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“Oops That’s Deadly”: 50 Clueless People Who Have Everyone Wondering How They Are Still Alive
Every day, we face risk. Of course, the amount can vary: a firefighter who also does base jumping on their time off and an office worker who likes to knit lead radically different lives. But the possibility that something might go wrong is always there, whether we know it or not.
The subreddit 'Oops, That's Deadly' invites everyone to post pictures of people interacting with extremely dangerous animals, plants, and other objects without realizing the threat
And based on the submissions, it's clear that some of us have zero survival instincts.
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#1
Had Both My Bathrooms Flooded With Poison Gas
Yes so I live in Turkey currently and my house has a septic tank, and apparently a government worker came by to check it because we have had way too many mosquitoes this year, and apparently there were thousands of them in there and he freaked out and pumped an unnamed horrible dense oily gas poison into my septic tank.
Bathrooms here have a drain in the floor so that when you're cleaning it you can just squeegee the water right into the drain. And houses with septic tanks, it's assumed that you will be using said drain on a frequent basis so that there is a water lock keeping nasty methane smells and also in this case poison gas from seeping up into your house. But I don't use it so that s**t came right in.
An hour after this was done, my amazing teammate of a cat woke me up and let me know there was a problem. The air purifier in my sitting room was going insane, and there was this dense horrible chemical smell as I left my curtained bedroom.
I immediately aired out the area, but this stuff is so persistent that some of it hung around underneath my bed and I had to use a two fan combo to get it out in the middle of the night. Same deal for my downstairs bathroom, both my bathrooms just have one small window for ventilation and that's it. I actually had to take care of the downstairs bathroom the next morning and the gas was still there.
So yeah, thanks for letting me ramble, hope I don't get cancer, hope my cats don't get cancer. I'm glad those mosquitoes are gone though, the biggest among them were a solid centimeter long and they would shake off being smacked, you have to roll them to break their wings and legs or they get back up and keep flying while flipping you off.
Here's a photo of my 13-year-old kitty Cutie, who let me know there was something going on. I rescued him 3 years ago and I adore him so so much. The best boy
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#2
A Small Mistake Right?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, some of the biggest threats were posed by "natural" phenomena: fires could burn down not just your home but the entire city and infectious diseases weren't yet curbed by vaccines. To avoid them, people largely relied on their own experience — as well as the experiences of others.
But as technology advanced, the risks also proliferated. Mines, factories, and other "dirty" workplaces were hotbeds of danger. And it's not like there was a huge emphasis on safety control. But with time, states began gathering data about accidents.
According to Arwen Mohun, a history professor at the University of Delaware and author of Risk: Negotiating Safety in American Society, it was collected to make an argument that you should pay attention to this kind of risk and that the government should step in and try to manage the risk.
The first widely collected data was about public health and about workplace accidents because those were both big political issues. The numbers were meant to shift people's perceptions of risk.
#3
I Don’t Think That’s A Pet, You Shouldn’t Invite It Into Your Car
#4
Safe To Say I Switched Lanes Immediately After This Photo…
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Switching lanes is not enough. Either pass the truck and stay ahead of it or drop far enough back to svoid the carnage.
#5
This Person Glued Rocks And Crystals To Their Steering Wheel Airbag Effectively Making A Claymore That Points Directly At Their Face And Chest
But these days, even though data and statistics are plentiful, mass media is so hell-bent on fearmongering that it also affects what we consider to be safe and not, and suddenly, you might be having nightmares about shark attacks even if you live in a desert.
In the United States, for example, violent crime has been plummeting for decades and air travel is as safe as it’s ever been, but in 2023, 40 percent of Americans said they felt unsafe walking home alone at night — the highest rate since 1993 — and research also suggests that Gen Z sees more risk around them than other generations.
#6
Lake Algae. Rip
#7
Seen On Fb- Luckily The Person Receiving The Fish Recognized The Issue, But The Packagers Clearly Didn’t!
#8
The "Snow" In The Wizard Of Oz Movie Was 100% Pure Asbestos
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
The Tin Man was told to wear toxic makeup on his skin. They really had no idea how bad it was back then.
#9
Saw This Winner Parked At The Gas Station. And Yes, All 4 Looked Like This
Upstaged75 3 months ago
It took me a moment to realize that's a tire! 😮 This is a fatal accident waiting to happen.
This mismatch between what the evidence says is risky and the appropriate level of fear is what researchers call the risk perception gap.
