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“A Crack In Your Toilet”: 50 Things Most People Don’t Know Could Finish You Off In Seconds
We’re constantly surrounded by everyday things we assume are harmless until they’re not. From the simple act of swallowing food the wrong way to the hidden dangers of being near horses, some risks are surprisingly deadly.
Reddit users recently answered the chilling question: What’s something few people realize can k**l you in seconds? Their responses reveal a mix of terrifying and unexpected hazards. This eye-opening list might make you think twice before lighting a candle, microwaving leftovers, or popping that “harmless” supplement. Sometimes, danger hides in plain sight.
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#1
A family friend who taught me how to drive many many years ago told me you have to drive like everyone else on the road is an absolute idiot and has no idea what they're doing. I never forgot that.
Heffalump 5 months ago
I was taught to assume that they weren't merely stupid, but actively trying to k**l me.
Strings 5 months ago
That's what I tell anyone wanting to ride a motorcycle
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Say No to Downvoting 5 months ago
Not just an idiot, but a psychopath. I once got cut off by a speeding idiot but we both ended up right next to each other at the next traffic lights. I made eye contact with her and raised my eyebrows. The woman then proceeded to follow me for the next 20 minutes break checking me, throwing lit cigarettes at my car and screaming and gesturing at and threatening me. You seriously don’t know WHO is in that car next to you - don’t take any risks or liberties ever when everyone around you is in control of a 2 tonne death machine.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 5 months ago
One of the many reasons I moved out of southern California was the psychotic, self-centered drivers. Driving down the shoulder during highway traffic, hit and run criminals, running red lights, idiots brake checking at random trying to cause accidents, speeding through school zones and passing school busses offloading children to name just a few. I know it's not just California, but when that many people are all on the road trying to get where they are going, the bad drivers seem to get worse.
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Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
There's no one left but me and thee and I'm not sure of thee.
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Jeremy Klaxon 5 months ago
My grandfather told me, "drive with your head, not with your feet" and I never forgot that.
J. Kasilo 4 months ago (edited)
I've driven in most big cities in the USA from California to Maine and the worst, most self-defensive-to-survive city was Boston, MA by a huge amount. Going 50mph, you see a driver at a stop sign 50 yards in front of you, he/she will pull out in front of you. Not using turn signals; speeding; turning in front of you; etc. Plus, at the time, if was the highest costing insurance in the country.
TheGreaterDebater 5 months ago
As someone who drives 220-240 km/h daily (legal in the country I live in) I am always scared of one idiot merging into the left without mirror checking. I've had a couple of close calls before, but it baffles me on how dumb people are.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
When I learnt to ride a motorbike I was told to ride like everyone was trying to hit me . . .
NJ P 5 months ago
Basically they are because they just don't see you. Drive defensively.
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Ronnie O'Saurus 2 weeks ago
Remember, when in Rome - do as the Romans do. When you try to find a solution to what only you see as a 'problem' - you become a problem for them. So just wear a smile, and mingle!
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#2
This'll get buried but shooting into the air.
What goes up, must come down. Those bullets can and do hit people.
Gabby Ghoul 5 months ago
My uncle was a gun enthusiast and taught me more than just how to shoot. Rule number 1 is that once you squeeze the trigger, whatever happens with that bullet is your responsibility.
LinkTheHylian 5 months ago
Seems obvious, but then I remembered some Americans have actively tried shooting at a hurricane. "Stupid" isn't a strong enough word for those people.
Kim Gatlin 4 months ago
Well, considering what part of America has hurricanes, I'm not really surprised.
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BrunoVI 5 months ago
Mythbusters looked into this, and found that a tumbling bullet has a rather low terminal velocity. Still, a falling lump of lead could seriously hurt someone and may just be unlucky.
Ben Aziza 5 months ago (edited)
Just found this study with math that i barely understand "27TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BALLISTICS FREIBURG, GERMANY, APRIL 22–26, 2013 UPWARDS FIRED BULLET TERMINAL VELOCITY' According to the authors even in the best case scenario the falling bullets of one of the most popular rifle calibers (7.62 mm) could crack a skull. Like you said SERIOUS potentially lethal damage. As for a
Load More Replies... Wild Cream 5 months ago (edited)
Why do people frequently start their posts with “this will get buried but….?” Like what’s the point? It kinda seems like attention-seeking
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
...or just do not use firearms outside of a gun range? You wouldn't throw a spear or fire a bow & arrow w***y nilly anywhere, would you? Nobody's in a supermarket juggling grenades for s***s & giggles.
Ben Aziza 5 months ago (edited)
It has many names. The most famous to me are: The middle eastern wedding syndrome. The hillbilly special of the two Americas. The freedom/terrorist fighter celebration! The eastern European compulsion! Anyway morbid jokes aside what kinda damage does it do? Is the terminal velocity of the average rifle caliber able to deal lethal damage?
S Bow 5 months ago
Yes, a teenage girl was killed by a bullet fired in the air on New years eve in Phoenix a few years ago. There's now a law against shooting into the air but people still do it. Idiots.
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#3
Texting or scrolling on your phone while driving. I’m a Medevac pilot. Ask me how I know. Put the phone down, please.
Glix Drap 5 months ago
It is illegal in the UK. You get up to 6 penalty points on your license if caught and after 12 points for any motoring offences in a 3 year period gets you banned for 1 year (generally).
Blue Bunny of Happiness 5 months ago
Sadly not enough of a deterrent given the number of drivers I see on them…
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LizzieBoredom 5 months ago
In Alabama, we have 'Hands Free' driving which makes it much easier to open your beer bottle.
Jayjay 5 months ago
LOL, though I am against phones in cars, but there are so many other distractions that drives can do in their cars! You can't forbid it all :).
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Otto Katz 5 months ago
I once saw the EMTs stop working on a woman at the scene of the accident. I later learned her organs were donated. She had reached for her phone that slipped, she drove across the median, head on into a pickup truck, hit another car, then her car flipped and ended up in the median where I passed by on my way to work. Put the phones away.
We’re all generally cautious when it comes to the obvious dangers in life. If we spot a snake slithering nearby or see flames in a building, we know to act fast. Our instincts kick in for visible threats. But what about the dangers that hide in plain sight? The ones that don’t hiss or burn, but quietly lurk around us every day? That’s where the real trouble often begins.
There are countless risks we overlook simply because they seem too ordinary to harm us. Just like the ones on this list, many everyday items carry invisible threats. These dangers don’t wear warning signs: they look familiar, useful, and even comforting. But that’s what makes them so deceptive. From household items to personal care products, risk hides where we least expect. And once you know, it’s hard to ignore.
#4
Riding your bicycle without a helmet. I don't give a s**t how careful you drive. Even if you actually do, someone else may not. And if someone hits you with their car, chances of going at least to the hospital for an extended stay are pretty d**n high, and in worst case may end at the cemetery.
Invest in a helmet, it may save your live one day and your loved ones a lot of tears. If you don't do it for yourself, do it for them. They deserve better than seeing you attached to hundreds of machines going beep every few seconds and slowly watching you die, just because you thought a helmet looked stupid or some s**t.
ynyrhydref56 5 months ago
Local kid died recently after coming off their bike. Please wear a helmet.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
If you don't think your brain is worth the price of a helmet, you may well be right. But get one anyway.
OldDoc68 5 months ago
Not only bicycles but Segway's too. I was on a Segway, first time leaners excursion, when I fell off backwards onto mixed gravel/pavement. Looked up with the "I'm fine" response then saw my shattered (mandatory, thank you Segway) helmet. Hard shell had split in two pieces and the foam was crushed in spots. ALWAYS wear a helmet.
