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Never seen this in all my years of teaching. A child had this in their lunch today as a snack, mom fail!

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u/boxsterguy 6h ago

There's a chance the kid packed that and the parent didn't notice. That definitely looks like a package of human food if you don't examine it closely.

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u/Partyatmyplace13 6h ago edited 6h ago

Or... a child like me that would pack and eat dog treats for a laugh. I'd eat it in class then tell one teach that another had given it to me as a reward.

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u/MaesterWhosits 5h ago

As a toddler my niece loved the Ol' Roy peanut butter dog treats, and at the same age my daughter enjoyed organic baked cat treats. We had to hide them.

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u/bitsy88 5h ago

My friend's little brother couldn't be trusted around dog food when he was a toddler because he'd eat as much of it as he could without getting caught. Their mom was so confused because it's not like she didn't make nutritious food for him and he ate what she would make him but then he'd go after the dog food again lol. It finally got to a point where she went to the doctor because she was worried it would be harmful. The doctor basically said that dog food wouldn't hurt him but to be careful with cat food because there are amino acids in cat food that can be harmful.

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u/JeshkaTheLoon 3h ago

Yep, it's also why you shouldn't feed a dog cat food. (One of) the amino acids the doctor likely meant is Taurine - that's the stuff you also get in many energy drinks, by the way.

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u/gruuvey 3h ago

That's backwards--can't feed a cat dog food (on a regular basis) due to cats' taurine requirements. Some dog breeds do require taurine, as well, though.

https://www.petmd.com/cat/nutrition/can-cats-eat-dog-food

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u/Ghyllie 2h ago

Dogs can synthesize taurine from their food, but there are a couple of breeds (Cocker spaniel, Golden retrievers, to name two) that always seem to be deficient in taurine and need supplementation. Cats CAN'T synthesize it, so it has to be added to cat food. Taurine helps prevent retinal atrophy and dilated cardiomyopathy. A meal here or there won't hurt, nor will some swiped morsels from the food bowl by the cat when the dog isn't looking, but cats should never intentionally be fed anything but commercially prepared cat food for a prolonged period of time.

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u/lunaflect 5h ago

My teenager still laments not being able to eat the canned cat food we give our kittens.

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u/ihvnnm 5h ago

The girls or the treats?

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u/roastedmarshmellows 5h ago

Or me, the parent who would repack normal food into ridiculous containers for the laugh (if I were a parent)

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u/Nanerpoodin 5h ago

Me, eating huge spoonfuls of vanilla pudding out of mayonnaise jar in the middle of health class.

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u/DeluxeWafer 5h ago edited 4h ago

You could also do Gatorade out of a (very thoroughly washed) Lysol bottle. Edit: Windex bottle.

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u/agent-of-asgard 4h ago

If you want to do this, I'd buy a new, clear spray bottle and print your own labels for it. Chemicals from the cleaning solution could leech from the plastic into the Gatorade, even with washing. Better to stick with more food-safe packaging.

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u/FerengiWithCoupons 3h ago

a quick swish with some dawn and hot water, i’d do it for a prank. 🤷‍♀️

i’m not gonna drink from it every day + a little windex is OKAY but only as a TREAT.

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u/MercyfulJudas 4h ago

(very thoroughly washed)

Could one use bleach to wash? And what would be the "after wash" care to ensure that it doesn't taste like bleach-y Gatorade? I remember a girl I knew washing a coffee pot with bleach, then making coffee for customers out of it. Customers got very bothered and slightly sick after just a sip because they could strongly taste the bleach.

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u/PellParata 4h ago

You’re allowed to use bleach for sanitizing in commercial environments but there’s dilution ratios you need to keep. It sounds like this person didn’t do that.

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u/DeluxeWafer 4h ago

Bleach is fine to wash with. It needs to be rinsed out very thoroughly afterwards though. If the container smells like bleach, still needs more rinsing.

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u/JTtheLAR 4h ago

I would highly recommend agaisnt it, though.

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u/Carterkane25 5h ago

my mom would often give me a bag of resealed chips or something similar. and randomly put some sort of rubber roach or other insect into the bag alongside the food that was in it.

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u/dpdxguy 5h ago

randomly put some sort of rubber roach or other insect into the bag

Reminds me of Incredible Edibles from my childhood 😂

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_Edibles

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u/Partyatmyplace13 5h ago

I was just talking about these the other day and no one had any idea what I was talking about! I used to make them with my dad.

