re: The dangers of Halloween candy

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The scared frickers tote guns everywhere they go



You realize they aren't "taking the gun" places so much as they carry a sidearm everywhere they go, right?


What's the point of having one if you don't have it when you need it?

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Chancing a major thread derailment but having it may created a need to have it as often or more so than ever actually needing one....

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Since I was a kid, I've heard don't take Halloween candy from strangers and about needles or razors in apples or broken glass in candied apples or other tainted candy that you may get from a stranger.

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There is a higher likelihood that some careless fentanyl or meth addict will be careless with how they handle their drugs and wind up transferring some amount of a schedule I drug to the candy somehow which is small but enough to hurt a young enough child.

Not that that happens a whole lot. I'm just saying its more likely.

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Chancing a major thread derailment but having it may created a need to have it as often or more so than ever actually needing one....

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I mean I carry an epi pen, fix a flat and a fire extinguisher around with me too.

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Since I was a kid, I've heard don't take Halloween candy from strangers and about needles or razors in apples or broken glass in candied apples or other tainted candy that you may get from a stranger.

Has anyone here ever actually experienced anything like this or know someone that has?

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This all started back in the 70s when a child died after ingesting a cyanide-laced pixie stick. It was blamed on poisoned candy until it was discovered his father murdered his child.

Since then, the poisoned/tainted treats lore has persisted as a standard for Halloween warnings, even though there have been zero cases of anyone finding a razor blade in their apple.

Oh, and the thought people would give away their drugs has always been funny

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The scared frickers tote guns everywhere they go

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Leave it to a literal commie to never understand a single thing he claims to understand.

Youre quite the pleasant surprise on the OT, your stupidity is very entertaining.

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I mean I carry an epi pen, fix a flat and a fire extinguisher around with me too.

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Do you have a belt of some kind you strap it to, a vest, or like a big bag you tote it in? That’s a lot of stuff to keep handy.

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This all started back in the 70s when a child died after ingesting a cyanide-laced pixie stick. It was blamed on poisoned candy until it was discovered his father murdered his child.

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Yeah, there were a few isolated cases. Razor blade, needles, poison...

As a kid, I think this was the first real panic I remember hearing about, but in our neighborhood nothing changed.

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There is a higher likelihood that some careless fentanyl or meth addict will be careless with how they handle their drugs and wind up transferring some amount of a schedule I drug to the candy somehow which is small but enough to hurt a young enough child.

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You think fent or meth addicts are handing out candy?

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Please tell me this isn't a real thing he put out

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It’s real - Halloween 2021

Giant Fanny Pack





Or, you know, in my vehicle. I keep jumper cables too