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Was the Tide Pod Challenge Ever Real? (With PJ Vogt)

2024/10/30
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PJ Vogt
一位公众广播和播客领域的知名主持人，曾主持《Reply All》和《Search Engine》等播客。
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Ryan Broderick
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Ryan Broderick 认为 Tide Pods 挑战的真实性和意义值得探讨，并分析了其背后的社会原因和媒体的影响。他认为，虽然挑战本身引发了公众恐慌，但实际造成伤害的人数远低于媒体报道和公众认知。他同时分析了互联网文化和媒体报道对事件的影响，以及公众对青少年行为的过度关注。 PJ Vogt 从互联网文化的角度分析了 Tide Pods 挑战，并将其与其他网络挑战进行比较。他认为，2005-2008 年的互联网与现在相比，虚假信息传播的危害性较小，更多的是一种娱乐性质的谣言。2015 年以后，互联网虚假信息的影响范围扩大，更多人受到负面影响。他认为，互联网将缺乏背景知识的成年人与青少年联系在一起，这加剧了公众恐慌和误解。他还分析了美国缺乏控制公共舆论的机制，容易引发全国性的歇斯底里。

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The episode begins with a discussion about the Tide Pod Challenge, a viral internet phenomenon where people, mainly teenagers, dared to eat laundry detergent pods.
  • Tide Pods were designed to look like candy, leading to the challenge.
  • The challenge gained national attention and concern due to its dangerous nature.

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Tide Pods were the king of the forbidden candies. The items that looked delicious despite being disgusting, or poisonous, if you actually bit into one. For a few months in 2018, it seemed like the biggest threat to American teenagers was the temptation to participate in the "Tide Pod Challenge," i.e., bite into the Gushers-like laundry pod on camera before calling poison control. Local news was all over the story, police were making videos warning teens of the dangers, an NFL star made a PSA. But, was this actually a real problem? Were teens across the country really this gullible? Was anyone actually being hurt or dying because they ate a Tide Pod?

Our guest PJ Vogt is the host of Search Engine. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts, and you can follow him otherwise @PJVogt.

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Credits

  • Host: Ryan Broderick

  • Producer: Grant Irving

  • Researcher: Adam Bumas

  • Business Manager: Josh Fjelstad

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