The Tide Pods Challenge! I don’t even know where to begin. This seems like some crazy
urban legend or even a low-budget comedy film, anything but real life. We're
all aware this isn’t the first insane challenge to grace our society and
if the asylum’s inmates have their way, by no means will it be the last. When
we were kids we had to suck on a soap bar because we said something naughty,
these fools are deliberately eating this stuff like it is candy, all in the
name of a challenge.
I don’t
have a problem with the challenges in particularly, that is as long as outsiders
don’t get hurt and/or bothered in the process, because I’m all for survival of
the smartest and down with the dumbest. I’m not going to lie; dumb people are
fun to watch. My issue is with the spectators. I don’t blame them for what is
going on with these buffoons, by no means is it their fault, but why are they
afraid to call them out on it? As a society we mercilessly attack each other
over something as simple as our choices in politics, but when it comes to these
knuckleheads we blame the companies, the internet, entertainment, pretty much
anything but the individuals who are performing these amazing feats of
stupidity themselves. We need to let these kings and queens adorn the crowns of
their people, which in this case would be the dunce cap, nevertheless I’m sure
they would wear it with pride.
I’m going
to get at least one person who cries out like a clubbed in the knee Nancy
Kerrigan who says, “They are just kids, why would you say that”? Let’s touch on
the word “kids”, because it encompasses an awful lot, basically anyone under eighteen
years of age by society’s standards. Don’t get it twisted, the stars of these
dope shows are not infants, they are not just learning our world and
experiencing things for the first time. The idiots who are performing these
less than stellar stunts definitely know better, a lot better unfortunately.
The whole, “they are just kids” crap is just that, and needs to be flushed down
the toilet and sent to a watery grave!
For the
record, all the participants in these whacked out challenges are not under the
age of eighteen, as much as it pains me to say. However, we are specifically
speaking of the Tide Pods challenge and most of its players seem to be minors
so that’s where we stand. I don’t want you to think that we adults are
immune to this stuff, far from it; some of us make a box of rocks look like
Einstein. These assorted mixed nuts, mostly peanuts of course, do this nonsense
so they have something to post on their YouTube channels, all for “likes” and
dizzy dreams of fifteen minutes of fame.
There are
people in some countries who are fighting for clean water and a morsel of food
while we have people (and I use that term loosely) over here eating Tide Pods
and continuously dreaming up even more ridiculousness to sink our teeth into
every day, without an ounce of remorse or embarrassment. The rest of the world
has to look upon us as if we’re riding the short bus! Why wouldn’t they, our
mascots all belong in padded rooms wearing the latest in straitjacket fashions.
We also have individuals who willingly cheer them on like they were rooting for
their favorite sports team, they are not forced to do this, and they freely
encourage this kind of behavior.
You want a
real challenge; try to successfully endure this world without being a moron.
Game, set, match.
Well there
you have it, my two cents on a topic that’s worth about half that. Keeping
reaching for stars and eating laundry soap packets, keep the American dream
alive!
MJM
