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I used to believe that I would try anything once. Skydiving? Sure! Foods that I’ve never heard of? Bon appétit! But as I’ve gotten older and wiser, I’ve realized that there are actually plenty of things that I will gladly never touch.   

Redditors have recently been discussing some of the things that the vast majority of us should never mess around with, so we’ve gathered some of their replies below. From substances that can be incredibly addictive to experimenting with tools that might make you lose a limb, enjoy reading through all of these things to avoid. And be sure to upvote the risks that you’re not willing to take either!

#1

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Antibiotic resistance.

YoussefA2000:

Definitely This!
As a Pharmacist I deal with a TON of people who just "Stopped taking Antibiotics after they felt well" and are currently wondering why they are coughing up mucus and sneezing again..
CONTINUE YOUR ANTIBIOTICS AS MENTIONED ON THE LABEL OR UNTIL THE DOC SAYS STOP. NEVER STOP THEM ON YOUR OWN GODDAMIT!

mateoberner , JESHOOTS.com Report

Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, sometimes they are lucky and the infection has been dealt with and they keep the unused antibiotics to use the next time ... or even worse, give to a friend who says they have a similar issue. YIKES!!!

Geoffrey Scott
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is most alarming is the recent bug going around in kids, that can only be treated by a Z-Pak. In other words, the last effective antibiotic.

nottheactualphoto
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also blame antibiotic resistance on the casual use of antibiotics. For example, Neosporin on a cut.

Jorge Gonzalez
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While casual human use is important, the main cause of resistance is the use of antibiotics on chicken, pig and cattle industrial farming

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Paul Donahue
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of us learned this the first time?

Brazen
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ended up in the hospital once because a dr. prescribed me the wrong one, and to high of a dose. I ended up extremely dehydrated among other things. The put me in isolation, ran some tests and then prescribed me a completely different antibiotic to fix what the first one did, which I did finish. I think sometimes you have to literally trust your gut if you feel something is wrong about what you're taking.

Arn Edwards
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STOP WITH THE ALL CAPS!

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    #2

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Joining political cults of personality.

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    Excited Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The shear number of people that think someone in power never lies TO THEM, and has a magic wand to do whatever they want. What does it take to wake them up?

    Incognito11
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did wake up. Kamala ran on not being Biden, then said she wouldn't change a thing Biden did. One of those is a lie.

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    Earthquake903
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look where Trump Derangement Syndrome got us. The MAGA cult will be the death of us all.

    Bad Alchemy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    America chose fascism. Let's sit with that thought for a while. The majority of American voters chose to elect a Hitler, a Mussolini, a Franco, a Pinochet, a Putin. People freely chose that. Be sure to remind them once the fruit of their decisions begins to drop. And try to stay safe.

    Incognito11
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which genocide happened under Trump? When you make these comparisons you lose all credibility, like Hilary, Biden and Kamala

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please drink this Kool Aid that I prepared just for you!

    ManuelQue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 4B group from South Korea is starting to gain traction in the U.S. Some folks here may want to look up Worth Fighting For dot org. For its leaders this situation with Trump is far from being their first rodeo. Some of #47's intentions can be tied up for years with lawsuits and if he starts with the removal of undocumented - and now also naturalized U.S. citizens - it's thought that a general strike might be a proper reaction to that nonsense. A friend from the U.S. recently told me that the administration-to-be's most powerful weapon is despair. Without that, people may actually fight back.

    Wheeskers
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    1 year ago

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    If you don't think you liberals are worse.. holy cow.

    John O'Donnell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sentence should be added to the list. It’s like something a child would write. You may as well have written, “No, you’ smell of poo.”

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    #3

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Wild animals. Leave them alone. Yes, including feeding them. Yes, including the “cute” ones.

    SquidMilkVII:

    Bear cubs are #1 on this list. Too many people think they have nothing to worry about, that the cub can’t really do much to them. The cub isn’t the one who’s gonna rip your lungs out of your esophagus.

    FrustratedEgret , Janko Ferlic Report

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kangaroos are high up there too, because they do look so cute (and there are sanctuaries where you can feed them etc) but if they get spooked you can definitely be killed.

    Loreta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of when Phil Dunphy got punched by a kangaroo on modern family

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    DE Ray
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Raccoons are another high on the list. Look cute. Only about 4 times the size of an alley cat - with teeth and claws to match. 9/10 times you're fine interacting with them, but if they're feeling scared or territorial, you're in intensive care.

    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's not just that you might die. The biggest threat to wild animals is humans. Anything that tends to make them less frightened of us is doing them no favours.

    Illifred
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get the point. Although it makes me sad that they don't want me to kiss them.

    Pyla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moose. Many times they just have to shoot the mom bc handling a relocation is really hard.

    Jay Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw quite a few bears when I was working in NW Ontario. they usually ran off so no problem. Only time we were worried was on a survey across a small island. Dumped some gear behind a bush before lunchtime, came back later and there were fresh bear tracks in the mud. Momma bear and a cub. Never saw them and it was a small, wooded island but certainly had a sore neck by the end of the day.

    BrownEyedPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget about deer. They may remind you of Bambi, but getting stomped by those hooves will remind you why it's a bad idea to try and cozy up to a doe and her fawn.

    Gogubaci
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if not friend why friend shaped

    Justin Tyme
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lungs are not located in the esophagus.

    Vylnce NA
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they are, bears are the least of your issues.

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    Lee Henderson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend of mine was a curator at the Monroe (Louisiana) Zoo. She said that most people got their ideas about wildlife from Disney

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    #4

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With A menopausal woman. We are feral.

    FrostyArmadillo1867 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

    Susan Reid Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've been through 30 to 40 years of pain that isn't taken seriously, vigilance about reproducing, and mansplaning. We've just had enough nonsense.

    maggie spencer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We burn with the fire of a thousand suns, and you don't want it aimed at you 😁

    April Pickett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It might seem feral to you, but we are just tired of all the c**p that gets handed out to us, all the time since were 3-4 years old. So, if we let loose, learn to live with it.

    El Dee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can confirm. When I was young and didn't understand, I worked in an office where quite a few of the women were going through it at the same time. After that I understood a little better..

