50 Extremely Dangerous Things We All Do Without Thinking
Interview With ExpertWe rarely stop to think how some of our everyday habits could land us in the ER. But the truth is, some “harmless” things, like standing on a wobbly chair or skipping that seatbelt “just this once,” can go wrong in a flash. It’s easy to brush off risks with a “nothing’s happened before” mindset… until something does.
Today, we’ve compiled posts from people answering one serious question: “What’s something surprisingly dangerous most people overlook?” It’s not about fear; it’s about being smart. A tiny slip or careless habit could mean stitches, splints, or worse. Keep scrolling, and maybe rethink that next risky shortcut!
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Science denial. It's not just a "difference of opinion"; it's ignoring facts, and it gets people k**led.
Especially innocent people. It's tragic enough when a person dies because they want to believe that thoughts and prayers will heal their cancer. But especially with vaccines it's parents (who often got their vaccines) who risk the lives of their children and that of everyone with a weak immune system. I would suggest that parents can only deny their child a vaccine after they have undergone the illness themselves. Show us, how "harmless" measles are.
And science deniers are controlling the US government and will be responsible for the death of many people. It has already started with those kids in Texas because the weather service has been defunded. Who is the idiot who thought we do not need good weather prediction?
The NWS, who has been very vocal in it's complaints about the budget cuts, continues to state that the central texas office was prepared and adequately staffed. In fact there were 3 more staff members on shift than normal....in preparation for the extreme weather. This was a once in a thousand year storm, the river level rose by 26 feet in 45 minutes....weather warnings were going out for 2 days ahead of the flood, a state of emergency being issued the day before with the first flash flood warning specific to kerr going out hours ahead of time. They expected 9 inches of rain, it ended up being nearly double that. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5457759/texas-floods-timeline The NWS did it's job, and it did it well. There's no amount of personnel or money that would have changed the outcome.
Load More Replies...When I was 9 (when I was old enough to know what science was, but before I really had a filter) I was talking with a 13-year-old and I said something about science. He said (I still remember the exact wording) "Oh, my family doesn't really believe in science" (this was in a very Christian area). I said "well that's dumb" (again, I was 9) and then got yelled at by three different adults for "attacking his beliefs" and "not respecting their views / opinions". Oh, and I'm American, and that incident was my first taste of what's wrong with this country
It doesn’t matter if you believe in science or not. Science will science despite ignorant beliefs.
Load More Replies...'Science denial' is a very different thing from acknowledging the very real problems that are plaguing the scientific research world these days. It is so important that we don't shut down discussion about vested interests, non-reproducible results, pressure to publish etc.
Science denial is usually done for motives unrelated to science. That's how you spot it.
Load More Replies...I've never had a desire to go back in time, but I'm beginning to wish we could return to the late 17th to early 19th century - the Age of Enlightenment (the Age of Reason), when Science was respected and people were curious for knowledge. Instead, I'm stuck in the Era of Idiots.
Denying established facts is not an opinion; it's just willful stupidity.
Bullying someone. Students will commit s*****e if they're bullied too much beyond limit.
It's okay to tell an adult that someone is being bullied, even if the recipient is not your friend. Because now, the bully will have two people reporting her. Or, him. Or, them.
The problem we have in schools in NZ is that bullies are reported but then the schools don't do anything about it.
Load More Replies...I'm 60 and was bullied for a while when I was in elementary school. A group of girls always pushed me around and chased me home. My older sister (middle school age) saw them chasing me home one day, stopped them and told them I was going to fight them one by one. Well, they pushed one girl towards me and I took all my rage and frustration out on her until the old man that owned the property we were on came out and yelled at us and broke up the fight. Know what? I was NEVER bothered again through the rest of my school years. Talking doesn't work. School suspension doesn't work. Punishment from parents doesn't usually work. Having their butt kicked by the victim usually DOES. No, violence isn't usually the answer, but these cases it can work wonders.
Bullies were an infrequent problem back in the 60's-70's, but there were older siblings or cousins who would put them in their place in rapid order. It was also a time of pre-social media, which I'm convinced has increased the problem.
And the thing about people who want to end their lives are either 1. They hide their pain very well, so know your tribe, or 2. When they start acting out or saying it out loud, act right away. Once a person commits to s*****e, it's too late. Their mind triggers the cue and it's like shock syndrome and they need immediate physical intervention. Too later for just words.
Genetically coded pack hierarchy behavior. Primates be primates.
Driving.
So many people act like they are invincible and it's scary to think about. Daily, I see people texting, watching movies, putting on makeup, it is absolutely insane.
My cousin lost her arm in a car wreck. My brother was k****d when his friend lost control of the car and slammed head first into a utility pole. My childhood friend was k****d going 75 mph in a head on collision on the highway because a drunk was going the wrong way at 4am. It was an open casket, it haunts me to this day.
Just today I saw a kid cut off 4 cars because they couldn't wait 30 seconds for the protected turn, and my wife's boss was in a wreck this morning (the other guy thought stop signs were a suggestion) on his way to work and had to go to the hospital (he is fine).
You are literally driving a 1.5 ton death machine. People need to act more responsible.
What's even worse? The idiots who believe that they're faster than a speeding bullet--at railroad crossings. At least twice I've seen a motorist narrowly avoid getting turned into potted meat because they tried to go around the gates. If you're in a hurry to see God, there are much more pleasant ways to arrange the meeting.
Exactly... in the game of car vs train, train usually always wins. And it's not pretty. Do you know how long entrails are? Especially when laid out in a near straight line on the tracks?
Load More Replies..."If we all drive 75, we'll get there faster. If we all drive 105, we'll get to heaven on time" 🎵🎵
If you're capable, do the maths. Is speeding worth the 3 minutes you're at home earlier? Is cutting others of the 2 seconds you'll gain by ending in front of them at the traffic light? Germany is specifically car-nuts, and lots of psychological research has been done. Basically, they found out that cars are the early internet: people felt anonymous, so they felt they could do what they want. The other one wasn't a human, it was a metal box, so empathy went down. And like an opinion online, the car became their status and p***s symbol (b***s, for the ladies, although wayyyyy less frequent) and they "defended their (wo)manhood".
And nobody yields to pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorcyclists
Just watch a couple of cop body cam videos. The number of people that are drunk behind the wheel while going to PICK UP THEIR KIDS AT SCHOOL is horrifying. I guess it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.
Those police bodycam videos make me shake my head and ask, "What is WRONG with you?!"
Load More Replies...I live in a rural area (Upper Delaware River) and in the summer it's BRUTAL with the influx of tourists. Especially the motorcycles that have go at least 90 mph on the road we live off of. Tons of wildlife, residents who are just trying to get to and from work and the store. I almost got killed this 4th of July by two ofthem.
I'm in the Poconos between 3 resorts and I agree, it's like hell here during the summer, ski season and the 2 race weeks. A lot of them leave their manners and common sense at home it seems.
Load More Replies...I loved driving. I'd drive cross-country, enjoying every minute. Then cell phones became ubiquitous, and I no longer enjoyed driving. Always a defensive driver, I realized that driving was becoming much too defensive to be enjoyable.
I've watched quite a few dash cam videos and see many rear-end collisions at traffic lights. I would really like to know how many of those crashes are caused by someone looking at their phone instead of the road.
Load More Replies...I passed a woman riding in the left lane on 95S outside of Boston. I glanced at her as I passed her on the right. She was applying mascara at 70mph.
Got to look your best when going through the Pearly Gates.
Load More Replies...Cop: "Do you know what the yellow light means? Driver: "Yeah. It means that you drive like h e l l before the light turns red!"
Load More Replies...Whether you’re hiking through the woods or splashing around in the sea, one thing stays constant: safety doesn’t take a vacation. It’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of outdoor adventures, but even a fun day under the sun needs a little caution sprinkled in.
From loose rocks on trails to unpredictable waves at the beach, risks are always part of the deal. That’s why being a little prepared can make all the difference. A good trip is a safe trip.
Getting close to wild animals, I always see videos of people doing this.