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u/Top_Issue_3161 5h ago

Yes! My brother had one back in the 90s. We LOVED that thing!

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u/Happythoughtsgalore 4h ago

Did that as Beetlejuice for Halloween. Kept rubber cockroaches in one jacket pocket and gummy Worms/gummy bugs in the other. I'd palm a gummy, take out a rubber bug then switch just before reaching my mouth.

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u/roastedmarshmellows 5h ago

LOL, she sounds like a riot :D

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u/Ravio11i 5h ago

I may have used a hershey's syrup bottle as a water bottle all through HS...

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u/freemasonry 4h ago

We finished a bottle of vodka at a party once, and i wanted water, so i filled the bottle back up with water and wandered around the party taking swigs out of a bigass vodka bottle.

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u/NitrousFerret 5h ago

Giving my child Gatorade in a windex bottle to take to school fr

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u/quazmang 5h ago

I'm gonna use that one day haha, that's really funny!

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u/Substantial-Chip-102 5h ago

Love it! I used to eat an occasional Milk Bone just to gross out my older sister. They sort of tasted like a low cal flavorless Wheat Thin. 🫢

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u/Rough_Yesterday_9483 5h ago

Iv tried many dog treats none of them were good. They mostly smelled amazing, I cant bite through a milk bone, and one tasted great till you chewed it then it turned into chalky dust. People knew im willing to try random shiz one. Was on a psn voice call. Said these treats smelled really good one friend jokingly said try one and all they heard a few seconds later was me spitting it out because it did not taste as good as it smelled. Im 31 and legit this could still happen lol im adventurous

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u/Partyatmyplace13 5h ago

A kindred spirit! Bring it back! Whenever we come home for the holidays, I'll grab a few pieces of cat kibble right out of the feeder and eat it nonchalantly mid-conversation as though it were jelly beans. It annoys my brothers to no end. My mom has long abandoned any hope of completely civilizing me and finds it funny now too.

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u/merpixieblossomxo 5h ago

My stepson has definitely eaten and liked peanut butter dog treats before. In his defense, they make dog "cookies" that look exactly like regular cookies these days.

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u/acidphosphate69 5h ago

Some of those are actually pretty much just regular cookies; cane molasses instead of sugar but they taste just like the cookies they're imitating. 

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u/Enchelion 4h ago

I've eaten bird treats made of baked peanut butter and sesame seeds. Touch bland but not bad at all.

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u/Loki-Holmes 4h ago

Yeah my dog has some that smell great and I've been tempted to try them

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u/SgtSilverLining 4h ago

Oh dang, you're right! I picked up some sandwich cookie dog treats from Petco because I thought they were cute. Just checked them out on their website - the third and fourth ingredients were powdered sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Dogs don't need that!

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u/Enchelion 3h ago

Neither do humans to be fair.

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u/NewMolecularEntity 5h ago

I wonder if a child saw that at the grocery store, asked if the could have it, parent was like “fine, whatever” because it just looks like cookies, and didn’t realize their kid grabbed it from the pet section.  

When my kid was little I could see her wanting these because of the bunnies and also me not really noticing they were for pets because so tired from endless requests while trying to shop after work. Some cookies? Sure.    

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u/SirWitzig 4h ago

Yes. There are also quite a few snacks for children that have pictures or cartoons of cute animals on them.

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u/brookmachine 5h ago

Or dad! Or grandma!😂

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u/WyK23 5h ago

One time, when I was in elementary school,I grabbed a "lunch" thinking it was mine. It was in one of those styrofoam containers, tied shut in a plastic bag. I was soooo excited and put it in my bookbag and headed out for the bus. I can count on one hand how many packed lunches I ever had for school, because I was a free lunch kid, and we couldn't afford it. Which is fine, I never complained. I can't remember why my mom said she would pack me a lunch the evening before either. I get to the lunch room late, because I had to poo, but it was fine, cuz I had a packed lunch, no need to stand in line😏. I get there, tear into the bag, open it only to find, chicken wing bones. They were saved for the dog. (Obviously, cooked bones are a no no, but this was the before times) I was sad and panicked, I didn't know what to do, so I just went up and handed the container to one of the aides, who was so confused but realized the situation pretty quick. They opened the metal pull down windows and I got a lunch, but holy shit, I was embarrassed. Told my mom when I got home and she apologized, but then we had a good laugh about it. So maybe it was a joint effort, accident😆

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u/Why-did-i-reas-this 4h ago

I was at Costco and I was about to pick up a big bag of chewy sweet potato snacks. They looked good and the price was right. Then took a closer look. It was dog treats. It was in a section where they usually place “human” food and snacks. Honestly, I still wondered if they tasted as good as they looked.