    Roxy222uk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand the logic of women thinking they are advancing feminism by stating that our hormones make us aggressive and unpredictable, or even worse - useless - be it pmt, pregnancy, or menopause. I've been through all of them, as have my many of my female friends, and it simply isn't true. We just get on with our lives, deal with the physical symptoms as best we can, yes of course if you want a younger generation to look after you (from medical staff to tv producers, farmers to road resurfacers) when you're old then you can suck it up and be supportive to what women have to deal with so this can happen, but the idea that we all become totally unreasonable and aggressive and touchy and difficult and can't do our jobs properly is just feeding into a very established sexist trope. Why do women do it?

    Hljott Anne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is nice t know that I have being menopausal my whole life.

    Jan Olsen
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I happen to know quite a lot of menopausal women - none of them are feral

    Jan Olsen
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a load of c**p. I know quite a lot of women who are or recently were menopausal - and NONE of them have ever been "feral"

    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago

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    There's no excuse for bad behaviour.

    A girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No excuse but definitely a cause. I'm a pretty stable person but I was crying at dog food commercials. Estrogen flux is hits women like PCP.

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    Justin Tyme
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    1 year ago

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    When women get older, they go through mental pause.

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    #5

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Drinking + driving.

    id_o:

    Driving + texting too, it’s also much more dangerous.

    MacheteAndMeatballs , energepic.com Report

    Arn Edwards
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drinking and texting is also dangerous.

    El Dee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people think they're okay to drive after a 'smoke' You're not..

    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The penalty for texting while driving is too lenient. After the third offense, should be a minimum of six months in jail, suspension of license for one year, and being responsible for paying back the taxpayers for your jail time. Maybe that will put a dent into this extremely dangerous activity.

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw a comment a few days ago. They did not say where they lived but texting carried the same penalty as a DUI. Should be the same everywhere.

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    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drinking and texting can get you into difficulty too, in my experience. :-)

    Joanna Siau
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drinking and texting also bad...

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drunk drivers should be shot and left to rot in the ditch. Been to too many MVAs caused by these worthless a******s.

    angelmomoffour62
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost my whole family from a drunk driver. My 2 young sons, my husband, and my dog.

    ManuelQue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't even imagine....sending you hugs...

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    Linda Riebel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I can't believe the people I see talking/texting on their phones while driving. MORONS! Drump voters.... but I repeat myself.

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    #6

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With That gut feeling to stay away from certain people, places, situations. Trust your gut.

    johnguyver123 , Vanessa Garcia Report

    Bay Bo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's gunna be bad, m'kaaay

    QueerAxolotls
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My gut makes me suffer when I eat cheese, why would I trust a cheese hater? /s

    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had only trusted my gut, I would not have an ex-wife!

    #7

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Knee-deep flood waters can pick up a car and move it.

    Don't try to drive through water if you can't see the bottom.

    WatchTheBoom , Dibakar Roy Report

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time we get flood waters there are people stupid enough to try driving through it and it ends in tragedy

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't get swept away, but I remember in one downpour being shocked at how deep a "puddle" turned out to be. That tip, "don't try to drive through water if you can't see the bottom" sounds good, but the problem is that while driving in rain, I've *never* seen the bottom of a puddle.

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    Roxy222uk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or walk through it. Even ankle deep flood waters can wash you away.

    Danielle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It can also pick up and move manhole covers. Don't walk through flood water.

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spain this last week...😥

    María Hermida
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a different situation. People did not try to cross a flooded road. The roads were ok one minute and covered in two metres of water, mud, stones, trees and assorted rubbish the next minute. There was nowhere to escape. In some areas, the rainfall was more than 500 litres per square metre in a few hours. The shopping centre in one of the affected towns flooded in less than 15 minutes, with eighty *million* litres of water. No, I didn't make a mistake. 80 million litres of water in fifteen minutes.

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    BookFanatic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The street by my work floods a lot. Every so often we gather at the windows to watch the idiots try to drive through. Sometimes they come floating back again.

    KieLeaHar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia’s flood motto is: If it’s flooded, forget it… yet we still have morons driving through flood water.. thankfully, governments and rescue places have started charging the wánkers that do it needlessly or stupidly!

    Excited Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you wouldn't want to walk through it, don't drive through it! Cars float in much less water than you do.

    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did that once. Fortunately my car was heavy enough to not float away, but it took weeks for the seats to dry out. Never again!

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    #8

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With "Get Rich Quick" schemes.


    It is either a scam, of questionable legality, or carries extremely high physical/mental/emotional/financial risk.


    The adage "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" applies.

    Shahfluffers Report

    Anonymous Fox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only real way to get rich is either to be born into it, or constant hard work.

    Jay Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's never YOU that gets rich.

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, someone is getting rich. Just not the sucker you see in the mirror each morning.

    #9

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With If you don't know what you are doing, electrical wiring. There is a lot of powers in those wires, and humans are very conductive.

    DarkMatterMinx , ranjeet . Report

    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't mess with electrical stuff. Me and electricity have an agreement - I don't mess with it; it doesn't try to kill me.

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I refuse to work on energized circuits. I get a smirk from "real men", or was that smirk electrocution?

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    TMTMTMTM
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am scared of doing anything major with electrical wiring. But I have replaced outlets and switches, after much reading about the many details ... and flipping the breakers off, and using voltage detectors, and wearing rubber-soled sneakers (after being shocked mildly twice *blush* though that grounding wire had had no business being connected to hot!).

    Bay Bo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dam, the black goes to black, the red goes to...yellow?💥

    Vylnce NA
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you do know what you are doing, there is no power in the wires.

    April Pickett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm very careful just changing a light bulb.

    Viktor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not really true with basic household wires (unless you're dealing with high voltage for oven/stove/EV-charger). 110 or 220V shouldn't cause any issues unless you already have major underlying conditions. I still don't recommend electrocuting yourself but I've done it various times when I forgot to flip the breaker, and nothing happened besides a painful tingling in your fingers for a few minutes. Minor electric work used to be commonly done by almost every household. Nowadays, the vast majority of people is terrified for no good reason.

    Diolla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True. And I must add, being shocked teaches you to pay better attention next time. It's a horrible feeling.

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    Mike Price
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a technicality, but the problem with electricity is that humans are NOT very conductive. If they were, the current would just flow easily directly to ground. It's the RESISTANCE that the human body presents that can result in serious burns. A highly conductive lightning conductor dumps the electricity harmlessly straight to ground. A not-very-conductive tree, for example, if struck by lightning can catch fire or even explode. But all the warrnings are still valid; don't mess with electricity if you don't know what your doing - and if you DO know what you're doing, take every precaution.