By the way, that is an actual photo this guy took before being attacked and killed by a mamma bear with 3 cubs in Romania. He was trying to feed them Oreos, despite the ‘do not feed the bears’ signs all over the place.
Sadly, they killed the mother for protecting her cub. I wonder where the cub ended up.
I hate when a human îdiot does human îdiot things and dîes, and the animals have to face the consequences. I will never understand this.
Load More Replies...F**k that guy. I hope he suffered. Because of that moron, the authorities were required to put the mama down. The orphaned cubs are now running around confused crying for their mama, and are likely to have a much slower and painful death.
I don't care how close idiots get to wildlife as long as authorities don't dispatch the creature for being a wild animal.
Steve Irwin and his ilk. Never knew why those clowns were so popular
I was getting my motorcycle license at the same time I was on rotation in the ICU of a trauma hospital. I gave up on the license in a week.
I was delivering a 125cc motorbike, riding along a main road. Probably doing about 20 mph as I approached a small roundabout. Then someone who had been drinking at a party pulled out in front of me. The bike hit the side of the car and I somersaulted over the bonnet. While I was being checked out by concerned passers-by, she left the scene. I will never forgive her.
I'm sorry that happened and hopefully you made a full recovery. I don't blame you for never forgiving her, but did she get caught eventually?
Load More Replies...Friend of mine and his pregnant gf were on a bike when the van in front suddenly banged a Uey. He went face first into the side of the van, she went flying into the air. She, of course, lost the baby, and he has significant brain damage.
Yeah, can get ugly but depends a lot on the motorbike and how you drive. Big bike,very fast = bad. Small bike, not to fast = better. Also, the older you are the smaller and slower your bike should be, you do not react that quick anymore. I am driving small motorbikes 125 cc for almost 30 years now and could so far avoid accidents. But a few years more i cange to scooter
It doesn't matter what speed your bike is capable of when the other driver doesn't see you. And a lot of people riding smaller bikes seem to think that it means they can ride without protective gear.
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Not wearing a life jacket when on a small boat. Slip/lose balance/fall, hit head, drown.
MK-Ultra71:
Nobody plans to drown. But every year thousands do. Wear the damn LIFE jacket.
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There was once this interactive French website that simulated how easily and quickly you'd drown without a life jacket.
You're on a boat with some friends, you get knocked off, the boat was already in motion, the waves make it challenging to see you, humans are so dreadfully slow in water, and you tire, get cold, and die.
Terrifying.
Plenty of river & reservoir (artificial lake, g for you non-US readers) recreation places nearby here. Almost all of them GET swimmers and boaters each year. The commonality among these losses of life of life is the Stupid. Willful poor decision-making. (No floatation devices, drunk boating, wrong place at wrong time by choice...)
A kayak instructor friend of mine has a standing bet. I'll give you a crisp $100 bill if you can jump overboard without a life jacket on and put one on in the water. Not even a Navy SEAL could do it.
Here in the US, there is a definite nexus between boating culture, drinking culture, and d*****s macho culture.
Drowning doesn’t look like drowning in our mythology of what it should look like. A drowning person doesn’t struggle, but sinks. I’d never known that but when my eldest, who knew how to swim, was about four and jumped into a hotel pool. I knew I had to pull her out of there just by instinct or something. She was on the bottom of the pool and waving her arms around. I had to shove by several women who were just standing around. For years afterwards my daughter would ask me why I pulled her out of the pool. It was the strangest thing that I recognized it, and she recognized that something bad was happening.
Now, when it comes to staying safe in the water, we turned to someone who knows it inside out, Mi Chung. He’s not just a seasoned pro swimmer and lifeguard but someone who’s basically grown fins at this point. With years of scanning the surf and diving into rescues, his take on water safety is pretty clear: don’t mess around.
“Be a confident swimmer before heading deep,” Mi says, “and always swim with others.” Sounds basic, right? But it’s amazing how often people dive in solo and unprepared. He stresses that swimming with a buddy isn’t just for kids; it’s a golden rule even adults should follow. It adds a safety net and, honestly, makes the experience more fun.
Childbirth. Childbirth is traumatic on a woman's body. Women still die from childbirth.
Aniraks_Shieldmaiden:
And those that don't die have a baby and the first half year of that is terribly exhausting, which can also be dangerous. (I so vouch for a minimum of three months after birth paid leave for mom and then after that also three months for dad. )
3 months is a joke, I believe it should be minimum 6 months, but ideally a year for the mom, and 3 months for dad after that!
And that's because they don't care about life. They just want to control women and our bodies.
Load More Replies...So are they supposed to just stop? What the heck I don't get what's wrong with it
Women who die in childbirth go to Valhalla as they fell in a great and honorable battle. So the Vikings thought. I agree!
I’d rather skip having a baby, stay alive, and see Valhalla after a longer life.
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Cutting things towards your body, cut away from the body people.
Was head of safety at my work and the guys made fun of how much I harped on this. Then one of them sliced his leg open, nearly hitting a major artery. They stopped making fun of me when he told them he almost died from a box cutter.
The box cutter I'm thinking of is crazy sharp! Not to be acquainted with any part of the body!!
Load More Replies...Look up a draw knife. Use the tool correctly and wear appropriate safety gear.
Dog bites. Dog fights. Letting your off-leash dogs approach on-leash dogs.
A lot of people base their knowledge around dogs from what they've gleaned in BuzzFeed articles and TV shows and movies. They anthropomorphize their dogs to the extent that their dogs suffer for it.
I could write an essay about this - I love discussing it. But it's understandably unpopular to talk about.
Carrierpigment:
People forget that dogs can easily k**l/maim you, if they want.
I was a groomer for ten years and I can tell you, ALL DOGS BITE, it’s just their threshold of tolerance that determines if or when they will. The amount of times I heard “he doesn’t bite” is astounding, I like to reply with “well then how does he eat?!”
It takes a lot of observation and real knowledge (from reputable sources) to recognize when a dog may bite. It ruins a lot of “cute” videos and pictures of dogs, that’s for sure.
Oh I hate it, I have huskies, we take them out on leads and meet dog off lead daily and we more often than not have to shout at people asking them to put their dog on a lead, the reply we get is "well my dog is fine/calm/nice" Happy hecking day, mine won't be with yours!
I have never and will never understand this mentality from people! Just because your dog is fine/calm/nice doesn't meant the dog it's running up to will be! If you're in a leash required area then your dog needs to be on a leash! It's not that hard. And I'm sorry but these owners can see that the owner of the leashed dog is actively trying to move or block their dog and still laugh and say "Oh don't worry Fifi is so friendly!" Yeah well Fifi's gonna get kicked so my dog doesn't do worse and then get blamed for it because you couldn't be bother to control little miss Fifi.
Load More Replies...Agreed for the "cute" videos, some of them are terrifying when you know dogs.
Everyone who gets a dog should be made to watch the reaction videos made by dog behaviourists in response to these cutesy videos. The dogs give so many signals of their discomfort.
Load More Replies...My family had a Maremman Shepherd who was the most loving giant ball of fluff ever, but only with the family. Everyone else was a threat to her, she was traumatized because she was abûsed before we found her abandoned on the side of the road and adopted her. We always went out with her on a leash and with a muzzle on, and everytime we encountered the occasional uninformed person who was like "poor doggie isn't it cruel to put a muzzle on her?" No it's not, i know my dog, you don't, i don't want to have to put her down because you think every dog is like those "cute doggos" you see on tiktok. She never bit anyone in her 13 years of life because we were responsible. Don't presume every dog is friendly with strangers/other dogs.
I got bit through (as in a HOLE) the face by a friendly "they don't bite, they're just playing" dog as a child. My mom taught me to reply to "the dog's friendly" with "Well, I'm not" after that. Keep your dog leashed.
That’s terrifying! Something similar happened to my dad when he was younger. He was biking when he was a toddler and a dog came up and bit him in the leg. I’m okay with dogs, but when they run up to me without a lead and barking, I don’t care how “friendly” they are, it’s scary!
Load More Replies...I have 3 sausage dogs and one of my pet hates is parents with small children thinking it's okay to let their kids pet my dogs. They think they can't do any harm just because they're little. Drives me crazy. Also Weenies can be quite reactive little dogs so when they see dogs off leash coming to them they can go beserk.
