r/forbiddensnacks is my new favorite subreddit. It features consumer products that look just like candy or other delicious treats, but are in fact inedible or outright poisonous items such as pebbles, toilet cleaner or rat poison (pictured, by u/snarfgarfunkel)
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6:06 pm Sat
Jan 27, 2018
Tide pods are just the beginning! Behold the world of Forbidden Snacks
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