Sparkle 5 months ago
I don't care how cool you look without a helmet. Wear a helmet on land and in the water. Dead doesn't look cool.
Skywitness 5 months ago
I clipped a curb earlier this year and landed on my forehead. I really liked that helmet but I prefer an undamaged brain more.
Ariom Dahl 5 months ago
It's also sad to see parents riding minus helmets. Their skulls are valuable too.
Ge Po 5 months ago
I was riding my bicycle one way, a car coming the other way on the same, two lane, road. So, no problem. Or so I though, until the driver suddenly decides to swing into the parking space on the left after all. Kind of straight through me. I was lucky to only have broken my collar bone, had a minor concussion and still struggle with some back-problems if I don not watch myself. I was pregnant at the time and luckily, I got a healthy boy. But yeah, as OP says, no matter how careful you ride, there are a lot of stupid, unresponsible people out there.
#5
Heat stroke, the heat can creep up on you.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I actually called a police action line on someone for this once. The person left before the cops came. The irony? The store the person came out of was Petco!
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XenoMurph 5 months ago
yes, it's not just dehydration either, it's that your body starts to get hot. That might seem obvious but people just think if they drink more they'll be fine. Especially if you are working in it, anything above 35C can be life threatening if you aren't used to it.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
One of the few times my wonky internal thermostat has been useful. Recent heatwave in France, 37C during the afternoon. I basically do industrial scale washing up, hot water and steam and stuff, and the extraction fans suck in air from outside. The guy fainted within forty minutes and had to be picked up and taken home by his partner. One woman looked like she was on the verge of keeling over until the boss noticed and forced half-hourly changes between the oven and non-oven side of things. I filled in for the guy until my shift ended and was just "a bit warm".
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Sue Garland 5 months ago
I had it happen, outdoors, hiking. No breeze, not carrying water. Thank God, my husband got me to the car and literally dumped ice on my head.
Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago
Me to, unfortunately one of the triggers for my migraines is heat. Also, the medication I take for said migraines is Amitriptyline, which makes my heat tolerance go down. I live in the Nevada desert..... It is 93F out today... supposed to be in the 100s next week... I hate it here.
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Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
I got heat exhaustion in the Army and now am susceptible to it. I have had it twice in the last two weeks. All I can say is, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Even if you are nauseated, force thst water/Gatorade down. I am a tough cookie so I didn't go to the ER but I was close to going.
Panda Cat 5 months ago
No! If you keep forcing water it could lead to water intoxication which leads to an electrolyte imbalance.
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I took my grandson to an outdoor attraction in South Texas, where we enjoyed the sights. I started to get stomach cramps, and realized I had stopped perspiring. Very quickly became faint. I stupidly managed to drive us home while pouring cold bottled water over my head the entire way. Since then, I've had the same symptoms twice just from being in a hot car. Heat intolerance definitely gets worse.
#6
Herbivores
Just because they don't eat doesn't mean they are docile .. unlike a carnivorous, which asks 2 questions, am i hungry? Can I k**l you without serious damage? If one of them is no , it will just leave
But herbivores get a fight or flight. 99% they chose flight but God save you if it decides to fight .. .
Aileen Grist 5 months ago
Carnivores - at least the bigger ones - take a long time to digest their food and are very lethargic after eating. Unless you really annoy them, they usually can't be bothered.
XenoMurph 5 months ago
So, as long as you push your wife in front of the lion, you'll be safe for a while?
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Child of the Stars 5 months ago
Prey animals are NOT to be f.ucked with. There's a reason they tell you not to pet the fluffy cows (American bison) when you visit places like Yellowstone.
Gen X Feral 5 months ago
Oh those dumbasses aggravate tf outta me! All the fluffy cows want in life is to be left the hell alone, but people insisted on messing with them nonstop. I keep hoping all the fluffy cows will just go on one big murderous rampage so people will finally get the message.
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Gen X Feral 5 months ago (edited)
Hippos killl more people than sharks every year. It blows my mind, they're so cute.
Load More Replies... BrunoVI 5 months ago
Herbivore rarely means truly vegetarian, by the way. It just means that they don't rely on hunting.
CatD 5 months ago
Yep, herbivores like cattle and deer will eat meat if they can get it.
Load More Replies... LizzieBoredom 5 months ago
Here in Alabama, most of the deers have something called 'Wasted Deer Syndrome'.
MontanaMariner 5 months ago
Lots of inaccuracies other than spelling. Hippos are herbivores and k**l tons of people. Several predators k**l out of interest. A moose will k**l you all sorts of ways for fun. Then there's the instinct to survive. Respect all animals.
Take toothpaste, for example. Most of us use it daily: some, even twice or more. But a Guardian report reveals that toothpaste can be contaminated with dangerous heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. The testing, conducted by Lead Safe Mama, uncovered alarming levels in several popular brands. It’s a startling reminder that even trusted staples deserve scrutiny.
#7
Flowing water inches deep can still have the strength to sweep you away if you’re not careful
JB 5 months ago (edited)
For real. It increases exponentially as you expose more surface area to the current and increase the distance between your feet and where it's pushing. A slight push at your hips can knock you over because of leverage - then imagine if it's pushing at every point been the soles of your feet and your hips...it won't take much!
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No Man 5 months ago
And it only take 4 to 6 inches of moving water to sweep an automobile downstream
JB 5 months ago
Even if Bob is right, drivers should treat any amount of water on the road where they can't see the bottom as if it's 2ft deep or more.
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All of those poor people in TX because of the storms and flooding a couple of days ago.
LookASquirrel 5 months ago
When we started kayaking we underestimated the flow of the river I grew up around. Even less than knee deep can be difficult when the water is swift and your feet sink into the sediment if you get stuck in a shallow part. (the current took me over while trying to move my kayak and i fell over, hubby laughed but that's how swift it can take an adult ) You should take lessons before you go on your own. Those inflatable tube trips are very dangerous if you don't know the terrain and can't swim.
Uncle Panda 5 months ago
It doesn't matter how well you can swim if the water you're swimming in starts moving. You're just a twig on the surface.
Brian Garcia 4 months ago
SoCal native as is my wife...drilled it into our son with our beaches to never turn your back. Once or twice when younger he got careless and blasted...and yup, dad you weren't kidding. And we have a couple local areas prone to flooding w/decent rains; always a knucklehead or two trying to cross...then boom, first responders now at risk, too.
#8
I stopped two German or Austrian tourists from touching a poisonous frog in Colombia. They had no idea. They were inches away with their phones.
I hadn't spoken German in years, but man my panic reaction brought those words to the tip of my tongue real fast.
Don't mess with wildlife, especially outside your own habitat.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
The only German I know is random bits I remember from various metal songs that play on one of the stations I listen to (Antenne Symphonic Rock), but I think "Achtung! Tod!" ought to suffice, right?
zububonsai 5 months ago
Ja, völlig 👍🏻! (Yes totally) A panicked voice and mimic will support your statement.
Load More Replies... LizzieBoredom 5 months ago
Never pet the blue frogs, or the purple, pink, or red. Only pet the green frogs, and only after they are fed.
Laura Gillette 5 months ago
I found out that poison dart frogs at zoos and aquariums aren't poisonous because they don't get whatever it is in their diet they would get in nature that they use to make the poison! They're still pretty bright colors though.
Toika Gao 5 months ago (edited)
"Herr! Diese Frog ist GIFT!" "Gift for mich? Vielen Dank! AARGH!"
martymcmatrix 5 months ago (edited)
I appreciate your attempt and I think it's nice, but next time you better write it as, Dieser Frosch......Gift(ig) für mich......🇩🇪
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Don't touch colourful frogs. It doesn't have the right effect. You have to catch them and lick them.