I love dogs. That means I understand that they can be dangerous and you need to treat them with respect. And train them and keep them leashed or in a locked yard.
With a lot of reinforcement if you have a Northern dog.
Load More Replies...Right, like the old Warner Bros. cartoon Tasmanian devil ;D
Load More Replies...A neighbor had a basenji that she would always walk off-leash. They are very territorial and protective. The dog was out in the driveway and rushed up to us when I was walking by with my big mutt (on a leash). My dog gave his usual non-threatening greeting signals and that dang little thing lunged for his throat. I got between him and my dog and I swear if the owner hadn't called him off I would have kicked him in the head. Nobody hurts my sweet, goofy boy! LEASH YOUR DOGS, PEOPLE!
Since I was a kid and a big dog that I never met before put its front legs on my shoulders (it was on a leash and the owners just laughed it off) I have been very very careful around dogs. I am very aware that to the owners their dog is just the little fluffball of love and happiness -but it is in fact a predatory animal and it will k**l you if it feels like it. Sure, it's partly my trauma still living in me, but I have not been proven wrong yet. I was about 6yo when it happened and I still think of dogs as predators. I have known a few dogs in my life and I liked them.... but I was STILL aware that they were predators.
“Enter the water slowly,” he adds, “especially in colder temperatures.” Cold water shock is real and dangerous. Rushing in headfirst isn’t just a dramatic move; it’s a risky one. “Yes, even on tropical beaches, a chill can surprise you,” Mi adds. Warm up, ease in, and enjoy the water; don’t let it surprise you.
Putting feet up on a dashboard in the car.
I still have the picture in my head of that girls x-rays. Traumatic (no pun intended).
You could be chewing on your kneecaps if you do this and are in a crash. X-ray-686e...44fe6e.jpg
I remember when I was a kid my mom told me what happens to people when the car crashes. I was mentally traumatized and have not done it to this day
Did this once only to have the driver swat my legs and tell me what a stupid thing to do.
People; PLEASE wash your dayum hands after you take a dump. Please.
people just need to straight up wash their hands more often in general...
Load More Replies...The "wash your hands" mantra you heard during the pandemic is still valid. Wash your hands!
Always Wash You Hands! I have a weakened immune system, I didn't get the COVID shot because of fear I'd get COVID (don't laugh I got chicken pox from the "dead pox shot"). I washed my hands constantly, after the bathroom, before & after I ate, every time I passed a sink. I had to go out for doctor's appt & groceries. & I didn't get COVID. People around my did but not me because I washed my hands & wore a mask.
And for those of you who are germ phobic, use a paper towel for the door handle
Then the årseholes just drop the paper towel on the floor as the leave the toilets.
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Refusing sun protection.
Ronnie:
Esthetician here, i NEVER leave the house without sunscreen. Even if im driving 5 minutes away or walking my dog. I keep a bottle of sunscreen at every exit to my house, in my car, in my purse, etc…
Don't use just any sunscreen. Do your homework. Learn what ingredients are in the various brands before using.
They make sunblock sleeves for sports players like golfers and triathletes to use. They're not expensive and they take up less room than a pair of gloves. I keep a pair in my purse in case I'm unexpectedly outside for more time than I expected to be. Sunblock wears off, or you forget to reapply, and it's not 100% no matter how careful you are.
I just bought some of these for gardening. They protect your arms from pricklies and have a surprising cooling effect. That's smart to bring some along with you!
Load More Replies...I come from a city in Italy where people always made fun of me for wearing sunscreen (i am so white i get roasted by the sun if i don't wear it), because they have this dûmb conviction that "real sea people don't need it". In 2024 alone there were 400 new melanoma diagnosis in my city, the total population is like 150k so it's a concerning number. Wear sunscreen people.
Same thing with sunglasses. I can get migraines, especially on cloudy days.
Load More Replies...I think it was about 8 sunscreens sold in Australia have been found to not reach the SPF claimed on packaging. Even Cancer Council ones!
I’m nearly sixty, nearly never wear sun cream, seem to have Scandinavian type Caucasian skin as I have only ever burnt twice in my life (both times my back was exposed for a whole afternoon, one of those times I was 12). People are always surprised that I am the age I am, they say I look much younger. I know people that say they have to wear factor 50 indoors because they will get burnt by the winter sun coming through the windows. I think this means something is wrong or out of balance. No way were our ancestors unable to cope with sun touching their skin (putting global climate chaos aside for a moment)
Some beaches in Toronto have a sunscreen dispenser where you can reapply sunscreen every few hours if you forget to bring your own. I always apply sunscreen whenever I go outside, even on a cloudy day.
I often leave the house without sunblock. There really isn't any point using sunblock on an overcast day in the winter when you live in Northern Europe. This time of year? That's a different matter.
And here’s one that gets ignored way too often: “Don’t overestimate yourself or underestimate the ocean.” Waves can go from playful to powerful in seconds. Mi explains that it’s important to respect the water and know your limits. “Confidence is great, but cockiness in the ocean? That’s a no from me.”
Aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol), and ibuprofen (Advil). People pop this stuff like it’s candy.
Scottzilla90:
Get carried away and it’ll f**k up your liver.
I know this all too well. I was popping Ibuprofen like candy a few years ago mostly because I was drinking too much and had headaches a lot. Ended up with kidney failure and had to have dialysis. Then the dialysis port got infected so I ended up spending almost a month in the hospital. Luckily for me my kidney fully recovered but man that sucked.
My parents drink a lot and take 4 Advils a day. I’m sure their livers aren’t happy
That's better than taking paracetamol with alcohol at least. Ibuprofen usually effs up your intestines and can be bad for anyone with a heart condition, but paracetamol and alcohol is the liver killer combo
Load More Replies...The important amount is how much you have within 24 hours. It will say on the packet. The aspirin box right next to me, on the back, states that one dose is 1-3 tablets and not to take more than 4 doses (max 12) in 24 hours. It doesn’t matter if you take three and then take three two hours later as long as you don’t exceed your 24 hour dose. And in particular paracetamol (which I **think** is the same as acetaminophen???) where harm can be achieved quickly and easily, read other over the counter medication to see whether they also contain paracetamol. There’s no coming back from that over dose. Feel very ill, then feel better for about four days, then die of liver failure. Strangely, if people stick to the dose guidance paracetamol is actually very safe with low risk of side effects.
I know it's bad for me but I need to work and I have chronic pain that can't be cured.
Visit a knowledgeable physician. I’ve been on morphine sulfate ER several times as well as hydrocodone/ Norco with Tylenol. I don't get addicted to anything, so morphine has been a safe option. There are more choices than morphineike Celebrex, Low Dose Naloxone, meloxicam, and ketamine. (Don’t do Ketamine like Elon, though, since he’s an idiot.) After my 2nd lumbar surgery I went to a pain practice that didn't prescribe opiates but had several options. I know what it’s like to have chronic pain. The most recent pain provider I had shuttered their practice. I decided to forgo opioids for a while even though I have pain in various places without it.
Load More Replies...Advil is the liver, Tylenol is for the kidneys. Alternate if you need to.
Arthritis sufferer here. I rotate between aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen. I watch my dosing.
Load More Replies...I’ve read many of J. A. Konrath’s Jack Daniels thrillers, and it pīsses me off that the protagonist takes multiple ibuprofen, several Tylenol (acetaminophen/paracetamol) later the same day, and even aspirin. Sometimes, she even “dry swallows” them. She’s been prescribed opíoids but plays hero rather than take them. Lesseee, what’s worse—one 10/325 (10mg Norčo and 325 mg acetaminophen ) or five 500 mg Tylenol? A misunderstanding about opióids - prescribed or illicit - is that people take them to get high. No, people often take them to function and feel normal, and for some reason, that can compel them to increase their dosęs. Héroin was initially marketed as a drùg that was less addictivé than other forms like laudanùm. I believe it’s also one where people tend to chase the hígh they experienced the first time, but it doesn't work . Patients should be educated about the possibility of dependence and addīction. If they do they should be assisted in weaning not tossed out and ignored
Lots of bad info here. NSAIDs screw up the kidneys. Acetaminophen screws up the liver. Kidneys don’t recover, but livers can. Use both in moderation, if possible. However, in the US at least, if you’re in chronic pain you likely won’t get more than NSAIDs or Acetaminophen unless you have cancer
Social media.