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Responded to a call where a pole worker, who is supposed to know what they are doing, did something wrong. DOA. His arm and upper chest on one side were not a pleasant sight.

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    #10

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Mushrooms…. If you don’t know which one is which, don’t. Just don’t. Some of those are a painful way to die. So I hear.

    ThatOneRandomGuY2141 , Surdu Horia Report

    RyanRyanRyan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every mushroom is edible. The problem is some are only edible once.

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smurfs told me to dont go picking toadstools blindly!

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    Anni
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is case going to trail next year in Australia. The accused made a mushroom Beef Wellington for her in-laws and ex husband and three unlived, one was very sick in hospital. Her ex canceled last minute. She and her kids are fine……

    Danielle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plants also though. Hemlock (of Socrates fame) looks very similar to wild parsnip (of nice winter stew fame). Probably a good rule for life to not put it in your mouth unless you are very sure.

    H R
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or...... hear me out... do. But! You might die.

    DC
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of them will make you never feel hungry again.

    Pollymere
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are some mushrooms that means if you eat them you won't have to eat again for the rest of your life...

    Incognito11
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This goes for plants in general. They all have varying degrees of toxicity, some we can tolerate, some we can't.

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    #11

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With The ocean.

    the_answer_is_beer , Kellie Churchman Report

    Diolla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to be an avid swimmer and would generally spend a lot of time in the water. Until that one day I got caught in an undertow away from the beach. Luckily I remembered what to do to get out of it, and I made it back to the beach, but ever since then I fear the sea. Am just back from Benin where nobody swims in the ocean because it will kill you.

    Weltschmerz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I made a stupid mistake once and nearly got caught in a riptide, at 8am on a deserted beach. Safe to say I will NEVER EVER make that mistake again! Scariest moment of my life so far.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only a fool does not fear the ocean. Learn to swim, and to recognise dangerous rips, and the ocean is a wonderful thing, be a fool and you might just die. There was a campaign on the telly when I was growing up and it made a great impression on me. I live sailing and swimming and I lived on a boat for two years, but I've never lost the respect.

    Bay Bo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is the ocean. It's beautiful. Just imagine the predators lurking beneath.

    Aballi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in a beach town and learned early on to respect the ocean. Still, I've gotten stuck outside the surf break and jumped into the water from cliffs I had no business being on. Every year, tourists are killed by our swatch of the pacific. Taking selfies on said cliff, swimming out too far, not respecting a stormy sea.

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. We spent billions of years getting out, I have no desire to go back.

    Myoviridae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a beach in Kaua'i that has a sign telling you not to get into the water. It has an updated death tally on it. You still sometimes see people getting in the water.

    #12

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With People’s kids. You want to see dude who’s never had a speeding ticket suddenly become capable of murder? Mess with their offspring.

    thestickingplaces , Brett Sayles Report

    Zenozenobee
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was 10 or 11, I witnessed a girl from my class being bullied by 3 guys from our school (~14yo). I stepped in because that's the way I've been raised. The girl ran away, leaving me alone with the guys who started beating me. Luckily for me, she met my mother on her way. When my mother (picture a 40yo, 1,55m for 45 kg woman) reached us, her expression was nuts, her voice wasn't ever hers. She beat the strongest one, was able to catch another one who was ridding a bike and kicked his wheel for him to fall. She found the 3rd one hidden among friends and asked him to come fight her and shamed him when he refused. She was possessed.

    BrownEyedPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never met your mother, but I like her already!

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    Cass Malone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will fight you if it ISN'T my kid, just imagine the ferality that would come out for my own.

    Jan Olsen
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No - parents are not wild crazy animals

    April Pickett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, same with animals. They will hurt you to protect their babies.

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    #13

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Fireworks. I can't unsee the liveleak video of a kids hand turning into high velocity sausage meat.

    JeffSergeant , rovenimages.com Report

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why they are banned (for personal use) in most of Australia. My dad misses 'bonfire night' when they used to get them, at the same time as telling me about how his brother lit one and put it in his pocket once and it was very close to being a serious injury!

    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish they were here. Still getting random bangs and it's no longer Bonfire Night. Upsets and can injure people, pets, wildlife and property.

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    Foxglove🇮🇪
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're illegal in Ireland but people still get them from somewhere and someone always gets injured, or worse.

    Jules
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are a menace, traumatising to wildlife and pets, a fire hazard and pollutant to the environment - not just the smoke but the littering afterwards. In the UK we used to have bonfire night on November 5th, won't bore you with the history behind it suffice to say that most people these days don't even know why it's a thing and it seems from Halloween all the way through to the New Year all bets are off and arseholes set them off randomly. My dog is petrified of them to the point where I think he's going to have a seizure or heart attack. Fireworks should be banned forever

    April Pickett
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are pretty but not worth the noise and ashes that fall on you, and the crowds

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once had a firecracker go off in my fingers. Scared me at the time. Fortunately no damage was done.

    DC
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A classmate almost had someting of that sort happening. He wore a cast for a few weeks, after one of the largest legal ones went off in his hand. Oof ... Those which are called "Polenböller" in germany, because they're usually sold in Poland, are more similar to professional explosives, regarding the energy they release, but are of poor to poorest quality. Short fuses of unknown velocity, ... if you don't really appreciate being complete and alive ... do it elsewhere. Or simply not.

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    #14

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Garage door springs.

    gotoajetsgame:

    Absolutely right. I had one snap about 10 years ago and it sounded and felt like a car crashed into my garage

    Chairboy , EsmeYcats Report

    lwolf1952
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lubricate those suckers with spray lithium grease once a year. Other parts too. Investigate YouTube videos on the subject.

    nottheactualphoto
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do they use springs? Why not use counterweights?

    Lily bloom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad's friend died when the spring wrapped around his neck

    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with RV awnings. They'll rip your arm off literally.

    Loreta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, I can attest to this. Thunderous sound and missed car by millimetres.

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    #15

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Horses, they will kick you back to Valhalla.

    IHateBritishPPl , Ramon Fuentes Nieto Report

    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ABIT the same deal as with the ocean. Learn to read the signs of danger and horses are absolutely lovely animals, cows on the other hand! I am weary of cows, but it is only because I don't understand them, and I can't read their body language.

