• slothrop@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    When I was a kid in the 60s, we used to get so many razor blades in our apples, my dad didn’t ever have to buy them, and he bought extra houses instead.
    Good old days.

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    4 months ago

    This candy was fucked with! If only I could remember the houses I took my kids to! Oh well, I guess we’ll never know who did this.

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      4 months ago

      They can’t exactly go door to door and have a brief conversation with everyone. That would take most of an evening!

      Joking of course.

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      4 months ago

      You would definitely notice the cut in skin with a cursory examination. I think sewing needles would be more effective.

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    4 months ago

    My dad just sent me a nextdoor post claiming to be from the police saying some kids found sewing needles in gummy bears… How to know if it is a hoax?

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      4 months ago

      The police would not be communicating via next door they’d be putting out official communication via normal methods of something like this.

      Not assuming you believe it, but it’s a good line of discussion to encourage critical social media use for your parents

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    4 months ago

    Problem I worry is that because both media and all of you create so much attention to this issue, it’s likely to happen at some point

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      4 months ago

      They’ve been saying it on the national news for 40+ years as though it’s true, but yeah one of the hundred and fifteen people who read this on Lemmy are definitely going to be the first ones to actually do it.

      🙄

    • IndridCold@lemmy.caOP
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      4 months ago

      THOUGHTCRIME!

      Just discussing this hoax that has never happened means it MIGHT happen. You’re all accomplices. Don’t fight. Don’t run. Turn yourself in. Do it now. Don’t make matters worse for yourself.

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    4 months ago

    Quick google search reveals multiple cases of items being inserted into Halloween candy. Usually needles. Theere were a couple this year in the US. They are isolated incidents, though.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t usually call for a cite, but I’ll have to ask for a cite on this.

      Halloween Sadism is the lie that never dies. The very few cases we have of it is done by the family of the child. It’s targeted not random.