Social media doesn't k1ll you per se, but trusting misinformation, following stupid trends and taking risks with your safety for "likes" may well do.
The issue is that it’s addictive and humans have little defense against it except constant vigilance and scepticism
Load More Replies...Besides BP, IG, and certain subreddits, I'm not on social media. I loved Twitter until that tw@t bought it unleashing volumes of hatred. And FB is just an ugly mess.
Bitten by a cat. Their saliva causes massive infections.
purpleteapots:
My cats are indoors only but if they accidentally scratch me or bite me during play, I clean the wound like crazy.
Same for dogs and all wild animals. I've been bitten by a dog recently (not an agressive one, just a playful and poorly educated baby that can become a dangerous dog soon) and the Dr asked me about my vaccinés, the dog's vaccines and gave me strong antibiotics for a week despite a well cleaned an non-infected cut.
Happened to my husband a few years back, my mother had a kitten that after just 1 week lost its mind & attacked her , she called him to help her get it in a cage & the shelter was coming to get it . It literally ran up a wall like it was possessed & chomped on his hand. He was on antibiotics for 2 weeks because his hand ballooned up
And clean the wound doesn't mean a dab of neosporin. Hold the wound under running clean water for at least 10 minutes is the current medical advice.
Yes, but it's not actually their saliva, but the bacteria in their mouths. Scratches are usually OK, but treat them just like you would if you did them on a tree branch or thorn.
Yet there is the cat scratch disease (Bartonella henselae), so be careful
Load More Replies...If you have or are getting a cat, get your tetanus up to date.
Yup, they clean themselves with that mouth, poop and the rest. And eat pray, if outside, and all the bacteria from that. Make sure to visit a medic
Just in case: prey - not hating on you, but if like me English is your 2nd language, well, I appreciate if people correct me. No bother re your statement, as it's clear what you meant. ♥
Load More Replies...My ex always got blood poisoning from cat scratches/bites. Always. Actually saw the red line going up their arm, which is a sign of sepsis.
I am safe from my three cats UNLESS I touch the fluffy belly that is almost Irresistible on our youngest. Then the battle is on. She does it on purpose when she wants to battle.
That's what they used to call "Cat Scratch Fever" back in the day: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/cat-scratch-disease
Rip currents? Yep, they’re scary but absolutely survivable if you know what to do. Mi explains, “Rip currents are strong, narrow streams of water that rush away from the shore and can sweep swimmers out fast. Don’t try to fight it head-on. Instead, swim parallel to the shoreline. That simple move could save your life.”
Think of it like escaping through the side door instead of slamming into a wall. You won’t win a battle against the ocean; it’s like arguing with gravity. Totally exhausting, and totally avoidable.
Driving and taking in the phone (holding it). Handsfree are a thing for a reason.
even handsfree takes your focus off the road, but it is slightly better than holding your phone while talking on it
When I eventually broke down and purchased a cell phone, I refused to answer it/use it while driving. This is going to seem silly, but I'd pull to the side of the road with the flashers on to use the phone.
There is nothing, NOTHING that's so important it's worth risking your life - and other people's - for by using your phone while driving. In the UK it's illegal but hard to police everyone so you see it everywhere - it's like people can't put the bloody things down for a second
Backyard pools. I have a friend who has had to perform CPR twice on kids during pool parties. While that is an anecdotal story, the data on backyard pool deaths is incredible.
Drunk idiot jumped the fence of a friend's elderly parents' pool in the middle of the night. He banged his head hard, but managed to get out of the pool somehow (there was blood where he exited). The kicker? He sued the sleeping elderly couple. Gotta love litigation.
Babies and toddlers can drown in a shockingly shallow amount of water. And never, ever use armbands/arm floaties, they're worse than useless.
Was walking around outside with my toddler at my in-laws' house just to give his little busy body something to do, and he toddled right into their in-ground jacuzzi. Will never forget his astonished face looking up at me from the bottom before I quickly fished him out. It takes one second!
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Chiropractor. My brother was k****d in 2011 by one. It is still very traumatic.
A physical therapist will help you with back pains/neck pains etc. and you won't risk your life. Always trust actual science instead of quacks.
Too many people have been killed or paralyzed by chiropractors for me to want to use one. Nope. Not risking someone messing with my neck or the rest of my spine.
After a spate of deaths, it is illegal for chiropractors to work on babies in Australia.
Load More Replies...Multiple medical reviews published in lauded journals concluded that chiropractic care is not effective treatment for literally any medical condition. That's all I need to know.
Physical therapy and Pilates will solve A lot of pains and is used for rehabilitation.
I loved my chiropractor, but I didn't allow him to adjust my neck. I'd read a few articles that this was a tricky move that could end very badly.
Ever got a cut and thought, “It’s nothing”? Not in the ocean. “Open wounds attract marine life and risk infections,” Mi warns. Blood in the water is not just a movie trope. It’s a real safety hazard, for you and others. So cover up those nicks and scrapes before heading in, no matter how small they seem.
Electricity. Word of advice: hire an electrician for that.
Phoenixhet:
This. I work as an apprentice and I've seen people accidentally hit lugs in a panel with the cover. It's not pretty.
You *can* do electrical work safely ... but you have to be religious about turning off the circuit breaker, checking in several ways for power still hitting what you're working on, wear rubber-soled shoes.
Any mains electrical work needs to be tested on completion according to the regulations to ensure that it's safe. If you've not got the training and the equipment, you cannot do so. You might *think* you've done a proper job, but you cannot possibly tell without testing. Hire a professional.
Load More Replies...My rule of thumb. NEVER try to repair electrical mechanical or plumbing yourself. There are too many aspects that can create problems if you don't know what you are doing. Electrical and Mechanical can both k**l you if you touch the wrong thing. I only do things around the house I can figure out myself like hanging a picture. Let the people who do that for a living fix it.
Used to work on a mains/standby generator system for a telecom station. Someone once got a chrome steel spanner crossed between the busbars (thick copper bars carrying hundreds of amps current at 400 volts). The spanner melted and blew molten steel all over. He was very lucky - we used thick rubber mats to avoid people grounding on the floor.
I rewired about 70% of my home, but wouldn't go near the circuit breaker. Called in a professional electrician for that because it was beyond my skillset.
The photo looks like some kind of an industrial programmable logic controller. Maybe for lawn sprinkler control? This is mostly low voltage devices. Not all that dangerous. A better photo would have been a home circuit breaker box.
There are safe ways to do it. Just shut it off. I am not an electrician, but house wiring is pretty straight forward.
CP: "just shut it off"? How do you know that it's off and is going to stay off? My house has two separately fused ring mains - except that they're not fully separate. The return (neutral) wiring is interconnected. My house needs fully rewiring. Also, any work done on mains electrical circuits needs testing on completion to ensure that it's safe. That testing must be done in accordance with the regulations, using calibrated test gear. You don't know the regulations and you don't have the test gear.
Load More Replies...The hired electrician did that here, burned all three main large fuses when lifting a panel! He was unharmed, a miracle I think. Did make sure he didn't come back, didn't wanna have someone die because of there mistakes. So even licensed people doesn't always know what they do..
They make mistakes, as we all do. That's really a non-brainer.
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Genuinely dislike people who knowingly and willingly drink raw milk like what are you so unintelligent.
lovelygg:
I'm a pharm student but raw milk. Saw a kid with listeria meningitis from the mom giving him raw milk. 20-30% mortality even with abx. The parents didn't like western medicine so the kid was brought in very late. idk what happened I just know they were ventilated when I left the rotation.
Nothing wrong with raw milk (not for babies, obviously), as long as it's from healthy cows and is fresh. Still quite common here in Switzerland, direct from the farmer.
