Originally published at: Kids at camp given floor sealant instead of milk to drink, parents say it was a poor substitute | Boing Boing
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Medication?
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“Medication” is a strange word to use for this substance.
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It’s medication for floors, giving them (and now kids’ stomachs) an “attractive, low lustre finish.”
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Too bad no one in a position of authority seems too concerned about the kids brains having a “low lustre finish”.
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Newsweek reported that Weiss said the kids are doing great but had some stomach aches, headaches, and burning in their mouths and throats after ingesting the medication.
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It’s not like these containers aren’t labeled…?
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well you know, some kids were getting the runs so sealant seemed like a good plan.
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The illustration that accompanies this piece reminded me of something that DALL-E might come up with, so I plugged in the first sentence just to see. I don’t know what those kids might think, but I think these images pretty well capture how I would expect to feel after a refreshing glass of floor sealant.
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“To err on the side of caution we will be suspending the campfire sing-alongs until further notice.”
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So does your colon, now…
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I was going to feel really old if somebody didn’t have a New Shimmer comment on this post.
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This may be a case of bad product design. If a product is potentially dangerous it should be obvious in some way.
There’s a subreddit called “Dangerous Design” and there you can see a collection of stuff like a bleach bottle that’s almost identical to a milk one, both with the same brand.
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That’s because MidJourney is another AI of the kind DALL-E is. BB have been way ahead of the curve when it comes to AI post illustrations.
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When in doubt, blame Sarah Palin.
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Though, these days, the milk might rival the sealant in terms of chemical content. Nonetheless, WTF.
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I did not realize that, but it certainly explains a lot.
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Ugh, as if the kids didn’t read the required WHMIS workplace labels applied to all containers that the product was decanted into.
