/oss/taxonomy/term/2588/all en /oss/article/you-asked/why-are-people-popping-laundry-pods <p>Dousing oneself with a bucket full of ice water isn’t much fun, but at least that craze was cool. It had a point: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge">raise money for ALS research</a>. Biting into a laundry pod has no point, other than to demonstrate the mental shortcomings of the biter. For some bizarre reason people have been posting videos of their grimacing faces as they chomp down on a laundry pod. If they get away with just a grimace, they are lucky. They could just as well end up in hospital with chemical burns to their mouth.</p> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:42:45 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 6904 at /oss