People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear

Poultry Geist 3 years ago

Right ? That’s why I quit cleaning mine !

12points

Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

Sodium Hydroxide. Also known as caustic soda.

17points

Emma Perkins 3 years ago

Oh god, that would be an awful way to die. I use it in soap making and have accidentally made caustic steam once, and it causes immediate burning and coughing as soon as you breath a tiny bit. That was from adding it to cold water, so I cant imagine straight, heated lye burns.

14points

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

C**p! This needs to be higher glad I know this. I hate that stuff it so strong

15points

Jojo Armani 3 years ago

Yea, this stuff is nasty. Used it once, inhaled the airborne particles and felt this burning sensation in my nasal and throat. Couldn’t stop coughing and had to step away for some fresh air.

7points

Nadine Debard 3 years ago

I use some mineral powder, different brands and names like Bistrot or Pierre d'argent, designed to clean silverware but not only. It contains mainly white clay. It cleans burnt grease very well.

6points

BadCat 3 years ago

I hate oven cleaner but it's the only thing I know that cleans ovens well. But I'm willing to switch to something that isn't going to kill me.

4points

Superninjatiger 3 years ago (edited)

Tips: Mix baking soda(bicarbonate) with hot water, it should be a pasta-like texture, spread it around. Put vinegar in a spray bottle and spray all over, it will bubble and frizzle, leave it for a while and then take a sponge and wipe it away. Or take two parts soap(not the one you wash yourself with but the type you clean with, dont know what its called in english and translate didnt help, but if you picture google "såpa" you will get the idea of what I mean) with one part water, put in a spray bottle and spray the whole oven, turn it on to between 100-150° celcius or like between 215-300 fahrenheit, and leave for 15 minutes. When it cools down, wipe away with water and a rag/cloth.

15points

Lainie 3 years ago

I hate that smell and now I know why.

3points

Steven Meyer 3 years ago

Yes the instructions say if you have stubborn stains to turn oven on until it reaches the temperature of 200 and then turn it off. If you use it hotter than that you’re going to inhale fumes that will kill you. Even then if I do my oven at 200° I will wear a surgical mask which helps diffuse the fumes.

2points

Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago

200..... F or C? That might make a huge difference! (I think F because 200°C is really hot)

0points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

:(

2points

TheDivineMsM 3 years ago

K. I'll never use oven cleaner again.

2points

Icecreamkillax , Mathanki Kodavasal Report

We managed to get in touch with the person who made the post and they were kind enough to tell us more about what led to it. "I got the idea for the question from a meme which has two identical cups of blue liquid," Cool_Kid_Lit_Fam_Sam told Bored Panda.

"Behind one of the cups was a bottle of blue mountain dew and behind the other cup was a bottle of Windex. When I saw this I started thinking about how deadly accidentally drinking a cup of Windex would be even though it's an everyday household item that a lot of people have. From this original thought, I turned to Reddit to see what other household objects we were underestimating," the Redditor recalled.

#2

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear my mom used to boil a pot of bleach mixed with ammonia every saturday after cleaning. She said it was to “make the house smell clean” surprised im still alive

Final score:

227points

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NsG 3 years ago

Oh look, this needs the same warning. Cat urine contains ammonia - do not bleach their litter trays!

125points

Lainie 3 years ago

They don't want to go there if it was bleached.

14points

Zack Podany 3 years ago

Urine, specifically urea, breaks down into ammonia over time. This is true for any urine based cleanup task.

1point

IamMe 3 years ago

All urine contains ammonia, so it's not great for bathrooms or dog messes, either.

1point

Monday 3 years ago

I am suddenly very happy my cats do their business outdoors

0points

Dirk Daring 3 years ago

OP's mom freshened up the house by violating the Geneva Convention.

23points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Wha ..... I had to read 3 times to make sure I got it right. It's a miracle you're still alive for sure.

20points

SCP 4666 3 years ago

If you let Ammonia react with Bleach you get nitrogentrichloride which is extremely unstable

17points

Ryner 3 years ago

AKA: MUSTARD GASSSSS. ALL MY BOIS LOVE THE SMELLY WW1 FART.

14points

Local foodie 3 years ago

Oh s**t

1point

Tim 3 years ago

Any nitrogen chloride is dangerous. Mostly, you will get chloramine, which is one nitrogen, one chlorine and two hydrogen atoms.

0points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

How are you all alive??? That basically makes mustard gas! Sodium Hypochlorite and Ammonia make chlorine gas, hydrochloric acid, and hydrazine; the last of which is basically ROCKET FUEL. It's extremely explosively flammable.

10points

Night Owl 3 years ago

Imagine if someone went to light up a candle or a cigarete next to it ...

2points

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Wow I'm surprised that people don't know this

7points

majandess 3 years ago

My husband once mixed cleaners in the bathroom I was cleaning, and nearly gassed me into the hospital. Since he was in college at the time, I strongly urged him to take a chemistry class. He did - he took a course called "chemistry in the home", and the house was much safer.

5points

SilentBob 3 years ago

I call BS. His mother wouldn't have been able to even turn the stove top on without getting very, very sick.

4points

DPNY 53 3 years ago

My stepfather made me scrub the tub with this concoction. Couldn't breathe! Makes me wonder, was he trying to kill me?!

2points

Tina B 3 years ago

Yes. This is how the mother tortured the son in "A Boy Called It".

0points

Susan Teter 3 years ago

WHAT THE FRESH HELL???

2points

#3

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Not sure if this is entirely related but i feel like it’s surprising that most people don’t know that you can’t put out a grease fire with water

themountainlotus , State Farm Report

Final score:

196points

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Vector 3 years ago

its scary how many people have to learn the hard way

43points

Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago

See, people will know that on the abstract sense, but if a fire suddenly breaks out on your stove I can totally understand people not going through the whole “right…not this is a grease fire so water is right out. What else did they say? Flour? Baking powder?”.

8points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

Also if you ever get caught on fire stop drop and roll really does work. One day I was wearing a big shirt and I had a candle lit and the fan blew my shirt into the candle and the next thing I know my whole back is on fire. I had second degree burns but it would have been way worse if I had panicked.

6points

Violet Jensen 3 years ago

Guilty!

0points

Robert T 3 years ago

Not only will water not put it out, it will make it a million times worse, as it will spit flaming oil everywhere in a huge ball of fire.

10points

Roe Rainrunner 3 years ago

I have a small fire extinguisher and fire blanket next to my oven - for said reason :-(

10points

Earl Grey 3 years ago

This reminded me that I probably need to replace my aging fire extinguisher.

1point

DaveR38 3 years ago

There used to be adverts showing this in the UK. You don't see them now that chip pans are less common though.

6points

This Person 3 years ago

Yes, oven chips have quietly taken over completely.

2points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Cover it or use baking soda. Water just causes it to spread. Can't use water for a gasoline or oil fires either. DO NOT use corn starch as a substitute. Corn starch powder when aerosolized is explosive.

4points

Omi bub 3 years ago

Wet tea towel. It wouldvtaje me at least 15 minutes to find baking soda (& that's if I even have any)

2points

BadCat 3 years ago

I believe you're supposed to use baking soda or just get the extinguisher and for god sakes get the heck out of their and call 911, even if you think you have it under control.

4points

Omi bub 3 years ago

Wet tea towel. (Orvany other wet non-flammable fabric). Works like a dream & easily to hand

1point

The Redhead 3 years ago

Salt or baking soda.

3points

IamMe 3 years ago

That's what I was taught, too. Have used both, and never had a problem.

1point

I I 3 years ago

damp towel over the pan and smoother the fire , make sure it's just DAMP and not dripping wet.

3points

Wouter 3 years ago

Use a lid. Damp is pretty risky too - to dry and it will just add to the fire, to wet and you will still have a flaming ball of fire-y death.

14points

Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago

Just for reference, the Mythbusters had this in an episode. they managed to make a 30ft fireball with it. Here's a small-scale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmjSUlKoMXE and that's already impressive!

2points

Agata Fronia 3 years ago

I think people are aware of that, but in state of stress people tend to act out of instinct, fire -> water

2points

Cool_Kid_Lit_Fam_Sam believes it's easy to forget that many household objects are, in-fact, life-threatening because of the status these items have in our lives.

"The word 'household objects' means objects or items that most people have around their home. Whether it's a sponge or a broom these are things most people have in their homes which makes it interesting when you think about how these everyday items could end up being the death of you. Also may I add, most people would not think these items could hurt and/or kill them due to how accessible they are, which adds to the interest of it."

#4

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear I have an important story!! When my dad was a kid, one of his good friends died by inhaling Pam cooking spray. The boy was a good, smart kid and just thought inhaling Pam would get you a little high, like sniffing a Sharpie or whatever. But Pam coats your lungs and very quickly suffocates you if you breathe it in. He had no idea how dangerous it was and he was dead in minutes. It was absolutely devastating for everyone who knew him. TLDR; never ever inhale Pam and be very careful leaving it around kids! Make sure your kids are aware that it is deadly!

greenoctopusink , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

196points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

Also, please note that inhaling things does not result in a "high," it results in oxygen deprivation. You aren't high, you're losing control of your cognitive functions because your brain is not getting enough air. Doing this repeatedly or for a prolonged time will ACTUALLY kill brain cells.

21points

Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago

I had a good friend who got addicted to "huffing" the aerosol used in canned computer cleaners. You could actually see her losing cognitive function the longer she used. Loss of impulse control, inability to understand cause and effect, loss of proprioception (the awareness of the body in space); it was completely horrifying. And there worst thing was that she lost the ability to perceive her own addiction. Finally, the inevitable happened, and her body shut down. A beautiful woman, a high-school teacher, and a mom. Such a waste.

12points

timebleeder 3 years ago

Obviously you've never huffed anything. I'm not promoting huffing chemicals but I have in the past and there is a big difference between general oxygen deprivation and chemical inhalants. If there wasn't a difference you could get the same high from choking and you don't. It depends on what your huffing. Some things will get you real high.

1point

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Yes

0points

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Don't inhale anything. Especially paint and this and glue and could go on and on. Doing that stuff causes a lot of problems and most people will die from inhaling strong glues and paint and pam.

14points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

My friend's brother died in Middle School from huffing Freon out of the air conditioner.

6points

h to da izzle 3 years ago

some of my friends back in the 90s used to sniff "Shoegoo", it was like liquid shoe repair for skateboarding shoes. Some years ago i met one of them. no teeth, skin like a white wall with a lot of dents and scratches, beggin for some spare change. was a very disturbing and disappointing encounter

7points

Scott Baysinger 3 years ago

Shoegoo is useful stuff but very messy. 'Need acetone to clean up. Smells great:)

0points

Xenon 3 years ago

Same with Scotchguard. That's a fabric spray to prevent stains, it coats fabrics, and your lungs if you huff it.

4points

Rannveig Ess 3 years ago

This is also true of those plug-in air fresheners. Many contain oil. When they dissapate, they are micro-droplets that you breathe in. I know 2 people who got serious lung infections from having them in their bedroom. Takes a while, but it coats your lungs and there are lots of chemicals in them that are just not good to be breathing.

2points

DumYum 3 years ago

This needs to be upvoted so more people can be warned.

0points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

why the f**k would anyone smell pam

2points

Geth Platform 3 years ago

He wasn't that smart to begin with if he thought it was a great idea to inhale cooking oil.

1point

Silviu Leibovici 3 years ago

any oil based spray (cooking oil also) will mess up lungs... and might drown you ...

1point

Beachbum 3 years ago

Damn! I had no idea!

1point

LSR 3 years ago

Darwin award of the day!!

0points

#5

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear My wife's favorite pans. See you with a metal utensil anywhere near it, and she will kill you.

DWBKC , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

180points

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Lainie 3 years ago

Smart lady :)

51points

BadCat 3 years ago

If it's nonstick, yeah. The coating is cancerous if you scratch it up and it goes into the food you ingest.

21points

Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago

Fixed your downvotes. People, don’t downvote unless it’s spam! Keep the conversation going! But, yes, BadCat, metal utensils on a non-stick will ruin them. The irony of the pans in the fridge thumbnail picture being safe for metal utensils

22points

SkekVi 3 years ago

Rules of the Housewife: Don't soap my cast iron, don't put metal on my nonstick, and do not TOUCH my fabric shears!!!

12points

Ansi 3 years ago

Adding: Don't use my homewoven linen kitchen towels to wipe up tomatosause from the floor!! 😯😬

4points

Michael Barnes 3 years ago

Now that soaps aren't made with lye, it's actually perfectly fine to use a gentle dish soap on cast iron as long as you continue the usual daily care of the pan. I use Castille soap on my cast iron multiple times a day and the seasoning is still gorgeous.

2points

Memere 3 years ago

You can use a mild soap on cast iron, just don't scour them unless you plan to re-season them right away. And it's not the end of the world - re-seasoning is easy to do & doesn't take long.

0points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

hell hath no fury like a woman scorned (cause you touched her pans)

3points

Winter Eleven 3 years ago

Reasonable

3points

Speedgoat 3 years ago

Quite. Non-stick pans, and if a crafter, those favorite scissors.

2points

Sabrina Bowen 3 years ago

Sorry to tell you, but your wife's pans are a bigger threat than your wife. Nonstick coating breaks down no matter what you use in them and it's in your food.

2points

Amy Taylor 3 years ago

I only use stainless steel or cast iron. And use all metal utensils on them. teflon is the devil.

1point

Aria Whitaker 3 years ago

I. NEED. THOSE. PANS.

2points

TeaAndWhimsy 3 years ago

Haha me too.

2points

Sally Horrocks 3 years ago

Harsh but fair

1point

Rachel Grig 3 years ago

Aren't the ladles metal?

0points

However, according to the National Safety Council, over the last 10 years, American home and community deaths have increased by 76%, and the death rate per 100,000 people has increased by 66%.

In 2020, an estimated 156,300 preventable injury-related deaths occurred in the country's homes and communities, or about 78% of all preventable injury-related deaths that year.

The number of deaths was up 18.9% from the 2019 total of 131,400. An additional 46,800,000 people suffered non-fatal medically consulted injuries.

The leading cause of death American homes and communities is poisoning (56%), followed by falls (26%).

