- On Friday, Procter & Gamble announced that it would start selling Tide detergent in an eco-friendly box.
- Yep, it looks like boxed wine, and everyone is making the same joke.
- It's an easy comparison to draw, not too long ago people were eating Tide pods for sport
Soon, if you order Tide laundry detergent online it'll be shipped to you in a cardboard box with a spigot, Procter & Gamble announced on Friday.
It's been quite a year for Tide, who earlier this year had to contend with the Tide Pod Challenge, in which people would video themselves eating the brightly colored detergent pods effectively poisoning themselves. The viral challenge resulted in thousands of YouTube videos and dozens of Tide Pod-related memes.
Tide's newest design, the "Tide Eco-Box," is intended to be environmentally friendly and uses 60% less plastic than a 150-ounce plastic bottle of Tide would if it were to be ordered online, per the press release. But let's be real: It basically looks like a box of wine.
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And when CNN Business tweeted a picture of the box along with a corresponding story, it became immediately apparent that everyone has, uh, a one-track mind.
Why Procter & Gamble will start delivering Tide in a shoe box https://t.co/N3qkRay8MDpic.twitter.com/8LZrDrLK1z
— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) November 10, 2018
All anyone could point out is that it looks suspiciously like a box of Franzia.
well now it just looks like boxed wine https://t.co/EBatEOLy3w
— stephanie 🍁 (@mckellogs) November 10, 2018
Slap the bag https://t.co/cQDI70AtaQ
— Cam (@chustoo) November 12, 2018
Broke: Franzia
— Mitchell Edwards (@Chee_toh) November 12, 2018
Woke: Tidezia https://t.co/ftslOmO3hD
I'll take one on the rocks https://t.co/gDXwzZAvLO
— Jacob Shamsian (@JayShams) November 12, 2018
forbidden wine https://t.co/dnOzg3DEev
— Elena 🌼 (@arealjellyfish) November 12, 2018
Tide's Boxed Wine looks delicious. https://t.co/tkM2LNRWce
— 🦃 Mashed Kootatoes w/Gravy 🦃 (@Koomasters) November 12, 2018
I’ve never tried boxed wine before but hey there’s a first time for everything https://t.co/REDocKY6Zc
— Jake (@jtated) November 12, 2018
Y'all heard of box wine? Get ready for... https://t.co/Tz6qgqUk28
— ✨🦇🔮💀Goth Thot💀🔮🦇✨ (@TheSharkPilot) November 10, 2018
And some joked that the new box design is truly just the next level of the Tide Pod Challenge.
tide pods who? we doing boxed tide in 2019. https://t.co/4Dq00mawgD
— cachi's baby 🍬 (@daeggukie) November 11, 2018
move over tide pods, can’t wait for all the kiddos to play slap the box with tide. https://t.co/AmqouXXdSI
— malena (@Itsmalena) November 12, 2018
The civilized way to consume Tide https://t.co/IYSETKtUW6
— Jaakko Kauranen (@rocketshipclub) November 12, 2018
this is just tide pods for wine moms https://t.co/xdTSQ77ngW
— goalcam the terrible (@goalcam) November 12, 2018
Instead of eating tide pods we'll be drinking it out of wine glasses. https://t.co/tL4Vv5LGJo
— Bennett Karoll (@TheBennettK) November 12, 2018
Procter & Gamble: "Don't eat laundry detergent"
— AOL Instant Mess (@JennMint) November 12, 2018
Also Procter & Gamble: *makes Tide look like boxed wine* https://t.co/GbhYxloUpK
But, guys, seriously, this stuff is not to be ingested.
In a statement provided to INSIDER, a representative for Procter & Gamble said that the eco-friendly design is meant to be taken at face value.
"We all know laundry detergent is for cleaning clothes," the statement said. "To be sure people know this is detergent, we put a large picture of our Tide bottle on the side of the box. Whether your Tide comes in a box or a bottle, it should be stored up and away, out of the reach of children."
So, just to be crystal clear: Detergent is not for consumption! Thanks so much!
UPDATE: November 12, 2018: This post was updated to include a statement from Procter & Gamble.
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