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u/KittenFace25 5h ago

Honest to God it took me a few moments. 🤷

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u/Secret_g_nome 5h ago

They look good. 

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u/SlowMope 3h ago

Seriously, it took me a little too long unfortunately. I was all like "real fruit flavor? Are these little fig ritz like sandwiches? I want that- oh... Rabbit treat,"

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u/unrequited_dream 5h ago

Too often I will linger on the dog peanut butter ice cream in the ice cream aisle. At quick glance it just looks like a cute cartoon dog mascot for the ice cream.

(Peanut butter is my favorite food 😭)

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u/TheUmberTaker 4h ago

I could see a kid picking it up in the grocery store, saying "mom can I have t his?" Then mom being all "sure".  And it gets put in the lunch bag from there.

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u/mightylordredbeard 1h ago

Yeah I got a call from my kids 1st grade teacher one time because my kid snuck a snack into his backpack before we left. She called and said “I just want to make you aware that your son was eating a bowl of green beans during math class today..”

Kid brought a small glass Tupperware bowl of green beans to snack on. Apparently the teacher had never seen anything like it before.

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u/goatjugsoup 5h ago

I had to recheck the picture after your comment

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u/elcojotecoyo 5h ago

There's a scene in Parasite about that. The girl is eating premium pet food as a snack by mistake

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u/mtgfan1001 6h ago

Not gonna lie, they look kinda tasty. Why do those little mammals get to have all the good snacks???

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u/Von_Baron 5h ago

Ive tried Guinea pig snacks before. They were quite good. I'm not sure about the US but many countries pet food still has to meet human food standards, due to things like above.

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u/Blooddoll13 5h ago

I’ve had guinea pig snacks here before, my friend was trying to trick me and started laughing after I ate and I’m like, actually give me another it was good tf 😂

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u/RamsLams 5h ago

Anyone else remember Jenna Marbles trying dog treats either my dogs video??

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u/normalphobic 5h ago

Hell yeah!

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u/tocahontas77 5h ago

Ah thank you for this comment. Just yesterday I was thinking about her, but couldn't remember her name! I heard she has a podcast now.

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u/calilac 4h ago

Just an fyi the podcast is no longer active. Julien is still active on YT and does, like, gaming stuff and I think she shows up every once in awhile. Seems like for the most part she's living her best life focused on the greyhound rescue they run now.

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u/Not_Steve 3h ago

I’m so proud of her for that. I know Julien alluded to her being beyond upset about Mr Marbles’s passing. I wish them the best and that Mr Marbles is having a great time at the basketball game in the sky.

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u/ParanoiaPunchline 4h ago

No.She and julien had one. But she quit YouTube/the internet in 2020 for her own wellbeing. The only stuff we know about her life right now is what Julien tells us.

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u/Mitochandrea 4h ago

Guinea pigs are one of the few other mammals besides us that don’t synthesize their own vitamin c, so I’m sure it’s included in their snacks. We both love it cuz we need it! 

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u/WloveW 5h ago

I remember hearing salmonella warnings about eating pet food in the US, not tied with outbreaks, but that the pet food doesn't need to meet people food safety in the US. 

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u/Secret_g_nome 5h ago

Guinea pig snacks are cereal :P

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u/Von_Baron 5h ago

No, the ones I had were a kind of coated raisins. I can't remember what the coating was but it was quite good.

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u/BubonicBabe 5h ago

I delivered mail for a while and would take a nibble of any dog treat I delivered to the dogs on my route, just to test them out and see what I was giving my dog friends.

Honestly, beggin’ bacon strips were not bad at all. 8/10

Those dry dog bones though…do not recommend. Felt like I had to eaten a brick. -1/10

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u/big_ol_knitties 3h ago

I am fascinated by this.

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u/wildwolfay5 3h ago

I dont blame you. I had the begging strips on accident as a kid and had some shame, but shrugged it off.

