Stop it!

 Before you go all ‘Ok boomer’ on me, know that I’m speaking to you as an enlightened youth. Trust me, there’s a plethora of things I’m waaaaay too young to know; this double post is worth risking the ‘hungry blog’ and tech gremlins for. I’m asking nicely for you to stop doing stupid shit and pay attention, cuz I’m gonna cite some sources.

I’ve posted before about how my I.D. doesn’t have a barcode on it so I can’t buy stuff like Sudafed, certain other medications, money orders, or anything that requires scanning your I.D.—mine is issued through my state’s Commission for the Blind.

 There’s other things too, and I realize that the problem is with the type of I.D., but stick with me here. I’m hoping that this post gets around and people will realize that their actions could have a serious impact. I’m referring to the recent craze of idiots guzzling Benadryl. 

I have life threatening allergies and trouble swallowing (I’ll allow a lewd joke there), so I sometimes need the liquid... and I’ll get it at the dollar store. Thanks to rash (like that one?)  and shameless acts by my generation for views on social media, somebody will probably pass a bit of legislation restricting sales of diphenhydramine. 

This is a link to a video by a toxicologist about what happens when you drink two bottles of liquid Benadryl:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NaAFOrudj0g

I really enjoy his stuff, but not under these circumstances.

Here’s a link to his video about gobbling detergent pods:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PmibYliBOsE

And one more about the ‘Nutmeg Challenge’. I highly recommend this one, as Dr.Bernard is pretty adamant about not doing stupid things for a little bit of fame:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl3H23g5kT0

You may also have heard that our Dear Leader is ‘trying to shut down/ban TikTok’ (also WeChat). While this has more to do with those platforms being owned by China, given all the stupid ‘challenges’ and rash behaviours that have been incited, is that such a bad thing? 

It’s a great idea if you’re gonna keep doing stupid shit. It’s a terrible idea for folks that legitimately use those platforms for business, marketing, communication, and cheap therapy. I couldn’t find the original article I wanted to cite, but here’s the link to CNBC’s post:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/09/18/trump-to-block-us-downloads-of-tiktok-wechat-on-sunday-officials-tell-reuters.html

So, I urge you to *really* think about your actions and the consequences they can have. Don’t give me that ‘stay woke’ shit when I can’t even step ‘out my house cuz of your stank ass weed when I can’t get Benadryl cuz you wanted to be famous.

Please share this. There will always be silly things, but try and be aware of the consequences of your actions down the line. I can’t stop you from eating detergent pods or putting baby powder on your twat, but maybe with your help we can get barcodes on all the I.D.s and call it a truce. 

I still don’t know why MCB I.D.s don’t have barcodes, but here’s two posts where I talk about them. The second one has a brief mention about how I have to wait for strangers to pay for money orders and then hand them cash. Yeah, it’s that stupid.

https://friendswithvoltaire.blogspot.com/2018/03/this-is-pretty-stupid.html?m=1

https://friendswithvoltaire.blogspot.com/2018/04/rant-about-paying-brioche.html?m=1