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 5 months ago
A couple of days ago in Romania a biker kept harassing and filming a female bear with her cubs, in an area where people were warned about bears. He was dragged in the bush and mauled, literally filming his last moments. The worst part is that the bear was shot down
martymcmatrix 5 months ago
German: "Keene Panik, wa‽ Ick hab' och die Loveparade '98 überlebt!"......Austrian: "Oida, i bin koa' depperts Oarschloch, du Futzerl!"......🇩🇪 💁🏽 🇦🇹
#9
A crack in your toilet.
When porcelain breaks its razor sharp.
You are sitting on a cracked piece of porcelain, with your bare a*s and legs. One of the fastest ways to die is puncturing the femoral artery in your legs. What happens when your body weight causes the cracked porcelain to shatter, and your bare a*s and legs crash down on a collapsing pile of razor sharp porcelain shards.
Tussilago 5 months ago
In Sweden we had a freak accident where a young woman fell on a flower pot, that broke and a shard took out a artery and she died within minutes.
Uncle Panda 5 months ago (edited)
I grew up with the story of a kid who died after running his arm through a glass window. Never knew if it was true, always wary, still haven't tested it.
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Bob Brooce 5 months ago
I''m sure that's entirely correct, but it forced me to ask Google a question I never before considered. The AI overview says there are no recorded deaths dues to a broken toilet, but I did find one 2014 article about somebody dying in Europe. I know somebody who got to visit the ER for stitches (and antibiotics, just in case) because he cut his leg on a toilet he removed and then broke, and plenty of people manage to fall off of toilets, and toddlers can drown in them. Overall I feel entirely comfortable about my chances.
Rick Murray 5 months ago (edited)
Maybe it just gets recorded as "accidental death" rather than "m*rdered by psycho toilet"?
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Gen X Feral 5 months ago
I know right??? I'm like damnn I can't even poop without anxiety lol
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LizzieBoredom 5 months ago
Just remember kids - The crack belongs in your bottom, not in your toilet.
realenancy170 5 months ago
We had a brand new toilet crack open on the tank. Water was pouring out, my husband reached behind for the shut off valve and sliced his arm open. I threw him a towel to stop the bleeding and ran downstairs to shut off the main. Really bizarre and scary! Some weird fault in the tank.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Okay, so this is not concerning a hairline crack in the base/bottom part of the toilet.
In Canada, action is already being taken against another silent threat: baby bottles made from polycarbonate plastics. These bottles often contain BPA, a chemical known for mimicking estrogen. BPA is labeled a hormone disruptor because it interferes with natural hormone functions, especially in young children. Canada has moved to ban their sale for this reason. The bottles may look harmless, but the long-term risks are far from minor.
#10
Hitting your head. r/TBI is full of stories about simple slips and falls that resulted in death (at least temporarily) and lasting effects.
I simply fell on ice at work. Bam ! Unconscious, woke up saying “I was okay”. Got talked into getting in an ambulance. Started dying in the ambulance from a severe brain bleed. Coma, expected to die, survived. Lost most of my memory, emotional stability, the ability to easily make new memories, a ton of IQ.
Still… in all “I’m not dead !”
Auntriarch 5 months ago
A colleague was sitting on her desk, pushed herself forward to get off it, the leg she landed on broke in a very complicated way, they had to bring a surgeon from another area. She felt very silly, but one of the nurses said she'd seen people sustain that kind of fracture just stepping off the kerb.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I stepped off a curb in 2016 and broke my right wrist. I have stayed with curb cuts ever since.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 5 months ago
I'm s**t scared of black ice. It puts you on your a*s before you can try to catch yourself. You don't see it very well because it's basically clear ice that blends in with the ground. I slipped on some while walking my 4 year old to school. I think she slipped first. Since she was holding my hand, I got pulled down towards her. Both our feet felt like any traction disappeared. Landed on her legs. She was fine, thankfully. We had to crawl off the road, though, as we couldn't stand up due to the ice being so slippery.
Little Bit 5 months ago
I once slipped on some black ice on my way to work one morning. I hit my head on the curb. Thankfully I was OK but since then I'm reluctant to leave the house when its icy.
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Also the F1 driver with the German surname I never remember.
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Littlemiss 5 months ago (edited)
You have to advocate for yourself too. Especially if you have banged your head. A doctor fobbed me off after a fall, and gave me a sobriety test because I fell in the shower. He sent me home with nothing because he decided I must be drunk at 7am, whilst trying to get ready for work. I was sent home with a concussion, massive lump on my head and bruises all over from ending up turtled in my shower. Doctor even insisted I was fine to walk home staggering. Useless t**t
MontanaMariner 5 months ago
I've bounced my head off of lots of things and now I have epilepsy. Wear your helmets!
Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago
Temporary death... is that kind of like "mostly dead, which is slightly alive?"
Brian Droste 5 months ago
I used to laugh at people falling down in videos of some kind, then realized some of these falls are not funny. I cringe at a lot of these falls now. People get hurt falling down. Especially when slippery steps are involved. Especially if they hit their head.
Board Pan, duh. 5 months ago (edited)
Slipped last year on a patch of ice in my yard. Legs went out and I slammed the back of my head. Woke up to the dog licking my face. I have a tbi and still have issues post concussion. Just thinking about it makes me cringe.
Nope 5 months ago
I knew a kid (18) who got in fight over pretty much nothing (other kid started it). He hit the kid one time...the victim fell flat on his back and bashed his head into the pavement. It unalived him. Kid spent 8 years in prison and the other kid's family lost their son. Two lives and families ruined in one moment of poor judgement.
#11
Dogs. Easy to forget about because they're lovely most of the time, but most medium.sized dogs could k**l you within seconds if they wanted to. Sharp teeth, strong jaws, agile bodies. Of course they've been bred to live with us, but we're still lucky almost none of them want to hurt anyone.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I respect dogs in the way that I always expect their wild side to come through at any given moment.
Tussilago 5 months ago
And some breeds tops the statistics on killings. Some breeds are prone to biting, but others for the serious injuries and death.
Littlemiss 5 months ago
I tell my son, don't approach the dog - approach the owner. Ask about the dog, and don't just assume because its tail is wagging its friendly!
Jane Hower 4 months ago
Keep in mind that 65% of all kills by dogs are by Pitt Bulls, 10% by Rottweilers, all other breeds account for 25% of kills. Not worth the risk, in my mind, to have one of those two breeds.
Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago (edited)
My tiny dog is a rescue and he was abused by former owners. He has attacked me before. my fault i was cross with him for getting muddy and wasn't being gentle (I wasn't causing pain i just didn't approach him right) and he attacked me!! I was stunned. He hurt me, drew blood. He could have really caused serious damage if he wanted to. I admit I effed up and haven't done that since. That was on me, but I was stunned by his reaction. I should clarify. I was trying to wipe his paws with baby wipes. I was cross with him and didn't approach him right. I should have let him sniff the wipes so he could see that they weren't going to hurt him. I messed up and haven't done that since that day.
R Dennis 5 months ago
We had a dog we were fostering - a big goofy Catahoula. I was sweeping one day and made a "Shoo!" motion with a broom, I didn't touch him or even come closer than a foot away. He attacked the end of the broom as if he was fighting for his life! I let go of the broom and he stopped immediately. I cuddled him for a while and never used the broom around him again. When he got a new home, we warned them that he must have been beaten with a broom and to keep them away from him... people can be awful.
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 5 months ago
Even breeds with reputations for being extremely gentle and tolerant like golden retrievers. They're still instinct-driven animals, despite millenia of breeding.