And the interesting thing is, when our fears don’t match the evidence, the gap becomes a risk all by itself.
For instance, vaccine skeptics who fear the side effects create a greater risk of illness by forgoing the shots, since their anxieties are simply centered around the wrong thing.
#10
Finally Found Where My Lint Trap Is
Lived in my apartment for 3 years and ignorantly thought I didn't have a lint trap in my dryer. Found out it's under the handle on the top of it, but since it was hard to pull up, I figured it was something else and I didn't want to break it and get management mad at me. Finally figured out that if I pull it towards me, it'll come out. Got lucky today. So glad I got some radioactively bright red towels that clogged the inside of my dryer and proved to me that I do indeed have a lint trap I need to manually clean.
#11
Never Eat A Wild Carrots. This Is Hemlock
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
The root looks more like a parsnip than a carrot, but the giveaway that it's NOT a wild carrot/parsnip is the reddish-purplish streaking at the base of the leaf/sprout stalks. Carrot greens are green all the way down.
#12
The Guy That Mows My Lawn Sends Me Snake Pics When He Finds Them So I Can ID For Him. He Sends Me This Today
I told him he’s insane and to not pick snakes up if he can’t ID them. Also he’s extremely lucky lol. Lord have mercy the man thought it was a ball python!!!
The Majestic Opossum 3 months ago
Yikes! You can always tell a Cottonmouth by it's wide, triangle shaped head...
#13
Cuddling A Copperhead, What Could Go Wrong? Stolen From A Facebook Group
Before we judge people in the pictures, wondering how dumb they must be for not realizing the amount of mess they've gotten themselves into, we have to understand that out internal "protection system" is pretty flawed.
A wealth of information we have available online, at our fingertips, may seem beneficial in that it allows us to learn about and protect against dangers, but there are only so many numbers we can process.
Gabriel Rubin, a professor of justice studies at Montclair State University, tells Vox we're simply not built for all of this data, so our brain tries to keep us alive by emphasizing certain things through our emotions. It's yelling, "This is scary. You should sway away!"
#14
Tourismts In Chernobyl, Sitting In An Excavator Claw Used After The Disaster. (It Has Deadly Levels Of Radiation)
#15
Casually Letting Your Kid Pick Up One Of The World’s Deadliest Creatures
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
But but... Yellow and blue are nature's "pet me" colors right?
#16
Man Thinks Animal Is Burrowing Next To His New AC Unit
It's a sinkhole.
#17
Just Why?!?
Upstaged75 3 months ago
Are they hoping to die??? That will impale you if the airbag goes off.
That being said, some of us are also more susceptible to misjudging the situation.
Overconfidence is a cognitive bias where we overestimate our abilities or knowledge and incorrectly assume that we are better, wiser, or more capable than we are.
It can seriously affect our behavior and ability to predict success and accurately weigh risk.
#18
My Parents Came Back Home To This. Almost Burned Their House Down With This Concave Mirror
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
Had a friend who hand juggled glass balls. She showed me how fact it can start a fire once. DO NOT underestimate the power of the Sun.
#19
Last Image Of Arthur Bitencourt (7) On August 3 2023 In Paraná, Brazil
The boy jumped into a pile of limestone on the side of the road. Shortly after his father took this photo, Arthur collapsed and passed away due to being poisoned from the dust.
Science Nerd 3 months ago
It is sad enough when an adult (using that term loosely) does something stupid. It is criminal when the said adult lets the child do something stupid.
#20
Woman Taking Selfie Gets Too Close To Bison At Yellowstone
The Majestic Opossum 3 months ago
Maybe it's my inner devil, but I really wish it would've gored her.
#21
Contractors Hate This One Simple Trick
Not inevitably deadly, but I suppose a building collapse is possible, should one roll a refrigerator across the floor there or something.
michael Chock 3 months ago
Next week he is going to remove some extra walls and cut through some extra wires.
Dillon Harper, PhD, a psychologist at Giles and Associates Family Psychology, says overconfidence is the brain's way of boosting self-esteem and reducing anxiety, and it does this by focusing on past wins while minimizing or ignoring failures.
"While this positivity feels great, it can ... [make] us believe we're invincible even when we're not. There is a fine line that oftentimes may feel like a balancing act."
#22
Parents Wanted To Show The Cool Snail They Found While On A Vacation To Egypt
The snail in the video is a cone snail. It his highly venomous and has a stinger that carries it's venom. With bigger ones having potent enough venom to k**l humans.