#6

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Doesn't exactly kill but can f**k your hand up for life so remember kids: A falling knife has no handle.

Corvus_Manufaktura , Lauren Jong Report

Final score:

174points

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Allison B 3 years ago

I once dropped a very large chef's knife and instinctively tried to catch it not even thinking. Instead I got a cut in the webbing between my thumb and index finger. Luckily it wasn't TOO bad but it was not fun healing since it moves all the time

6points

Punkie 3 years ago

Ouch!

0points

RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 3 years ago

One time my grandpa dropped a butter knife on my foot. I wasn’t cut it just left a small mark on my foot. We still laugh about in today and whenever he’s using a butter knife we all say oh watch out for grandpa he’ll drop it on you!

4points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago

When I used to work in a bakery we had basic knife skills training courses. Even duller knifes can still give you a really nasty nick. Yet, I was the ding dong that cut open my hand on a tin of tuna...

3points

Nimues Child 3 years ago

Can confirm. I have the scar on my hand to prove it. Luckily it was just a steak knife and not a chef's knife.

3points

April Caron 3 years ago

The same goes for hot irons. (Whatever you do… do NOT bend your leg in an attempt to stop the iron from falling off the ironing board and then attempt to catch it with your hands. That’s how you end up with a suspiciously iron-shaped scar on your thigh.)

2points

Raphael Richarz 3 years ago

Similar: Never try to catch falling glass

1point

SilentBob 3 years ago

I once caught a knife. Cut my pinky down to the bone and I had to have reconstructive nerve surgery. Even after 40 years, the finger doesn't bend properly.

1point

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

yes

1point

Winter Eleven 3 years ago

I did caught one by the blade. Luckily it was so dull i only got a tiny scratch

1point

John Austin 1 year ago

Yup, nearly lost my pinkie when I dropped a bread knife. Just let the damn thing fall

0points

#7

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Bleach and other cleaners accidentally mixed together.

Luder09 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

162points

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I I 3 years ago

bleach and rubbing alcohol will knock you out as it makes chloroform

86points

Jenn C 3 years ago

Does this really work? I'm asking for a friend... *Hides duct tape and big shovel*

8points

B 🇺🇦🇨🇦 3 years ago

Bleach and vinegar should never ever be mixed either!

3points

J J 3 years ago

Insomniac pro tip: bleach and rubbing alcohol for sleep remedy ..

1point

Andrew Bridge 3 years ago

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0points

Holly Hobby 3 years ago

*writing* Thanks!

0points

MyloXyloto 3 years ago

Anyone here don't know what happens when you breathe in chloroform? I suggest you read Artemis by Andy Weir. They had to learn it the hard way.

0points

Vic D 3 years ago

My neighbor blew up the pipes by mixing bleach and clog remover a few years ago.

4points

Shane S 3 years ago

I truly did this accidentally. I mixed bleach and oxyclean trying to get bright whites. Apparently, you don’t mix bleach with peroxide either. I didn’t think about it. I just thought oxyclean was detergent.

2points

Debbie Burton 3 years ago

I work with the elderly and we are not allowed to use bleach.... one old lady knew that so asked me to pour vinegar in her toilet. She had already put the bleach in apparenlty :O found out after the fumes nearly knocked us both out

1point

Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago

I'm glad you are both okay!

0points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

Yeah

1point

Clover 3 years ago

I try to tell my husband about this, but he just acts like I'm " whistling Dixie ".

0points

Adam Eve 3 years ago

Start replacing "bleach" with "5-10% chlorine solutions" maybe your Google search gets a bit more real

0points

Steven Meyer 3 years ago

If you mix bleach and ammonia together you make mustard gas… This will kill you.

0points

Omi bub 3 years ago

Yes the cleaner wherevI worked got COPD from this. It was really sad, such a debilitating illness & seeing her struggle for breath looked like torture. Killed her in the end.

0points

Raphael Richarz 3 years ago

I remember once mixing shock chlorination tablets with the standard ones. The reaction was quite "intense"

0points

Cool_Kid_Lit_Fam_Sam is inclined to think that these tragedies are a result of "people being people."

"As stated before, most folks would not see [their homes] as outright dangerous henceforth they shall let their guard down until... They've accidentally crafted an extremely poisonous gas or simply missed a step on their ladder."

#8

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Candles. Just because they're trendy and smell nice, doesn't mean they're not still a naked flame that can cause a housefire that can kill you in your sleep.

NeverCadburys , Katy Report

Final score:

159points

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Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Don't leave candle burning while your alsleep or away. Keep a close eye on them

78points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

I posted it in another thread but one time I had a candle burning and I had a very big shirt on to sleep in. I was standing in front of the candle not really thinking and I had a fan going and it blew my shirt into the candle and the next thing I know my back is on fire. I stopped dropped and rolled and luckily got away with second-degree burns that left no scarring. But I am definitely way more careful and I bought a fire extinguisher I keep under my bed.

4points

Melissa Boufford 3 years ago

And please purchase candles with cotton wicks. Some wicks contain a thin lead inner wire.

2points

Allison B 3 years ago

Agreed. That's why I don't keep candles in my house. I know I'd forget. Instead I just use plug in air fresheners.

1point

Rod 3 years ago

or burn your cat's whiskers... :(

8points

Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago

I'm afraid of candles in my house precisely because my cats wave their tails everywhere and knock stuff over all the time!

1point

Vinita Talaulikar 3 years ago

Extinquish any burning candle flame before leaving the house or going to nap/ siesta or sleep.

6points

Weed in the Garden 3 years ago

Nod of shame - poor husband has to do the evening walk through the house to make sure I'm not BBQ'ing us in our sleep. Sorry honey!

3points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Never leave those little Glade candles burning unattended, period. They will explode if burned to the very bottom. It overheats the cheap glass. It even says so on the warning label; not that anyone is going to read directions on a candle.

2points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

Bro that's paranoia

2points

Penny Hernandez 3 years ago

I used to burn tea candles until one of my cats walked over one and set her belly hair on fire. Ever chase a burning cat down a hall? Fortunately, she had very thick hair and wasn't hurt at all but she did smell bad for a while. No more candles in my house!

2points

My Full Name Is Way Too Long 3 years ago

Yup, happened at my mother's house years ago. One evening she lit up a candle and fell asleep. At a certain point the flame touched a piece of plastic ornament on the candle holder which caught fire which then lit up the table and everything on and near it. As I arrived home from my then boyfriend's house I was shocked to see the house was full of smoke, but luckily she woke up just in time to put the fire out. The worst thing I lost that evening were the pictures of my backpack trip which had just been developed haha, but onviously this could've ended very bad very fast. To this day I'm just really greatful thst I found my mother alive and well, very shocked but very much alive.

2points

RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 3 years ago

This so why is don’t light my candles I use a candle warmer.

1point

Satan Laughs 3 years ago

That escalated quickly. Get a grip. It’s a f-in candle. The oils you’re inhaling are really the most concerning issue.

1point

#9

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Pressure washers. The jet immediately penetrates the skin, injecting whatever's inside the washer or lining the washer into the blood stream. Even new, first time use cases can cause severe damage to the body. Do NOT play with pressure washers.

anon , Peachtree Pressure Report

Final score:

158points

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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

If a pressure washer on the strongest setting can peel paint off your car, it gives you a really good illustration of what it can do to YOU. No horsing around with a power washer, people. It. Is. NOT. A. Toy!

13points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

The same thing goes for faffing about with hydraulic equipment. Suffering an injection of hydraulic fluid from a broken line (even a pinhole leak) can easily result in the loss of a limb or your life.

4points

Rosemary Booth 3 years ago

"Faffing about" Hahaha!! That phrase really made me laugh for some reason.

1point

Justin Laflamme 3 years ago

We had a gas one for the boat. It would carve teak if you weren't careful. Its a wood that's harder than oak.

4points

Midnightcat444 3 years ago

My dad once accidentally sprayed his hand with one of these and he had a large gash that took a few months to heal

3points

April Caron 3 years ago

Same. My ex accidentally barely caught my finger in the jet (he wasn’t a very careful person). The gash went to the bone. All I could do is cradle my finger with my other hand and cry. He thought I was being melodramatic until the blood started dripping between my fingers. An ER visit, antibiotics, several follow up doctor’s visits, and months later… it finally healed. My ex felt awful. He had no idea how dangerous pressure washers were.

7points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

I'VE SEEN SUPERSTORE! I KNOW WHAT A PRESSURE WASHER CAN DO

3points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

I own one. I know not to ever spray flesh with it.

2points

NevadaJo 3 years ago

In 2014 we were pressure washing the house we bought with a cheap electric system. I had safety goggles as a precaution since I grew up using them. The jet hit a inner corner of the steps sending water droplets over the glasses into my eye at high speed. I couldn't see and the pain was excruciating and I couldn't open my eye lids without feeling like I was going to die. I went to the er and they did a few test and everything looked fine so he sent me home with a diagnoses of my eye being irritated from me rubbing them. A week later I was still in pain but it was getting better I was now two hours away from home for training and during a lunch break went to my car. My eye was scratchy and when I looked in the mirror I saw in the corner of my eye a hair, so thinking it was an eye lash I pulled it out. It was a 16 inch long strand of hair weave that was catapulted in my eye from the pressure washer. Apparently the ER Doctor was blind or it hid really well. After that I had zero problems

1point

Lola Rogers 3 years ago

Also, even if you're careful to point it away from any humans, if you're a relatively small person and using it for the first time, the sudden pressure when you turn it on can take you by surprise and knock you down.

1point

Billy Greene 3 years ago

Hit my finger with one. Blew the nerve down Into the joint. After a month of excruciating pain and antibiotics for an "Infection" I had an orthopedic cut it open to find a bundle of nerves grown in the joint. Orthopedic said I was lucky.

1point

Clarissa 3 years ago

ER nurse here. Those paint sprayers will blow paint into your flesh. Literally requires amputation, it cannot be cleaned out.

1point

#10

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Unsecured free-standing shelves are pretty dangerous, ESPECIALLY for kids who might try to climb on them.

MedChemist464 , danielle_blue Report

Final score:

143points

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Brenda 3 years ago

Attach them to the wall, especially if you have kids

41points

Vic 3 years ago

Absolutely! attaching kids to the wall will save you and the kid from a lot of hazzards.. 😂😂

19points

Doggo 3 years ago

Or a cat

3points

Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago

That is literally what the post said.

2points

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

So true! Every big piece of furniture should be safely secured to the wall. So many kids are severely injured or even die due to crush injuries from large furniture. And the kits to attach things to wall are so cheap...

0points

Susan Reid Smith 3 years ago

Or if you live in earthquake country.

0points

Earl Grey 3 years ago

Same for very large flat screen TVs if they are on a stand. Tether them to a wall.

0points

Hobby Hopper 3 years ago

Except every apartment I've ever lived in had 'don't put holes in the wall' written into the lease agreement.

4points

April Caron 3 years ago

Ya know… I feel like apartment complexes would look for holes up high, like at a level you’d hang a picture. If it were me… I’d secure shelves and dressers to the walls if I had kids (or kids regularly visited). Then I’d request maintenance give me a little touch up paint “in case I accidentally scuff a wall.” And I’d patch the holes and touch up paint before I left… and no one would be the wiser. Worst case scenario… I get charged to repair some holes in the wall that could potentially save a child’s life. I could live with that expense.

3points

April Caron 3 years ago

And dressers, too. Kiddos open drawers and use them as stairs to get to things placed on top of dressers. Very dangerous!

2points

RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 3 years ago

Me and my sister are old enough to not climb the shelves, but we still have them bolted to the wall just incase.

2points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

wtf is the cat doing up there

2points

Rachel Ainsworth 3 years ago

Also applies if there is an earthquake large enough to make the shelves fall over.

1point

ohjojo (you/your's) 3 years ago

But did you mention black cats?0

1point

Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago

Even with no kids it's still a good idea, especially if you live near an earthquake fault as I do.

1point

EJN 3 years ago

I did that with my brother when we were really young. It looked like a magic staircase so we went up it, got to the middle and the entire thing fell down on top of us. Fortunately my mother rescued us because we didn't have the strength to push it off of us.

0points

April 3 years ago

I pulled a very large, tall dresser over on myself when I tried to climb it as a kid. Only thing that saved me was the fact that the bed was close enough to stop it from falling flat on top of me.

0points

#11

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Cold and flu products/pain killers containing paracetamol . You’re suffering. You taken paracetamol, then lemsip, then more paracetamol, then more lemsip etc, before you know it you’ve had 8g of paracetamol. Your liver starts to fail. Read medicine labels. Don’t mix paracetamol products.

VixenRoss , Ambrose Heron Report

Final score:

142points

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sonofabass 3 years ago (edited)

FYI: Paracetamol is known as acetaminophen in the USA

158points

Allison B 3 years ago

So Tylenol! Thanks for letting us know. I was a bit confused! 😂

26points

Shane S 3 years ago

Or Tylenol (name brand)

6points

Mary Kelly 3 years ago

what is lemsip?

2points

Nunya Business 3 years ago

Thank you!

2points

Jessica Cifelli 3 years ago

Tylenol

0points

David Timmons 3 years ago

Thank you for that

0points

Laugh or not 3 years ago

Alternate your pain medication : not the brand, the molecule. Ibuprofen and paracetamol, taken at interval, is a very common combination.

23points

Nitka Tsar 3 years ago

That's what I did with my kids, when they were really in pain and could not sleep because of it.

2points

Rob Chapman 3 years ago

Don't mix NSAIDS either. You can take acetaminophen (Tylenol) with ibuprofen (Advil). You can also take it with aspirin or naproxen (Aleve). But if you take any combination of ibuprofen, aspirin or naproxen, you can suffer stomach bleeding, high blood pressure and kidney failure.

13points

I I 3 years ago

yeah only take 6 to 8 tablets over 24 hours , if still in pain you need codeine or something stronger

5points

Annabelle 3 years ago

Or consult a doctor

6points

Colin Timp 3 years ago (edited)

Tylenol (paracetamol/acetaminophen) kills over 3000 people a year. Generally it is relatively safe to accidentally take double the maximum dosage of a medication. That's how they generally set the maximum dose, as half the harmful dose. However taking more than recommended on a regular basis can severely damage the liver. So many medications contain acetaminophen/paracetamol it's easy to do. Always read the labels.

