of proportion when it was treated like an epidemic when it was little more than a few people who ever did it. Most just joked about it, and taunted the old fogeys who got bent out of shape about it.