PeepPeep the duck 3 months ago (edited)
Please don’t pick any cones, even seemingly empty cones can have a harpoon waiting for you. I got taught to handle them as a kid and as an adult I won’t touch them 😂 (dads a huge sea and scuba buff).
#23
This Deadly Spider's Venom Can Give You A 5 Hour, Extremely Painful, Throbbing Erection. And K**l You And Your Family
BarBeeGirl 3 months ago
Censors allowed “throbbing erection” but now “killed”. What a time to be alive
#24
Dont Be A Josh…
michael Chock 3 months ago
I agree with the idea behind this, but the Josh shaming is a little much. Josh can't help but be Josh.
#25
Lily Pollen On My Cat’s Face (Don’t Worry, She’s Okay)
Bought some roses and didn’t notice there were two lily buds in there that had not bloomed. Cat found them before I did.
#26
Oops
Upstaged75 3 months ago
Just FYI - these are NOT deadly. In Australia they call them blue bottles and thousands of people get stung every year. It hurts like hell, but unless you have a rare allergy you'll be fine in about 20-30 minutes. Putting one in your mouth is quite stupid, but it's only the tentacles that sting. He probably licked the body, which is gross, but won't hurt you. If you're wondering about jellyfish that CAN k**l you, that's the box jellyfish.
#27
It's Like Physics Doesn't Exist
Upstaged75 3 months ago
Yeah, that's not how you build stairs. Unless you're hoping to k!ll someone.
#28
Daughter Found These In A Graveyard!
#29
Was Cleaning Webs Off My Porch…
#30
Best Snow On Earth
Upstaged75 3 months ago
I hope someone flagged this post and it got taken down before anyone got poisoned.
#31
Unsupported/Shifted Load
#32
I’m Allergic To Cats And He Scratched Me
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
That's more than an allergic reaction. That's infection. My ex is allergic to dogs and cats and gets puffed-up skin whenever one of our dogs or cats scratches him (the animals all have regularly-clipped claws.) OP might be allergic to cats, but this is NOT just a reaction.
#33
Found On A Metal Detecting Subreddit
#34
Imagine Smoke This
#35
Op Was Gifted A Candle Containing Minerals Which Produce Toxic Gas When Heated
#36
My Cousin Borrowed My Stepdad’s Car And Brought It Back Like This
michael Chock 3 months ago
Honestly amazing. How is the steel wheel untouched? The car must be an ultralight.
#37
Was Posted In A Facebook Group Asking What Type (They Saved They Spider From Drowning)
d b 3 months ago
I think this is a brown recluse spider? If so, its bite releases a necrotising toxin which will ulcerate the wound site, destroy the surrounding tissue and, if left untreated, require excision or amputation. It can also produce a systemic reaction which could destroy red blood cells and cause organ failure. Nasty little bugger.
#38
“It Was In Fact Not Chill”: Guy Touches Large Group Of Glaucus Atlanticus
#39
Found In A Hospital In California
#40
My Mom Made A Blanket For Her Pot
#41
My Roommate Left A Teflon Pan With Only Olive Oil On The Burner For An Hour And It Turned Blue
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Teflon should not be on cooking items. It was originally a great idea but we now know the dangers. Using it in other instances, such as 3-d printer tubes, is fine as long as you accept putting a non-degradable substance in a landfill eventually.
#42
World's Luckiest Man And World's Chillest Coral
#43
This Tea Is Made With A Toxic Plant That Can K**l You And It’s Being Sold On Tik Tok
#44
Is This Raccoon Rabid?. I Had To Move It And I Got Bit And Bled
#45
Hi, I'm A Dummy Who Handled An American Dagger Moth Without Knowing It Was Dangerous Lololol
#46
Here's Me In The Neighborhood Pothole
#47
Eat First, Ask Questions Later
#48
Saw This On The Subway And Immediately Thought Of This Sub LOL. Can’t Escape The Lead Paint Glasses
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
Oh my god, I recognize the Garfield ones on the far right because my family OWNS them and has had them for decades XD I think my sister's friend still occasionally drinks coffee out of them. I.. should probably go over there tomorrow and see XD
#49
I Work At A Greenhouse, This Is Growing In The Courtyard. Employees Debated On Whether To Keep The Pretty Flowers Or Chop It Down...it Took Me 3 Seconds To Go, That's Deadly
#50
Climbed My First FM Tower Last Night
#51
Parents With Toddler Move In, Deliberately Plant Datura
BarBeeGirl 3 months ago
Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family. They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's trumpets or mad apple. Other English common names include moonflower, devil's weed, and hell's bells.
