Snack time is usually uneventful, but one afternoon it took a strange turn. When my son opened a sealed bag of sour cream–flavored chips, a small, solid blue disk fell out. Its smooth, uniform appearance clearly didn’t belong. I immediately stopped him from eating more, unsettled by how such an object could appear in an unopened bag. The sealed packaging only deepened the concern, and my thoughts jumped from a simple manufacturing error to something potentially dangerous. Unsure what to make of it, I photographed the disk and shared it online. Responses poured in quickly. While some echoed my alarm,...
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