Milk from animals infected with various diseases including brucellosis and tuberculosis can cause disease in humans. I suspect the Swiss regulatory regime provides adequate protection for consumers. The same does not apply in all countries. The UK at least tries to get it right: https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/raw-drinking-milk
Load More Replies...When I was young, I'd go out to the barn to help my father prep the goats for milking. I always got a squirt fresh from the teat and the rest was immediately refrigerated. But I wouldn't drink raw milk now.
Lol. I drink raw milk, I know the farm it comes from and I know the risks. My body my choice
Smoking or vaping. HELL NO.
I just didn't understand vaping because of their silly flavors like bubblegum or cotton candy. I smoke pure unadulterated tobacco that I hand roll, so I'm not getting additives. I'll eventually get lung cancer (amazed I don't have it at this stage, tbh), but in the meantime, I'm not confusing smoking with dessert.
As Randy from South park so eloquently put it "p**sy sticks"
Load More Replies...Jellyfish stings? Yeah, they are the worst. “Get out of the water right away,” Mi advises. “Rinse the sting site, but not with fresh water.” Use vinegar or seawater if possible; fresh water can worsen the sting. If the pain intensifies or you have trouble breathing, seek help. It’s not “just a jellyfish.” Take it seriously.
Punching. You can k**l someone with that s**t.
max_d_oubt:
Friend threw one punch outside a bar, dude fell n hit his head square on the curb and died, 11 years for manslaughter, aged 21, unless you're acting in self defence, fighting ain't worth it.
Aruu:
This is what k**led possibly the nicest guy from my high-school. He was just trying to break the fight up and some little s**t punched him and k****d him.
Said little s**t got out of prison after a few years and is still picking fights.
Akela1996:
Beating up someone over some petty stupid s**t like having to prove your masculinity in front of a bunch of people. I’m a bartender and it’s always amazed me to see how easily men will just beat the s**t out of each other to assert dominance when in reality they could easily accidentally k**l one another.
Honestly, that's not been my experience. I'm a completely non-violent man, and so are all my male friends, but I know loads of women who are impressed by violence. A few of them are very open about being turned on by violent men, most are more subtle about it but they still go for the violent type. I think it's some caveman thing about the guy being able to protect them or fight for resources or something.
Load More Replies...Back in the Wild West days of the internet there was a video going around of a soldier who ran up behind a friend of his and punched him in the back as a 'prank'. His friend collapsed to the ground immediately and died of an aortic dissection.
And punching someone in the jaw can break your hand. Run away from fights.
Sometimes kids thump each other repeatedly in the chest, even when they are "play boxing." It can throw your heart off rhythm. It is one of those weird causes of death that sounds super rare and unlikely but is actually pretty common.
Responding to NetworkMan: I was not implying that all men like to fight to attract women. I meant the men who are constantly looking for a reason to pummel someone, especially in front of a group of women. It's pathetic to watch.
prefer to call it a cowards punch. kid in the town next to me was k*lled outside a pub a few years back. wasn't even involved in the fight, just walking by and tried to calm things down. it's tragic as hell rip pat cronin
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Rust, some of that s**t in your bloodstream can k**l you.
Tetanus is still lurking in the shadows, ready to end anyone it infects.
Tetanus actually lurks everywhere, the spores are in the soil. The only way to prevent it is to get vaccinated.
Load More Replies...Everyone should get the vaccine, especially if you spend time outdoors. The bacteria lives in dirt and can infect through a cut. Very painful way to die.
I know what you mean but it's funny that iron pills are a component of rust (Ferrous Sulfate) but beneficial. strange.
Billo66: rust is mostly various iron oxides. Not sure there'd be much sulphate in it these days, what with most of the atmospheric sulphur pollution having been cleared up - well, at least it has where I live.
Load More Replies...Rust is (probably) harmless. It's used as a food colouring: E 172. Rusty objects "in the wild" are not harmless because they are dirty and harbour infectious agents. Probably harmless? Yeah: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4317
Oh lordie. It's a silly joke - why downvote it?
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Holding in your poop for long periods of time can cause deadly diseases or really f**k your intestines up. Bite the bullet and use a public restroom instead of holding it till you get home.
Skip the gas stations, hotels have the cleanest restrooms just beyond the lobby! Just walk in like you have a room.
Target is also clean and reliable. I'm an Uber driver; this is my go-to on the road. McDonald's is usually decent, too.
Load More Replies...There is absolutely no place to go when riding the metrolink in St. Louis. Not on the train, not any of the stops. I did not know this and got on at Hanley, made it to grand before things went all bad. was headed downtown to a concert. Good Times. I have to go much more frequently now so I know I messed something up. Don't strain your sphincters people.
Yeah, not so sure. When you are on morphin, you get constipated, and often remain clogged for a couple of days. Not an issue.
And let’s not forget our responsibility toward marine life. “Don’t litter, ever,” Mi says with urgency. “Bottles, plastics, wrappers, they don’t vanish. They choke sea creatures and ruin ecosystems.” Every wrapper counts. Every careless toss adds to a growing problem beneath the waves.
Yeah the brain eating amoeba is my worst irrational fear cause you will NEVER catch me in a lake.
Jenna:
People think I’m crazy for wearing nose plugs in lakes but I refuse to risk getting brain eating amoeba.
There are plenty of other entry points besides the nose. Nose-plugs will not stop it.
the nose is how the amoeba enters the brain, through the olfactory nerve. there are no cases of people contracting the disease through the mouth, nose, ears, eyes, or wounds.
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Load More Replies...I've seen too many of these cases on reality based medical shows and will never swim in a lake or creek again.
If my feet are not on solid ground I'm either being kidnapped or dead. I don't boat, I don't float. I don't fly, I don't die. Is it an irrational fear? I don't know. Pertaining to planes, I was a mechanic all my life. Machines break all the time. Sometimes for no reason. You can't pull off to the shoulder in the sky. Just nope.
BHT sold in food in the US and banned in Europe. Proven to cause cancerous tumors in rodents yet added to krispy creme glaze amongst other things in the US.
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) is a lab-made chemical that is added to foods as a preservative.
but it's also naturally occuring in lychee rinds, as a product on olives caused by fungi, and several species of algae. Some studies on animals have found it caused increased number of tumors, but more have found it doesn't and just as many other studies have shown it causes a decrease in cancer. Many people regard many of these European prohibitions against preservatives as a form of protectionism, since they make it more difficult to transport spoilable foods over significant distances and thus give advantages to locally produced food.
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Pregnancy.
To think how they actively lied to us and kept us from knowing what pregnancy could do....it's like inviting someone who doesn't know alcohol for a drink without telling them about the dangers, and then letting them drive away in their car. Because once we were pregnant, well, there was nothing we could do about it, and Christian-God beware that we could make an informed decision! So fuc*ked up.
Times are slowly changing, but until the medical profession take women and people of color seriously, we're all at risk with medical incompetence.
Load More Replies...uterine cancer is number one. And familiar violence.
Load More Replies...Finally, all of Mi’s advice boils down to one thing: awareness. “Know your limits, know the risks, and respect the ocean,” he says. Whether you’re going for a casual swim or planning a beach day with friends, think before you dive. Safety may not look cool but staying alive definitely is.
Not washing produce before you eat it. There's hepatitis for one. The people who pick your veggies poop in the field or a port o John if they're lucky. Guess how they wash their hands? They don't! Wash your food. Also sometimes there are tiny baby snails on leafy greens. They will mess you up. Rat lungworm will ruin your life before it k**ls you years down the road.
I know a person who did that and his gastroenteritis symptoms did last 15 days: 5 days dehydrating badly (very, very sick) and going to ER, 10 more days not able to eat or drink properly without vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhea. 3 years later he doesn't even remember and still does this. I'm desperate.
The hard part is getting the soapy taste out. That Dawn doesn't always rinse well.
I hope that was a joke :) Vinegar does the trick.
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Horseback riding.
Wear a helmet if you do!
I didn't ONE time and ended up in a trauma unit. I'm ok now.