    Pyla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horses bite well, too. I was dragged over a stall door by one. I was one of the last people who would look after hm. It was just a moment of him not recognizing me. ….. I felt like a rag doll…..also saw a horse double barrel a kid to the tune of 20 feet….. yeah they have their moments

    Eric Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Old cowboy saying, "If horses knew how puny humans were, they'd stomp 'em to death."

    tresgatos72
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My horse is NOT a kicker, but he has been raised right and is well-trained. Dogs are far more dangerous, if you ask me.

    Bay Bo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never got kicked, only bit. Stupid horse, I was young, she was, but she shouldn't have but me

    Gingergirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One trod on my foot when I was 9 and feeding it. Have been wary ever since.

    Vitiosus The Black Sheep
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're mean or non-understanding to horses, they're giving you what you'll deserve. Don't kick them or use whip/bit to "handle" them — instead, use understanding, love, kindness, and you're never gonna get mauled by a horse. Sincerely yours, the man of wise herd of akhal-tekes.

    Gen X Feral
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wth ever. Animals are just like us, some are mean as hell no matter how they've been treated. I've been yeeted into a fence 10 feet away for being human and near. I've known horses that despised people from birth that were pampered and spoiled absolutely rotten.

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    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Dogs.

    Do your training, take it seriously; within breed limits, a well trained dog should do its business outside, not jump up, tolerate all handling, sit, recall, go to bed and stay on command, give up toys on a word, stop barking when told to, and walk a proper heel (by your side at the level of your hip, not loose lead in front; the difference is important on an icy day!). Exercise twice a day for an hour each. Socialise from the puppy (dogs, horses, adults of all ages, children, cars, bikes, guns if you want a gundog, the vet, busy streets, public transport, the hoover, you get the idea) Feed dog food (not human food) twice a day and take unfinished food up after 30 mins (stops obesity); do not ever feed scraps under the table. Do not encourage bad behaviour (ignore it).

    Any breed can be destructive. Most can seriously hurt people or other animals if they want to. Much of this is avoidable.

    Do not make a ticking timebomb for yourself.

    AutomaticAstigmatic , Helena Lopes Report

    QueerAxolotls
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. A thousand times this. My dogs are sweet, housebroken (save for the older one, he's having issues), and generally well-trained, but they're animals first and foremost. They've knocked me down, including when I'm on the stairs or in other dangerous positions. I've gotten bitten a lot, not on purpose, but because cattle dogs are like velcro, I'm clumsy, and my dog gets under my feet.

    A girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like we have the same dog. Cecil doesn't bite but he pinches when we're playing. Little bruises up my right arm.

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    A girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. I have the sweetest, kindest Australian cattle dog. He's well trained but still gets excited. He punches me in the chest if he thinks I'm not getting his "go outside" message. It's not mean spirited. At 70lbs, that's quite the blow. Even for a big girl like me. I know his tell now so it hasn't happened for a while but, yes, train your dog and learn your dog.

    DustBunny
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also: PLEASE educate yourself on dog body language. Most “unprovoked bites” had plenty of warning, but people didn’t see it. Your dog does not enjoy having your kids hug, squeeze, poke, sit on, or pull on it. Don’t ask your dog to tolerate more “over touching” than you would. Your kid got nipped in the face because you thought it was cute when he squeezed the dog’s cheeks repeatedly and didn’t stop it, and now you want to dump the dog or have it put down.

    Justin Tyme
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The majority of dog attack stories are about pit bulls. Okay, I know I will get a reply from someone saying something like "It isn't the dog, it's the owner" or "If you raise them right, they will behave right." Yeah sure. 🤔

    Bobby
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cab you provide any sources for that statistic? I didn't bother checking how trustworthy the report was, but the first site that popped up on Google says pitbulls account for about 22% of dog attacks and of those that are fatal, 66% are from pit bulls. Neither number is close to 99%

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    Evelien Stijger Martens
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why I don't want dogs, ever. I don't want an animal to obey me, or need me to. I dpn't want to be an animals bos. So that's why I have cats.

    Racing Tadpole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bigger the dog the more damage it can do, eg the woman with two rottweilers that attacked her.

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    #17

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Gun safety. Messing around gets really bad, really fast.

    FireSailLabs , Somchai Kongkamsri Report

    Anni
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is something I have absolutely never have had to give thought to. I also never had to be afraid to go to school or go through metal detectors. Sad for those who do, because an accident in messing around with a gun is far less likely than direct intent :(

    Vylnce NA
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    1 year ago

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    Completely untrue. The chances of you being injured while mishandling a firearm are loads higher than being a victim of gun violence.

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    Gunnar Strandt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Avoid guns is the safest way🤷‍♂️

    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're going to own a firearm please take a safety course. Someone who doesn't know how to handle a firearm is dangerous to themselves and their loved ones.

    BrownEyedPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only reason for having a gun is for protection, not bragging rights. It's the Clint Eastwood wannabes who are too lazy and cheap to take gun safety courses, purchase a gun lock, and keep the weapon locked up, that pose a danger to the rest of us. On top of that, they give responsible gun owners a bad reputation.

    Richienotsorich
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Protection from other morons with guns. Stop the guns, stop the need to protect yourself.

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    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a horrifying piece by John Stossel many, many years ago, wherein they left a made-safe gun in a school where kids were taught incessantly how dangerous guns were, and every last one of the kids just had to hold it. They ended up pointing it at each other over and over again. When kids were more familiar with guns, they handled it much, much better, immediately getting a teacher, etc.

    Gingergirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not something the average Aussie needs to know, thank goodness.

    Cari Owens
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best advice I've ever heard about gun safety is *always* treat a gun as if it's loaded, even if you KNOW FOR SURE it isn't. The saying "Better safe than sorry" definitely applies here.

    nuberiffic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A gun is always loaded, especially when it isn't.

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    Myoviridae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It seems that most of these posts are addressing handguns. But I grew up in a house with rifles that were used for hunting to provide food for our family. You better believe I learned gun safety from a very young age. There were even demonstrations of what a bullet could do using water-filled milk jugs. I have no guns as an adult, but I know my gun safety.