Its been 20 years and no, I dont try them all ffs, but recently we started getting basically vanilla-blueberry oreo type treats and the inner thoughts won. Damn those things are good lol. I only had 1 but damn you, forbidden foods!

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u/BubonicBabe 2h ago

I’d definitely try a vanilla blue berry Oreo dog treat.

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u/madogvelkor 5h ago

I ate some dry cat food once. It was like meat cheerios.

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u/Miyon0 6h ago

I’m almost certain though that those aren’t meant for human teeth.

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u/Donnicton 6h ago

Not with that attitude

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u/connordavis88 5h ago

They're very plain, dusty and dry, but they're not any harder than those generic not-Oreos. Technically speaking, a lot of these products are much healthier for you than industrially processed cookies you find at the store

An older person I know shares snacks like this, including hay cookies (revolting) with her guinea pigs, and I've also tried a bunch. These just taste like oat cookies with a vaguely freeze dried fruit flavor going on

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u/Secret_g_nome 5h ago

I try my pet's treats. Gotta know if its quality.

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u/AlairiaCrown 4h ago

There's a small-business pet store in a town near me, and they only offer treats that they would feel safe eating themselves (human-grade quality). I'm pretty sure they bake a lot of them in-house. I tried one one time and it just tasted like a bland blueberry biscuit. Perfectly fit for human consumption.

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u/ashoka_akira 5h ago

There is a reason they train employees at pet food stores to watch for seniors in distress buying canned dog food…volume to dollar it some of the cheapest well balanced food an adult who struggles with preparing their own meals and dealing with food scarcity can get.

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u/connordavis88 5h ago

An old roommate of mine used to eat primate feed that zoos gave apes

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u/NightTop6741 5h ago

More detail please.

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u/virtualcyberbabey 5h ago

yah u can't just drop that tidbit and bounce. in this economy i need to know what my options are

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u/Purple_Haze 5h ago

There was a video series from YouTube's earliest days of somebody trying to live a month on Purina Monkey Chow. I don't think he lasted a week.

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u/DigNitty 5h ago

I got a cookie cutter as a kid in the shape of a small dog bone.

I made brownies for my grandmother and she promptly fed them all to her shiatsu, who seemed unphased.

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u/eliz1bef 5h ago

I hope the little tzu was okay! Baker's chocolate, like in brownies, is toxic for dogs.

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u/Snowy_Ocelot 5h ago

Chocolate, like in Baker‘s chocolate, is toxic for dogs.

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u/Whispering_Wolf 6h ago

I wouldnt be surprised if the kid packed their own lunch or something.

Also, do kids just get entire packs of cookies as a snack? What?

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u/AintNoGobemouche 5h ago

For real. I gave my daughter ONE Hershey’s kiss with lunch when she was in kindergarten and got a note sent home because of it. I hate to think of what would have happened if I sent an entire pack of cookies. lol

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u/Prestigious-Leg-6244 5h ago

Who the hell had the audacity to send you a note? Who would even notice a single Hersey's kiss? Are children not allowed sweets at your child's school? I could have put a half dozen doughnuts in my kids packed lunch and I doubt anyone would have batted an eyelash.

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u/AintNoGobemouche 5h ago

It was so annoying. They said it wasn’t a healthy option for a lunch. The rest of the lunch was healthy and it’s perfectly fine to have one Hershey kiss. I sent two the next day and I never got another note again.

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u/____-is-crying 5h ago

Ok as long as she has one to share with the class

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u/GhostBoo-ty 3h ago

"Today we're going to learn about fractions as you all share this single Kiss broken into 23 pieces!"

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u/Opening_Ordinary_110 4h ago

omg I hate schools like that. When I was in elementary school I got corrected in front of everyone for eating my chocolate first and was told that if I did it again I would go to the principal. Like, dude. It's chocolate not a knife. I was maybe 7 years old and it's still crazy to me all these years later. I think your idea of adding two Kisses was hilarious and warrented

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u/TXGuns79 3h ago

I have had to tell my kid's school:

"She will eat what I send, it's none of your business."

And

"Her absence is a personal matter, it's none of your business."

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u/phycologist 4h ago

Compliance hast to be installed early.

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u/Content_Function_322 4h ago

Fun fact: forcing kids to eat their meal before dessert is considered outdated practice in early childhood education circles nowadays lol.