A friend who rides horses started wearing something that acts like an air bag in a car after falling a couple of times. Apparently it works, as she found out after falling again! Wow - they're not cheap! https://www.doversaddlery.com/riding-vests/c/1202/
The late Queen Elizabeth II never wore a helmet when horse riding. Horse riding without a helmet isn't as risky as motorcycle riding without a helmet. Still, do wear a helmet in either case.
I guess we know how GalPalAl behaves around horses or believes Ińgred Nèwkirk’s twisted animal ideas. With PÉTÁ she has made it very clear that animals dèserve déath more than a happy life. Õne constant with her and the poor bráinwashed employees is that humans have no right to have an animal and therefore animals aren't deserving of a home. Their “shelter “ in Virginia is nothing more than a processing center before they reach their final destination - big stainless steel freezers.
Eventers - people who ride cross-country at speed over assorted obstacles - do use protective vests. But it is a lot of fun, even at the low levels I was comfortable at. And a helmet every time, no matter what I was planning to do.
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Insults, me and my friends did a roasting challenge and 5 years later we got into a deep conversation and apparently the roasts really got to all of us, especially one of the girls because she went into a depressive state because of something I said. It haunts me but she forgives me, I still don’t forgive myself.
Roasting games are just excuses for mean bullies to get the upper hand.
Never heard of roasting games. Glad I don't have that kind of "friendships".
Never saw the appeal anyway. A mild roasting is how friends treat you where I live, but it's not a sport to be as hurtful as possible. And if one of your friends needs a real stern talking-to, then you do it in private. What do these roastings prove anyway? How mentally tough the victim is?
Box cutters, more people slice through their legs while opening boxes and actually die then you probably think. Be careful people.
Drinking too much water. It will f**k with your eiectrolytes and make you pee your sodium out. Eventually it can cause brain swelling, which can certainly be fatal. No bueno.
10Cinephiltopia9:
I have done this. I went into seizures one day. Blacked out and ended up in the hospital 6 hours later. I was drinking roughly 4 Liters a day
You have to try really hard to drink enough to hurt you. The body has a great mechanism called thirst to let you know if you should be drinking more. If you're not thirsty, don't drink more water.
Not really. There’s so much emphasis on “hydrating” now that people don’t always listen to their physiological information.
Load More Replies...The most annoying advice we got as kids was to not drink water after running. I was so thirsty!
Even better with different salts and not just NaCl.
Load More Replies...When I worked as a nutritional therapist we had not one but two separate clients that had to be hospitalised for drinking too much water. We never told them to do that, they got the idea it was healthy because has been pushed for a long time without warnings. After the second time we learnt to actively warn people. Both of our ill clients had been drinking about 8 pints a day, which is about 4 litres. There has never been a death due to dehydration at a major sports event, but there have been deaths due to water toxicity. I get so cross when I hear people parroting ‘by the time you feel thirsty it’s already too late’. The first time I heard that it was obviously cråp, I have no idea why people go along with it. If our bodies had evolved so that it didn’t tell us we needed to drink water until after damage had already been done then we’d have died out not just thousands of years ago but millions. What a fūcking ridiculous claim.
If you are thursty, drink if you aren't then don't drink. If you had worked out or if it is hot and you feel hungry, try a glass of water first as you might be rehydrated. I work out a lot, drink just about 2-2.5 l a day and that is enough for me. I was told before, that if your pee is not yellow anymore, that means you have had to much to drink, if it is dark borderline orange, then you haven't drunk enough.
Your first sentence is bad advice. Older people often neglect to drink enough because they don't feel thirsty and so they forget. Then they get UTIs or get shaky and fall. Us ADHD peope often completely forget to drink too - it just slips our minds.
Load More Replies...I had heatstroke from a combination of the heat and trying to fight it off with drinking water. I live in a high zone, but was visiting the Midwest and was drinking with my basic habit. That’s a problem because there’s a lot of insensible water loss, especially in high and dry areas. My dog got me to safety because she recognized something was happening. Just like with heat stroke, it was a long time before I could easily tip over into an electrolyte imbalance. I still carry sugar and salt packets with a Neti pot or little restaurant-sized salt packets. Adding just salt isn’t as helpful as salt and a sugar of some sort. The reason for seizures with water intoxication is that your brain is trying to get enough salt, but it has to carry in too much water to get that sodium.
There is a river that runs through my hometown. A lot of people drown there every summer and it's always an out of towner. Idk why. They put signs up everywhere. People think it's OK anyways because it looks calm but has alot of under currents.
A very long time ago, Denis Leary used to talk about this in stand up and on comedy specials. Only the strong survive. You enter at your own risk, die, collect a darwin award and then your family wants to ask for money to pay your funeral expense because you are a d*****s. NOPE
Swimming pool only for me! The water has to be perfectly clear with zero currents and no debris.
Alcohol.
Catblaster5000:
Truth. Almost k**led me. At least, we think it did. I experienced a mild stroke and pulled out of it ok, but one of the big factors explained was alcohol consumption.
I was drunk every day for about a solid 13 years with very little full days of sobriety in between. Now, I have a couple beers a week, maybe.
Pot helps a lot with quitting drinking. They really need to legalize that s**t.
Except most pot is getting stronger each year and causing increasing pychosis and paranoia as a result with regular use.
I don't believe it. I've been smoking for over 50 years already & my psychosis & paranoia are no worse than anyone else's
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Sounds like they're fully aware of their own problems and are managing them quite well.
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Taking medications intermittently rather than as prescribed or not at all.
Antibiotics, antidepressants and HTN meds as mentioned and others including things like HIV meds where you essentially make your body resistant to the meds and make it increasingly difficult to find a class of meds that will work.
I have brain damage from strangulation (not from kinky s**t though lol) and I cringe when I see how irresponsible people are with breathplay.
Kids dying because of related TikTok trends in 2025. We've not progressed from Tide pod incidents.
Kids were playing with breath holding and neck constriction back in the 70s and 80s, and for all I know long before that. Same with huffing solvents/aerosols. The reality is that mortality rates for children are at their lowest in all of history. You can blame Tiktok for a lot of stuff, but let's not pretend that kids being stupid is anything new.
Load More Replies...Strangulation not from kinky shít? How else do you get strangled? Múrdér attempt?
From the OP's original post: "I tried to suffocate myself with plastic or hang myself with a belt, I don’t remember it clearly. "The only symptom I have now is that I randomly start laughing and I have odd facial expressions sometimes. I have emotional issues but I think I had those even before my brain damage. I also had failing grades in middle school (injury was in sixth grade) but that was mostly because I was discouraged and didn’t try. In elementary school, high school and college I had half A’s and half B’s, though I did fail three classes in college. They were marked as W not F though, so my GPA was fine."
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Hot peppers.
"Hey, for this latest dumb as f**k tik-tok challenge I'm going to eat five Carolina Reapers whole!"
Yeah, a Jalapeno is about around 5000 on the scoville scale. A Carolina reaper is around 2.5 million... which is slap bang in the middle of law-enforcement grade pepper spray territory.
There's a curry house in Scotland called Kismot Curry that sells allegedly the world's hottest curry containing the five hottest peppers in the world. It has literally put several people in hospital...and they still sell it.
why do people try any tik tok challenge at all? Nobody regulates the dangers that come along with some of them and people act like a mob mentality with them. So dumb and dangerous
I love spicy, i grow reapers and ghost peppers, make my own hot sauce, i have a bottle of "ghost pepper mash" that's used as an additive to just about everything. It very much takes time to build up to that kind of tolerance, but there is very much a difference between Sauces that are hot, and dishes that contain whole, very hot peppers. It doesn't matter how hot a sauce is really, it will be uncomfortable for sure, but it's not particularly dangerous. The dangerous bit is when people put a whole, or even piece of a pepper in their mouth, realize they're out of their depth and not wanting to w**s out, opt to swallow it without chewing. That is what causes problems. Instead of the heat being absorbed by mouth and throat mostly before it hits your stomach....swallowing pepper without chewing it causes the heat to just sit in your gut and intestines....if something is too hot, spit it out. Otherwise chew that $hit at least a dozen times before you swallow it.
You would be surprised by the amount of people impaling their hand while cutting avocados (never stab an avocado pit while it’s in your hand people and that’s not how you do it anyways smh).