    Zaach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a shop with friends, this guy comes in with a .45, pushes it against his chest and says "look at this safety feature" - we had hide a lot of pot before the ambulance came

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    #18

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Bleach as a household cleaner. Mixed with the wrong stuff and you’re dead.

    squambish , Clay Banks Report

    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vinegar and bleach is chlorine gas. Ammonia and bleach is chloramine gas. Acetone and bleach is chloroform.

    My O My
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And everyone makes you a different form of tired

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    Nelson Álvarez Sáez
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who could be so deeply and utterly stupid to suggest you can drink bleach safely? Oh, don't say anything 😂

    Incognito11
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Show me the quote where Trump says that. Seriously, I'd love to see it.

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    Jules
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's harmful to the environment, evil stuff

    Eric Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good idea shlthead. Tell all the twisted mfr's how to make that stuff.

    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're not a chemist, learn which combinations can kill you.

    mandy the capibara
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I'm just surprised I'm still alive. Younger me was quite casual with cleaning products

    Millie Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bleach + Vinegar = Chlorine gas. This can lead to coughing, breathing problems, burning and watery eyes. Chlorine gas and water also combine to make hydrochloric and hypochlorous acids. Bleach + Ammonia = Chloramine. This can cause shortness of breath and chest pain. Bleach + Rubbing alcohol = Chloroform. Another highly toxic combination!! Hydrogen peroxide + Vinegar = peracetic/ peroxyacetic acid. This combination can be highly corrosive.

    María Hermida
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bleach in very hot water is also dangerous. It releases a mini toxic cloud that can kill you.

    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CO2 will kill you. Don't mess with the tanks.

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    #19

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Any rotary saw (skillsaw, tablesaw, mitresaw). Honorable mention: chainsaw.

    kyle242gt , Pixabay Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember our woodworking teacher introducing us to the table saw: "This is the table saw. It does not like you. it does not dislike you. It does not care how many fingers you arrive with, or how many you leave with. That is entirely up to you."

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before I got a desk job I mostly worked in the wood shop here. Occasionally someone would ask to use one of the saws. I had a standard response. "If you get any blood on it, you clean that up first. Then we'll take you to the doctor." (Before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I was joking, and they all knew it.)

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    Certainly not Dan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When doing a course on chainsaw use the instructor told us “there are no insignificant chainsaw injuries”

    TuesdayDangerGirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a chainsaw on a stool in the garage and I accidentally backed into the 'off' chainsaw. Yeah. So the urgent care almost flipped out before they read the entirety of my statement "Why are you here" and I wrote that I got cut by a chainsaw (but it was off) Still ended up being a nasty little injury and IT WAS OFF!

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was always that one kid in shop class who cuts off the top of their finger because they're messing around.

    BookFanatic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. My neighbor's table saw jammed on the wood. His response was to push harder. Sliced off his thumb and half his pointer. Eight-year-old grandson saw the whole thing.

    nottheactualphoto
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very timely! I recently got a nice table saw injury. Not from the blade, thank bloody bog. I'm getting my stitches out tomorrow.

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chainsaws are very dangerous, specially if the person using it wears a hockey mask.

    Jake Bertz
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, the guy in the hockey mask uses machetes. It's the guy in a mask made of human skin that likes chainsaws, but he doesn't leave Texas.

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    DC
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turning machines, too. I once shot off the tightening T-wrench, landed 20 m off. First I thought I had shot it into a ceiling window, as upon looking up, spotted one there. No, a coworker did that one years before, told me nobody had yet seen it. Visible from one spot only, at my then-turning machine (one of those hand-operated than intern-students and apprentices are taught at). Rained through the roof there at special wind conditions, and nobody had cared to go up and inspect.

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once was a faller. Saw several chainsaw injuries. The big take away is that they don't so much cut you as leave a trench.

    neil jagurdo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First thing to practice with a chain saw is the "toss it away" motion, if your feet get tangled, or a limb starts coming down, etc.

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    #20

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Someone who has nothing to lose.

    amanwholovespizza247 , MART PRODUCTION Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They will not be at all afraid of you. Fear can only exist in someone who still holds a vestige of hope. A prisoner at Treblinka extermination camp attacked and killed the commandant with his bare hands, because the prisoner realised that he was going to be killed anyway.

    Jan Olsen
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is absolute nonsense. Fear of death is a basic instinct. Oh - and I would like to know your source for that story.

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    tom carey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A guy asks a group of men,"What's the penalty for Rebellion?" "Death" they reply. "What's the penalty for being late?" "Death" they reply again. "Well brothers, we're late."

    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's gonna be a lot of us in the US in about 2 years. Walk on eggs around us, people, walk on eggs.

    Chich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure your new chinese or russian overlords (or whomever places the highest bid) will treat you nice.

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    Jan Olsen
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of them would be in a state of apathy....

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    #21

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Stone fish.

    I have experienced some phenomenal pain in my life but that sting will be burned into my psyche for the rest of my life.

    Illustrious_Drag5254 , Photo2222 Report

    Winnie the Moo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also the f****r in bottom right in the picture is a PAINFUL sting! Damn, my toe went black and the pain crept up my whole leg.

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's tales of Pacific islanders who were poisoned by stone fish, and who drowned themselves, just to stop the pain.

    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the one that's so painful people beg doctors to chop off their limbs to stop it. If I recall pain killers don't work on it either. It's not directly fatal though. It will make it hard to swim and can exacerbate pre-existing conditions though.

    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's nature's way of saying, You got in my personal space. Don't let it happen again.

    Loreta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From the ocean again I suppose... Respect

    Gingergirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lived right on a beach as a child and was always worried about these critters.

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Catfish as well. Turns out thier venomous and excruciatingly painful

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    #22

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Kinda basic, but d***s. It is so easy to say you're not addicted and can quit anytime. Then your life is ruined, you're in a debilitating addiction and in a hole that gets deeper every time you try to fill it in.

    mattropi , rebcenter moscow Report

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. I almost went to the bottom of that hole. Drügs were the only thing that shut my brain up and stopped the "bad thoughts", so I became addicted almost immediately during a very dark part in my life. I had my family and my boyfriend trying all kinds of things to help get me clean (boyfriend was the source of 90% of the problems in the first place, though, honestly.) None of their attempts worked, and I ended up on cocaine. The only thing that finally convinced me to get clean was thinking about how my cat depended on me and how I was responsible both to her and responsible for her wellbeing. That helped me get clean. I've been clean for 3 years now. It's scary to think how I had NO idea what was in the cocaine that I was buying and using. I could have gotten a fentanyl-laced batch and simply died. But addiction is INCREDIBLY difficult - don't let my little summary make it seem like it's "simple" and "easy" to quit - it's not. It is an atrocious struggle.