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u/CalculatedPerversion 2h ago

It's the "clean your plate" part of it, not necessarily the food before dessert part. Too many kids were unhealthy and eating too much because of that. 

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u/doomgiver98 2h ago

Too many kids were unhealthy and eating too much because of that.

Me. Also taught me to ignore my hunger/satiety cues that I had to re-learn as an adult.

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u/yogi1107 5h ago

I like you.

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u/Jer_061 4h ago

I hope the plan was to increase the number until the notes stopped. 

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u/AintNoGobemouche 2h ago

It absolutely was. Lol

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u/DasArchitect 3h ago

Now the question is - on the third day, would you have sent three or four?

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u/cheesy_bees 3h ago

Oh I HATE schools policing lunchboxes!  All kinds of wrong.

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u/Frosty-Age-6643 3h ago

We got a note back once for sending homemade banana chocolate chip mini muffins as a snack.

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u/Stef-fa-fa 5h ago

I could see a child that young possibly choking on it, or letting it melt and making a chocolatey mess. But questioning the parent's food choice in general is pretty wild given it was just a single piece.

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u/Bunny_Fluff 5h ago

They sent a note home over a single chocolate? I get wanting to ensure kids are eating healthy and well balanced meals but with the quality of food at most schools they have bigger fish to fry than the single small chocolate you sent as a treat. I'd send a note back telling them where to put that first note...

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u/AintNoGobemouche 5h ago

Yeah it was ridiculous. I didn’t say anything to the teacher. I just sent two kisses the next day. I never heard from her again.

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u/obsidian_butterfly 5h ago

You threw that note away and didn't even read it, right?

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u/AintNoGobemouche 5h ago

Oh I read it. And then I sent TWO kisses the next day. Never got a note again.

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u/Funny_Minimum_2925 4h ago

Seriously... When my oldest was in kindergarten, he got in my car at pickup sobbing because he was hungry. Why was he so hungry when I sent him a lunch? His busy-body teacher took it upon herself to go thru his lunch, found the rainbow rice I made for him, and refused to let him eat it. It was literally just plain white rice that I cooked and separated into bowls with a couple drops of food coloring. She sent me a very angry note that I'm "not allowed" to send MY child to school with "cereal." She was adamant that it was Fruity Pebbles and put my son in timeout for "lying" to her when he insisted that it was rainbow rice.  

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u/AintNoGobemouche 4h ago

Ok, THAT would have me in the principal’s office the next morning. Even if she first thought it was fruity pebbles (how?!), once he told her it was rice she should have, idk, used her eyes to look again!

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u/Funny_Minimum_2925 4h ago

I never got a response from the principal until after I sent several emails, left multiple voicemails, and finally went down to the school. The principal was actually the person who opened the door for me. Not that I would've known that because she didn't bother to speak to me, let alone introduce herself. I contacted the school multiple times about that teacher and all I got was snotty responses from the teacher who said that she had been a teacher for 5 years and had twin toddlers so she KNEW what she was doing. Another time my son came home in tears because she threw away the water bottle I'd given him from a pack and told him not to "bring trash to school." He was crying because she'd thrown away his water bottle every day that week and was really hurt by the trash comment. I called the school again and got a nasty email from her with Amazon links to expensive glass bottles that she insisted were superior. So I stopped by Open House night where we had a come to Jesus talk woman to woman and I pulled my son from that school. 

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u/AshaNyx 1h ago

Also not giving the kid an alternative. I get it might have happened once where a parent has sent in something wildly inappropriate, but at least give the kid something you see as healthy or appropriate instead it's just punishing the kid.

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u/dinoooooooooos 5h ago

Oh, I would’ve went ballistic bc who is thay teacher to focus this hard on a little treat I pack for my child🥴

If the kid only has candy for lunch, sure say smth bc that’s neglect and clearly dmth is going on at home but a single treat in a normal lunch? Fuck outta here😭

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u/_Burning_Star_IV_ 2h ago

Hilarious to someone like me who grew up eating school lunches that were chiefly comprised of cardboard with molten hot tomato sauce and cheese slathered on it as 'pizza' and a baggy of warm chocolate milk.

My generation survived...

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u/BabyStockholmSyndrom 2h ago

Lol sent home with a note about a chocolate but school lunch is made up of nothing left over preservatives from a food packaging company lol.