If you cut the avocado in quarters from stem to root, you can easily pop the pit out without a knife. I use a bit of paper towel, as the pit is slippery. As a bonus, this method makes it easy to peel the skin from the fruit.
You don't even have to stab it, just push gently on the back while pressing the sides backwards it comes easily.
I always chop into the stone with the knife blade, the edge of the blade, that is, not the point.
Load More Replies...Basically any sport involving jumping or head on collision.
Football (soccer) is going to have to be changed a lot because of headers.
When I was a kid we couldn't do headers on my team because of "safety reasons"
Never eating any sort of brain (brain tacos in Mexico are common)
Prion. I had Brains once before mad cow disease was around or was noticed. They were OK and I’d actually like to try them again but I’m not going to.
Load More Replies... An oil leak in a high pressure system.
When looking for the leak, use anything but your hands. The fluid, if it is injected into your body, will require surgery to immediately remove the affected area.
Gangrene will occur within hours if surgery isn't performed.
High pressure gas systems can be lethal too. Never mess around with compressed gas.
Bleach mixed with ammonia.
SpecificObject8683:
Bleach mixed with practically anything else will produce something toxic.
Here's a list:
Bleach + ammonia = chloramine gas
Bleach + acid (like vinegar) = chlorine gas
Bleach + isopropyl alcohol = chloroform
Bleach + peroxide = peracetic acid
Bleach + Lysol = all kinds of nasty s**t
Yes, most bleach contains chlorine compounds. These are some of the reactions that can release the chlorine in forms that will harm you.
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Vending Machines, they k**l more people than sharks.
Underrated comment! Well done, literal laugh out loud.
Load More Replies...If they aren't killing people randomly, does that mean they're doing it on purpose?
Load More Replies...I am old enough to remember the Great Vending Machin War. The yearly deaths were astronomical until we put the vending machines in their place. Now it is just a few rogue vending machines each year who act up.
Yeah but we just send the sharks after any rowdy vending machines.
Load More Replies...Motorway driving. I feel like a lot of city dwellers just don’t know how to do it. They do ridiculous things like barging onto the motorway, not making room for people trying to join the motorway/when lanes merge, leaving the kind of space between cars that you’d leavd driving around the city, hogging the middle lanes, indicating/breaking at the very last minute, going considerably below the speed limit for no reason, driving a car that really isn’t motorway safe, letting their dogs stick their head out of the window and so on.
When I went to college and grad school, back in the 70s/80s, I took I495 (The capital beltway) almost every day. It was easy to tell who wasn't used to highway driving. I once even saw someone backing up to get to the exit they missed!
Er? Where I come from, it's deeply rural people who are less likely to have practice motorway driving, on account of not living anywhere near a motorway. Here in the UK, motorways are how you drive from city to city. I live in an urban district and I get to the supermarket along a motorway. Annual MOT checks mean that pretty much all cars in the UK are motorway safe. German driving test standards and German car safety checks mean German drivers and cars are even more Autobahn safe.
Uncleaned cuts.
You can get an infection.
I think we may have learned an unknown fear of yours Windy. Any type of infection can potentially lead to sepsis. Sepsis is when the body's response to an infection goes into overdrive. When the body detects an infection or injury our immune system tries to fight it off. With sepsis this immune response becomes excessive and out of control, leading to wide spread inflammation and damage to the organs.
Load More Replies...Unless you have opened a brand new tube or followed proper aseptic techniques, then that Savlon is contaminated with whatever you had on your hand the last time you used it. Medical professionals are appalled when they see people slicking their unwashed hands into tubs of cream or touching the nozzles of tubes that are intended for reuse.
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Ultrasound student. Never getting an IUD.
I'm on my 4th. i wish I had got one instead f being on the pill. Period control and being informed by a good gynecologist makes a big difference. I hate that people are still trying to scare people over IUD's. The tech who has done my last 3 IUD ultrasounds had been doing it over 40 years before she retired. I'll trust her, not a student.
I like mine. No periods, no daily pills to remember. Everyone's body is different, I tried pills (multiple different kinds) and they made be bleed for 3 weeks on 1 week off. Never had a problem with the IUD, I'm on my second one. I'm still working on convincing my BF to get a vasectomy though because I don't like altering my hormones and that is less invasive than me getting a tubal ligation.
My husband was ok with getting a vasectomy. but it was going to be $4k. The IUD was free and no or minimal periods is so nice. I'm in my 50's and have never been pregnant. I'm a late menopausal person. My amazing Gynecologist says most IUDs are approved for over 5 years now so you don't have to go every 2 or 3 like I did.
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Swinging children by their arms ( ie between two adults etc) commonly causes dislocations. The shoulder girdle is the most unstable region of the body.
Same with pets. You shouldn't pick up your pets like you would your children. Their shoulders do not rotate like ours does.
Ugh. I hate it when people pick up their dogs under the 'armpits' and hold them up. It can do so much damage. The same goes for 'scruffing' any animal without supporting them under their bottom.
Load More Replies...I never liked this as a kid because it hurt. Don't know why parents do this so much.
Swinging in a circle does seem better by eliminating the change of direction that is required between two adults.
Swinging in a circle can still dislocate shoulders and the heavier the child the higher the risk.
Load More Replies...Garage doors.
The newer ones will open right back up if the sensor sense something in it's way. My dog ran out while the garage was closing and my heart stopped for a second. But the sensors sense something in the way and opened back up again.
That's not the issue. The real danger is messing with the springs. Those things are really powerful and when they go off bang they can turn you into mince.
Load More Replies...This is one that regularly appears on these lists. I'm not sure if it's really a common thing, is it more so in the US for some reason?
Load More Replies...Never eat/drink grapefruit while taking medicine.
Only some medicines are incompatible with grapefruit and it's written on the leaflet and pharmacists will tell you. Don't be paranoid.
85 common medications. Including: Cholesterol medication, blood thinners, Blood pressure meds, Erectile dysfunction medications, antibiotics, Anxiety medications, mood stabilizers and anti-depressants and heart rhythm medications. That's just some of the prescription meds, for over the counter medication: Corticosteroids, Antihistamines, and Calcium channel blockers, pharmacist going to hold your hand on those? No? Maybe don't discourage people from being cautious regarding something that can very easily k**l you.
Load More Replies... Skiing, someone I knew broke their femur bone from it.
leahgc:
A very good friend of mine went skiing for the first time in college, broke his neck and is paralyzed. He was 18 when it happened.
Natasha Richardson died following an accident during a ski lesson; Michael Schumaker hasn't been seen since his ski accident in 2013. Wear protection, and get checked out if you hit your head.
Ron, was swiss. A world class competitive skier. During a competition, ron landed wrong going down a very steep mountain, landed on his neck. Quadriplegic at 22. Awesome guy, looked like Dolph lundgren. On his 30th birthday, he did a solo skydive, had a special rig designed so he could pull the chute with his head.
Covid, apparently.
I guess it's more dangerous than some might think because "apparently" there are many people who do not agree. The US government, for example.
Load More Replies... If the t&p valve on your home's water heater tank is not working, your tank can become a powerful bomb.
How to test your t&p.
What can happen if you don't check.
Flying small aircraft. I used to fly small planes for fun and transportation. Then one of my friends at work, someone who I used to fly with, died in a small planed crash. I had been flying for years at the time but I didn’t fully understand the danger. Flying in small aircraft is 10X more dangerous than driving. And that’s on a mile per mile comparison. Small jets piloted by professionals are very safe, airlines are extraordinarily safe, but small planes flown by hobbyists... not so much.
My grandfather on my dads side was a pilot during WWII, spent a couple years as a test pilot after the war, and continued to fly after the war ended. In 1968, my grandparent had flown to NY for the weekend, a trip they made countless times. They took off from a little airport in NJ....and crashed somewhere in pennsylvania less than an hour later. There wasn't enough left to even bury. He had tens of thousands of hours in the sky. Didn't matter.
This is absolutely true. And being an air show pilot is insanely dangerous.
If an electrical line falls and lands on your car,
DON’T GET OUT OF THE CAR.
