1/31/2024 0 Comments Sleepy chicken challengeWant to cook chicken in NyQuil? Overdose on antihistamines? Swallow laundry detergent pods? CNN leaned in to the “challenge” scaremongering, but with the observation that most people would “recoil in horror from such dangerous suggestions”: Interest on Septemlargely began with news reports about a statement by the FDA in September 2022, coverage which framed the “trend” of “NyQuil chicken” as a credible concern. Nearly all subsequent “top” tweets were articles reporting that the FDA had issued some sort of guidance about “NyQuil chicken.” Google Trends data showed a sharp spike in searches for “NyQuil chicken” on September 20 2022, but also measured a larger peak in January 2022. Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC September 20, 2022 Why'd they call it nyquil chicken and not robitusserie Under “top” tweets, the very first also lacked additional context: Both blocks of text were identical, and neither offered context about the highly unusual concept of “NyQuil chicken.” ![]() ![]() Text emphasized by Twitter contained what appeared to be an excerpt of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance, advising readers that boiling medications “can make much more concentrated,” and that “even if you don’t eat the chicken” that “inhaling the medication’s vapors” could be harmful. ![]() On September 20 2022, Twitter’s “trending topics” prominently featured “NyQuil chicken” (purportedly due to a dangerous TikTok trend or “challenge,”) and clicking on the topic directed people to a large warning:
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