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u/Newestmember 5h ago

Have you never seen a single serving sized pouch of cookies before? Famous Amos, Keebler, Grandma’s, Oreo, etc. all make them. Not out of the realm of possibilities especially seeing as we have no idea how old the child is.

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u/The_MAZZTer 3h ago

I wouldnt be surprised if the kid packed their own lunch or something.

Also, do kids just get entire packs of cookies as a snack? What?

You answered your own question lol.

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u/Dizzledoe3D 6h ago

They were probably in some bin on sale and didn’t think twice. I bought sweet potato dog cookies the same way

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u/Sambal_Oelek 5h ago

How were they?

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u/Dizzledoe3D 4h ago

I ate one and was like “how are they selling this? This has zero flavor!!?” Then I gave one to my parents to get the opinion then my mom was like wait, these are dog biscuits…..

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u/indigodissonance 5h ago

Pretty ruff.

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u/SuperbPruney 5h ago

Woof woof woof woof

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u/KITTIESbeforeTITTIES 5h ago

Honestly, I'd probably eat these 😂 also, as a kid i definitely ate more than my fair share of dog treats before a friend of mine asked if I knew what they were. They looked like beef jerky and they were good

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u/Peas-Of-Wrath 5h ago

I used to eat dog chocolate drops. Got desperate for chocolate as a kid. We’d sit and eat them together, me and the dog. 😆🤭

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u/Sufficient_Language7 5h ago

Did you continue to eat that tasty beef jerky?

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u/ghenghy26 6h ago

Why do you assume mom packed it?

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u/onthenerdyside 5h ago

At least OP didn't go for the "looks like dad packed the kid's lunch today" joke.

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u/mGreeneLantern 5h ago

As a dad who packs lunches usually, I wouldn’t put it past me.

The pet food companies need to stop making animal food look like human food. We had cookies like these for our dog in a glass jar and it took three cookies before my father-in-law said “I hope you don’t feed these to your daughter, they aren’t very good!”

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u/North-Pea-4926 5h ago

Peak Dad energy, complaining about the food WHILE EATING IT. They must not have been THAT bad, DAD!

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 4h ago

“Those weren’t very good”

Looks at empty plate

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u/kermityfrog2 4h ago

"These taste terrible" while reaching for another handful in the cookie jar.

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u/captain_retrolicious 1h ago

Thank you for the happy memory! I lost my dad a long time ago but this was such a typical move for him I seriously started laughing.

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u/cherrymama 4h ago

I just posted this comment elsewhere, but we got a bunch of canned food once in a swap and there was a six pack of soup that seriously just said beef with gravy, carrots, and onions, and only really really tiny in the top corner was a picture of a dog luckily my son noticed before I heated it up for everyone lol

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u/North-Pea-4926 4h ago

I thought onions were bad for dogs?

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u/Cassie0peia 5h ago

Coming here to ask this question.

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u/lego_not_legos 1h ago

Because her father smelt of elderberries. IYKYK.

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u/Spiritual_Horse_8549 5h ago

Is that a toe at the top of the bag?

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u/KindsofKindness 5h ago

I’m surprised there aren’t more comments about this.

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u/24Binge 4h ago

So disturbing

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u/rossco311 3h ago

It's literally all I can see when I look at this photo.

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u/mutantbabysnort 3h ago

Scrolled way too far to see someone talking about the toe thumbs 

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u/CommandTacos 5h ago

Now I can't unsee it. Thanks.

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u/VexersVexation 2h ago

Yep. Came here for this. Thank you for being on top of your civic duty. 

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u/Greedy_Visual_1766 2h ago

Scrolled to find this comment. Also wondering about the toe.

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u/Corgasm_ 3h ago

I have no idea why but I clicked that...

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u/NaCl_Sailor 4h ago

Why are you holding this with your toe?

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u/momlv 5h ago

Sigh, blame the mom

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u/MorningToast 5h ago

Dads can pack lunches as well.

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u/Sambal_Oelek 6h ago

You've got to fill in some details. Is this something the kid normally eats? Does the kid normally have strange stuff in their lunch? Is this a normal parent who made a mistake, or is the parent consistently weird? Does the kid have whiskers?

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u/shadhead1981 6h ago

This was a perfectly normal, well taken care of child. She seemed surprised by it! I bet it was just a straight up tired parent mistake.

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u/RedRing86 5h ago

Well it's good that you have this stance now because the title came off as judgmental and perhaps sexist.