TheGreaterDebater 5 months ago
When an unstable pitbull mauls your kid, tell me when you're respecting their nature.
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EJN 3 months ago (edited)
This is another reason people should take leash laws seriously! If your dog is off leash and hurts or kills another person, you are liable and, at the least, will be working the rest of your life for the sake of paying off the debt to the injured person or the family. At most, prison time may accrue.
Andrew Keir 4 months ago
And many humans are three missed meals away from being outlaws
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Getting drunk going to sleep and choking on your own vomit. Always lay your drunk friends on their side, and lift their chin to open their airway. DO NOT lay them on their backs, friend died aged 32
Limey 5 months ago
Sorry, this will probably get me downvotes… but why drink until you vomit anyway? Choking isn’t the only thing about being that drunk that will k**l you… or others in some cases if it comes to that.
Gen X Feral 5 months ago
After a few drinks, your judgement is impaired and you don't realize you're drinking way too much. Only complete idiots like frat boys intentionally drink until they're sick.
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StrangeOne 5 months ago
Babies throw up all the time, but parents are told to always lay them on their backs. I can see where the conflicting info may come from.
Kit Black 5 months ago (edited)
Laying them on their backs is to prevent SIDS, not choking from reflux... I was told to put my premie on his stomach (on a firm crib mattress, in a crib with no crib bumpers, no blankets, pillows, stuffies, etc) in nothing but a diaper, and to keep the room between 70° - 72°. We didn't sleep much - this was well before there were home monitering systems.
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marianne eliza 5 months ago
Lay them down on their LEFT side folks. Less chance of regurg and inhalation. Also applies to potential heartburn. Sleep on your left side.
According to the Missouri Poison Center, cherry pits pose another unexpected danger. They contain a compound called cyanogenic glycoside, which can turn deadly when consumed in large amounts. While it might take a significant dose to be fatal, a child accidentally swallowing several could be at serious risk. The danger lies in their small, unassuming appearance. Something so ordinary can quickly turn hazardous.
#13
Manipulations by chiropractors.
And if the manipulation doesn't k**l you, it can certainly cause paraplegia or quadriplegia, vertebral dissections.
The sad part is that chiropractors will never own up to the fact and they'll actually claim that patients are coming in with an active stroke. Unfortunately a lot of their research is skewed. I would highly recommend looking into the American medical association, particularly neurologist to see the detrimental effects that a chiropractor can have. It's unfortunate how many people die secondary to a chiropractic manipulations - particularly in the neck and back.
For reference, I am a occupational therapist who has seen plenty of paraplegics and quadriplegics secondary to chiropractic injury.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
BTW, this is only true in the US. In the UK chiropractors are regulated and considered as trustworthy as physiotherapists or osteopaths. I have no idea what is going on in America!
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Ask your chiropractor what an "internal decapitation" is. Then leave.
Spittnimage 5 months ago
My boss was waiting to be called for a treatment when she heard a scream then an ambulance came. She got the hell outta there and never went back.
Panda Cat 5 months ago
Holy shīt! I hope the dude lost their license and had a hefty malpractice suit!
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 5 months ago
I haven't gone to a chiropractor in decades. Last time I went, it was an attempt to realign my spine and whole one side of my body. After just a couple visits I was hurting all over and feared I wouldn't be able to move well. He tried convincing me that it was normal but going to get worse then better afterwards. I couldn't have myself be in so much pain while taking care of an infant and going to school. It was my mom's nitpicky idea. I stopped going and eventually the soreness went away. My spine may be mildy uneven but it's not been giving enough problems to start making it a problem.
Son of Philosoraptor 5 months ago
Regulations don't matter, hard cervical manipulation can tear your arteries or blow out your discs. Seen it personally. I manage injuries for a living. Avoid chiropractic it's just made up garbage.
Jane Hower 4 months ago
In any profession half of them graduated in the bottom half of their class. Get a GOOD recommendation before choosing ANY dr, especially a Chiropractor. The good ones do amazing work.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Here we go again. As a retired chiro. and university lecturer in chiro ( in Australia ), this is just more propaganda from the American Med. Assoc. See comment from Roxy222uk.
CanadianaKa 4 months ago (edited)
The feelings on this one are widely varied. To be fair, there are quacks in every medical profession and it only takes a simple google search on "malpractice" to realize that whether it's forgetting the clamps inside after surgery, or misdiagnosing MRSA as a bug bite and letting the patient nearly die (that last one happened to me)... I was HIGHLY skeptical when I was sent to a chiro but the few I have been to have literally changed my life. I have two persistent injuries in my back from accidents and when I crawl into the chiro barely able to move and walk out head held high... It makes me nervous every time they do an adjustment but the relief from pain is enough to make me weep in gratitude.
Ann Hoff 4 months ago
I have similar great results but go to a osteopath- they do both pharmaceuticals, modern medicine and adjustments.
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Bears. Ppl getting too comfortable thinking they are just oversized racoons, not doing the mental effort to realize that oversized raccoons are terrifying too.
Alexia 5 months ago (edited)
And for heaven's sake, DO NOT TRY TO FEED OR PHOTOGRAPH THEM. They are wild, incredibly dangerous animals. Just 3 days ago, a tourist who stopped to feed and take a selfie with a bear was dragged in a ravine and mauled alive by the angry animal who had cubs (Transfagarasan, Romania). The last photos retrieved from his phone show the bear dangerously close and the victim happily ignoring it. https://tvpworld.com/87657591/bear-kills-selfie-taking-italian-biker-on-most-beautiful-road-in-the-world
Bookworm 5 months ago
Geez that last photo is scary. While I feel for his family and the people who were with him and tried to help, he chose his actions. Unfortunately the bear didn't -bear responded naturally after being provoked. Bear also ends up d€ad because of dumb decisions. Both were preventable d€aths.
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Andrew Keir 5 months ago
"If it's brown, lie down; if it's black, fight back; if it's white, good night" is only a rough rule but it's a start. Better still, stay away (if you can).
Funhog 5 months ago
If in doubt whether it is a black bear or a grizzly bear, climb a tree. If it climbs the tree and kílls you, it is a black bear. If it knocks the tree down and kílls you, it is a grizzly bear.
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Wendy Beer 5 months ago
Yes and the Romanian bear that dragged him into a ravine and killed him, was shot for protecting her cubs. Now they are motherless because of an idiots action.
MontanaMariner 5 months ago
Murder monsters. Here in rural Montana, the three things to look out for are bear, moose, and m**h. Ive seen all three absolutely destroy people. The lightest swat from a 700 lb bear is like getting hit by Tyson in his prime. A moose is MASSIVE, like an angry draft horse with a crown of bone. Hitting either with a car is bad news too. A moose will crush a car flat.
The Darkest Timeline 5 months ago (edited)
And if you encounter a bear on mëth (or maybe it’s doing math; hard to say) riding a moose, just forget about it
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QuincyForrest 5 months ago
This goes for ANY wild animal, including down to squirrel size. NO wild animal is safe to approach, let alone feed by hand as if they are just funny-looking cats and dogs. I was walking a road only a mile from my house and came upon Mama Bear and cubs. I was about thirty yards away and I sat down after getting this one quick snap. They had disappeared into the trees when I got up after a half minute to take another look. DSCN4069-6...64da92.jpg 
Say No to Downvoting 5 months ago
I am in Australia - we don’t have bears. There is no way I will ever not take a bear seriously. I cannot believe you people just casually walk around forests and camp and stuff with those great clawed monsters wandering about!
Michael Largey 5 months ago
Must be nice to live in a place with no dangerous animals.