4points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)

Also Benadryl or other over-the-counter things you can use as sleep aids. I had a neighbor that overdosed on Benadryl. She was taking it to try to sleep and when she couldn't sleep she would get up and take another one. When I went over her apartment she was hallucinating badly. I found benadryls all over the floor and I had to call the ambulance on her as she was trying to take more. She was having a full conversation on a cell phone with no battery including answering someone back and tried to leave the house in her bra. All the while her 12-year-old son with cerebral palsy is screaming to be gotten out of bed and she wouldn't let me near him. Unfortunately because of this incident she got her son taken away.

3points

Nitka Tsar 3 years ago

That's probably why you have to wait 6 hours before you can give your child a second dose of paracetamol. If they are really in pain, you can give them another product without paracetamol after 4 hours.

3points

IamMe 3 years ago

Yes. I have five kids, and their doctor still tells me every time one of them has a fever or something, alternate acetaminophen and ibuprofen. I think it's, because there were cases of parents using excessive baby Tylenol to get their kids to sleep, and the babies not waking up.

2points

June 3 years ago

Paracetamol, ibuprofen, have hepatic metabolism. Nausea is a symptom of liver failing.

2points

Jorie 3 years ago

Lisinopril and ibuprofin (Advil). I didn't know I had five broken ribs, and chugged Advil for a week before going to the hospital. I was almost in kidney failure, and was told that the two medications do not play well together. Always consult your doctor before taking them both at the same time!

1point

Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago

In the US other products like Sudafed or Nyquil may also include acetaminophen (Tylenol). Liver failure is no joke, so check the labels and don't mix medicines with acetaminophen!

1point

SnarkoCockedYourWife , Henry Burrows Report

#12

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear I used a mold removing product in my shower. Noticed a wierd unpleasant smell and didn't feel well. Checked whats in the product and quickly realised I almost killed myself. Moral of the story. Don't pee in the shower or make sure you know your chemicals and how they can react with other chemicals... Or p**s.

Final score:

129points

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MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago

If you do put chemicals or something in the shower then you can wash it out before your next shower/bath because then if you pee, you don't die

59points

Fen Wolf 3 years ago

Even if you wash it out, there's the possibility you missed a spot or it's in a place that can't be easily washed. Easier to not pee in the shower.

7points

KiT 3 years ago

Don't pee in the shower - period.

9points

Foxxy says goodbye. 3 years ago

Besides the chemical reaction as mentioned above, what's wrong with peeing in the shower?

30points

Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago

Most everyone pees in the shower sometimes but my wife says you must be taking a shower at the time or it's not at all acceptable. :)

16points

Fish Boden 3 years ago

Weeing in the shower is awesome. I won't have a word said against it.

12points

Giovanna 3 years ago

Don't take away from me one of the biggest pleasures in life 😁

3points

iblewsheep 3 years ago

there can't be enough ammonia in the typical amount of p**s to cause a harmful amount of chloramine gas, must have been something else

5points

Colin Timp 3 years ago (edited)

Unless you're peeing into an undiluted puddle of bleach you're probably fine. Who doesn't rinse the shower after cleaning? Also, never use bleach products if you have a septic system. It destroys the bacteria that breaks down the waste.

4points

El Dee 3 years ago

Mold remover is just watered down bleach but they charge about £2 for 50p worth of it. Buy bleach and put it in a spray bottle. Keep window and door open and take breaks regularly..

3points

Premislaus de Colo 3 years ago

I'm a bit suprised... does this suggest that the person peed in his shower and didn't rinse it with water? Or is he talking about peeing in shower while not taking the shower?

2points

Nitka Tsar 3 years ago

I think they cleaned the shower but did not rinse it, then had a shower and peed during or before it in the shower.

4points

Sarah Bell 3 years ago

Tried to clean up dog pee with Bleech and got sick. Husband didn't believe me and did the same thing later .

0points

Samantha Melnychuk 3 years ago

It's even worse when the pee has sat for a bit because the urea in urine has a chance to break down more into ammonia which reacts more readily with the chlorine in bleach.

0points

Heather 3 years ago

I almost killed my BFF this way. We lived together and had a water closet in one of our bathrooms. Tiny room big enough for a toilet, toilet brush, paper roll, and a tiny plant shelf that held my monthly products. Well he went in there to have a sit down. I was infamous for bleaching the bathroom so it always vaguely smelled like bleach. Except this time I poured the cleaning water with a bunch of bleach into the toilet to get it really clean. He almost died. Since then, if there is bleach in the toilet, I leave a bleach bottle on the seat. "Flush first" warning. I still feel so bad!

0points

Shane S 3 years ago

Don’t pee in the pool either. Yes, I know Olympians do it, but chlorine mixes with the nitrogen in your urine and makes nasty chemicals that make your eyes burn and turn red. Won’t kill you but makes the rest of the evening uncomfortable.

0points

Samantha Melnychuk 3 years ago

Fun fact: the 'chlorine' smell associated with pools isn't due to the chemicals they add to the pool to keep it hygienic, it's due to the amount of urine reacting with them in just the manner Shane S. describes above

0points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

ya

0points

Novel-Structure-2359 , cyclonebill Report

#13

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear A peanut The number of idiots who think it is so cool to catch peanuts in their mouth. The risk of it sailing into your lungs is far higher than you think.

Final score:

124points

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MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago (edited)

NO ONE'S STOPPING ME FROM EATING MY CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER!!! (I will be careful though)

24points

Poultry Geist 3 years ago

Just don’t throw it in the air and catch it in your mouth

6points

CHRIS DOMRES 3 years ago

When we get old, swallowing can become difficult. I almost choked to death from eating a teaspoon of peanut butter. Needless to say, I no longer eat the stuff.

6points

April Caron 3 years ago

I stopped eating crunchy peanut butter when I learned how many random bug parts were allowed in it during manufacturing. Yeah. OK. Bugs. They're a fact of life. I probably consume bugs unwittingly on a daily basis. I know. So, I still eat creamy peanut butter. But I specifically won’t eat crunchy peanut butter, because it sometimes contains pieces of peanut skins… which suspiciously resemble cockroach wings. Blend ‘em up and make ‘em creamy and I’m good! (I can’t explain my logic. 😂)

3points

Deborah Harris 3 years ago

just take it out of the jar before trying to catch it in your mouth :D

0points

Autistic apricot 3 years ago

Good job 👍

0points

Lenka Smetanová 3 years ago

Always block the way down with your tongue when doing this... This is what my father tached me when I did this 'fun'

2points

Weed in the Garden 3 years ago

Do not let toddlers eat nuts. They cannot chew them probably and can easily choke or accidentally inhale (pulmonary aspiration) resulting in death.

1point

Faith Baker 1 year ago

I've read that most processed foods have a certain amount of bugs in them-the U.S. allows this. Most people are unaware of this fact.

0points

David Timmons 3 years ago

Same with m&ms

0points

timebleeder 3 years ago

The low risk is worth the reward and the chances of a single peanut killing an adult without an allergy are very low.

0points

Debbie Burton 3 years ago

Yep I knew a girl that did that at a birthday party and was dead by the time the ambulance arrived

0points

Helena R 3 years ago

A lot of people have allergic reactions towards them and other nuts, so I really wish people would stop eating them in public spaces

0points

#14

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Dryer lint causes nearly 3,000 fires every year. Source: Karen Kilgariff’s dad.

Quixidiocy Report

Final score:

119points

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Brenda 3 years ago

Also clean out the dryer tube that disburses the heat outside.

44points

BadCat 3 years ago

Pisses me off when I go to use the dryer in the communal laundry room to find a thick coating of lint in the lint trap. I swear someone on my floor doesn't know it needs to be cleaned. May not even know it exists.

9points

2x4b523p 3 years ago (edited)

I moved into rental once to find the lint drawer totally full of lint and hair. It was so stuffed it was solid like a rock and the mesh was ripped to pieces. Years and years of use without it ever being cleaned. It’s a mystery to me how that thing didn’t catch fire.

5points

Penny Hernandez 3 years ago

Got an almost new dryer from a woman who claimed it didn't work. Of course it didn't work - the lint filter was so clogged with lint it was sitting 4" up from its slot. An hour's work cleaning the lint filter system and I had a nearly new dryer. How she didn't set her house afire is a mystery.

6points

Nimues Child 3 years ago

Can confirm this, too! Our dryer fire was caused by a very tiny bit of lint that worked its way to the heating element. Luckily we were home to shut it off and call for service.

5points

Nitka Tsar 3 years ago

I will never use my drier at night again!

1point

Alethia Nyx 3 years ago

Can confirm this, I had an idiot flatmate once who used to use the dryer nearly everyday, and not clean the filter, I came home once to the apartment smelling smokey, caught it just in time.

3points

Céline Dumont 3 years ago

Hey Murderino!

3points

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

Hey to you too, Murderino!

0points

Melissa Hill 3 years ago

Hell yes murderinos <3

2points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

I am very obsessive about this. My aunt used to laugh and say she could always tell when I had done laundry as opposed to her kids because the lint catcher was always cleaned out.

2points

Robert T 3 years ago

There was a massive recall of tumble dryers a few years back because they were prone to fires. The new ones say to clean the lint trap after every use.

2points

mcborge1 3 years ago

My Hotpoint condenser dryer was in that recall list but could easily be fixed to prevent the lint building up in the wrong part of the dryer. They sent some guys out to fix it in situ. Apparently lint would build up around live electrical parts in the backs of these dryers causing the fire risk.

1point

Silre 3 years ago

Stay sexy and don't get murdered by your dryer!

1point

#15

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Wet floors, usually bathrooms. Anything that can make hitting your head easier can kill. Also, rotten potatoes exhale a gas that can be bad if you are in a closed room with a fairly large amount of them. It can kill within seconds. Brew did a video about it on YouTube.

Flowy_Aerie_77 , Charles Brewer Report

Final score:

116points

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Ian Winn 3 years ago

saw a video on youtube is also a major cause of death

94points

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

Brew is actually a really great and informative channel, but, yes, generally, just blindly following advice from youtube/social media/internet, is a great way to die young, lol.

3points

InvincibleRodent 3 years ago

A little comfort though- for solanine to be lethal, it'd need to be a quantity that's simply not a concern in most households. Unless you keep a truckload of potatoes in a closed cellar for several months, you're most likely fine. A few pounds of potatoes are not going to kill you.

14points

nini 3 years ago

I need more information on the potatoes. How much is a fairly large amount? 5kg? 10? A ton? Just so I know in case I want to fill up my bedroom with potatoes...

6points

KM 3 years ago

you'd still most likely be fine in a bedroom) you need a closed space with little ventilation for it to become a problem. My grandparents used to keep the potatoes for the next spring planting in a special cellar separated from the main house, basically a giant hole in the ground with a wooden cover, that additionally got covered with 2 meters of snow during the winter. Now that became really dangerous when you open it for the first time after 6 months, people have died from going straight in instead of letting it properly air out.

4points

Nadine Debard 3 years ago

Rotten potatoes smell like rotten fish. It's one of the most disgusting thing I have ever smelled.

5points

Weasel Wise 3 years ago

Noted: stop sitting in enclosed rooms full of rotten potatoes. 👍🏾

3points

A C 3 years ago

What about if you walk across a wet floor whilst holding a rotten potato?

3points

Whodathunkit 3 years ago

Oh geez...very very bad.

0points

Jo Focquet 3 years ago

wet floors and bare feet, both my parents slipped (on a different time) luckily my mom just broke her feet and my dad dislocated his sholder

2points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

O

1point

Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago

How often are people in an enclosed room with a large amount of rotting potatoes?

0points

Hello 3 years ago

I have a dehydrated potato in my room that I got a couple yrs ago 🤷🏽‍♀️

0points

#16

Magnets. Toddlers will put *anything* in their mouth. If they swallow one magnet, they’ll likely be fine. If they swallow two, they can have intestinal perforation. Without the words to communicate what’s wrong, it can easily be deadly

opossum-effigy Report

Final score:

115points

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Nadine Debard 3 years ago

Same with button cells (batteries) they can leak and kill the child within a few minutes

55points

Robert T 3 years ago (edited)

Not leak. The throat, stomach, intestine etc are all wet and it forms a circuit, which causes caustic chemicals to form by electrolysis. The battery will literally burn through the flesh. See https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-button-batteries-killhere-needless-child.html

22points

James DUNBAR 3 years ago

My brother once swallowed a button battery, miraculously he was fine. however my parents started being more careful from then on.

1point

IamMe 3 years ago

Magnets and batteries are a bad combination for toddlers, too. My two youngest had a wooden Thomas set, with magnets that held the train cars together. After watching me put batteries in a toy car, and it driving on it's own, my three year old, with his three year old logic, took the battery out of the car and attached it to two of the magnets to make Thomas go. It didn't work. The battery got very hot, burned the wood, and my hand when I was running outside with it. After that, I only bought toys with screw on battery covers.

0points

Spannidandoolar 3 years ago

My son swallowed a magnet a few months back, luckily he told us immediately and it was only 1. Took him straight to hospital and they monitored it to make sure it was on its way out. When he got home we had a fun game called find the magnet with an old kebab skewer after he'd visited the toilet.

5points

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

You are an absolute legend! Being a parent is so fun sometimes, right?

1point

Brenda 3 years ago

Anything smaller than their fist should be locked up

3points

Dan Padgett 3 years ago

On that topic, watch batteries. Those small coin sized ones. Supppper deadly for kids.

3points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Nice pun! Super and supper!

1point

Gloria Bethallen 3 years ago

I did swallow a good sized magnet as a kid. I was playing with a dump truck toy and dumped it into my mouth. Yikes.

0points

#17

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear The two most common types of accidental death in the home are falls in bathtubs and from ladders.

Leftrightthere , gosheshe Report

Final score:

115points

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Foxxy says goodbye. 3 years ago

Ladders always make me nervous.

34points

Parmeisan 3 years ago

Foxxy... sad to see you're leaving. You have been one of several bright spots on these forums. I checked your profile and saw your reasoning though, and am glad you're prioritizing taking care of yourself. Go, live your life, be happy. I hope it works out for you. :D

4points

Nitka Tsar 3 years ago

Me too. And not just because I am afraid of hights.

