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Escaping the simulation (crazypeople.online)
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[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago

Congratulations, you’ve created a new TikTok challenge.

[-] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

"What do you mean capitalism also exists in the real world? Are you sure we don't need to eat more silica gel packets? How deep does this shit go?!"

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago

How deep does this shit go?!

At the very least to The Thirteenth Floor

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

There is no more coffee, but there is...

[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

No! That's not fair... that's just not fair!

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

Ate a pack as a kid, parents flipped and took me to poison control. They just said don't do it again and we went home. If I escaped the simulation I want to go back.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 2 months ago

It's apparently just a choking hazard rather than toxic.

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Silicon gel is just Silicon Dioxide in an amorphous structure that allows water to fill the voids. So basically its just water absorbing sand.

Sometimes it is doped with chemicals to indicate humidity, which is very toxic.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's enough of the stuff in a pack that may be enough to hurt you by drying your throat and carrying stomach acid around.

Should feel like a bad digestive issue, for a short time.

Just to add, there's a lot of processed foods that have it.

[-] Thorry@feddit.org 31 points 2 months ago

Please note eating these small packets of silica gel poses no risk to your health at all. Actually silica gel is used as a food additive and can be as high as 5% in the EU and 2% in the US.

The reason for the "Do not eat" warnings is because it's a choking hazard, nothing more, nothing less.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 12 points 2 months ago

Silica beads can kinda pop and shatter if immersed in water though. I don't think it would be a huge risk but it doesn't sound pleasant

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 2 months ago

Back during my freshman year of college, we robotripped a lot. The feeling of 40 gelcaps popping in your stomach at once is really bizarre.

[-] fourhazzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

why did they pop

[-] Thorry@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah nobody said it was going to taste good or be pleasant to eat even, it would probably suck. But it won't hurt you, not physically at least.

[-] chunes@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Wow, rare that the US gives more of a fuck about its citizens than the EU

[-] MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

lol factor in the rest of the food regulations and that story is very, very, very different.

[-] TypFaffke@feddit.org 22 points 2 months ago

Now prepare to eat nothing but white goo and be hunted by machines

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Sounds like ten years from now tops.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago
[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago
[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago

Does ripping the tag off of a mattress work too?

[-] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Once you remove the tag the ancient protection seal is broken. Without it the monster that lives under your bed is now allowed on your bed. The monster doesn't eat you or anything. The monster likes to warm it's cold feet on your back and steal all the covers, so it's a terrible sleeping partner.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

My mom told me about my older brother actually eating one of those. Well... he didn't die (escape the simulation), that's for sure.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Can't tell if electrodes or his head is steaming.

this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2025
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