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Caitlin Youngquist 5 months ago
Regular sized raccoons are terrifying! They're strong, they k**l for fun, they're hella smart, they're a rabies vector species, and they carry a roundworm that can cause blindness or death in humans, dogs, and other animals. Stay away from the raccoons. -- Sincerely, a wildlife hospital volunteer
Tim Gearing 5 months ago
A sign I saw while bike riding in Montana ‘what doesn’t k**l you makes you stronger; except bears. Bears will k**l you’ So glad when I got into Wyoming and past Grizzly country.
#15
Rags covered in linseed oil can spontaneously combust when left in a pile.
I randomly discovered this fact in a reddit post titled, "The new guy burned down our workshop." A carpenter I know confirmed that this is a real thing.
I've been getting into refinishing old furniture, so I'm glad I learned this now. You'd think it'd be more common knowledge!
Falcon dimi 5 months ago
Also the case with WD-40. Got this info from fire prevention training
Harry Gondalf 5 months ago
I had an apartment with an unvarnished hardwood floor in San Francisco during my hippy dippy days. Once i scrubbed the floor with linseed oil and a rag mop. Floor smelled nice afterward. Iplanned to discard the towel from the rag mop, so I set the mop in a cardboard box that contained other trash while I replaced throw rugs and furniture. After a while the smell of linseed oil changed to ... I don't know ... 'hot linseed oil'. I looked around for the source, but couldn't find it. I finally traced the odor to the cardboard box, which besides the mop, contained the contents of ashtrays I had dumped before the scrubbing job. There were no burning cigarette butts, but the towel rag was too hot to touch. I immersed it in water in the kitchen sink, then put it in the metal garbage can outside. I now believe in spontaneous combustion.
Harry Gondalf 5 months ago
In high school auto shop they told us always to store oily rags in a metal container with a tight-fitting lid. My dad, who worked as a A & P mechanic at an Air Force base, told me the same thing. But it wasn't until the linseed oil thing that I truly believed them.
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Leigh 5 months ago
My moms house burned down when she was a kid and my uncle barely escaped with his life. Oil soaked rags combusted. It made the oregonian paper because the family cat woke them up with its frantic meowing and saved lives.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Maybe cooking oils are an exception, but pretty much any oil you'd typically use on wood can spontaneously combust. The only time I've ever seen it happen was with an expensive stain for exotic hardwoods. Even spread out on a lawn the rags were hot enough to k**l the grass. I've never seen as much stain-soaked rags used with something like Minwax, but it's definitely possible.
Rob D 5 months ago
Question: true "spontaneous combustion"? ...or so flammable even the slightest thing can set it ablaze? If you just put a linseed oil soaked rag on a cool, shaded, concrete floor, it could just erupt?
Rick Murray 5 months ago (edited)
Yes and no. What is happening is the oil is oxidising. That is an exothermic reaction. If you put an oil soaked rag on a floor it may feel warm but it won't combust because the heat can dissipate before it gets hot enough to ignite the cloth. But a pile of them? Heat gets trapped, cloth burns, then far greater problems ensue.
Load More Replies... Susie Elle 5 months ago
It's an oxidization process that produces heat, which can cause smoldering and eventually combustion.
Uncle Panda 5 months ago
Used motor oil, too. In the US in the 60s and 70s, there were PSA campaigns.
Charlotte A. 5 months ago
I thought this WAS common knowledge... (but judging from comments, apparently not...)
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Actually creosote will also burn fast to , oh n do not ever put clothes stained with either cos it stinks out our washing machine for weeks after !! Learnt that lesson some 40 yrs ago lol
Household plants are another hidden risk we often forget. They brighten up homes, purify air, and add a decorative touch, but not all of them are safe. Varieties like daffodil, iris, and ivy are toxic if ingested. For families with curious kids or pets, these pretty greens can become a silent health hazard. It’s a gentle reminder to check before you pot that next plant.
#16
Doing your own electrical work. If you don’t know what you are doing, leave it to a professional or experienced person.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
And if you think you know what you're doing, research the Dunning-Kruger effect ;-)
Vermonta 5 months ago
that was interesting, I now realize I've seen it in action
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 5 months ago
My BIL is a contractor who started as a plumber. He still does much of the plumbing in the work that comes his way and is involved in almost everything else: drywall, painting, whatever needs to be done. But he has 2 licensed electricians and lets them do all the wiring and electrical work because he knows how dangerous it can be.
Beth Wheeler 5 months ago
I replaced a light fixture last year in my hallway after I had turned off the main breaker. That is the extent of anything electrical that I'm comfortable doing. I'll call an electrician for anything else
TMTMTMTM 5 months ago
And light switches and receptacles (outlets). They tend to be straightforward. But even then, you should know the code for Box-Fill Calculations, being how much you can pack into one box. And I got shocked once by incompetent previous wiring. And there are more hidden pitfalls, like why backstabbing is bad, or why you should consider wrapping the finished receptacle with electrical tape.
Load More Replies... Vermonta 5 months ago
My husband is an electrical inspector, he's seen some stuff and the main reason is that Landlords are cheap. Some people don't realize that all wires aren't the same. You can't use any old wire and thread it through any place. It's more like you better be really good at electrical math that makes calculus look like 2+2
Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago
My dad is a retired master electrician, worked for 40+ years. He has taught me a couple small things to do myself, but when we wanted light fixtures and some other stuff done in our new home, he came to town and did it for us.
#17
INHALANTS!!! AKA: Huffing. Intentionally inhaling anything aerosol, helium, nitrous, chemical with the intention of getting high. My 15 yr old brother was an artifact of that behavior when he died in a crash after his friend huffed air freshener while driving. AND they never went to jail because the law didn't include inhalants. My family went before congress and got the DUI law changed to include it, and it's known as "Keith's Law".
Billo66 5 months ago
The guy in the photo just has an albuterol inhaler/nebulizer for asthma. He's ok. :) See the tube running up his hand and the bit of steam coming out the top by his index finger?
Billo66 5 months ago
The reality is a guy with chrome paint all over his mouth and face with a paper sack who can't say his name anymore. It is very sad. Duster is nothing to play with either.
Load More Replies... featherytoad 5 months ago
I will never understand people doing m**h. All those violative chemicals they make it out of being put into your body.
Vermonta 5 months ago
it's very addictive, they will give up jobs and family and degrade themselves to get more m**h
Load More Replies... Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Unfortunately some people engage in this practice much to their detriment. In Australia, " petrol " sniffing ( i.e. gasoline ) was once widespread. I think it has now decreased thankfully. It will lead to irreversible brain damage and potentially death.
#18
Cheerleading. I had an accident and almost died because one of my teammates lost balance while I was on top, and that caused to fall. That fall broke my neck and I haven't been able to walk or move most of my body ever again.
Strings 5 months ago
Read somewhere that cheer leading is the most dangerous high school l/college sport, based on number of injuries
BlackestDawn 5 months ago
Yep. last I read/heard anything about it it was because it's effectively unregulated.
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lwolf1952 5 months ago
Like everything else it's been taken to a ridiculous extreme. Didn't cheerleaders used to just dance around wave pom poms and yell chants? Give me an A!
Alex Martin 5 months ago
It's become gymnastics without the proper safety equipment or safety training.
Load More Replies... featherytoad 5 months ago
I love watching cheerleading competitions because I love gymnastics, but, yeah, it's a stupid contact sport. Just my opinion.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Cheerleading is very much not something that people should be surprised to find can seriously hurt or k**l you. If you're a 5' high school girl that weighs 95 pounds you're exactly the type they want to throw 12 or 15 feet in the air.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
In a way, it's all about winning. There is at least some concern about safety in sports because you may lose your next game if your star player is out with an injury. If your star cheerleader gets hurt, your chances of winning a game are unaffected.
