40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should

Many. Imagine that all houses were heated in the past with wood or coal and their chimney were not always clean.

Most of them. Except the liars, those were just lying

All of them? ;)

Or just, you know, psychosis.

Not everyone has gas appliances, water heating or fires, or anything that would cause "hauntings", so it probably could be a haunting. Or someone playing tricks.....

Very few. However, your eyes are capable of and do capture more than your conscious mind is able to process so your subconscious mind processes it for it. Your brain also loves patterns and puts what it captures into what it can understand based on what it knows so that is the most likely explanation: capture of something it struggles to process and understand.

I'm pretty sure... No I'm certain that that man I saw standing in my hallway one night when I woke up in the middle of the night was not a carbon monoxide hallucination. And it sure as hell wasn't a dream. I woke up and there was a black gentleman standing in my hallway with his shirt wide open just staring off into space he had like a weird looking in his face. I was frightened just because there's some strange man standing in my hallway but he didn't look threatening to me at all but I looked down at my gun I looked back to him look back at my gun look back at him and I'm debating on what I want to do because he doesn't realize that I'm awake at this point he doesn't see me so I looked at my gun again and all the sudden I hear my son scream bloody murder. At that point I jump up out of my recliner grab my gun and I'm in the room in seconds like seconds flat. Only to see that there's no one there! Carbon monoxide I don't think so.

Nope no carbon monoxide leak at my house have both an alarm AND had someone out to check. Have flickering lights power surges and go through more lightbulbs than you can count. Have had 3 electricians check the wiring, the sockets the breaker box and even the light fixtures. Nothing shows up. Everything reads fine but it continues.

With that and infrasonic interference coupled with gullibility: all of them.

It's not true George. Mythbusters tested it. It's exceptionally difficult to do if at all.

are you saying no one knew a metal rod could break glass?

So I guess this means those of us that don't have removable headrests are screwed.

Propaganda platform? You okay there pal?

i mean, this myth was around well before tiktok, but alright. tiktok is meh, but take your cringy conspiracy theories-- be they real or false-- elsewhere.

Well there's three things wrong with what you said. 1) a cars windows are definetly NOT designed to withstand the impact force of an accident. They are simply tempered glass. 2) steel is not "hard" it is actually less "hard" than the tempered glass. 3) a headrest is a horrible device to break a window. It takes immense force to break tempered glass with the thin piece of steel on a headrest, because the steel is again, less hard than the glass. Your underlying message is correct though, people do need to stop parroting stupid information because it perpetuates false information

Bystander effect.

Fear is one reason. People have been kidnapped by others faking they are in danger and crying for help.

It's not necessarily that they'll ignore it deliberately (the bystander effect is widely misunderstood) but rather that humans tend to freeze when we don't know what to do. The acute stress response is called the 'Fight or Flight' response for a reason - when we need to do something else, it's difficult. That's why people train extensively to do things under stress (EMTs, Firefighters, Surgeons, Cops - not enough, etc). In an emergency, a rando just stands their trying to figure out what to do but not knowing what, so they freeze. Saying "You in the red shirt, call 911!" breaks that indecision.

A cry for help signals danger, people tend to avoid danger.

A think it's just our animal/surviving instinct as a herd: when a member is attacked, the whole herd flee. The case where members of the herd help the victim seem to be very rare. (it's just a theory)

Someone's not sure whether the suspect has a weapon or not. It's risky both can get hurt

A friend of mine heard , in the middle of the night, a girl screaming for help and for the guy holding her to let her go. He grabs his (airsoft) shotgun, goes out, c***s it menacingly, and says "LET HER GO." Turns out it was a police officer arresting a violent lady on drugs... Fortunately, the officer was understanding, but warned him that he could have gotten shot. Oops.

I think it depends on your country. Some, I believe, is the "bystander effect". However, in come areas, like China (up until 2017 when they finally passed legislation), you can actually be SUED if you stop and help someone and your help causes further damage. Those "Bystander Liability" laws kept people from helping even those in very obvious distress. Some places still have them.

Simple. If there is a chance i might get hurt badly or murdered, i am not helping unless someone garanties death or severe punishment on my attacker.

Unfortunately people do it for attention all the time. Example? Guy at a casino I worked at would wander around and occasionally shout "HELP!" then keep walking. He thought it was the funniest thing seeing people panicking and trying to find who needed help. Could be an argument someone decided to drag the public into. You never know. Lots of people crying wolf for giggles.

Because we might get killed or accused of being the culprit

A physiological study was done on the public. The group faked an emergency in a very busy place with lots of people. They concluded that the more bystanders there are around the less likely the person in need of help will receive it. The bystanders are 1. waiting for the other bystanders near by to make a move. 2. They're pulling out their phone to record the incident, Or 3 walking away to avoid getting involved. But usually it's number one. When there were less bystanders the person in need of help not only got it but it was quicker response time to be acknowledged.

Not wanting to get involved and possibly hurt as well.

Because I'm 5'1, very weak and scared.

Because unfortunately, people suck.

The laws these days are made for criminals. Defend yourself and hurt the attacker(s) in the process, and they can legally sue you (and win). Still, I would help, as I would want help if roles were reversed, but I understand people being scared and fined. I could give you many examples. You also have the growing trend of using your phone to video the whole thing for shocking social media posting, which is INFURIATING instead of helping. Its a sad world. This is exactly why we should lend a hand

A lot of the time people freeze out of fear. If they're specifically called out it kind of snaps them out of it and calls them to action. I don't think people do it out of meanness.

Look up the Kitty Genovese murder in Queens NY in the 60s. It's beyond heartbreaking. It's pretty much the case that made the phrase bystander effect.

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Because ppl are selfish asshats and it's happened to me more then once. Being beat by an abusive ex

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Because human beings are awful and have no intrinsic value. I recall an incident where a woman was dragged kicking and screaming into a man's car, and no one did anything. The man just yelled at the crowd "stay out of it" and proceeded to abduct the woman while everyone stood there and watched. She was never identified or found.

So I did learn something from all those years of watching cop/fire/rescue shows!

That's completely fair. Whatever works, you know?

Clearly you've never taken a CPR/First Aid class ever. The first things they teach is make sure you're safe approaching the situation 2nd if there are others around point at someone specifically and say you, you go call 911. Then have them wait to show Cops/EMT/FD specifically where to go if its not totally obvious like if it isnt in the middle of the street blocking traffic. Have you ever seen a house or building or car fire people stop and stare. Just like car accidents.

I will remember this next time my cat goes on a bitey spree

Also do not run, as they will think you are fleeing prey and chase after you-they are as fast as bullets

You can observe this behavior in cats also. They play little games where they activate stealth mode and attack each other.