The popular squishy toy exploded after Caleb Chabolla put it in the microwave, Loyola Medicine said.
A 9-year-old boy in Illinois was hospitalized with severe burns after a TikTok trend inspired him to put his NeeDoh — a popular sensory toy — in the microwave.
Caleb Chabolla heard about the trend of heating the squishy toy from a friend at school and decided to try it on Jan. 20, Loyola Medicine said in a statement. His mother, Whitney Grubb, heard a “blood-curdling scream” as the gelatinous filling exploded on Caleb’s face and hands, it said.
Grubb took her son, whose eye had swollen shut, to the local emergency room, the statement said. He was transferred to Loyola Medicine’s Burn Center in the Chicago suburb of Maywood for further treatment and spent the night there.
Tiktok seems more and more a net harm to society. Why does it still exist?
Yeah! We’re usually so good at getting rid of things that hurt society. Wild that this one has slipped through the cracks.
Why does any social media (including this…)?
People, rightfully, point out that the only reason we know about probably 80% of the horrors in the world is because of social media. It is the closest thing there is to an actual vessel for free, minimally censored, speech and it is the only way to broadcast information that The News Media (for whatever reasons) isn’t covering.
Then those people are mostly ignored in favor of adults who are addicted insisting that it shouldn’t change and to maybe put a warning label on it.
And then the marketing firms and Brands mostly just smile and realize they don’t have to say anything.
Also, tiktok (US) is even more state owned (by the US) than twitter at this point. Not to be confused with tiktok (ROW) which is more just twitter levels of state owned (CN).
People, rightfully, point out that the only reason we know about probably 80% of the horrors in the world is because of social media. It is the closest thing there is to an actual vessel for free, minimally censored, speech and it is the only way to broadcast information that The News Media (for whatever reasons) isn’t covering.
Aw, they’re so young.
They put “TikTok” right into the headline, but the story says:
Caleb Chabolla heard about the trend of heating the squishy toy from a friend at school…
I’m sorry this kid got hurt, but cramming “TikTok” and “social media” into the headlines seems like engagement bait. There have always been trends, rumors, and dangerous dares, social media didn’t invent that stuff.
A 9-year-old boy in Illinois was hospitalized with severe burns after a TikTok trend inspired him to put his NeeDoh — a popular sensory toy — in the microwave.
Caleb Chabolla heard about the trend of heating the squishy toy from a friend at school and decided to try it on Jan. 20
I mean the moronic trend to microwave this particular toy started on tiktok so the headline isn’t really that far off.
Kids have been have done idiotic things since time immemorial, just dumbasses on tiktok are incentivized now to amplify their dangerous actions to as many impressionable youths as they can.
There have always been trends, rumors, and dangerous dares, social media didn’t invent that stuff.
Perhaps not, but they certainly enable such things to spread much faster and further than they would otherwise. And since there’s little or no oversight to what people post the harm is never checked. I’ve repeatedly reported posts on various social media platforms that are advocating fraudulent and/or directly harmful information. None of them have ever been removed as a result of those reports. As long as the content keeps audiences engaged, they refuse to act.
Gas powered Pogo sticks used to be commercially available and kids would get death traps for Christmas from their parents. Now tiktok trends target the stupid and innocent to hurt themselves in known dangerous situations. Not sure which is worse, but it sucks to be a kid.
Lawn darts were so cool
You could kill and elk with a lawn dart.
Jarts were a favorite in our backyard. Noone died. Or even got stabbed in the foot.
They had great heft.