2points

Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago

I would rather be standing on 8mm of a rock ledge than on a ladder.

1point

Argle Bargle 3 years ago

Ladders in the bathtubs also not a great idea

9points

Whodathunkit 3 years ago

Chuckle

0points

Down With Agent Hedgehog! 3 years ago

And stairs. Especially only 2-3 steps of stairs. Learned the hard way after my gran.

5points

GamerDad 3 years ago

recovering from ladder related injury, 4broken ribs. damn gravity.

5points

Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

So never, absolutely, NEVER, use a ladder in a bathtub! (jk/- When I painted houses I more than once had to set up a ladder at least partly in a bathtub to paint the upper walls)

4points

Xenon 3 years ago

Hubby is not allowed on the roof at all, or to use a chainsaw if home alone.

3points

Ansi 3 years ago

That's a good rule. 👍

0points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Ladders ... I have a bruise on my shoulder to prove this point :). I tried grabbing a branch but it was too far away so all I could say was fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk. :D

3points

Jyri Hakola 3 years ago

One interesting fact that I leardend on the HSE trainings is that most lethal falls happens from under the height of the one meter. ( a bit over 3 feet to you in the other side of the ocean) Ladders can be dangerous but people are still more careless when climbing on chairs or tables etc..

2points

ThatRandomGuy 3 years ago

Duh

1point

Brian Droste 3 years ago

Not If you are using them right. Also having a spotter or someone holding the ladder for you. Should be safe.

0points

#18

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear A humidifier I thought I cleaned it well but apparently you need to drown it in bleach and or hot water to get all that bacteria out from giving you a severe lung infection

TheRestIs_Confetti , HS You Report

Final score:

98points

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Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago

Leaving it out in the sun to dry will achieve ALOT! Also, pretty sure the thing in the picture is diffuser, not a humidifier.

51points

Jaybird3939 3 years ago

I wring out my dish sponges and let them dry in the sun (West facing kitchen window). I don't have to replace them nearly as often as I used to. The Sun kills all the bacteria that would make it sour (which I hate).

0points

Brenda 3 years ago

Should be cleaned after every use

17points

Rebekah Krause 3 years ago

Every use? Sheesh. That’s daily! Not worth it, guess it’s dry air for me.

11points

Shane S 3 years ago

Also be careful with essential oil diffusers. The same oils that are safe for humans can be toxic to pets. For example, lavender is really bad for cats

11points

Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago

Babies and kids as well.

1point

pink_panda 3 years ago

Pet birds have extremely sensitive respiratory systems. Even burning a candle can be deadly for them.

1point

Huddo's sister 3 years ago

And check with guests when they visit- some people can have serious reactions with the same oils that you might love. I had ones recommended by a dr to soothe migraines, instead it made them worse. I'm also allergic to eucalyptus and it makes it hard to breathe.

0points

Helen Waight 3 years ago

Yeah, we got rid of our diffuser when we got a cat. Far too risky.

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

Vinegar will do you just fine but the safer humidifier is just a wet towel hung in the room while your'e asleep. That's an old-fashioned trick my nonna taught me.

9points

Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago

A bucket of water next to your bed will also work (not the best idea if you have small children that like to wake you up in the morning)

2points

BadCat 3 years ago

If you use one often it can cause mould on your walls, too.

9points

Emily 3 years ago

Better yet, use a steam humidifier. It boils the water, so it’s sterile

4points

DPNY 53 3 years ago

Aren't all humidifiers steam humidifiers?

0points

Debbie Burton 3 years ago

DONT use bleach in these !!!

3points

Omi bub 3 years ago

Salt water & tea tree are both antibacterial & antifungal and not toxic to breath in. Even if you rinse this after washing with bleach us still going to have toxic fumes (even if you can't smell them)

0points

Ms Rain 3 years ago

Those things should come with a big warning label. Mine most likely caused my lung infection last year, was in and out of the ER a few times, sent home with antibiotics because they thought it was pneumonia. After several weeks I was given cortisone that saved my lungs. I'm just thankful it left no permanent damage. My CT looked like covid but it wasn't. Will never use a humidifier again..

1point

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

So I was going to get one of these...and now I'm scared.

1point

River Daski 3 years ago

a filtered evaporative humidifier is great, just set a reminder on your phone to clean it out every month, and buy the generic filters (branded are 3x the price!!)

1point

Gwen Johnsonb 3 years ago

Truth! Bleach or peroxide.

0points

#19

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Because it hasn’t been said here yet … F*****G STAIRS I’ve fallen down stairs at my work , banged my head and woke up in the hospital…. I wasn’t running down them , one f*****g loose floor board on the edge made me fall down 6-8 steps

SexandPsychedelics , Ben Pugh Report

Final score:

95points

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Dan Bert 3 years ago

And that's why I keep one hand on the railing.

57points

Foxxy says goodbye. 3 years ago

Same, I always use a railing.

11points

DuchessDegu 3 years ago

Yep, and if there's no railing I climb down like a toddler, on my bum and I don't care who's watching or passing comments. It hurts a lot less than sprain ankles or broken hips.

6points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)

You may throw your back out (I did, but kept my grip on the railing), but a couple days propped up on pillows and downing ibuprofen or painkillers if it’s really painful, is way better than waking up in the hospital, or not at all.

4points

RandomFrog(He/They️‍️) 3 years ago

Doing this has saved me from falls so many times.

3points

Nimues Child 3 years ago

Yup yup! Me too. I fell downstairs once and never wish to repeat the experience.

3points

Parmeisan 3 years ago

Mmm, I picked up that habit when I was feeling lightheaded a lot many years ago, but then lost it when Covid hit and everyone was talking a lot about shared surfaces. Maybe I need to pick it up again.

1point

Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)

It just sucks if you're trying to carry something. My mom fell down the steps trying to bring up groceries she broke her arm got a concussion and a huge dent in her head. Since then I have gotten a backpack to put my shopping in so I can use the railings. Also mommy's not allowed to carry up shopping anymore.

1point

Monday 3 years ago

Same! My friends always say "eww do you know how dirty that railing must be??" in public places but I have a better chance of surviving the dirt and grime than the fall.

1point

MaireC 3 years ago

And that's how I dislocated my shoulder!🤣 I held on but my body kept going!

1point

IEat ChildLivers 3 years ago

I do not trust people who dont

0points

Deborah Harris 3 years ago

Same, but have fallen, caught that hand in the railing and broken my wrist

0points

Omi bub 3 years ago

Yup friend was in a coma for 6 months with a traumatic brain injury. Miracle he has gained most if his function

0points

UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago

Yeah, few things have terrified me as much as slipping down some wet stairs with an armload of stereo equipment. Luckily only dislocated a rib, which hurt a hell of a lot more than I ever thought it would. Three years later and I’m still nervous on stairs.

5points

Lainie 3 years ago

True, great deal of pain is a great reminder.

4points

unicorn queen 3 years ago

my mom broke her ankle on some in old house had to get meteal in ankle shes fine know

2points

Sofie Carmine 3 years ago

And my friends and family tell me to hurry up when walking down stairs because I'm always the last one down. I don't like stairs. They make me nervous and I will always walk down them carefully.

1point

Daria Z 3 years ago

I've slipped on the stairs many times and the railings always arrested my fall. They are there for this very reason, so I don't see much of a problem here.

1point

M.J. 3 years ago

My grandpa died by falling down the stairs...

0points

Stacey Rae 3 years ago

Injured both my feet years apart on stairs. Be careful please!

0points

Whodathunkit 3 years ago

Fell down the stairs 30 years ago. I have this fear now and always use the railing and look down too. I hold people up I think.

0points

Silre 3 years ago

I feel down the last step in my house. Bent my foot in half. Somehow didn't break it. Foot hasn't been the same since.

0points

Oreo Tookie 3 years ago

Slid down basement stairs as an eight year old (or so) and still, at 74, need pain meds to help with the results.

0points

#20

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear you should clean ur toaster bc if too many bread crumbs collect they could actually catch fire thru the heat of the toaster.

joa_nh , Robert Couse-Baker Report

Final score:

93points

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I I 3 years ago

mine has a tray at the bottom you pull out making it very easy to clean , i still forget though

52points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

Working in a group home it was my job to do all these little things too. Like cleaning out the tray for the toaster. Cleaning out the lint from the dryer and the outside vent. I was even to clean the cooling element on the back of the fridge and clean in between the sealing plastic between the doors. We had the cleanest group homes but I tell you it taught me a lot of lessons for taking care of my own place when I needed it.

2points

Debbie Burton 3 years ago

That tray can catch on fire too

0points

mcborge1 3 years ago

They all have the crumb trays now but yeah I forget to clean mine out sometimes too.

0points

M K Shaw 3 years ago

Ironically, as I was drinking my tea and waiting for my toast, scrolling thru BP, my toaster caught fire...

9points

Pixie 3 years ago

Oo

4points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

And do NOT do that asinine thing of laying it on its side to make a grilled cheese sandwich, ffs! Use a f*****g skillet for grilled cheese like you’re supposed to. Cripes.

6points

Stephanie Did It 3 years ago

It seems not everyone is aware of the little trap door on the bottom that is actually a crumb tray. Open it up and shake out the crumbs. No need to turn the toaster upside down to clean it. And NEVER use water.

4points

BadCat 3 years ago

I have to shake mine out upside down. It has a tray that slides out but there's still big crumbs that get lodged.

4points

Monday 3 years ago

Also please don't use a metal utensil to get your stuck piece of toast out while the bloody thing is still plugged in

2points

Ripley 3 years ago

Only use it for bread and bread-related products (english muffins, crumpets, etc). Not bacon, sausages, things wrapped in foil, cheese sandwiches . . .

2points

Huddo's sister 3 years ago

People do that?

0points

iblewsheep 3 years ago

mine toaster is so $hitty that every time i move the thing it empties out anything in the bottom of it automatically.

1point

Lainie 3 years ago

So that's the reason why I'm scared of these things. (I live in another country for work and school, so I'm not living nowhere near my family, and I'm young, in my own apartment alone)

1point

Brian Droste 3 years ago

When I see crumbs start to come out of the bottom of my toaster then I know it's time to clean toaster tray.

0points

Saulius V 3 years ago

And even more important before cleaning unplug it from the wall outlet.

0points

#21

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Car jack. If it fails and you didn't use jack stands, and you can't bench press a couple thousand pounds..... you gonna die.

racerx21 , EricTheCarGuy Report

Final score:

89points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Never trust axle stands either. Always put something else under the car, like a couple of railway sleepers or a spare wheel, to create a survival space.

33points

Jonathan Warren 3 years ago

Better yet, dig a hole and then drive your car over the hole to work on it.

6points

Earl Grey 3 years ago

Back when we lived on 5 acres in a rural area, our property had a lovely little swale where I could drive our car parallel to the depression. This gave me two feet of no-risk crawl space to easily do my own oil change.

3points

Joshua Moon 3 years ago

Exactly this.. This is the way. I work on my vehicles a lot. Always use Jack stands and I put the tires I take off under the vehicle in case the jack stands fail. Just because the vehicles body looks good doesn't mean it is. Had a Mercedes I loved dearly on Jack stands replacing the rear differential. Jack stand punched a hole in the body while I was getting lunch. I'm glad I wasn't under the car when it happened. Wisconsin rust is dangerous

3points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

Even my dad's big hydraulic lifters at his auto garage used to scare me standing under them. And then he would always put me in the car and lift it up and have me pump the brakes so he could bleed them.

2points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Also, always chock the wheels and never jack a car on an uneven surface. Do not use a jack on asphalt on a hot day. The asphalt softens and the jack can slip more easily.

2points

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

I usually jack it up and if I'm in a situation where I don't have jack stands, I slip the spare wheel under the car as sort of a just in case.

1point

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

Also please please do not use cement bricks....my cousin messed up his finger because of it.

1point

Aidan Pite 3 years ago

Yeah I witnessed a very near miss first-hand once. Literally *right* as the guy was about to slide under the car, the jack slipped and it slammed to the ground. Two second later and I would've watched a guy get crushed to death.

1point

Brian Droste 3 years ago

Also you can buy ramps to drive your car on. That's good for change oil or other work you are doing underneath your car. But it won't work if changing a tire though.

0points

Mary Leverett 3 years ago (edited)

Forty some years ago, we're living in Lancaster County, PA. Dad was away for the week, mom had a job in town (we lived ~ 10 miles outside the "big town" of the area, in fairly isolated country). It started snowing, so mom stopped by local dealership to have chains put on the rear tires. She gets home, complains about "noise" all the way home. I go out to the garage - the rear fenders are SHREDDED - idiots at the dealership had put the chains on bass-ackwards. I get the jack out (flimsy little ratcheted thing), jack up the car, get UNDER the car to disengage chains, get back out, as I'm lowering the jack, it flies up and cracks my cheekbone. (My brother, about 15-16 @ the time, was utterly USELESS re: things mechanical.). So , Dad gets home a couple days later, questions my Technicolor cheekbone - he goes absolutely WHITE when I tell him about crawling under the car (a HUGE Ford Torino stationwagon), using just the flimsy jack. He was proud I'd handled it, but I'd scared him a bi

0points

Amy Taylor 3 years ago

About a year ago, there were about 5 firetrucks and a search and rescue vehicle on my street. It was total chaos. When we finally found out what happened, it was awful :( My neighbor across the street's friend was working on his car in the driveway, the jack failed and the big truck crushed him to death :( My neighbor was so traumatized he immediately put the house on the market and moved away.

0points

Yourname942 3 years ago

Or a warehouse forklift falling , you will literally be flattened

0points

H M 3 years ago

Oh yes we drive around with railway sleepers in case of flat tyres.

0points

Richard Anderson 3 years ago

Walking home from school some friends and I walked by a driveway and saw a man who had been crushed by his truck that had slid off the jack. Popped his eyes out. Everyone ran screaming and I knocked on the door and told the wife.

0points

#22

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Lift cords on blind windows. I've heard alot of stories of children getting tangled in them by the neck and dying. They have cordless blinds now so those are way better.