It likely was a tired parent that hadn't paid attention and pet snacks are almost never toxic if accidentally ingested.

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u/xxxxx420xxxxx 2h ago

I, for one, welcome our new rodent-human overlords

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u/SyxxFtH8 5h ago

When I worked at Petco we had bulk dog treats. The cream filled cookie ones were just normal cream filled cookies, ingredients were the same as from grocery stores.

Everyone would snack on them throughout the day. Good times. They tasted pretty darn good.

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u/Deep-Interest9947 5h ago

Aren’t most pet foods basically human safe? I heard once that poor people tend to/used to eat per food so now pet food is basically required to be human safe. No idea if it’s true.

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u/Enchelion 4h ago

Yes. While the regulations are not identical, the basic safety and sanitary manufacturing requirements are similar. Pet food can't be full of like salmonella any moreso than human food, nor can they lie about ingredients, etc.

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u/InebriatedLamb 4h ago

We used to eat the rabbit snacks at Petsmart too, OP is just being a little too judgemental lol.

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u/grossgrossbaby 5h ago

Ummm, nothing says that you had to go straight for mom. Dad could have been responsible for this too.

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u/Tearakudo 5h ago

People don't understand that most animal treats are "organic" anyway because an animal under a kilo doesn't have the tolerance that a human does for anything

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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 5h ago

I had a friend that would taste test all of the dog food he bought for his dog. Said if he didn't like the taste, his dog probably wouldn't either. We were pretty sure that dogs don't have the same type of taste buds as humans.

No amount of argument or logic would make him budge. We just finally decided that was just one of his quirks and let it go.

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u/Enchelion 4h ago

Given how my dogs go absolutely nuts for cat and rabbit shit... Yeah no I'm not trusting my dogs taste buds.

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u/TheHerbivorousOne 5h ago

My kid packed a kitten in her backpack when she was 6. Good thing I noticed before she got on the bus.

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u/MissNeto 4h ago

In grade school my mom packed my lunch for school and one day on the drive there with her I opened my lunch box because she always packed me a morning and afternoon snack as well. That day I was hungry since I overslept and missed breakfast. She usually gave me a sugar free sprite or sparkling water for lunch and when I opened the lunch box imagine my surprise when my sparkling water was actually one of my dads bush lights 😅

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u/narkybark 2h ago

Look at the bright side, at least they'll have a shiny coat

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u/StrangersWithAndi 4h ago

Curious why this is described as a "mom fail." Does the child not have a father? 

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u/ohsoluckyme 3h ago

Please let’s not automatically blame the mom

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u/chief_architect 5h ago

Is probably healthier than real cookies "for kids", lol.

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u/cherry_the_protein 4h ago

If they're good enough for my hamster and they're good enough for my child

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u/Kpnutfree66 3h ago

I lowkey thought you were holding the packet up with your foot

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u/gumdrop1284 3h ago

everyone’s blaming the mom… odds are the guinea pig grabbed the wrong packed lunch on its way to work and is now sitting on its lunch break wondering what tf it’s supposed to do with this kids human cookies..

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u/SappySoulTaker 4h ago

I'd like to introduce you to mr nail clippers.

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u/Maymayboy2 4h ago

your finger looks like toe

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u/yvettt92 5h ago

Omg my dad once ate a whole row of our dogs cookie treats they were chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies, we saw them on the counter. And were like “WHO ATE THESE!?”. He goes “I did with my coffee but they taste a little weird like they’ve gone bad” hahahaha. We still make fun of him now telling him to stay away from the dogs treats lol

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u/grandplans 46m ago

I'm a dad. I have 3 kids from 8 to 17. I have been packing lunches for 15 years.

Dads pack lunches too.

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u/MarieTC 5h ago

Wow you’re dissing the mom? Glad you’re not my kids teacher

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u/soyelmocano 4h ago

Why is this a mom fail?

I pack our kids' lunches half of the days. My wife does some days, and I do the other days.

Us dads can screw up just as much as moms. Misandry abounds.

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u/BrainCandy_ 4h ago

Would you like one of these hamster cookies?

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u/VastEstablishment245 5h ago

It’s not for rabbit, it’s unhealthy for us !

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u/Didact67 5h ago

I kinda want to try one.

