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Am I the only one mildly annoyed by the fact that “Do not eat” is in quotations, like it’s silica gel’s motto or something?
No, you’re not. The internet is unsurprisingly full of people being annoyed with just that.
The most valid explanation is that quotation marks used to mean something else. Before we had bold and italics and underscores, typographers would sometimes use quotation marks for emphasis. This kind of ancient mark-up language can be seen in advertising up until the 1950s or so. It is considered to be wrong now.
The stuff isn’t toxic in any way. It will swell up as it absorbs water but if you ate a packet or two no harm woulld result.
It absorbs all kinds of things, and even just absorbing an entire bunch of water is already enough to harm you.
It won’t kill you though. Just slightly harm.
A packet of silica gel is not going to dehydrate you in any meaningful way. Certainly not enough to cause any harm.
Tell that to this guy…