AlwaysShip , Matthew Paul Argall Report

Final score:

87points

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InvincibleRodent 3 years ago

This is why all of mine were tied up in a (messy, but tall) knot- I don't ever want to come home to a cat tangled up in those and hurt.

47points

Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago

When I got my first cat Tweeker(she had the zoomies 16hrs a day), I was awoken one night hearing her cry in pain. When I found her, she was tangled up in one of these cords. She survived but the situation was more than scary. I immediately tied up all loose strings like that.

0points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

Dangerous for animals too. Also if you have one of those wire mesh fences and your dog has a collar and likes to jump when they see people coming by be very careful. Unfortunately one of my neighbors came home to find their dog hanging on the fence because it's collar had gotten caught and it couldn't get free. I'm so sorry I don't want to make anyone sad it's just a cautionary tale to save more doggie lives.

3points

River Daski 3 years ago

this is so true! there are collars for both dogs and cats that have "break-away clasps" that will let loose if they get caught on something just like that.

0points

Alethia Nyx 3 years ago

These days in Australia the cords on roller blinds have to be a certain distance from the floor, and affixed to the wall. Not sure about Venetian or vertical blinds, I think they have similar regulations.

3points

Weed in the Garden 3 years ago

Let the blinds all the down then trim the cords. Don't trim them while the blinds are up or you'll trim the cords too short.

3points

Varvara Bondarenko 3 years ago

Or just don't have children

2points

Emily 3 years ago

We only have the roller shades in my house for this reason. Cats and kids make them just not worth it.

1point

River Daski 3 years ago

i braided mine back when i was a kid bc i was scared of getting caught in them. that worked very well, but you have to knot it before braiding so you dont braid too far up and make the strings useless

0points

Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago

I've always despised those kinds of blinds.

0points

Amy Taylor 3 years ago

I had those little cleats up high to wrap the cords around. My brother's co-worker lost his child this way and it freaked me out.

0points

Creature Cargeaux 3 years ago

Yup. Almost died myself as a kid. I got so tangled up in them that my mom couldn't unwrap them & had to cut them off. I was only 2 years old. I don't have blinds in my house because I'm terrified of this happening to my cats.

0points

#23

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear A toilet. Saw a picture once of a woman who stood on a toilet to change her bathroom lightbulb, the toilet broke in half and when she fell the toilet cut her back wide open and she bled out. You could see everything inside of her, brutal.

BoomHazard , dirtyboxface Report

Final score:

83points

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Mattewis88 3 years ago

Sounds like an episode of 1000 ways to die.

73points

MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago

That was....very descriptive

16points

I I 3 years ago

porcelain is VERY sharp when broken , sharp as any knife

10points

Annabelle 3 years ago

This type of story sounds like a script for the movie final destination.

6points

KamCy Ahaka 3 years ago

I genuinely do not understand why anyone who, for any reason, would step on the toilet

5points

bagels and beagles 3 years ago

Don’t look it up or you’ll regret it

2points

James DUNBAR 3 years ago

Did she learn how to create the flux capacitor?

1point

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

Ouuuuccccchhhhhh.

1point

Falcon on Dizzy 3 years ago

if that isn't the definition of brutal, idk what id

1point

El Dee 3 years ago

This happened to someone in my home town. It broke when she sat on it and she was VERY badly cut up and in places you wouldn't want cut..

1point

#24

Cheap extension cords and power strips, especially ones without built in fail-safes that trip them if they are overloaded. The number of people who I see using those cheap, brown, dollar store extension cords, loading up every single available outlet, and leaving them plugged in 24/7 for years on end, makes me cringe.

emartinoo Report

Final score:

82points

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Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

That's one reason arc fault circuit interrupters are mandatory for living spaces and bedrooms in Canada.

28points

Robert T 3 years ago

Is that another way of saying Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker or Residual Current Device (RCD)? These are now fitted as standard as part of domestic wiring in the UK and you can buy additional ones for use with garden tools such as electric lawnmowers, strimmers and hedge trimmers.

7points

censorshipsucks 3 years ago

Even worse: using an extension cord while it is coiled up. It makes a massive induction coil and heats up to fire levels quickly. DO NOT coil electrical cables that are live.

4points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

You're mixing metaphors. Coiled electrical cords can overheat due to poor air circulation around them. A household extension cord cannot produce inductive current because it carries both live and neutral. Magnetic fields which are equal and opposite will cancel each other out. Using separate single-conductor cables, such as in a commercial/industrial setting where they are too large to be sheathed in a single cable, WILL cause induction and create problems, but this would be virtually impossible in a household setting.

3points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Cheap extension cords are deadly. First, you should NEVER be using an extension cord for anything permanent. Second, the cord you use needs to be adequate for the job. Cheap cords use thin wire that can't handle a lot of current. When you try to push too much current through wire you get resistance; which creates heat, leading to fires. The cheap ones also have less insulation on the wires, making them even more susceptible to causing fire.

3points

Barong 3 years ago (edited)

Always check the amperage chart for what you are trying to plug in. The longer the cord, the lower the amperage capacity and therefore heavier the gauge you will need to compensate. Always check them for damage before using them too. Leave tags on cords and devices that tell you what the wattage amperage Is too so you don’t overload your circuits or cords.

3points

Karin Gibson 3 years ago

Also do not daisy chain cords to get a "longer " cord. This is really dangerous and fires can often occur.

2points

KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago

I have a kitty who likes to chew wires, so all things that get plugged in are high quality, and all things must be unplugged at night or if I leave the house.

2points

Omi bub 3 years ago

Ditto cheap phone chargers- always unplug after use

1point

Victoria 3 years ago

I work from home and I have my work PC, monitor and sometimes cell phone charger hooked up to a power bar. When I'm not working that power bar is not only turned off, but completely unplugged.

1point

#25

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Apparently people can die from hair dryers catching fire. Because they sleep with them. Reading warning labels on household objects really gets me questioning how humans aren't all dead from idiocy.

chut2906 , Siyavula Education Report

Final score:

80points

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Stephanie Did It 3 years ago

So THAT'S why they all come with the Do Not Use While Sleeping warning. I never could envision why. No desire for a Darwin award, I guess

59points

Jaden Alexander 3 years ago

I was sleeping with a hairdryer for awhile and then I found out it was married. I have too much respect for myself to be a side piece. Gotta say though, it was always hot.

47points

Lainie 3 years ago

I'm dying to ask you WHAT Stephanie did?

11points

Upstaged75 3 years ago

I admit I sometimes sleep with a hairdryer. My bedroom is freezing cold and I use it to warm up my bedsheets when I'm about to go to sleep. Then I just toss it to the foot of my bed and leave it there. Of course I turn it off first!! I saw on one of those "my strange addiction" shows where a woman couldn't sleep unless she had a hair dryer blowing on her. She'd had several serious burns from it and her family was worried she'd burn down the house.

2points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)

I mean, I have had blow dryers in the past that worked extraordinarily well and I loved using them, but my relationship with them was always kept merely platonic and professional.

15points

Firstname Lastname 3 years ago

I wasn't asleep, but we had a hair dryer so old that one day it caught fire next to my head. I managed to keep all my hair, and my parents bought a new one, but I have been air drying my hair since.

9points

LittleWombat 3 years ago

Do people use them for heat because they don't have a working furnace? I've heard of deaths from trying to heat the home using the oven or stove but I guess this is something you'd do (foolishly) to try to warm up if you had no heat in the winter.

6points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

Unfortunately and I don't need to tell anyone the price of gas for heating the home is absolutely ridiculous. The house we lived in before we had gas to heat the home but we had an electric stove and electricity was included in the rent. Gas was not. When it's really ridiculously cold and you could actually die from it then yes I can see why people would use their electric stove to heat their house. I am not saying that it's not ridiculously dangerous. But actually so is using a space heater. It is actually illegal to use a space heater in a rented apartment where I live. So if you can't afford your gas there are not many options to stay warm in the winter. Alternately I've heard of people in Florida dying after a hurricane when they're power is out trying to use a generator in the house. Most people buy their generator right before hurricane and have no idea how to use it. Always outdoors!

3points

M K Shaw 3 years ago

Wait. What?! Is this a joke? Why would someone sleep with a hair dryer?

6points

Gionanna 3 years ago

Some people use them to warm up the bed before going to sleep

6points

Libstak 3 years ago

That's not the worst of it. Using a hairdryer plugged in next to a bathtub filled with water that another person is sitting in...wonder what would happen if it slipped out of your hand. Same with a curling wand etc...

5points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

That's why homes are required to have Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter outlets within several feet of a water source now. If you were to drop an electrical appliance into water it senses the surge and trips a breaker to avoid injury. They're the outlets that have the Test/Reset buttons on them. They need to be tested occasionally to make sure they still function.

2points

Creature Cargeaux 3 years ago

Who the f**k is sleeping with a hair dryer?

3points

BadCat 3 years ago

I had one start smoking while using it awake. If you smell something burning, shut off and unplug it immediately. Put it outside.

3points

New Everywhere 3 years ago

People sleep with hair dryers?? What am I missing?

2points

Debbie Burton 3 years ago

Why would you sleep with one?

2points

L Melville 3 years ago (edited)

I sleep with one propped on a night stand next to my bed, with it pointing at my back. I'm a chronic pain patient and the combination of heat and airflow (and probably white noise too) is the only thing that helps alleviate the severe pain and allow me to sleep. :-(

1point

#26

Eye drops, like the kind that removes redness. Slipped into a drink for example even a small amounts can cause cardiac issues or even death as the vasoconstricting properties can stifle blood flow to the heart

--VoidHawk-- Report

Final score:

66points

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Jj321 3 years ago

Since eye ducts drain down your throat, how is it even save to use in eyes?

29points

SkekVi 3 years ago

It says on the package not to use it chronically and my optometrist told me 'the anti-redness drops are NOT artificial tears, do NOT use them all the time they're too powerful'. They're ok to use occasionally, but if you have chronic red eyes you need to talk to ur eye dr and get artificial tears and possibly address whatever is causing the redness (usually allergies!)

18points

Monday 3 years ago

I'm assuming that not enough actually goes into your tear ducts to cause damage.

8points

Ruby 3 years ago

Oh My Gosh, your right! I never even considered that!

1point

David Timmons 3 years ago

Eye ducts drain down your throat?

0points

Sasha 3 years ago

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Lainie 3 years ago

Visine. They are the killer brand.

7points

Blue 3 years ago

what?? but they're in every pharmacy!?

1point

Mama Penguin 3 years ago

Eye drops was the murder weapon in a Father Brown episode several seasons ago.

3points

Jenn C 3 years ago

Yay someone else who watches Father Brown!

0points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

A woman not long got sent to prison for killing her husband with Visine. She wasn't even the first to do it.

3points

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

Thanks to the movie, Wedding Crashers, people think eye drops will just cause diarrhea, but it can actually kill if ingested. It's now known by enough doctors/medical examiners that it is tested for, if suspected.

2points

Silviu Leibovici 3 years ago

older products yes, new ones are less strong just because accidents of putting drops on face that ended up in the mouth ... usually you get like a sore throat from that ....

2points

Elio 3 years ago

I think there was an episode of 911 where a woman was poisoning her son with eye drops because she had Munchasen by proxy.

0points

Steffi Cantrell 3 years ago

Not anymore they took that chemical out of eyes drops a few years back.

0points

This Person 3 years ago

This really should not have been posted here because it is just told people a simple way to finish themselves off.

0points

Parmeisan 3 years ago

A lot of the posts here do the same. It's a valid fear, and I respect your calling it out, but... that information is out there already. I strongly suspect a quick google search would get you a dozen easily available options in no time at all. I don't think it's reasonable to hold back on posting about dangerous things that people ought to know are dangerous, because of the chance that someone might use that knowledge in a suicide. NOT knowing is more likely to kill, I think.

8points

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

WTF. Geeezus.

0points

thewhitepearlreaper , Chris Lawrence Report

#27

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Microwaves. There's a reason they have a warning to not f**k with them even if they're not plugged in- you can still absolutely get fried if you open it up to mess with it. You're not safe just because it's unplugged.

Final score:

64points

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Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

There's a transformer and capacitor inside that produces and stores 4000 volts. The microwave tube ( magnetron) uses little insulators made from beryllium oxide. If you break up those insulators the beryllium oxide aerosolizes, youi inhale it, get an incurable lung disease.

58points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Thanks. I was wondering .....

8points

Weed in the Garden 3 years ago

Yeah - whatever he just said.

2points

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

That is absolutely fascinating! Now, if I ever need beryllium oxide, I'll know where to get it from... (j/k)

0points

UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago

Safe to use, N O T safe to work on.

5points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

They are safe to work on if you are trained in appropriate safety precautions for high voltage devices. The same is true for CRTs, air purifiers, fluorescent fixtures, and anything else that contains high voltage sources and capacitors which are not implemented in such a way that they discharge when power is removed.

2points

Ludwig Michiel 3 years ago

The same goes for (tube) guitar amplifiers, don't tinker with them, even if they haven't been plugged in for days, unless you know what you're doing and have drained the high voltage from the amp.

0points

Earl Grey 3 years ago

If you have any doubts, watch “This is Why We Don’t Toss Out Broken Microwaves” video: https://youtu.be/S2UfglFeOH8

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

why would you $%&^ with a microwave??? WHY ARE PEOPLE THIS DUMB

0points

abeer s. 3 years ago

my mum refused to buy another microwave after we gave our old one away,, now I'd go back in time and tell 7 year old me that the woman's saving our backs

0points

#28

Gas oven, we have cheapo oven where the stove top burner controls aren't the ones you have to push in to release and adjust, the amount of times I have smelled the gas because someone brushed against the damn oven and slightly opened a valve on one of the burners...I'm just glad I have the doors open most of the time. Don't know if it counts but gas fireplace heaters are dangerous if they are not properly checked by a qualified maintenance tech, or in the case of my high school friend the gas appliance engineer took a bribe from the landlord's son, and my friend died from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result, arseholes got suspended sentences but ten year probation.

outamyhead Report

Final score:

61points

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Robert T 3 years ago

One of the reasons why I won't ever have a gas hob or oven. You only have to watch the news to see just how devastating a gas explosion can be. It is enough to blow out brick walls and certainly enough to kill not only you, but your neighbours as well!