EJN 3 months ago (edited)
School sports, including cheerleading, are often led by someone who really is not a pro for that activity and does not know the dangers involved. Your ordinary gym/PE teacher only knows a little about sports and is not a pro at anything. In the photo, this is dangerous enough to warrant using mats during practice, but they are not doing that... They are also not using spotters to catch someone who is dropped.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
Juggling humans over a hard surface, turns out to be dangerous. WHO KNEW?!??!
Sometimes, we overlook broken appliances because they seem to work fine. But using damaged electrical devices can be a ticking time bomb. If faulty wiring or components aren’t addressed and your safety switch fails—electric shocks or worse can occur. Injuries in such cases can be fatal. It’s not just about functionality; it’s about unseen internal damage.
#19
Giving little babies water to drink. Doesnt have to be much, it k**ls them very easy
Stop_Fun:
There are a few reasons you can’t give a baby water.
One of the less important reasons is that water fills up their tummies and then they don’t get as hungry. Babies need plenty of calories to grow and if they’re not hungry they don’t get the calories.
The more important reason is that babies have tiny kidneys, and they can become overwhelmed easily. When babies have too much water, it dilutes the sodium content in their bodies which can lead to seizures. Their tiny kidneys just can’t keep up with the extra fluids being taken in.
Typically you can start giving your baby a LITTLE water at about 6 months or when they start solids. But that’s still only a few ounces at a time.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
If you are b.r.east feeding then just feed on demand whenever they’re thirsty. Your body will naturally adapt the milk to suit what the baby needs.
Nadine Debard 5 months ago
I can confirm, it becomes very watery when it's hot and the baby eats more often. Nature is amazing.
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Child of the Stars 5 months ago
We live in an arid region, and my kids's pediatrician was ADAMANT about this. There were a couple of times my infants became mildly dehydrated, and he said to add extra water to the formula, but never give an infant straight water.
Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
My son-in-law used to give my granddaughter soda. I really let him have it.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
"tiny kidneys" pffffffff... their stomachs scale with their size as do all the organs. This is fearmongering
Megalodon Meg 5 months ago (edited)
They don't. Unless you pissed off a nurse so bad she wants to k**l your baby, they absolutely do not give newborns straight up water. If they're formula fed they get water but only mixed with the formula.
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#20
Chainsaws. Never EVER use one unless you've at the very least googled how they work and basic safety. Different parts of the spinning chain enact different forces on the saw, and if you arent ready for them, or arent paying attention can be very very bad.
If you put the bottom of the bar on wood and it binds, it will pull you forward, possibly laying your head/chest right across the chain.
If you touch the top of the bar to wood it can fling back extremely fast and hard, if youre lucky a really bad gut punch.
If you touch the top 1/2 of the tip, you'll have just enough time to figure out what happened before you die if it kicks back and hits somewhere really dangerous (corotid artery, femoral artery etc.)
Every aspect of tree work is incredibly dangerous, dont try it at home unless you know what you're doing (and if you think you do you probably dont). Treat chainsaws like loaded guns. Dont go anywhere near running chippers, and keep yourself, your kids, and your pets the f**k away. Like hundreds of feet away. The people doing tree work have more than enough to worry about, they dont need to be babysitters too.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
"Untrained chain-saw operator" is rather like "drunk motorcyclist" - the problem solves itself...
WindySwede 5 months ago
And a good thing to watch before starting to use a chainsaw!
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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 5 months ago
Kick back is common. Also for circular saws and angle grinders. Knowing how to use them properly and PPE could save your life.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
My chainsaw (electric) has a really tiny gap between the top handle and the guard. Any movement of the hand will trip the guard forward which cuts the motor in a way that must short the motor or something as it brakes immediately. It is sensitive enough that I've had it cut out when I've been doing work. I also hold the thing quite far forwards, and there's no way in hell that I'd have my leg propped up beside the saw like the idiot in this photo. I'm less worried about the thing kicking, more about the chain snapping and whipping around until it is expelled.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 5 months ago
Having used electric and petrol chainsaws and been around with many others who have used them, kickback is more common than the chain snapping.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 5 months ago (edited)
Hopalong is a d*mn fine logger as long as you stay to his left.
Russell Bowman 5 months ago
Nice choice for a safety photo ... that guys left calf is just begging for a gash
Ann Hoff 4 months ago
I grew up on a farm that had 80 acres of woods & pasture. My dad had 7 chain saws. I asked him for one when I bought my house. He told me he would NEVER give me a chainsaw & I should never mess with one. I found out how true this was when years later a male friend of mine was up in a tree with a chainsaw cutting off dead branches. He fell out of the tree with the chainsaw still running, and cut off his arm on the way down. THey air lifted him and surgically reattached it but- D**N!!!
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
You could just RTFM you know. It's why people like me WRITE the bloody things
person (i think) 4 months ago
Chainsaws are scary! So many ways things can go horribly wrong! I hated using _any_ until I was handed a “chainsaw on a stick.” Less powerful, but super useful, fun as heck and considerably harder to accidentally injure or k**l yourself
#21
Garage door springs. let a pro fix it.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Pretty much everything that stores a lot of energy can be very dangerous. Unless you're working on them the torsion springs (above the top of the door) aren't likely to hurt you. The coil springs (along the tracks), OTOH can do all sorts of unpleasant things if the safety cable isn't threaded through them. Each spring may have the energy from lowering 100 p pounds of door 6' or so, and can release that energy a lot faster than a 100 pound rock can fall 6'. Somewhat related trivia: a typical afternoon thunderstorm can release far more energy than the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, but do it over a far greater duration.
featherytoad 5 months ago
I've been hearing more and more about this, so now I always open my door by the remote from inside the house, and close it by the button in the garage when I get around the corner.
Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
Garage door springs would have been the most vicious medieval t*****e of all time................that is if they had been invented then.
Rafael 5 months ago
Tórture (I'm assuming this was the censored word) won't "work" if it kílls you in a second, but hey, it could've replaced the áxe or the guillotine (last one is good for censorship because no one knows how to spell it!)
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Kenneth Smith 5 months ago
I have personally witnessed my own garage door spring fail. It scared the c**p out of me. It was like a bullet shot out of a gun. I will never stand in the garage while the door is going up or down.
Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
Have a relative with a paraplegic father as the result of a garage door spring.
Beth Wheeler 5 months ago
I was working at a cat dealership and had to cover the lady that answered the phones and took repairs payments. Her desk faced the showroom and your back was to the wall. One day as I answered a call there was a very loud crash behind me. I yelled, dropped the phone and got out of the chair all at once. The chain on the door right behind me broke. Luckily they weren't pulling any cars in and nobody was either standing or walking through there. The overhead door company came and did a temporary fix until they could put a new chain on it. The temp fix also broke.
Uncle Panda 5 months ago
I've installed 6-7 torsion spring garage doors. I don't recommend it. The tools and techniques are very simple but the forces are great and you're on top of a ladder.
Carpets are cozy, practical, and everywhere, from homes to offices. But while carpets themselves aren’t inherently dangerous, the chemicals involved in their installation can be. Glues and dyes often release volatile organic compounds, which can cause serious health issues. These emissions are strongest in the first 72 hours, but low-level exposure can persist for years. Breathing in something harmful while thinking you’re safe? That’s the real problem.
#22
Hi I’m in EMS.
Please wash your hands before you eat stuff, so many people come in contact with so many other people who have illnesses that can be contracted by eating with unclean fingers. Even if you’ve been around people you know all day you never know who they’ve been around, and sometimes it’s not even illnesses rather random germs AND I KNOW THIS IS OBVIOUS TO SOME PEOPLE but next time you see a local EMS crew eating food with their funny colored gloves on it’s because we’ve made a habit even if we hadn’t run any calls that day.
