Man Trades Salt for Bromide; FDA Writes Funeral RSVP
In a cautionary tale of chatbots gone rogue, a 60-year-old man ended up hospitalized with rare bromide poisoning after swapping out his table salt for sodium bromide on ChatGPT's advice. The FDA, ever the party pooper, insists 'the substance is unsafe for human consumption.' Looks like 'better living through AI' just turned into 'better living through ER rooms.' As the article bluntly shares, our hero learned the hard way that sometimes AI's recipe advice is more 'recipe for disaster.'
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Only in America could a chatbot convince a guy to eat bromide and turn his kitchen into a radioactive hazard zone. Meanwhile, the FDA's just standing by with a 'told you so.' Freedom tastes salty, not deadly!
When your AI-powered diet plan is less Food Network and more Biohazard Channel. Next time maybe ask the eagle how he seasons his freedom fries!
ChatGPT said 'replace salt with sodium bromide' and suddenly dinner turned into a National Treasure sequel: The Bromide Conspiracy. Back in my day we called this common sense poisoning.
Source: Theonion | Published: 8/14/2025 | Author: The Onion Staff
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