#52
Op Drank Mine Water
#53
Shook Off A Blanket Outdoors And This Big Girl Fell Out. Oops!
#54
Tourists In Russia Find An Old Underwater Mine And Drag It Ashore
#55
Was Cleaning My MIL's Basement When I Came Across This
Dave Platt 3 months ago (edited)
These brushes (used to clean dust off of camera lenses and vinyl LP records) have a small amount of radioactive polonium behind the metal grill at the top. They emit a low level of alpha-particle radiation as the polonium decays, which ionizes the air and allows static electricity to drain away. Alphas have very low penetrating power... they travel only a few inches in air and can be stopped by something as thin as a piece of paper. Polonium can be dangerous if swallowed (hence the"do not touch" warning). These brushes have a very limited useful lifetime because the polonium has a half-life of less than six months. They have to be replaced every couple of years even if they aren't used. This one was made in 1970. 50 years, more than 100 half-lives... there's less than a trillionth of the original polonium left. It's less radioactive than a banana ("for scale" - bananas contain potassium, and potassium-40 is mildly radioactive).
#56
My Brothers BBQ Grill (Look Closely)
My bro asked me to flip burgers at his house for his birthday party. He mentioned to “watch out for the little metal bits” as he had “already eaten a few and had to spit them out”.
#57
The Dryer Filter In The Place I Will Move In. I Am Scared Of Touching Anything Here Now
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
Daughter remarked her clothes, in her death trap student housing, were not getting dry. Some genius decided to route the dryer vent up 5' off the floor. Her lint trap was clean, but I removed a LOG of lint from the vent hose, and the vent outside was plugged too. "Thanks Dad", "yup!"
#58
I Was Chosen By A Baby Bat This Morning
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 3 months ago
May I remind everyone of the title of this list? "'Anything is edible once': 92 people who came close to death and didn't even realize it". How the fսck does THIS fit the topic? Or did the BP author simply forget once again what list they're cobbling together, because it's all about quantity instead of quality? I might be on a lead there, don't ya think?
#59
Handrail With Gaps And Sharp Edges
#60
Apparently "No Smoking" Is Too Hard To Read
Lady Eowyn 3 months ago
Shouldn't have covered the face. It would have been helpful in identifying the remains.
#61
Girlfriend Complained That Her Car Was Shaking When She Went Above 40 Mph
#62
Guy Holds Raw Uranium Ore With His Bare Hands
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
Raw Uranium ore isn't that dangerous unless you eat it. Dude would be OK as long as he washed his hands after touching it. It's mostly alpha radiation that can't make it through your skin.
#63
The Worst Part Of This Was Half The People In The Group Kept Saying That Snake Is A Hognose. It Is Not, That Is A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Upstaged75 3 months ago
At least it's a small one - so it probably won't k!ll him. It will just hurt a LOT.
#64
Oh My God
michael Chock 3 months ago (edited)
This is where the outside power gets split into inside power. See the burn marks on the wall? Touching this would be like touching a downed power cable.
#65
Man Traps Asian Hornet
#66
Need Help Identifying These Bites. Friend Just Came Back From Croatia With 20 Sores. Or Are They Not Bites??
BarBeeGirl 3 months ago
In case you’re curious like me: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, is fatal if left untreated in over 95% of cases. It is characterized by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and anaemia. Most cases occur in Brazil, east Africa and India. An estimated 50 000 to 90 000 new cases of VL occur worldwide annually, with only 25–45% reported to WHO. It has outbreak and mortality potential.
#67
Banded Sea Krait - Middle Of Nowhere Fiji - Uneducated Me - 2012
#68
Stain Remover With A Side Of Mustard Gas! As Seen On The Inside Of My Washer Door
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Unfortunate lab accident, but I was in the hospital briefly after inhaling mustard gas. Makes a great party trivia question when my entry is who was exposed to a WW1 poison gas?
#69
This Is What My Manager Considers Acceptable For Our Fryers
#70
It’s All Fun And Games Until It’s Not
#71
This Lad Is Going To Introduce A New Prion Disease To Humanity
#72
This Costco Blocks All Its Emergency Exits
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Fire violation. It should be closed done immediately after a safety inspection.