Of course if you aren’t in healthcare you’re not being exposed to as much but sometimes you need a reminder just how dirty the outside world really is lmao.
Bec 5 months ago
I'm just recovering from a C Diff infection that I would not wish on anyone. I, paranoid that I will get it again and have bleached everything I can in the house.
LookASquirrel 5 months ago
Oh I have people I would wish it on, but I know it sucks. But I wish you well and a quick recovery. I'm a notorious hand washer, worked in restaurants. My docs think I got it when I was in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Kept getting misdiagnosed for over a year. So lucky my husband didn't get it.
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Say No to Downvoting 5 months ago (edited)
I remember during Covid there was a PSA going around on social media advising people to “always wash you hands after taking your bins out and bringing them in because the garbage collectors go from bin to bin without changing their gloves and the person next door to you could have Covid” and I remember thinking “Who doesn’t wash their hands after touching their bins anyway?Why do people need to be told this?”
Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
I was raised to always wash my hands before I eat. I'm 52 and I still always wash my hands before I eat.
Judy Reynolds 4 months ago
Also, wash before food prep!!! And before unloading the dishwasher!
Load More Replies... Alexia 5 months ago
One of the reasons I went NC with my brother (a 40 y.o. entitled man-child and family's golden child): he wouldn't wash his hands after using the toilet or after using public transport. He'd cough right in my face (no attempt to cover it or to use the elbow) etc. He was warned multiple times by several people, he just didn't care.
#23
Playing in a deep hole at the beach.
vaexorn:
We got a very scary close call with friends. 4 22-25 yo dudes digging a hole for hours, it was like 3m deep and all of a sudden one of the sides crumble, burrying one of my friend from the waist down, like it's impossible for him to move. Needless to say we got him out and closed the hole asap
Rob D 5 months ago (edited)
Interesting that literally the beach is the only place anyone even gets remotely tempted to dig a random, pointless, hole. Any other context it would be a chore. And if you and a buddy were chilling in the back yard drinking, and he just randomly looked over and said, hey let's dig a hole over there, for hours, and for no reason, you'd think they were crazy. 😂
patricia patricia 5 months ago (edited)
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I've never thought of it, but you are right.
Load More Replies... Verena 5 months ago
I live at the coast. Do not dig holes or trenches deeper than the blade of your spade. Do not build mountains. It blocks the emergency services and causes broken limbs and deaths of people, dogs and horses. Whatever your kid or teenager built, flatten or fill it up when leaving, even if they get into a tantrum. Never leave your construction unsupervized. Do not dig caves in dikes. It is a criminal offense in the Netherlands, you can end up in jail because puncturing our storm flood safety is not a joke. The land behind the dike sits several metres below sea level.
Khavrinen 5 months ago
Here's a video explaining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQXOTcEB_E .
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
Many years ago in Ocean City, MD, a woman fell in a deep hole someone dug and died trying to get out. The wet sand kept collapsing in on her. I have nightmares about things like this. Ocean City passed a law that you can't dig a hold deeper than the knees of the shortest person in your party, and there are constant warnings about filling any holes you dig.
ROSESARERED 5 months ago
Same thing with grains in a silo... Do not get into silos with any type of grain.
patricia patricia 5 months ago
I'm regularly surprised my generation (I was born in 1968) survived childhood: no helmets when riding a bike, no special chairs in the car, no seatbelts, no safety measures whatsoever... Statistically, we should have died before starting primary school.
Load More Replies... Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Even experienced workmen have been buried when digging a trench, which has then collapsed on them.
Cydney Golden 4 months ago (edited)
A family lost two children who were playing in a hole on a beach. I think in New Jersey.
#24
Rust. If you run into a hole in the ground with rusty stuff inside, that does not get good ventilation. Dont go in. Rust is iron combined with oxygen. And it can eat all of the oxygen in the air. And fun fact, your body cant tell how much oxygen is in the air, but does sense carbon dioxide is there. So you dont know you are going until you are dead.
Billo66 5 months ago
The AI heard Johnny Cash and got Ring of Fire confused with Rusty Cage.
Load More Replies...And finally, beware of 20 mm lithium coin cell batteries, especially if you have small children. When swallowed, these batteries often lodge in the esophagus and begin causing damage within just two hours. The burns can create holes in the throat and even affect the trachea or aorta. The size makes them easy to overlook but the risk is extreme. It’s one of the most dangerous small items in a home.
#25
Black ice. Responsible for a broken arm and ankle so far.
Kyle Simonson 5 months ago
Broke 6 ribs and punctured my lung into places walking on black ice. Or I should say trying to walk on black ice.
lwolf1952 5 months ago
Ice is the enemy, three c*****d ribs and a punctured lung the first time, permanently damaged shoulder the second time. Get crampons for your boots, if it is icy outside wear them. When you slip you go down so fast there is no time to react logically. You will use your elbows or wrists instinctively and hurt yourself. If you are lucky you won't hit your head and get a concussion.
LillieMean 5 months ago
I have spiked soles on my shoes, but when it's really icy, they don't help either. Last winter I went sliding downhill despite them. At least I slid in the right direction. Good core control and exercise help with balance, and last winter the doctors recommended either staying home or wearing a bike helmet because there were days when the temperature rose so much during the day that there was water on the ice, which froze again into a new layer during the night, and no amount of sanding helped. There are good instructional videos online on how to fall so that you can survive with as few injuries as possible.
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 5 months ago
I work nights and walk to and from work (I live about 2 blocks from my job). I usually leave the house 10 minutes early in the winter when we've had recent snowfall because as hard as black ice is to see in the daytime, it's even more difficult to spot at night.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
As a young woman, spun out on black ice late at night on an interstate highway. Did a 180, slid off the road, down an embankment and into a fence post. Was so lucky to have just bonked my head. There was no way to see it coming. Scary!
Aileen Grist 5 months ago
put a sock over the front of your shoe and the sock will stick to the ice - you have to keep on tapping the ice off. Works in an emergency
Ronnie Beaton 4 months ago
Several years ago, during a particularly harsh winter (even by Scottish standards), I slipped on black ice *three times* while taking out my rubbish bin for collection. A distance of around 9 meters from the back door to the bin storage area, then 9 meters back again.
Raserei Virus 5 months ago
Black ice is responsible for far more than just a broken arm and ankle...
Manos 5 months ago
Put a sandwich bag of rock salt in your coat pocket when you go out in the winter.
marianne eliza 5 months ago
On roads, black ice can look like the pavement is simply wet. Watch for shady areas in an otherwise sunny area, like under trees in curves.
Stephanie Did It 4 months ago
The term "black ice" may lead some to believe that the ice is literally black. It simply means that the ice is simply not visible as you approach it, as it is the same color as the pavement beneath it.
Load More Replies... Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
Not to mention hitting it at 70 mph (112 kph if you count on your fingers) can really wake you up as you slide sideways down the road before your tires gain traction and potentially flip you over. In a car, if you were uncertain.
#26
Ladders. People think you have to fall far to get hurt or die. 8 feet is plenty.
Stacy Carroll 5 months ago
My dad died from falling 5 feet off a ladder. He landed in such a way that he broke 2 vertebrae, a couple ribs which went through his lung, and hit his head.
Bookworm 5 months ago
We had a leak in our roof and insurance person asked if dad had gone on a ladder to see if there was any visible external damage. Dad's response? "No I'm old and won't risk using a ladder. I'll let the professionals check.". Sense like this is how he got to be old (still in good health though!).
