Tiny magnetic balls sold by Walmart recalled; regulators cite 7 dead and thousands hospitalized
Tiny magnetic balls sold by Walmart recalled; regulators cite 7 dead and thousands hospitalized
More than 4,200 units of the relax magnetic balls are being recalled, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
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I'll save you a click: they're being recalled, of course, because people are eating them.
81 0 Reply64 0 ReplyAnd our species beat out all the other hominids
21 0 ReplyImagine how dumb Neanderthals must have been.
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Didn't we do this already? I remember a big bruhaha about legislation banning tiny magnets as toys. Is '24 going to be the year of the rerun?
41 0 ReplyReality is like Hollywood, just recycling old ideas at this point.
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This isn't a new issue. Buckyballs have been on our radar for years. I bought some in 2015 and when I got mine there were warnings about not eating them as they can magnet inside the body and pinch intestines and whatnot.
38 1 ReplyBuckyballs are amazing. You can make some really neat shapes and the taste is delicious.
23 0 ReplyIt doesn't taste like pinching to me!
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Yep, I got some then and I thought they had shutdown due to this, but then I noticed here a couple years ago that they made a comeback, and I got some more...
8 0 ReplyEven though they were banned for a while, you could always get them from China on places like AliExpress and wish.
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I thought these were banned in the US quite a few years ago for the same reason…
18 0 ReplySo did I, so I was surprised to see the recall
4 0 ReplyWhy are Americans eating magnets
1 0 ReplyChildren do odd things
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And that's why we can't have nice things - too many retards are alive and somehow we need to protect them from themselves at the expense of everyone else.
27 12 ReplyI agree with the sentiment but would request not using the r-word. There are plenty of other pejoratives available.
13 15 ReplyGo back to Reddit with this crap.
13 16 ReplyAgreed, it is very retarded to use such word and it shouldn't
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The problem is when you eat more than one, right?
15 0 ReplyOr just one and any ferrous object. It is good to have options.
17 0 ReplyTrue that. But are there really that many magnetically reacting food objects?
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I feel like I read this story every year. When will retailers learn?
14 0 ReplyWhen will people learn? I feel like you can't blame retailers for people eating magnets...
But then again, 'muricans. I guess retailers should know their audience
15 1 ReplyWhen they start losing money.
8 0 ReplyYeah they need to learn that people are dumb.
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You're not supposed to eat them... SMH my head
9 2 ReplySMH my head
Shaking my head my head.
7 1 ReplyHe's had one too many magnet snacks
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Post locked due to people not being humans.
2 0 ReplyThe first time I saw a meme with SMH in it, I somehow interpreted it as So Much Hate. In that meme, and many others honestly, I think it fits.
2 0 ReplyI don't get wanting to eat pieces of metal, but I can totally understand why kids were eating tide pods. Those things look delicious!
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