NY Lawmakers: “Make Tide Pods Look ‘Less Appetizing’ So People Don’t Eat Them”

As documented by ABC7NY:

“They say the state could lessen the risk of poisonings by prohibiting packaging that makes the pods look like candy.”

What Do Americans Think About the Proposed “Tide Pod Challenge” Solution?

Despite Hoylman and Simotas’ proposed solution, many Americans have different ideas. They seem to believe that the people who are eating Tide Pods, not Tide’s packaging, are the real problem. These views were strongly expressed via social media:

What a time to be alive. Lawmakers wish to make laundry detergent enclosed in plastic less appetizing. Honestly, can't we just let natural selection do its thing? pic.twitter.com/GcYkjO3pbq

— Orwell & Goode 🇨🇱 (@OrwellNGoode) February 6, 2018

If you don’t have enough sense to not eat chemical laundry soap, maybe it’s natural selection at work. pic.twitter.com/eTS3KB8Jfx

— Gabrielle Seunagal (@__ClassySnobbb) February 6, 2018