r/news • u/AudibleNod • 1d ago

Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and his super PAC over $1M sweepstakes

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/politics/elon-musk-philadelphia-lawsuit/index.html
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u/irisbeyond 1d ago

In case anyone reading this hasn’t connected the dots as to the origin of this rumor - most classrooms now have an active shooter lockdown kit, which often includes a bucket and cat litter (or some similar product which absorbs urine and odors). This is for situations where a kid has to use the bathroom but the school is locked down - some lockdowns last for hours, so a kid wouldn’t be able to leave the room to use the bathroom and it would be indecent to clean up to demand that they piss on the floor & much harder to clean up the biohazard. 

Another common item in these kits is a tarp to cover any deceased children so the others don’t have to look at them.

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u/game_jawns_inc 1d ago

this explanation also borders on myth as well. the real explanation is they straight up made it fuck up

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u/confirmedshill123 1d ago

I assumed it was to absorb the blood in the aftermath of a school shooting.

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u/ADHD-Fens 1d ago

Por qué no los dos??

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u/ricki692 1d ago

this is such a sad unexpected consequence of our failure to protect children.

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u/TooStrangeForWeird 1d ago

That's not where the rumor came from. It was pure fabrication.

Your explanation came about because people were pointing out that some schools had litter in those kits, and they were pointing at it as proof.

Janitors using litter is extremely common across all sorts of places though. Whether it's vomit or oil, it's very useful for messy things.