17points

Monday 3 years ago

and although the device might be perfectly safe...it's ridiculously easy to screw up and forget to turn off the gas.

7points

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

I have one in our apartment and it terrifies me.

3points

Silre 3 years ago

Worked for the gas company for 11 years and I will never have a gas stove. I don't even like having a gas furnace.

1point

Aimee 3 years ago

Rent my home has gas furnace oven dryer water heater. Hate it but can't move yet

-1point

Ace Premium 3 years ago

How old is it? I don't think any gas appliance made in the last 30 years or so (a guess) can be turned on without a flame detected, and they'll switch off in the event of it blowing out or power failing. In Europe, at least, but I wouldn't expect it to be different in any civilised country

4points

Amy Taylor 3 years ago

That's mine. Plus I really hate cooking on electric burners.

1point

IcyPenguinToes 3 years ago

My dog reaches up and tries to play with my stove knobs. Once she managed to turn it on despite it being the "safer" kind. Now I have toddler covers on them!

3points

Okasan Willis 3 years ago

That is why you have gas appliances, get carbon monoxide monitor

2points

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Yes this is scary from someone that has been burnt before you want to check theses trust me you want to make sure your house don't blow up

1point

John Austin 1 year ago

Also check your flames, gas burners with larger yellow flames rather than the pretty blue ones are not just inefficient, they're also most likely pumping out carbon monoxide at a high rate

0points

londonplaysbass 3 years ago

yep almost died once from the first one

0points

RedCorvette 3 years ago

We wanted a gas stove but after reading all the negatives I’m glad we didn’t.

-1point

Lainie 3 years ago

$hit.

-1point

#29

People who are left handed using everyday items that were designed to be used with your right hand

seventh-death Report

Final score:

57points

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nini 3 years ago

It's more dangerous if a right handed person tries to use items designed for lefties... Left handed people are used to adapt (although it IS annoying and difficult sometimes)...

39points

YetAnotherSarah 3 years ago

Fact.

4points

MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago

THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE THINGS FOR LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE OR JUST DESIGN SOMETHING THAT COULD SOMEHOW WORK FOR BOTH

14points

Jaden Alexander 3 years ago

*Ned Flanders has entered the chat*

10points

Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago

*Chuckie Finster has entered the chat* He's mentioned in the original to be a leftie, and I don't know if this is true in the reboot

2points

Seán Hannan 3 years ago

I am left-handed and I couldn't use a left-handed scissors to save my life.

3points

Memere 3 years ago

Same here - I only write & eat left-handed. Scissors, sports, knitting, crocheting - all right-handed!

1point

Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago

You know, if superstition surrounding dominant hands never arose in our history, we'd probably have incorporated it into our daily lives as readily as shoe size or height. Imagine how life might be different if nobody was a douche about it.

3points

Elizabeth VanDyke 3 years ago

I write with my left hand but do everything else with my right hand.

2points

Sheila Ch 3 years ago

safety on many objects is based on using the right hand. adaptability is less impt

2points

Memere 3 years ago

I write & eat left-handed, but I do everything else right-handed. I literally cannot use left-handed scissors, or anything made for lefties! Yeah, I'm kinda mixed up. ;-P

1point

Mary Leverett 3 years ago

What about my (left-handed) co-worker, who INSISTED on using his sidearm on the RIGHT?

0points

YetAnotherSarah 3 years ago

Meaning he had a cross-draw or he shot with his non dominant hand? I'm very amateur, haven't practiced much at all meaning no real muscle memory. But, while I'm left-handed, I'm fairly ambidextrous and my eye dominance is not terribly pronounced, so I shoot equally as well either-handed. If I were to take heavy training, the instructor could probably enforce a right dominance.

1point

Dana J 3 years ago (edited)

I am left handed, my grandpa wanted my parents to tie my left hand behind my back so I had to use my right hand, they were like "ummm no" lol

0points

YetAnotherSarah 3 years ago

Nuns used to smack my left-handed mother's left hand with a ruler whenever she used it until *her* mother (also left-handed) put a very solid stop to it.

0points

#30

Food. Improperly handling just about any food can easily kill you or leave you wishing you were dead.

Picker-Rick Report

Final score:

54points

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Improper 3 years ago

I mean- even a potato could be deadly- if you throw it hard enough-

3points

SkekVi 3 years ago

Food safety training should be mandatory in all schools but we got rid of Home Ec bc uh... ::checks notes:: ...it was somehow a better decision to not let ANYONE take Home Ec than to just make everyone take it?? I guess???

3points

#31

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Lithium batteries, idk if this is a normal household object but it burnt my whole 3200 sq ft house in 30 mins

no-one-p , Ramesh NG Report

Final score:

54points

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Will Tiernan 3 years ago

The photo is of a completely different type of battery.

53points

Robert T 3 years ago (edited)

I think the implication is on rechargable batteries, of which NiMH and Li-ion are the most common. They can get very hot and bust into flames when charging. They can also deliver a large current when shorted.

8points

Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

Nickel Metal Hydride.

4points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

NiMh batteries will readily catch fire if they are damaged when at a high state of charge.

2points

James William Anthony Lloyd-Williams 3 years ago

spot on-it's the little watch batteries which kill

0points

Wandaluzt 3 years ago

It's just a stock photo. It's hardly a big deal.

-1point

Barong 3 years ago

LiPo RC batteries. Before drones were available I used to have an heavylift RC helicopter. The thing was dangerous enough as a flying guillotine with a 1 meter rotor span and strong heavy carbon fiber blades. Anyway, I came home one day and the whole house was filled with white smoke. I knew Lithium Polymer LiPo batteries could be dangerous so I ensured that they were property charged and discharged using a balance charger. I stored them flame retardant bags in fire resistant 50 cal ammo can. I quickly grabbed an oven mitt in case it was still hot and picked up the ammo can and moved it to the garage. One of the batteries apparently failed causing a thermal runaway igniting the other batteries. The ammo can had melted the carpet and the carpet pad to the floor. Fortunately there was no fire to the rest of house.( I had kept the ammo can inside because I didn’t want the batteries exposed to the extreme temperature changes in the garage.)

2points

Joshua Moon 3 years ago

Wife's cousin just lost their house because of a lithium battery pack for an Xbox controller burst into flames.

1point

censorshipsucks 3 years ago

the watch batteries overheat quickly if they are short-circuting eg stored next to each other in contact on a metal surface.

1point

Marguerite Janiszyn 3 years ago

We just had a house fire in my town caused by batteries. The home owner stored square 9 volt batteries in the same "junk" drawer as tin foil.

0points

David Timmons 3 years ago

Yeah here in the USA when Samsung released the Galaxy Note 7 I believe a bunch of the lithium batteries exploded in people's phones. There's a video of DJ Khaled on YouTube talking on the phone in the studio and his phone just blows up near his face

0points

Silre 3 years ago

That reminds me, I need to check the batteries in my alarm clock

0points

NOLAHusker 3 years ago

LiPo batteries, in particular. I've investigated several fires where unattended RC car batteries exploded and took out a garage or house.

0points

KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago

Yep. My brothers had a bunch of old batteries in their garage from some film equipment. nearly burnt down their entire block.

0points

Lainie 3 years ago

I don't get this. :/

0points

Rob Chapman 3 years ago

There have been documented incidents of lithium ion batteries exploding or spontaneously combusting. Cell phones catching on fire in people's pockets. Electric cars suddenly catching on fire. Countless electronics use them today. Tablets, phones, cars, laptops, toys, smoke alarms, medical equipment. But....considering there are billions of these batteries in use around the world, the chance of one catching on fire is exceptionally slim, but not impossible.

5points

#32

Dinner plate.....let me explain. Went to sleep watching TV on the couch😴 Woke up and decided to go to bed but tripped over the vacuum cleaner and fell face forward onto the corner of the coffee table. I had left my plate from dinner there. Plate broke in half as I fell and sliced me open from lower right rib the top of left pelvis. 60km ambulance ride, hospital and surgery to put me back together.

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Final score:

53points

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nini 3 years ago

So, vacuum cleaners just lying around mindin' their own business also belong on this list I suppose

85points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

Ours resides in the hall closet for this very reason.

8points

June 3 years ago

Yup, 2 years ago few days after a surgery I tripped on the vacuum cleaner and fell face first on a shelf. I have a beautiful scar on my nose now.

3points

verus2 3 years ago

I tripped over mine too, my head missed the radiator by a couple of inches.

2points

Loolie 3 years ago

Tidying stuff away perhaps is the safer option.

15points

Stephanie Did It 3 years ago

So was the culprit the plate, the vacuum leaner or the coffee table?

15points

Tinykame 3 years ago

Or the human? 🤔

19points

Pixie 3 years ago

It was a conspiracy

5points

Curry on... 3 years ago

And was it one of those floor hugging robo vacuums? (how does one miss a regular standing vacuum?)

0points

Robert T 3 years ago

Just about anything can be lethal if you fall and land badly on it!

14points

Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

Ever seen an "unbreakable" Corelle plate or bowl explode? They do that sometimes just for fun. Hundreds of tiny very sharp pieces.

7points

Earl Grey 3 years ago (edited)

We purchase a set of four Mikasa square serving plates some years back. Accidentally dropped one on a tile floor. It didn’t “break” or “shatter” but rather exploded into a thousand pieces of shrapnel that was a sight to behold, with a blast radius of about 12 feet. After an hour of cleanup, we consigned the surviving plates to the garbage can.

2points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

Bad enough to hit the corner of the coffee table—-sharp corners on furniture are a real pet peeve of mine!—-but to break a plate which then slices you open is just adding insult to injury—-or rather, injury to injury. Good thing either you didn’t black and was able to call the ambulance, out or someone was there to do it for you!

4points

Legit Exorcy 3 years ago (edited)

For Idiots any thing is a killing machine this one doesn't belong here but in Darwin awards

3points

Alaskatgal 3 years ago

My mom lost her balance and fell while holding a ceramic dinner plate. The plate broke into pieces. When she landed on the floor, one piece punctured her lung. She also broke three vertebrae in her spine! She was in ICU for nearly four weeks.

3points

Winter's Dream 3 years ago

V(acuum) for Vendetta

2points

Thumeka Sebaeng 3 years ago

I think the danger here is legs.

0points

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#33

Garage door opener - specifically the springs. Those springs have a crapload of tension in them and if you mess with them they can mess you up. I had a contractor working at the house and he set up his work area in the garage. While he was working, one of the springs just broke on its own. He was okay, but he said it was so loud he thought a car had crashed into the garage.

Final score:

51points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Equally dangerous are the springs used in car suspension. You need to compress them to change them. Use proper spring compressors and use them carefully. They can literally kill you.

21points

Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago

There’s vids of those compressors failing, and the spring shoots *through* the roof of the garage, then landing a few properties away.

5points

Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago

Redoing the gas struts on my parent's car. Rented a spring compressor to hold them down while removing the gas cartridge in the shock absorber housing. Tool f'n broke, sent that spring through the garage like an arrow. Four people standing right near it, so lucky nobody was injured left a huge hole in the wall that the tool stuck in halfway through to the other side of the wall.

1point

m pum 3 years ago

Garage spring broke and I truly thought there had been an explosion in my garage. Insane!

1point

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Yes. My grandfather made the mistake of trying to service his own door when I was a kid and the spring snapped. It sliced his arm wide open from palm to elbow. Needed 68 stitches. Lucky he didn't bleed to death.

1point

WoodenLion 3 years ago

i would very strongly advise not to mess with garage door springs, the horizontal ones - you cannot even purchase them at a brick & mortar store because of the store's liability.

1point

Who Panda 420 3 years ago

My great-grandmother was closing her garage door and didn't notice her poor little papillon was under it. I won't go any farther again not to make people sad just to save more puppy lives.

0points

WoodenLion 3 years ago

what the hell does that mean/have to do with the topic?

1point

#34

Cutting boards. Cross contaminations a b***h if you have a bad immune system

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50points

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Libby Tailor 3 years ago

I use different cutting board for meat and meat only (I havefive different cuttong biards)

24points

David Timmons 3 years ago

Same

2points

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

I mean, you do have to wash it thoroughly and disinfect it, but I've used the same hardwood cutting board for 25 years for tasks as varied as chopping vegetables and butchering meat. Not at the same time, obviously.

4points

Makajha Banjjjak 3 years ago

Ppl don't wash them..?

2points

SkekVi 3 years ago

Plastic harbours more bacteria than wood, just fyi.

2points

RedCorvette 3 years ago

I clean mine before and after using in soap and really hot water.

1point

Brenda 3 years ago

Use wooden for meats, then clean with bleach. Plastic for other foods. Never use glass ones

1point

Adriaan Verhelle 3 years ago

what is wrong with glass ones? Much easier to clean than poreus wooden ones.

-1point

Gwen Johnsonb 3 years ago

I bleach the heck out of mine...

0points

Jake B 3 years ago

Use a separate boards for meat, vegetables etc. Clean with soap and water, dishwasher if safe. If using wood, a salts rub is great and be sure to buy a hard wood board. Soft wood is very porous and is not food safe. Hickory, Myrtle wood, any dense hardwood is best. Last be sure and let dry completely.

0points

#35

Acetaminophen (Tylenol). OD’ing on it only takes about twice the amount on the box’s directions, which is very low compared to other common medications. Its negative effects are kidney failure, which starts with kidney pains, but quite quickly leads to a painful death. It is scarily common. People first take Tylenol for a good reason but they take too much, so they start feeling kidney pain, so they take more Tylenol for that kidney pain, because they think it’s harmless and should help to feel good. By the time it gets bad enough that they go to the ER, they’re already dead, their body just doesn’t know it yet. Always follow medication directions, particularly on Tylenol.

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47points

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Foxxy says goodbye. 3 years ago

When I took an overdose on paracetamol, the Dr and mental health specialist explained how lucky I was. Apparently majority of the time paracetamol overdoses don't kill you, instead it causes severe issues with your liver and kidneys making you very sick. I was very fortunate I have no long term effects, probably helped that I got seen to pretty quickly after taking them.