#73
What Happens To Potatoes After A Year In The Cellar
#74
Deadly...and Delicious
#75
I Totally Forgot I Still Had These Lithium Batteries. They're Still Charged. Tomorrow I'm Going To Safely Dispose Of Them With A Hammer And A Couple Of Nails
#76
This Particular Way Of Frying Chicken
#77
A Shelf Full Of Enough Lead Paint To K**l 4 People
#78
Magnesium Shavings On Fire From Welding Sparks…
#79
Black Creepy Thing In My House
#80
Bomb I Found
#81
6 Mile Biking Commute Across Town With This Little One Strapped To My Back!
Deborah B 3 months ago
J*****s. Put your baby in a proper bike seat. That helmet will not stop them being crushed if you land on them. I've come off a bike over the handlebars, landed on my back, and killed the laptop in my backpack. A small child could easily have their ribs break and puncture their heart and lungs.
#82
I Didn't Realize We Had Hallucinogenic Toads And Picked Up This Sonoran Desert Toad I Found. Didn't Get Juiced Tho
#83
Dialysis Venous Chamber Missing A Filter That Prevents Blood Clots From Entering Patient’s Blood Stream Causing Stroke Or Heart Attack
Emma London 3 months ago
Are the personnel supposed to assemble it, or should the chamber come with the filter?
#84
Testing Chlorine Levels In The Pool. Hibiscus Tea Was The Wrong Choice
Marsha Brown 2 months ago
Why are the pool chemicals being tested in a drinking cup?! There are kits for testing, with separate clean plastic chambers for testing each component, without fear of contamination from a paper or carton drinking cup.
#85
Friendly Little Dude I Caught Today
geezeronthehill 3 months ago
Red on black: friend of Jack. Red on yellow: k i l l a fellow. Coral snake. Venomous.
#86
My Grandmother's Cooking Spoon From The 50’s
#87
What Could Go Wrong?
#88
Window Cracks At 38,000 Ft
#89
Pulled From Facebook
Zoe Vokes 3 months ago
I had to click the link below because I didn’t know the danger of this. Basically it’s a risk of creating botulism. “USDA does not recommend adding noodles, other pastas, rice, flour, cream, milk or other thickening agents to home canned soups [...] adding these items slows the penetration of heat into the jars of soup; thus, heating of the soup in the jars may be insufficient to k**l spores of Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria that causes deadly botulism.”
#90
Found In The Florida Everglades
#91
Why Would You Keep This In Your Yard LOL
#92
Just A Nonhemolytic Gpr From A Thumb Print... I Think I'll Just Skip The Tube Catalase And Motility
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wowbagger 3 months ago
It bothers me that I recognized so few of these. I'm just going to not touch anything in nature ever again.
trollingergirl 3 months ago
I will go for a walk. I have seen enough spiders and snakes today. I am so glad I live in a place, where there is no chance for encountering with any of those.
Lynchamigsakta 3 months ago
What's the deal with all the people grabbing wild animals!?!? Even if they're completely harmless you should... LEAVE THEM ALONE !! I'll never understand the drive to fiddle wildlife
Gale Christensen 6 days ago
The most dangerous thing in my area isn't even on this list. Me. It's me. I can choke on air, trip over a piece of hair, and have nearly knocked myself unconsious on the refrigerator door.
Ariom Dahl 3 months ago
As an Aussie, I leave spiders and snakes well alone. Except redback spiders; I splat them with a shoe.
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 3 months ago
These scared me! Well done. Lots of things I went and looked up.
ToothlessNightwing 3 months ago
My weakness is animals. I can recognize them, but I want to pick up/ play with any animal I see
wowbagger 3 months ago
It bothers me that I recognized so few of these. I'm just going to not touch anything in nature ever again.
trollingergirl 3 months ago
I will go for a walk. I have seen enough spiders and snakes today. I am so glad I live in a place, where there is no chance for encountering with any of those.
Lynchamigsakta 3 months ago
What's the deal with all the people grabbing wild animals!?!? Even if they're completely harmless you should... LEAVE THEM ALONE !! I'll never understand the drive to fiddle wildlife
Gale Christensen 6 days ago
The most dangerous thing in my area isn't even on this list. Me. It's me. I can choke on air, trip over a piece of hair, and have nearly knocked myself unconsious on the refrigerator door.
Ariom Dahl 3 months ago
As an Aussie, I leave spiders and snakes well alone. Except redback spiders; I splat them with a shoe.
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 3 months ago
These scared me! Well done. Lots of things I went and looked up.
ToothlessNightwing 3 months ago
My weakness is animals. I can recognize them, but I want to pick up/ play with any animal I see
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