This is true. People were very chill. You could get chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs. Folks would feed you peas on a little spoon while making airplane noises. You could even dump a whole bowl of spaghetti on your head if you wanted. Totally fine. Not sure what happened.
POV: you go down the Kars4Kids rabbit hole and end up watching a video of orthodox Jews chasing the official mascot of the organization, Fiveish the 5 dollar bill, through the streets of Israel because they assumed it was an antisemitic prank.