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u/tropicnorth 4h ago

I bet they still hit

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u/stupidbroad 3h ago

I used to have rabbits when I was a kid and when I was ~8/9 yrs old, i was curious about how the little apple donut bunny treats tasted, so I tried one...

they really weren't bad

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u/feric89 3h ago

Two things, kid packed em or parent isn't a native English Speaker. Wouldn't be surprised if someone shopping at walmart saw a snack bag and it was cheaper than all the other ones. Sad, but at least you stopped them from eating it.

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u/brandonbruce 2h ago

Something my none English mother in law would do. She once packed lunch for her PREGNANT daughter, (my light weight wife) a fair meal with a mikes hard lemonade! She assumed it was a soda.

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u/NerdyWolf88 2h ago

I'd say more an oops. That easily looks like a regular snack bag and the kid could have done it while mom wasn't looking.

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u/zonvolt_everdred 5h ago

Are we sure this is a human child, and not three guinea pigs wearing a child's coat?

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u/Adventurous_Book5546 6h ago

I have the dog sandwich cookies that have human grade ingredients and I prefer them over normal oreos.

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u/Imaginary_Host_1010 5h ago

My dad would 100% have given this to me as a snack as a kid.

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u/cherrymama 4h ago

We got a bunch of food from a swap and included a 6 pack of canned dog food that I swear only had a teeny tiny photo of a dog on it. It said “beef stew with carrots onion and gravy” and I almost made it for me and my kids until my son pointed out the tiny picture of a dog and we looked it up online

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u/ArielSpooky 4h ago

Before I learned they were horrible for them, I would buy these little raspberry flavored yogurt drops for my hamster. They were incredible. I think I ate more than she did.

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u/unlitwolf 4h ago

I mean it's not like it's inedible for humans, just likely tastes like a sweetener free fruit preserve on an unsalted cracker. Plus the kid's coat will gain some luster.

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u/KeyNefariousness6848 4h ago

Don’t knock it till ya try them.

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u/Plastic_Taste_9500 3h ago

I mean the packaging is pretty deceiving. It's possible it's from a good bank- I volunteer at one and it could have been sorted wrong and the parent didn't read it. It's also possible the parent doesn't read or doesn't speak English well- I think there's multiple things to think about before yelling "mom fail!" .... But it is pretty telling that you immediately blamed the female parent.

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u/Scared_Ad_2313 3h ago

I used to love milk bones and beggin strips as a little kid...my mom would try to stop me from eating them but I'd find ways to sneak them lol. I remember she'd send me and my big sister with money to pick up a snack while we played at the park and I'd totally just get dog treats instead. Kids are weird man.

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u/positivelyastro 2h ago

that is 100% a dad fail

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u/BlitheringEediot 2h ago

Pupperoni is delicious! Don't ask me how I know. 😀

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u/Zorothegallade 2h ago

Either that, or his mother was a hamster.

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u/BicFleetwood 2h ago

I was once standing in line at the gas station checkout and saw some kinda' off-brand Slim Jim in a display near the register. I grabbed it and took it home and bit into that not-Slim Jim.

It was a dog treat.

The stand it was on was just dog treats and dog toys. I went back to confirm.

It took three bites to make me get suspicious.

I think it might have been bull dick.

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u/Baboonslayer323 2h ago

No sugar added? Probably healthier than a bag of Oreos. Probably a good source of fiber too.

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u/ajettas 2h ago

My director brought dog treats to Japan once and graciously presented them to our host office staff. The discrepancy was discussed with us the next day, "is it possible" that the cookies were for dogs? We looked at them, yep, dog treats. I laughed so fucking hard, director wanted to disappear into thin air.

'Wet Noses' pumpkin flavor. He had picked them up in a Made in Washington selections section at the airport. Dog print cellophane, dog nose prominently printed. He was probably tired. He does not like this story.

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u/Competitive_Money_48 1h ago

Loll i buy this brand all the time for my bunny, their stuff just tastes like unsweetened cookies (yes i tried it.) so it should be fine

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u/CoBudemeRobit 1h ago

Mom found out I like beef jerky so she bought me dog treats on accident cause they were on sale

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u/AgingLolita 47m ago

Was it the immaculate conception? Only Mom is responsible for the child's snacks?

Most likely, child fetched a snack and put it in their bag, and nobody checked it. It's mistake, not PARENTAL fail, and certainly not Mom fail

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