    Powerful Katrinka
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Congratulations on your 3 years of sobriety. That’s a huge achievement!

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    Justin Tyme
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please get help for your addiction to dîcks.

    Danielle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glad I'm not the only.ons who read that

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    Ima Manimal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LMAO. I thought it was dic#s. Reread it , but substitute the word.

    El Dee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ones people miss all the time are alcohol and cannabis. I don't care what you say, you CAN get addicted to cannabis. Booze? I just like a glass of wine with dinner, I can't have a problem! But you start with one glass of wine with dinner then end up with one before dinner, one with dinner and one after, every day. You move to a large glass and a stronger wine and this means you are drinking the equivalent of half a bottle of spirits within an hour - every day..

    QueerAxolotls
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It took me a minute to realize this was about d r u g s, not fancy s**t shaming.

    Debs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only one that translated that incorrectly the first time I read through the post?

    Cass Malone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate when this word is censored cuz this could very well have meant d!cks

    Gingergirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cigarettes are the d**g I wish I had never tried. Stage 2 emphysema at age 53 is not something I’d wish on anyone.

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    #23

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Hippos.

    Didly_Deer , Pixabay Report

    Diolla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Very agressive and deadly. In Southern Ethiopia there is only one lake you can swim in. Because the other ones have hippos in htem.

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People think they are cute. So they think they are not dangerous. Just look at when they have there mouths wide opn. Think of the power in those jaws. They more than likely can crush a person with no,problem.

    Jan Olsen
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very easy to avoid, since there are no hippos here

    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was in an area with wild hippos in Africa. The park rangers who escorted us had assault rifles. The cartoons you grew up with lied to you.

    Gingergirl
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MOst other animals avoid them, even crocodiles are wary.

    Bay Bo
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    1 year ago

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    Now r we talking about the cocaine hippos, or just all of them?,

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    #24

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Carbon monoxide! I'm a inspector, and carry a detector with me at all times. It definitely has saved my life before. It's literally everywhere and can kill you instantly.

    fatthorthegreat , Pixabay Report

    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CO does not kill instantly

    Millie Brown
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It definitely could in large enough quantities

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    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What makes carbon monoxide so dangerous is the fact that the human body prefers it over oxygen.

    Mike D
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Displaced oxygen kills you. You breathe low concentrations of CO all the time. Nitrogen will also displace oxygen and kill you

    Bobby
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CO replaces oxygen in the blood. CO2 displaces oxygen. The level of CO people normal breath daily is <0.0009%.

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    Jan Olsen
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is literally NOT everywhere and it doess NOT k**l instantly

    Justin Tyme
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "kill you instantly" But the writer has been exposed to it and didn't die.

    Bay Bo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At all times?! And you're still alive?! Satire comment, sorry

    #25

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Blue ring octopus.

    Avery357:

    Just a PSA, blue ring octopuses don't always have blue rings! They only get blue rings when they feel threatened, so avoid any octopus that has not been 100% identified. Heck, avoid all octopuses.

    MrMaiqE , Rickard Zerpe Report

    Eric Williams
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop eating them too. They're a lot smarter that most of dumb azz's that voted for...

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know that warning!

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    #26

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Peoples emotions. You don’t know what a person is capable of doing until it’s too late.

    No-Relation3504 , Engin Akyurt Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most people don't realise, themselves, what they're capable of until it's too late.

    El Dee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As I discovered doing a job where I met people at one of the worst times in their lives - act like the worst will happen and park in the direction of your escape, stay near the exit and don't look away from them whilst keeping an eye on your surroundings..

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Still waters run deep" is so true for a lot of people. Which, in my opinion, is why it's a bad idea to fool around with someone else's SO. You can never tell how the wronged party will react. Some of those episodes of "Cheaters" have gone horribly wrong, with someone getting stabbed (the host), or shot to death. It's just not worth it.

    Millie Brown
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cute quiet girls can become VICIOUS if provoked

    lwolf1952
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These creatures can be dangerous.

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    #27

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Large capacitors.

    Taoiseach:

    It's a good way to start a career change, as long as you want your new job to be "charcoal briquette"

    Random_Hero2023 , Joy of Electronics Report

    John Nelson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cringe when I see YouTube videos pop up in my feed for things you can do with a old microwave

    #28

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Storm surges. Stay off the shore in bad weather!

    CharlotteLucasOP , GEORGE DESIPRIS Report

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And don't go in/around storm water drains. Flash flooding can happen so quickly.

    Bored Trash Panda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shouldn't go around storm drains anyways, just ask Georgie... oh wait.....

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    Justin Tyme
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Stay off the shore" So, go into the water?

    BrunoVI
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from the East coast of the U.S. We get waves on the ocean, but not the huge kind that make California a surfing mecca.... except when there are storms off the coast. If you want to surf, you shouldn't surf.

    #29

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Street pills, or a prescription that isn't yours. Just isn't worth the risk.

    wBeeze , Artem Podrez Report

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    About THE dumbest thing someone can do is help themself to someone else's prescriptions. You could be allergic to any of the ingredients; it could exacerbate an existing, or otherwise dormant, medical condition; it could permanently disable you, if not outright kill you. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's no longer safe buying druugs on the street. Street dealers no longer care if they're killing off their customer base.

    Sven Grammersdorf
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course they do. If they kill their customers, who will buy their d***s?

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    #30

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Felling trees by yourself that are in range of your home or other property.

    _sacrosanct:

    This is so true. There's a guy I went to high school with who got paralyzed trying to help some friends remove an old tree that had died. He's in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

    mr_snrub742 , Fabian Köhler Report

    You didn’t know me 2 mins ago
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trees fall on my house all the time. They haven’t broken through yet, but I’m getting the feeling it will be soon.

    Mike D
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Felling trees period. If you know what you're doing, it's dangerous. If you don't, good night.

    #31

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Trains, forklifts, and the people that prepare and serve your food.

    BelowAveIntelligence , Huy Phan Report

    Captain Kakapo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no... I'm a forklift driver on a train station and I'm cooking my own food!

    Hoi-Polloi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well... if you ever develop a grudge against yourself, you're in trouble. Look into the mirror and growl, "I know where you live."

