Silica Gel Packets.

Think back to the last time you bought a pair of shoes.

What was in the box? Shoes, obnoxious paper, maybe some extra laces, and this.




Silica gel.

And it comes with a nice little disclaimer on it that usually tells you not to eat it. I don't know about you. But the first time that I bought a pair of shoes and saw the little non-transparent bag of balls, the first thing I thought was "FUCK YEAH they even came with a snack!"

Seriously though. Is our population really this stupid? Is there really a person out there retarded enough to look at a little bag of silica gel that comes in a shoebox and automatically think that it's some sort of shoe-themed candy?

I understand that the silica gel packets are mass produced and sent out for various uses. But I don't see how the canvas-type bags could be used for anything but shoes or vitamins. Something that's not refrigerated, you know? So by that, I mean that it's either ridiculous to assume that the American population is stupid enough to necessitate the "do not eat" message, or some idiot actually ate it at one point.

Even so, all it really does if consumed is irritate your throat and shit. That's not a big deal, right? Oh wait. Wikipedia says that it can also cause Silicosis.

Well fuck.

I still don't see how a goddamn warning is necessary. If you were to eat colorless, odorless little beads that you pull out of a shoebox, you're fucking retarded and you deserve to die anyway.