36points

TGHW 3 years ago

Exactly the same for me, I was looking for a quick and easy way out and was told afterwards I could probably have ended up having caused a long, painful one. Revisited A&E on several occasions for other ODs, but never paracetamol again! I'm glad to have an anti-depressant that actually works now, so I haven't been back for a few years.

9points

Westernro 3 years ago

For anyone outside the USA, this is paracetamol.

11points

Whatshername 3 years ago

Thanks

1point

Kayla S 3 years ago

Nurse here. Tylenol ODs wreck your liver, not your kidneys. It doesn’t make your kidneys happy, but kidneys will fail with too much ibuprofen.

3points

kat lia 3 years ago

tylenol hurts your liver more, ibuprofen your kidney.

1point

Ruby 3 years ago

Wait, so how many can I safely take in a day? 4? 6?

1point

mongo 3 years ago

For a normal adult: up to 4 g per day is really safe. That's up to eight 500 mg tablets per day. Or four 1000 mg tablets. No amount is absolutely safe, no compound that does something is absolutely safe. But it's reasonably safe.

0points

wowbagger 3 years ago

Always check the ingredients of your "mixed" medications, like a "Cold and Flu" medicine. Does it contain acetaminophen/paracetamol or an NSAID? Not realizing there's Tylenol in a mixed medicine is a big source of overdoses.

1point

El Dee 3 years ago

This is listed above under the UK name, 'Paracetomol' but it's definitely worth saying twice..

1point

Laura Jackson 3 years ago

Never drink alcohol and take Tylenol. Not even the next morning for hangover headaches. Liver failure looks like it would be a real b***h to go through.

1point

David H. 3 years ago

It's liver failure that results from acetaminophen overdose, not kidney failure. If it were kidney failure, people would be started on dialysis. And it requires approximately 15-20 times the recommended dose (at least 10g for an adult) before any harm occurs. The acetaminophen itself isn't toxic but the liver has two pathways to metabolize it. The primary one results in non-toxic metabolites. If, however, someone takes a dose so large that the enzyme used by the primary pathway is completely exhausted, the secondary pathway takes over. This pathway results in an incredibly toxic metabolite that causes liver cells to initiate programmed cell death, which causes cells to release chemical messengers telling adjacent cells to also self-destruct, resulting in fulminant hepatic failure. Fortunately, the agony and extreme nausea means almost everyone ends up in an ER before fatal damage occurs, and there is an extremely effective antidote that saves almost everyone's life. -david, RN

0points

Andrea Dockham 3 years ago

My coworker told me that when his daughter was little they had to go to the hospital with her. The young woman in the next room was dying of liver failure after taking Tylenol for her hang over the day after a night of drinking. She didn’t take more than the recommended amount and was otherwise a healthy 21 yo.

0points

Samantha Melnychuk 3 years ago

That's very unusual for a young, healthy person. Unless she took a whole days worth as a single dose on top of all the alcohol and had a silent liver problem.

0points

#36

My brother's father in law died falling off a ladder. He wasn’t even high up, just fell badly. His wife (a nurse) tried CPR, but he didn’t make it. He had no other health problems

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46points

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Laura Jackson 3 years ago

I fell 2.5-3 feet off a ladder onto a tile floor landing squarely on my back. I'm now fused from my second lumbar vertebrae to the first sacral vertebrae and had to retire way too early (age 34) and go on disability.

40points

Lainie 3 years ago

I'm so sorry. Wow.

9points

DuchessDegu 3 years ago

Oh Laura that's awful, so sorry to hear that. Ladders, even small ones, can be very dangerous

3points

Fish Boden 3 years ago

I'm so sorry to hear that.

2points

Helen Waight 3 years ago

I had massive damage to thoracic vertebrae due to an accident and it’s a real struggle to remember being able bodied at all. Major sympathies :(

0points

KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago

It's absurd how injured you can get from just a slip and fall.

1point

Kara Born 3 years ago

A lady at the local Tyson Chicken place died after falling off a ladder- one she knew was unsafe, but was told to use anyway

0points

Colin Timp 3 years ago

A doctor once told me you have a 50% chance of death from a 10 foot fall. It goes up from there.

0points

Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago

My MIL fell off a step stool and broke both of her ankles, on of them the bone actually broke though the skin and needed surgery. She was in a wheelchair for months.

0points

#37

An air compressor not maintained can explode.

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45points

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Funhog 3 years ago

Air contains moisture. Air compressors are metal. Over time, moisture accumulates and causes metal to rust. Rusted areas in an air compressor are weakened. Charging a weakened air compressor up to high pressure causes it to blow out; lots of shrapnel. Air compressors have manual valves designed to empty any accumulated moisture.

25points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

It's also important to examine the tank design for built-in weaknesses. If the tank has a welded seam at the lowest point (like some horizontal-tank compressors), that weld can rust at an accelerated rate compared to the rest of the tank. There is less worry if you have a vertical tank compressor, or a horizontal one where the weld is on the top. If you are concerned, or have purchased a second-hand compressor with dubious history, have the tank hydrostatically tested. Hydrostatic testing involves filling the tank to 99% of its capacity with water, then pressurizing it to its rated pressure. If it doesn't leak, it is in good condition. There are tons of places that do this: consult google.

5points

Chich Premium 3 years ago

Drain mine every time I use it. Suprising how much water comes out sometimes.

2points

Im_Not_A_Human_4 , Household Hacker Report

#38

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Using compressed air cans near a stove.

Final score:

44points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Gas stove. Not going to do much without a flame, though rapid cooling of a ceramic hob may cause it to shatter.

5points

JessG 3 years ago

Okay so, ANY aerosol can near heat is risky

2points

Winter's Dream 3 years ago

Yes! My brother started a fire in the garage because he was spray painting too close to the water heater.

-1point

Potato 3 years ago

Like PAM???

0points

#39

A stovetop espresso maker. The method of operation is the water in the bottom chamber boils, and the steam pressure pushes up the hot water through the coffee grounds into the upper pot. There is only one safety on these things, and it's the valve on the water tank. If the water is filled too high so it covers the valve, you've made a pipe bomb. If the coffee is ground too fine or tamped and the safety valve is blocked it WILL explode and send boiling coffee and water everywhere. Luckily this is very easily avoidable. Never fill the water over the safety valve, and never tamp the coffee in the basket.

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Final score:

43points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Fire, heat, pressure, steam.... recipe for disaster if not used carefully!

7points

Silly Putty 3 years ago

I use these all the time. I make sure the valve is above the water and I don't even fill the filter let alone press the coffee down. Every pot I've ever bought (I use Bialetti) includes detailed instructions on how to use it safely. Bialetti invented the moka pot (what they call it here in Italy) and if they say not to press the coffee, they're telling you not to use as much which means they're making less money. So I believe them.

0points

Jrog 3 years ago

1: Bialetti does not make or sell coffee, so they are not making any less money. 2: making coffee with a moka requires water pushed by low pressure steam to pass through the grinded coffee, that must not be too fine or dense to allow expansion when moist 3: Bialetti as a brand really went downhill after moving the main production plant from Italy to China. Go for Alessi instead.

1point

Little Wonder 3 years ago

I've always been extra careful with mine since I was at a friends place and he ground his coffee too fine, and tamped it too hard. BOOM. Thankfully no one was in the kitchen at the time, and we figured out how to get the coffee off the ceiling.

0points

Improper 3 years ago

Very curious how you got the coffee off the ceiling.

0points

#40

Due to certifications like UL, and GFCI outlets in kitchens and bathrooms, there is way more safety built into things than decades ago. Certain woodworking tools are the first to come to mind, but most people realize they are dangerous. Using a table saw wrong and having it launch a board at your face? Or pulling yourself down onto it could easily cause fatal injuries if someone isn’t around to offer quick medical assistance. Lathes, mills, or drill presses can be super dangerous if they snag any loose clothing or hair and pull you in. It seems the people who are least aware of the danger are people who are fairly new to using them so they know the basics but end up overconfident and assume they know everything they need to know.

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Final score:

35points

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Aidan Pite 3 years ago

I used to have a circular saw that had a busted spring on its blade guard, so you had to manually pull it back. I would set it where I wanted to cut, pull it back, then turn it on, and when I was done, I would wait until it stopped spinning before setting it down. One day my neighbour (who works in construction and (you'd think) was very experienced in using tools safely) asked to borrow it. He used a stick to prop the guard completely open. I figured he knew what he was doing, and didn't say anything. Whelp, after making the cut, habit kicked in and he just set the thing straight on the ground without waiting for it to stop spinning, with the guard wide open. Damn near chopped his foot off. Never lent him another tool again.

12points

Weed in the Garden 3 years ago

You mean - he asked AGAIN!?!

3points

Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago

I was working in a scenery shop for a large theater, when I noticed that one of my coworkers had removed the guard from the table saw. I told him that he was just begging for an injury, but he said "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing." About 10 seconds later, his thumb hit me square in the face.

1point

Jessica Shookhoff 3 years ago

Whether you're in the lab or the workshop, hair safely up and back, no clothing that's very loose, and use all appropriate safety gear. Don't try to save time. Fingers, toes and eyes don't grow back!

0points

tragicaltales 3 years ago

My dad has lots of woodworking equipment in our garage. He knows how to use them safely but he always warns us about how dangerous they are

0points

Minath 3 years ago

Many years ago my late grandfather decided he needed a table saw for some project, unfortunately I come from a long line of bodgers, he solved the problem by clamping a chainsaw to his work bench. He always did things like this when my grandmother was out, luckily he only needed a few stitches in his hand and my mother was available to take him to hospital.

0points

Zobi123 3 years ago

Good argument to take a class and not just YouTube it!

0points

#41

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Pressure cooker

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Final score:

33points

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BadCat 3 years ago

Those scare me. I never want to own one.

39points

Emily 3 years ago

The instant pot version shown here is very safe. It’s the old school ones that are dangerous

20points

Monday 3 years ago

I used to be the same...but now I absolutely love my pressure cooker. I suppose it would be fairly easy to give yourself a bad burn if you're not paying attention when you depressurize it.

5points

SkekVi 3 years ago

Same!! Everyone's all into them again only they call them instapots and i'm just like... thanks I will use a normal crockpot bc safety is more important than convenience???

1point

Clover 3 years ago

I agree. Never had one, never want one.

0points

Ace Premium 3 years ago

So many people still seem to think this, but their bad rep is based on designs of a century or more ago. Anything vaguely modern is perfectly safe and very difficult even for a complete imbecile to misuse in a dangerous way.

10points

Lee Kerr 3 years ago

Pre electric pressure cookers, I had an ordinary one for 40 years; you just need to treat them with respect.

4points

Mac 🇺🇦 3 years ago

Where I lived in Wisconsin, you could take your pressure cooker to the county agriculture office and they would thoroughly inspect it and test it for any defects or sealing issues. No cost. Canning food was very common, and a faulty pressure cooker is very dangerous.

6points

Miz Chelle 3 years ago

What county was that?

0points

Robert T 3 years ago

This should be much higher up the list. My gf got burnt by a pressure cooker when she was living in rural Wales. She had to be airlifted to hospital, it was that serious. She is fine now, but she refuses to ever touch a pressure cooker ever again.

6points

Monday 3 years ago

Can I ask how that happened? I've burned myself on mine before but only my wrist got caught in the steam due to the valve location. What was hers designed like?

4points

Meghna Mohan 3 years ago (edited)

I use two each day for side dishes and for curries each day and it is scary. The second I hear an odd sound I switch the gas off to investigate . Never ever taking chances. Opening the lid before the pressure goes off completely or not taking out the whistle/weight used can lead to disaster. Brief almost brushes with it made my senses super sensitive. It is scary but super easy and gets work done in seconds.

5points

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

I have a traditional pressure cooker (not an instapot) They have a rubber safety valve it sits in the lid loosely and the internal pressure builds and holds it in place, too much pressure it will pop out plus there is a second fail safe built into the lid . So modern pressure cookers are relatively safe.

3points

Heather Faust 3 years ago

If you check your pressure cooker for damage and follow the instructions they are safe. They also drastically reduce cooking time, make food extremely flavorful and tender, and can allow you to cook all summer long without heating up your home. Modern ones like Instant Pots have several safety mechanisms. You can get hurt- but really only if you fail to follow the very simple instructions that come with it.

2points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

My mom bought me one years ago. Never used it and don't want to. Still in the box

2points

Mama Penguin 3 years ago

Pressure cookers scare me. No, thanks.

1point

Rachknits 3 years ago

My mum's old one used to terrify me but I have an instant pot which is amazing. It would be very difficult to hurt yourself with it unless you blatantly disregarded the info about depressurising and even then I think it would just be a small burn. I'm much more scared of deep fat fryers

0points

#42

Inserting a copper penny into a screw-in fuse box circuit as a "temporary measure" until replacement fuses can be obtained.

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Final score:

32points

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Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

Yes..suddenly your circuit designed to carry only 15 amps will now carry whatever the main breaker is rated at..typically 100 amps. Serious damage, fire, burns...don't. Just don't.

23points

Robert T 3 years ago

If you rate the fuse higher than the wiring, then the wiring becomes the fuse.

5points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

The odds of encountering such a fuse box which is still in service get smaller every day.

2points

Chich Premium 3 years ago

My old man used to do this. Fuses were what? $0.15 back then? Suprised he didn't burn the house down.

2points

cryssH 3 years ago

Having a 'spent' 9 volt in your pocket and have it come in contact with a penny makes instant heat

0points

Colin Timp 3 years ago (edited)

There was a story about a guy in the southern U.S. who had gone frog gigging with a friend. When they went to leave, the headlights in his old truck weren't working because the fuse blew. So he looked for something to use and placed a 22-caliber bullet in and started driving home. The bullet heated up and went off, striking him in the leg. Never use anything other than the proper fuse.

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

WHY???? 😨

0points

Nunya Business 3 years ago

Pennys aren't copper anymore.

0points

timebleeder 3 years ago

U.S. pennies have a zinc core covered in copper according to the U.S. mint.

0points

This Person 3 years ago

Who on earth does that???

0points

Lee Kerr 3 years ago

40 years ago, just after my husband moved in with me, his stereo stopped working so I checked the fuse. His ex-flat mate had “borrowed” it to use elsewhere and replaced it with the silver paper from a cigarette packet. I read him the riot act because I didn’t want him to try it himself!