Stay very still and wait for help to arrive.
If you believe that the ground is live, DON'T PICK UP YOUR FEET! Shuffle along keeping both feet on the ground until you're well clear and don't touch anything.
Sushi.. parasitology class NYU just k****d it for me.
All fish that is to be served raw must be frozen to a certain standard by law in the EU and UK. Also, this person seems to have made the common mistake of thinking that sushi=sashimi.
Load More Replies... ***Hot Water Tanks.*** They're the most dangerous appliance in your house. I actually built an aluminum enclosure around mine just in case it ruptures. I also keep it on a timer and have the thermostat set a bit lower than "typical." I'm paranoid about those things.
HWTs can explode like a small bomb, sending scaldingly-hot water and debris flying. They can take out walls and severely injure or k**l you if you are nearby. Flush 'em annually and turn your temp down a little bit- most are set to a scalding level which isn't even necessary. Sediment buildup can clog pressure relief valves.
Have an pressure release valve! And low tempt might result in legioneLegionella!.! Also, aluminium as protection?? 😬
Copied and pasted from the other HWT comment... In 2022 there were two water heaters in the USA that failed due to this. Not worth caring about, IMO. I work in the compressed gas industry, which is similar, and the failure rates are so low, and are typically not catastrophic failures.
Pressure release valve and use it! You have to release pressure every month or so.
Street food in India.
I’ve known people who happily eat street food and a couple who have gotten sick at the equivalent of high tea.
Load More Replies...If I cant avoid public pools, I make sure I would wash immensely right after. No crevices is safe. Everything needs to be cleaned!
And chlorine. The smell is a result of the ammonia in urine reacting with the chlorine compounds used to clean it, so at least you know that it's being properly treated and anything nasty in said urine will be killed.
Load More Replies...Oysters are a BIG no.
It's more the texture for me. They're OK if they're cooked though.
Load More Replies... Pitbull & Infant photo shoots.
The parasites are enough of a risk for a human with a lvl 1 immune system, please don't support your pediatric plastic surgeons.
Nurture your child rather than your social media accounts. Please.
Procced meats (with nitrates).
Processed meat may form nitrosamines when heated (potentially carcinogenic); arginine is a nitric oxide precursor (mostly beneficial).
Load More Replies...Ah good ol naegleria. honestly I will never give my infant/baby raw honey.
I may be wrong with the age, but you are NEVER TO GIVE HONEY TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 4.
9 months is an overview guide. Infant botulism is as bad as it sounds.
Load More Replies...I cannot find any info stating that you can get naegleria from honey. It's strictly from warm, un-chlorinated water up the nose.
After taking micro, I’m literally never doing anything ever again. Swimming in lakes, eating leftover rice, using a Neti pot, you name it.
Me at first as well but I'll confess to still being no wiser after thinking further!
Load More Replies...Drying hands with the air thing at restrooms.
Spreads germs by launching germ-laden droplets into the air.
Load More Replies...Energy drinks.
We both know that you know what OP is referring to. What do you propose that they call those drinks then?
Load More Replies...Never wearing a claw clip while driving and never taking bactrim.
One of those spring loaded hair clips.
Load More Replies...Governments!
We should all be able to live off the land and fend for ourselves?
Load More Replies... The sun.
A coronal mass ejection could wipe out the planet at any time. Not so probable but it has happend before. No danger then just some telegraphs that broke, today it could collapse society since we rely on electricty for almost everything we need to live.
Unless you are self sustained with water/food/heat.
*effects. The poles flip roughly every 200,000-300,000 years. It hasn't happened for a while though...who said "Climate change"?
Load More Replies...Thrift. I’m terrified of scabies.
Will never go in bat caves near the Mississippi or Ohio River Valley.
Is this because of virus concentrations in the guano? Or bat-phobia?
I dunno, but it's generally a good thing not to... for their sake. Bats in those regions are being killed off by white-nose fungus, and humans can track it from one cave to another.
Load More Replies...Never drinking coconut water again, scared to eat beef now (mad cow disease is 100% fatal and real),never swimming in lakes/ponds etc. never riding a motorcycle, root canals.. the list goes on. I’m pretty much scared of everything.
Not getting a root canal can lead to the Infection getting to the brain, especially the upper teeth which are conveniently located near the highway of the sinuses. It's called the triangle of de@th for a reason.
I've worked in the dental field for many years and I wouldn't get a root canal. I'd have the tooth pulled and replaced with an implant. I've been in oral surgery for most my career and we pull so many root canalled teeth. The patient spends literally thousands of dollars getting the tooth root canalled, built up and crowned (they automatically crown those teeth because they get so brittle after the root canal). Then the dead tooth inevitably gets a crack into the root, which leads to bacteria leaking into said crack, which leads to bone loss. A lot of the time the bone loss is significant because the patient doesn't know what's going on (thanks to not having feeling in that tooth due to the root canal) so the process is happening for months or years. Then by the time we pull it the bone loss has affected our ability to place an implant or makes us place the implant in a suboptimal position.
Load More Replies...You only have one life to experience stuff. Everyone dies in the end. Not saying do something stupid
It's easier for me to say, because I've reached my 50s and have a good part of my nice life behind me, but a certain fatalism seems appropriate. Yes, you can prolong your life by just sitting in your room, doing exercise there, and basically do nothing. But what do you want - to exist or to live?
Maybe tell why..? Moulding coconut?? And after they stopped feeding cows with brains the risk is no more? Pond in tropical places? Make sure to sign up as an organ donor before! Root canals, infection and diseases afterwards?? Edit: and as al of these "trust me bro/sis!"?
Being barefoot anywhere.
2 years ago I learned about Creutzfeldt-Jakobs, I haven’t touched cow meat since.
you woulda learnt it was a one time thing decades ago really only in UK and food safety laws are extreme to prevent this from happening again?
CJD is not from cow meat - that is Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) caused by a prion. CJD is a naturally occuring prion disease found in humans, typically spread by contaminated equipment. Ultimately, same result of death, but technically different diseases. (Source: infectious disease specialist).
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) received public attention in the 1990s when some people in the United Kingdom became sick with a form of the disease. They developed variant CJ, known as vCJD, after eating meat from diseased cattle. However, most cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease haven't been linked to eating beef. All types of CJD are serious but are very rare. About 1 to 2 cases of CJD are diagnosed per million people around the world each year. The disease most often affects older adults. ~Mayo Clinic
Load More Replies...If you're ever in Russia, for God's sake, stay away from the windows. For some reason, Russian windows are incredibly dangerous.
Aren’t airplanes also? Small airplanes. In addition, don’t let women run up to you with spray bottles and spray you down, especially in the Kuala Lumpur airport. Try not to be North Korean either.
Load More Replies...In 2022 there were two water heaters in the USA that failed due to pressure. Not worth caring about.
Sedentary lifestyle. Job where you're at your desk for long periods of time.
Get a standing desk - game changer. You are standing, moving, can march in place while working. Lost 10 pounds in the first two months of having one.
Load More Replies...I think people can get too crazy over things that are a one in several million chance. You can't live your life afraid of every little thing.
Hay bales! They can roll over people, people fall off of them, they can spontaneously combust, cause asthma attacks because of mold and dust ... Not something you'd even think about as being dangerous.
If you're ever in Russia, for God's sake, stay away from the windows. For some reason, Russian windows are incredibly dangerous.
Aren’t airplanes also? Small airplanes. In addition, don’t let women run up to you with spray bottles and spray you down, especially in the Kuala Lumpur airport. Try not to be North Korean either.
Load More Replies...In 2022 there were two water heaters in the USA that failed due to pressure. Not worth caring about.
Sedentary lifestyle. Job where you're at your desk for long periods of time.
Get a standing desk - game changer. You are standing, moving, can march in place while working. Lost 10 pounds in the first two months of having one.
Load More Replies...I think people can get too crazy over things that are a one in several million chance. You can't live your life afraid of every little thing.
Hay bales! They can roll over people, people fall off of them, they can spontaneously combust, cause asthma attacks because of mold and dust ... Not something you'd even think about as being dangerous.
