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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.
Unfortunately that's no excuse we started using Silica gel in the 1950's too (shockingly early I know) they should have stopped at iteration 1.
It's to demonstrate that they have to say it, but they don't really mean it.
before silica was commercially available people used to use rice (in salt shakers, to dry electronics...)
rice contains naturally occurring silica.
also, silica is the same composition as quartz and opals.
Remember, every time there is a cautionary, public sign, it's likely because more than one person (and likely more) did what the sign said you should NOT do.
Nobody goes to the trouble and expense of putting up a sign as a theoretical deterrent.
It happened.
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.
Lesley Knope strikes agajn
Anything you could do with this that's functionally worth the effort?




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