0points

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#43

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear A garbage disposal sink, seriously if you have long hair and it gets caught in it your in trouble

Final score:

32points

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Tracy Jimenez 3 years ago

Really?!? Could you be clueless enough to let you hair cascade into the sink and down a running garbage disposal without noticing?

3points

Lainie 3 years ago

I think that Europe is not into it.

3points

BadCat 3 years ago

Another scary device.

2points

Jake B 3 years ago

These were originally designed for the scrapping from plates after a meal and grew from there. In Seattle they ask you to not use them but to toss food scraps into your garbage. This aids the breakdown of non food products in the dump. Also it helps the water processing plant as they do not have to filter out the garbage from the water to clean it.

1point

Shane S 3 years ago

If you use them as intended then it’s no different than flushing the toilet after a #2. But yes, some people abuse them and will put whole food and debris down them.

4points

jmdirks 2 years ago

Most of these dome down to simple stupidity.

0points

timebleeder 3 years ago

The question to be asked here is how long is your hair and what are you doing that your hair is hanging on your kitchen sink.

0points

Autistic apricot 3 years ago

This scottish apricot is having trouble understanding

0points

Robert May 3 years ago

Had a coworker get his tie caught in a paper shredder - got all the way to the knot before it jammed!

0points

Upstaged75 3 years ago

Seriously though, how would you manage to do that? The grinder part is way down at the bottom of the drain. You'd have to basically stick your head in the sink. Also, the disposal has a switch that turns it off - it's not like it attacks people. As for why, because it cuts down on old rotten food in your trashcan!

0points

Chimamanda Eke 3 years ago

So apparently you're head can also fit the tiny hole. Yeah

0points

#44

Cupboard door. One fast wrong turn and a lucky corner shot to the temple and you’re done.

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31points

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Laura Jackson 3 years ago

Corner of the fridge doors, too. I was putting away groceries and had dropped something meant for the freezer. I bend over to pick it up and didn't realize the freezer door had swung shut a bit. When I quickly stood up the side of my head caught the sharp corner. I come to minutes later in a surprisingly large pool of blood and with a massive headache. I was treated for a concussion and also received 8 sutures and 4 staples.

26points

censorshipsucks 3 years ago

I've had this happen so many times and had to have stitches. It's not funny.

2points

Potato 3 years ago

When I was living in a dorm the microwave in the shared kitchen caught fire one night because the inside was covered in such a thick layer of grease...

1point

Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago

Heck, some cabinets are just set improperly, and you can catch a corner or even a lower front edge if you're not careful. That's with the door closed!

0points

Barong 3 years ago

Always close those cabinets.

0points

#45

Smoke detectors, if you forget to change the battery or you don’t check if your smoke detector is still working, undetected smoke at night when you are sleeping could kill you.

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KDav 3 years ago

I just let my husband help me cook steak. That's how I know the batteries are working.

2points

Jrog 3 years ago (edited)

Holy moly what a pile of wrongness in these comments... Let's recap. TESTING A SMOKE DETECTOR: there is a self test button, that's the way. Using a candle, a match, spray, a burning cross or whatever is a bad idea, the soot in the long run will hamper the working of the receiver. Don't. Mind that detectors should be replaced or professionally checked after they are triggered by a fire. BATTERY CHANGING: Once again, self test button! Most modern detectors have batteries that last 3, 5 or even 10 years. No need to change them every year, just test them every month or so. DETECTOR REPLACEMENT: Ionizing detectors (typically called "built-in") have a 10 years lifespan and must be replaced because the radioactive source decays. Most consumer detectors now are not of the ionizing type, they are photoelectric. Those are cheaper, safer and have no definite lifespan -save for different advice from the manufacturer- and can be used longer with no maintenance (except for regular self test and battery swap).

1point

Jrog 3 years ago (edited)

VERY IMPORTANT THING: Fire detector are not supposed to be used in kitchens, workshops or any dusty place. For that places you should buy a CO2 detector. It will keep going off due to particles in the air. Soot, dust, vaporized grease will coat the receiver sensor quickly and kill the detecting capability.

1point

Huddo's sister 3 years ago

In Australia they tell you to check your smoke detector batteries each time you switch between daylight savings.

0points

Kipper 3 years ago

In our apartment building the smoke/fire detectors are hard wired in and checked annually by most and fire dept.

0points

TCW Sam Vimes 3 years ago

That is kind of....wrong. All smoke detectors start to beep at small intervals when the battery is low. At least that is the law in Germany.

0points

Barong 3 years ago

Also, a good rule of thumb is to replace them if they are more than 10 years old.

0points

LillieMean 3 years ago

Absolutely. I live in an apartment building and it is the resident's responsibility to buy a fire alarm. The maintenance company changes the batteries annually. During the exchange, we noticed that the old alarm no longer worked at all. You should write the activation date on the back of the alarm with a marker.

0points

Loolie 3 years ago

Google it?

0points

Castles 3 years ago

My smoke detectors have a battery but also connected to power supply too so if one fails eg electric goes off the battery is a back up n vice versa thought all were like that now a days

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#46

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Every electrical appliance and outlet because it only takes about 10ma of current to start causing a heart to stop beating. And most homes have at least 100 amp main breakers and I know my place has a 200 amp main, they won't pop when it kills you either. Tons of the stuff in our homes has some sort of plastic in it. They get hot and can give off fumes that will at the very least make us sick and may even start to smoke but not be hot enough to cause the smoke to rise to set off a smoke detector.

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Robert T 3 years ago

Then the design of your wiring system is woefully inadequate. In the UK we spilt things down into separate circuits with no more than about 30A on them. In addition to that all electrical appliances are fused appropriately to the current draw of the appliance at the plug, so 13A for a vacuum cleaner or kettle, 5A for smaller devices and 1 or 2A for things like table lamps. And that is in addition to an RCD (Residual Current Device) which will trip out if it detects an imbalance between the current going down the live and coming back through the return (i.e. current leaking to earth). Oh, and most things are grounded and the sockets have switches as well.

13points

M O'Connell 3 years ago (edited)

I think the OP might be slightly mis-informed. Most homes in the US do not have accessible outlets which are capable of carrying more than 20A at 120V (excepting outlets for electric ranges, clothes dryers, and the very rare 240V window air conditioner outlet). The main breaker in the panel is typically 100 or 200A, but each branch circuit is typically 15 or 20A (and 30 or 40A at 240V for high-current appliances).

11points

NOLAHusker 3 years ago

We have all that in the US, too. Don't know why this person posted this.

3points

Fat Harry 3 years ago

In practice, you almost never see anything other than 3A or 13A fuses.

0points

Emily 3 years ago

I don’t think this is right…. I’ve definitely had things with electricity in small appliances shock me. IMMEDIATELY the breaker flipped and power was cut to the whole room. I live in the US.

3points

Sean 3 years ago (edited)

It’s not. It takes 10ma across the heart to cause temporary paralysis. That’s across the heart directly, not 10ma through your skin, etc.

0points

TCW Sam Vimes 3 years ago

In Germany RCD's are basically mandatory in newer homes, they are absolute livesavers. Already saved me from electrocution once (Toaster and metal are not a good combo). Most plugs are grounded as well, and every outlet has to be grounded. You could throw a live hairdrier in the bathtub, nothing would happen (exept for the lights going out due to the breaker)

2points

Omi bub 3 years ago

In UK too (maybe EU wide as all our good laws came from the EU *sobs*). Mandatory when you renovate or extend an old house too . It must he signed off by qualified electrician & ispector comes to check it is in order.

1point

Hiram's Friend 3 years ago

Part of the difference is the difference in voltage between Europe and the US.

0points

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#47

I remember all the boilers being super dangerous when I was younger. I can't really remember why because they where being fazed out in the UK when I was growing up but it was either carbon monoxide or they could blow up

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Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

Boilers are pressure vessels. An improperly operated boiler is a bomb waiting to go off.

10points

Robert T 3 years ago

Both. This is why they should be serviced regularly by a qualified person. Carbon monoxide is a silent killer as it is colourless and odourless. It is lighter than air, so when fitting a carbon monoxide detector, they go up near the ceiling. Modern boilers have a number of safety devices, including a gas valve that will shut off automatically if the boiler fails to ignite. We now also use balanced flues that surround the outgoing exhaust with an second tube for the incoming air supply, so that if the flue leaks, it doesn't leak into the air you are breathing.

3points

Hyrule26 3 years ago

They can explode if they get to hot, and destroy your house and everything in it. And my mother said that I'd never learn anything from 'The Shining.'

1point

Omi bub 3 years ago

You have to get them installed & fixedvby licensed professionals now. It is a condition of lots of home insurance that you must get it serviced regularly

0points

El Dee 3 years ago

It's still the same, these are the same two hazards you face now. Modern boilers are certainly safer though..

0points

Rob Chapman 3 years ago

I rented a house back in 2015, it had a old boiler instead of a modern heater. I refused to use it. Bought space heaters instead.

0points

#48

People Are Listing Household Objects That Are Actually Way More Dangerous Than They Appear Too much of certain spices. Some spices contain small amounts of exotic substances, that when consumed too much of, can easily cause organ failure.

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InvincibleRodent 3 years ago

I definitely want to hear a more concrete explanation of this one, lol.

26points

SkekVi 3 years ago

Nutmeg will give you the worst trip of your LIFE.

3points

Jenn C 3 years ago

Asking for a friend, and not suspicious reasons at all...

2points

April Caron 3 years ago

I found this (“Overeating These Foods Could Kill You”): https://www.mashed.com/98132/dangerous-fruits-world/

1point

David Timmons 3 years ago

It's very true. There are hundreds maybe thousands of different spices out there though

0points

Rob Chapman 3 years ago (edited)

Nutmeg can kill you. It's actually used as recreational drug in some parts of the world. In smaller doses , 120 mg (significantly more than used in cooking) it can cause hallucinations (like LSD) and even psychotic episodes (like with PCP). In higher doses it can cause irregular heartbeat and death. It can also interact with certain prescription drugs.

13points

Makajha Banjjjak 3 years ago

Yeah, try to eat that much of nutmeg..

1point

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Soooo which spices? Does a Panda around here know ??? I really want to know.

5points

Foxxy says goodbye. 3 years ago (edited)

I just found this "Heart related problems were associated with approximately seven herbs: Four traditional Chinese medicine herbs - Don quai (Angelica sinensis), Jin bu huan (Lycopodium serratum), Thundergod vine or lei gong teng (Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F), and Ting kung teng (Erycibe henryi prain); one an Ayruvedic herb - Aswagandha, (Withania somnifera); and two North American herbs - blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), and Yohimbe (Pausinystalia johimbe)". Couldn't really find anything for actual spices though.

5points

SCP 4666 3 years ago

Like nutmeg. It contains alkaloids which can geht you high but can also kill you

1point

Pixie 3 years ago

Cinnamon, too. It contains coumarin, which can damage your liver. There are different sorts of cinnamon, iirc the Ceylon Cinnamon has a quite low, the highest percentage is found in Cassia cinnamon

0points

Circa 3 years ago

Must have to take massive amounts though to have this risk. I know people do get high off huge amount of nutmeg

3points

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Yep like nutmeg cinnamon

2points

Socks 3 years ago

I think that's an auto correct. Toxic, not exotic

1point

timebleeder 3 years ago

A few years ago a guy in the U.S. killed himself by eating to much black licorice. He ate a bag of red every day then switched to black and a couple weeks later it killed him. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/health/black-licorice-death-boston.html

1point

Sweet Potato 3 years ago

Black licorice raises blood pressure

1point

Colin Timp 3 years ago

Pancake Mix can be deadly if it's out of date. Apparently some kind of bacteria thrives in the mix.

1point

pink_panda 3 years ago

Exotic substances! Perhaps we meant to write "toxic"?

0points

#49

The breaker box is about as dangerous as can be by design code changes.

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Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago

Still lots of old breaker panels out there that are seriously hazardous..like the old Bulldog Pushmatics.

8points

Frank Shannon 3 years ago

Stab-Lok anybody?

0points

Zobi123 3 years ago

Why?

0points

#50

An outlet and a fork.

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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)

Something else we have in the UK is sockets with a sliding plate that means you have to have something in the earth pin to expose the live. This is why the prong on the earth pin is slightly longer and goes in first, as it moves the sliding plate out of the way for the other two pins to go in. It means a child has to poke something into two holes in order to get a shock.

13points

Socks 3 years ago

One good thing about the UK is just this, our high standards in electrical safety. Other areas need some work but health and safety is pretty good in the UK despite the British idiots who say ", it's health and safety gone mad". Something true I heard and agree with is that health and safety rules/laws are written in blood. They came about because someone lost their life

3points

Helen Waight 3 years ago

Yup, also why UK plugs are really painful to stand on!

2points

Yoinks! 3 years ago

Little brat: "Ooo, I like a challenge!!"

1point

David Timmons 3 years ago

Yeah I don't think that exists in the USA. Unfortunately

1point

General Anaesthesia 3 years ago

You're kid-ding.

7points

Nadine Debard 3 years ago

That's the problem here /s

1point

Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago

When my niece was 2 she stuck a nickel between a plugged in lamp and the wall. It blew the bulbs in the lamp and melted the nickel, but she walked away with slightly sooty finger tips.

2points

Autistic apricot 3 years ago

This is why we don’t give forks to Cindy

0points

Jose Carlo 3 years ago

Couple of things: (1) DID YOU, read the instructions? (2) Do you have COMMON SENSE?

0points

censorshipsucks 3 years ago

Show your kids that scene in Batman (1989) where joker shakes hands with a mafioso. That will make them respect electricity.

0points

#51

Used a grinder once. Never again. That thing constantly wanted to kill me due to the lopsided torque.

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censorshipsucks 3 years ago

It's ok If you make sure (a) it is aimed away (the spin sends sparks away from you), (b) you have nothing flammable nearby (C) you wear eye covers and leather gloves (note: leather), and (d) you have a decent amount of arm strenght.

0points

#52

Red pepper flakes , if you inhale them on accident while taking a bite of food , your throat will close.

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censorshipsucks 3 years ago

same with popcorn seed casings

1point