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    Roxy222uk
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously, never mess around on a level crossing. I was told by someone who works for the railways that people get killed on them every year. If it was possible to dispense with all of them it would be done, because they are so dangerous, but it just isn't possible. Use them 100% correctly and very conservatively, and you'll be fine, but there is far less room for pushing it a bit than people realise

    #32

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Pulling money out of your retirement accounts before you retire.

    pendletonskyforce , Pixabay Report

    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in Australia, the rules were relaxed during COVID. Some people will regret their actions down the track.

    Paulina
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know, some of them might still be happy that they had money to - you know - survive?

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    Gozer LeGozerian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F that. The way things look, we'll never be able to retire, might as well have fun while we're young

    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knew a fellow who cashed in his pension plan when he retired. One of the worst decisions of his life. Now old and cranky and back in the workforce.

    Norah Reilly
    Community Member
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You say that as though everybody has enough money/resources to do so.

    Incognito11
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends what you do with that money. Put it in something that generates a residual income which surpasses your retirement income? Brilliant!

    El Dee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They changed the rules in the UK a few years ago. The people who can least afford to will take their whole 'pot'

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    #33

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Geese.

    D3XT3R__ , Pixabay Report

    Heras buddy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swans. They can beat you to death with their wings. Geese bites hurt like all hell. Was bitten on the thigh when I walked past a hidden nest. Then chased another 25 feet. Thank God for the nest it didn't chase me further.

    Child of the Stars
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jim Gaffigan joked that instead of building a wall between us and Mexico to stop immigrants, we should put up a net between us and Canada to stop the geese.

    Lace Neil
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember, they have brought down planes.

    lwolf1952
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Canada geese were almost extinct at one time. They should have let them go. Noisy aggressive pooping machines.

    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That last sentence? You talking about birds or toddlers?

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    Mike D
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? They are easy to deal with.

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    #34

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With As a former lift operator, do not f**k with a lift with damaged hydraulic lines on the boom/mast. Refuse. That fluid is under enough pressure to shoot through your skin.

    TSKnightmare , Tiger Lily Report

    Darth_Borah
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This goes for any hydraulics. I can confirm, I used to be a hydraulic mechanic.

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also the machinery can fail and lose pressure and something can come crashing down on someone.

    DC
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A schoolmate's neighbour had a hydraulic line on his tractor cut by some stupid attempt to ... I don't know really what he was trying to attempt, but the jet of oil cut three of his fingers clean off. We collected them, in a bag, that bag in another, ice around, all that, but they couldn't sew them back on. Safed a few minutes a few times, cut off something forever.

    Rastilabo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Swedish S tank. No turret, turn the tank to point. 70s tech, do it with hydraulics. Tanks being confined, it's all over the crew. Get hit, crisp! Still better than the Swiss Pz68

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    #35

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Breath play. I know, I like it too, but it's so dangerous, even if you "know what you're doing" even if you're "careful" even if you "never do it alone". It's not even the possibility of dying that's the worst part, it's the possibility of sustaining brain damage due to miscalculations and negligence of your partner(s). Certain methods are worse than others, too. Certain methods can leave lasting negative impacts on your health, like strangling and nooses. Your family will not understand. Your partner might see jail time if they were there. Just don't.

    sagiren16 , cottonbro studio Report

    featherytoad
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You might know it better as, erotic asphyxiation. I had to look it up, I never heard it called breath play.

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    BrownEyedPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is exactly how David Carradine died.

    Jules
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Michael Hutchence apparently

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    PiAnisum
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dealing with Asthma I can't understand the attraction of not getting air. All I feel is panic and distress!

    BookFanatic
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TIL what "breath play" is. Yeesh.

    J J
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But how else would we kill bill?

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pierce my nipples and balls. Use a strap-on. But don't ever try to suffocate me! Kinks should be exciting, not the cause of death.

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    #36

    Fire, gas, electricity.

    Advised by my dad and I strictly follow it.

    sigmapulavv Report

    Excited Panda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They all follow the laws of physics (along with gravity). There's no arguing with those laws, they win every time.

    Justin Tyme
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, don't mix fire, gas, and electricity.

    Bettye McKee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Each of those, plus wind and water can be your friend or your enemy, depending on the situation.

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one thing they have in common? They. Don't. GAF. They don't care about your net worth, how high up you are on the Fortune 500 list, if you have a Hollywood star. Break any one of the rules regarding how to handle them, and expect to end up disfigured, disabled, or no longer among the living. No exceptions.

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    #37

    Mercury. Welcome to brain damage.

    SparkLabReal Report

    Skywitness
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had two high precision mercury manometers in a lab where I used to work. 8lbs of mercury in one and 16lbs in the other. They were never a problem it was the few mercury thermometers that I'd get to clean up with a water trap equipped vacuum pump. Then it was monitoring the air and mopping down with HGX. I was also subjected to annual blood work to check for mercury. The long term impact is quite nasty. I always tested clean.

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    #38

    Rotating machinery when you are wearing long, open hair. Or long and/or loose clothing.

    regentkoerper Report

    K- THULU
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you're pushing wood through a bandsaw use another piece of wood to do it FFS.... seen a guy punch the blade when the wood slipped.... not nice...

    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tie your hair back. Wear short sleeves. No gloves.

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    May I add giving WIDE berth to a raised load. Just one person killed is too many. Person in the plant I worked at was killed by a falling object from 15 feet.

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't wear jewelry around moving machinery either. Husbands that are loyal to your wives. Take off your wedding ring. I have heard of husbands that refused to take their wedding rings off and working round like table saws and nearly get their fingers ripped off because they refused to take their wedding rings off. They can get caught in moving machinery.

    Colin Matthews
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yes. Look up PTO ACCIDENTS on YouTube. But be prepared...

    #39

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Someone else’s partner/spouse.

    VivaciousVvV , Edward Eyer Report

    Bettye McKee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People constantly ignore how dangerous this is.

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    #40

    Your health.

    kronickimchi Report

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Money can be re-earned, items replaced. But once your health is gone, the material things don't seem to have much significance.

    Bettye McKee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know. After a stroke and two bouts of COVID, my health is about one-third what it was before.

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    #41

    Fractal wood burning. Just don't.

    Crowbarscout:

    Saw a video on how many deaths have been attributed to people cheaping out on actual setups and all the jury-rigging that happens.
    Damn.

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    Diolla
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw that video as well. 34 deaths at that point and the video is at least 2 years old.

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This video, perhaps? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzosDKcXQ0I

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    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahem, "jerry-rigging" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jerry-rigged#:~:text=Kids%20Definition-,jerry%2Drigged,Oct%202024%20%2D%20Updated%20example%20sentences

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    #42

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With People with connections to criminal gangs or mafia.

    millennial_link , Ron Lach Report

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    #43

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Maintaining a credit card balance month after month.

    kram301 , Pixabay Report

    #44

    Never run from the K-9.

    Crist0foretti Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was part of a group being told about military police patrol dogs. I suggested a scenario where a nap in a corner resulted in waking up 'after hours' and then being confronted with a dog 'off the leash'. Advice: the handler will be close by. The dog is trained to keep you on the spot. Stand VERY still until the handler arrives.

    CloPotato
    Community Member
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a question: as someone who is terrified of dogs, I always stand super still when one comes too close, but can I scream or is that bad if there's a K-9?

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    El Dee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many military dogs (according to the military here) are 'unsuitable' to be rehomed as pets after retirement and have to be put down. Police dogs can be pets, service dogs can be pets so it makes me wonder what they have actually trained military dogs to do that makes them so dangerous..

    QueerAxolotls
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Running from the cops in general is a bad idea. K-9s are probably safer to be still/close to, they're trained to hold, not maim, unless its in self-defense.

    Bay Bo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, I would like to know more about this learning experience 😆

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just look up police bodycam videos on YouTube, where K-9s are used.

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Official police dogs are the only ones with the actual designation of K9.

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    #45

    In a sluggish economy, never, ever f**k with another man’s livelihood.

    Your_Kindly_Despot Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chinese proverb : You should not break another man's rice bowl.

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    #46

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Fighting with someone who's clearly better than you.

    ChapterSpecial6920 Report

    QueerAxolotls
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a martial artist, yep. I may be a black belt, but I'm RUNNING if someone tries to fight me. There's no way to know what they're capable of.

    Gunný Petersen
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband is a legionaire veteran but he doesn't look dangerous or scary but man are people wrong!

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    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought that "pick on someone your own size" was bad advice. Pick on someone smaller...also, kicking them when they're down does seem to be a good tactic.

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When i was a tae-kwon-do student, i (25 y.o. male) had a 13 y.o. female opponent for full-contact sparring (with helmets and pads). She was a black belt holder. Even with pads and helmet, her punches and kicks really hurt! 'Smaller' targets are not always 'safer' targets.

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    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be just about every one for me.

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    #47

    Pressure vessels.

    redbirdrising:

    I recently went down a rabbit hole of diver deaths on Youtube. Saturation diving deaths were particularly brutal.

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    Heras buddy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen the idiots shooting oxygen tanks? Brilliant idea.

    Bettye McKee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should include pressure cookers.

    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use a pressure cooker sometimes. Is that bad?

    Susan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you seen what happens when a pressure cooker explodes?

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    #48

    Mexican cartel.

    User_reddit__ Report

    #49

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Somebody with them cauliflower ears.

    MrKennefff , arkoangemeter Report

    Pernille
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, most rugby players are absolutely lovely people. The mayor of my village is a former rugby player and a very nice man.

    H R
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have been fighting and hit on the ears, often repeatedly. It's a sign they are capable of doing real damage to you

    Victor Botha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a very big generalisation. Not all fighters have cauliflower ears, more likely on Rugby players and the majority of those players are pretty chilled and very nice people. They probably have more self control than most people due the the extreme confrontational aspect of their various sports.

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    QueerAxolotls
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom has these from playing rugby-she could absolutely mess someone up, but contact sports people are generally chill. You need to be somewhat laid-back to be up close and personal with people like that.

    Awkward lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah! It's common in Wales as there are so many rugby players.

    Derek Moyer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would say this is more common with wrestlers (Now the WWE kind). It is damage done to the ear from years and years of training. If you see someone with this, they have spent a good portion of their lives training in a sport that involves a LOT of grappling and contact that simulates fighting. It also is a sign that that person cared more about that sport than they do their appearance. So it is a clear indication that they probably know what they are doing and that they can handle themselves in a physical altercation.

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    #50

    Radiography sources. They say ‘Drop and Run’ for a reason.

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    #51

    When the cops pull you over, just follow their rules, I'm from Nassau County NYC, just put your hands up and don't give them a reason to pull their weapons. I carry a legal knife on the subway showing all the time and they don't bother me. Just follow their rules. I'm a convicted felon and know that they will make up charges to put me away, that's why I don't give them a chance.

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    El Dee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    99% of the cops in my country don't have guns. The armed police only come out when there is something specifically for them to respond to. Meaning - I've not heard of anyone being killed by the police in my country..

    Orysha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes you follow their rules and they k;ill you anyway.

    nottheactualphoto
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good advice, but "Nassau County NYC?" I'm from Kings County myself, which is an actual borough.

    #52

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Pizza rolling machines. Get your finger in the wrong spot, and they'll rip it right off without even slowing down.

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    #53

    “Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With The production database.

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    All my coder friends were horrified when that Twitter whistleblower said that the company had no real control over who could push changes to prod. People were pushing to prod piecemeal, totally on their own, with no documentation or coordination. It sounds like utter bedlam.

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    Pandemonium
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ticket I have to open and the tests in Stage i have to run and the approvals I have to get... There're reasons

    nottheactualphoto
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a geeky, lower-stakes version of "safety regulations are written in blood."

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    #54

    The IRS.

    Legitimate_Myth_3816:

    A coworker of mine likes to say the IRS is the American KGB.

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    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now our whole government is the KGB.

    nottheactualphoto
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of people like to say things. That doesn't make those things true.

    Tim Perry
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got audited once. A colonoscopy is less invasive.

    Skywitness
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a US tax payer you don't have to give them anything. The downside is they will make you wish you did.

    #55

    A person who cheated, infidelity.

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    Child of the Stars
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know BP doesn't agree, but there are far worse things than cheaters. I'll take my chronic cheater ex over my pedophile ex ANY day.

    #56

    If you don't know what you are doing or are not sure internal components of anything. The amount of damage that you can do (even when you just unplug 1 cable) is very very pricey.

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