Uncle Panda 5 months ago
It wasn't a ladder but a buddy who worked in construction was on the back of a truck, the truck moved forward suddenly, and he hit the ground head first, body almost vertical. Mark never came back and the new guy living in his body was a mess in all the ways head trauma can produce. He quickly alienated everybody who cared for him. Less than a second from a very intelligent well educated guy to a bitter shambling husk of his former self.
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 5 months ago
"Once I fell from a 10-metre-tall ladder" - "OMG! How did you manage to survive? Were you badly hurt?" - "Nah, I was standing on the first rung"
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
That's a good rule. Your balance generally gets worse as you get older.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 5 months ago
One of the guys who put in or new boiler fell off of a 2' ladder and broke both ankles. If he'd landed even worse his head started about 8' above the ground.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
This happened to a friend - broke a bunch of bones in her feet. Very hard to recover from.
Load More Replies... Michelle C 5 months ago
Yup. One of my great-uncles had to be hospitalized and almost died due to breaking his back after a fall from a ladder while cleaning off the front of his house a couple of decades ago. Some local kids egged it and he was only using the ladder to clean off his roof and windows.
David Paterson 5 months ago
It doesn't even have to be a ladder. For older people, even tripping on a cat can be deadly.
#27
Horses
we've lived with them for so long that unless you spend regular time around them, you don't know just how unbelievably dangerous they are. It's a good thing they're so stupid or we'd be f****d.
Movies have people believing they're these docile creatures that live to serve humans. Those are the ones that have been trained *extensively*. They are otherwise 1500 pounds of dumb panicky hair-trigger muscle.
Emilu 5 months ago (edited)
I wouldn't say they're "stupid" by any means. They're just not as domesticated as, say, a dog is, and they're prey animals so of course their instinct is to run. Sure, they can be dangerous, as can any other animal. Doesn't mean they're dumb. I think the poster of this is stupider than a horse, personally.
Limey 5 months ago
They aren’t necessarily‘ dumb” but as a prey animal they do have a strong flight reflex. Everything is “dumb” when frightened… even humans. And a 1500 lb frightened animal is going to be dangerous.
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Bec 5 months ago
In my state you will find large warning signs at public equestrian locations reminding folks that horses are unpredictable and you can't sue if you get hurt.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
That's because public locations are open to the general public with no knowledge of horses, who may do something stupid and treat a horse as if it were a dog.
Load More Replies... Verena 5 months ago
This is the main mistake many people make, and the get injured or die: They assume horses are stupid. A normal socialized horse, treated with respect by his humans, given time to socialize and build friendships with other horses and space to move, is very, very smart. They are actually very positively protective and caring towards their owners. I think OP only knows horses which suffer from learned helplessness, they just have given up and lost all interest in their surroundings. Many people are happy with owning such a "bomb proof" riding automaton. I prefer mine being bomb sniffing partners, alerting me when out and about that something is not as it should be.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
My last horse died in 2001, and I had back surgery in 2002. Not because of him, it was a lifetime issue. But when it got to the point where I couldn't even lift my saddle, I could use the mounting block to get on him bareback. He could tell even before it registered in my brain that I was going to have a painful spasm. He would stop, and not move again until I recovered, except to shift his weight under me if he felt me slipping. How is that stupid? He was always very protective of me, if I was handwalking him to let him graze after a ride and someone walked/rode by us, he would place himself between me and that person. Yes, he was at a boarding stable and could be handled by competent people, but he only showed those protective attitudes to me.
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Andrew Keir 5 months ago
I live out in the country and often meet riders on horses they are training for the road. Please, pandas, *slow right down* - especially if the horse is acting nervously (you'll know) - it keep the rider safer and helps the horse get used to (slow and wide) traffic.
Pernille 5 months ago
Donkeys might look cute, but they are fiercely territorial and will actively attack you if they feel a threat. Many farmers around where I live use them for protection against wolves and bears. Cows will also attack if they have a calf to protect.
Kit Black 5 months ago
Donkeys are far more intelligent than horses though. If they k**l you it was intentional.
Load More Replies... Bob Jones 5 months ago
Everyone goes on about all the deadly creatures we have here on Australia, but the animals that k**l the most people by far are horses, cows and dogs.
pelemele 5 months ago
This is not a reliable indicator, just a relationship between attendance and accidents: People are more likely to be around cows, horses or dogs than any other animal, which increases the risk of accidents, but this does not mean that dogs, horses or cows are the most dangerous animals on the planet.
Load More Replies... lwolf1952 5 months ago
My brother-in-law who always had horses said if you are around horses you're eventually going to get hurt.
Ann Hoff 4 months ago
Just like when you age you will eventually know people who die. They are big animals & accidents happen. My horse fell into a sinkhole & stepped on my foot when getting out, crushing my foot & ripping up my hip & leg. It wasn't his fault. You get into situations that you have to think fast & sometimes don't make the right decision.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 5 months ago
The true tragedy comes just after a horse steps on your foot because they have to step down harder to get off.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 5 months ago
I was solo hiking in Theodore Roosevelt National Park and came across 6-8 horses standing on a ridge above me. It was definitely a little unnerving.
Well, these posts are a powerful reminder that danger doesn’t always come with warning signs. It can be hiding in plain sight. Which one of these surprised you the most? Or have you ever had a close call with something that seemed totally harmless? Share your thoughts or experiences in the comments below. We're all ears (and slightly more cautious now)!
#28
Confined spaces.
If it only has one way in and out, especially if it is below ground, there is a very real possibility that there isn't enough oxygen in there to support life.
Even something as simple as rusting metal can remove the oxygen from the air and if there isn't airflow going through the space the oxygen-depleted air won't be replaced. Other processes can remove oxygen or produce actively toxic gases.
This sort of thing often kills more than one person as the first person to find the victim goes in to rescue them and becomes the second victim.
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago
I used to work for an EU based utility company (telecoms, power etc), I work in IT but as I might have had to make unscheduled and unescorted visits to some of their data centres and as they called they’re data centre in the same category of building as a telecom exchange they required me to do their basic H&s training for their telecoms guys. Out of a week, they spend 2 days on manholes - and that was only single level ones. They’re seriously dangerous places to the uninitiated.
Bert van Aalsburg 4 months ago
That’s the reason you see those ventilation fans on the road when a crew is working below. Not to suck bad air out. It’s to blow good air in.
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Kathrin Pukowsky 5 months ago
This makes me think of Ursula Herrmann. Poor girl was abducted back in the early 80s. It looked like her abductor didn't mean her harm; the hiding place had food, books, and a bucket to function as a toilet. Apparently just wanted to safely hide her until the ransom was paid. Sadly, he did so in a box buried in the forest and messed up the ventilation system. Police surmised that she may have not regained consciousness at all after being drugged and put in the box. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Ursula_Herrmann
Zaach 5 months ago
One of my French uncles had a friend whose house was near a chateau - his family had been working for the owners and there was a tunnel from his basement to the basement of the chateau. Somehow some urban explorers got into the tunnel and were asphyxiated. He had the tunnel collapsed so no one else could get into it
#29
A dental infection. I went to grief support meetings, and a woman there lost her son to an impacted tooth that spread infection to his brain.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Brain infections are bad. in rare cases even popping a zit or yanking out a nose hair can k**l you.
Bookworm 5 months ago (edited)
This is why when I have dental problems I get it checked asap. It should be illegal for insurance to not cover necessary care. I'm specifically thinking of things like implants, crowns, bridges, even preventive check ups etc. Teeth are NOT luxury bones but necessary ones.
CCLoos 5 months ago
Yes! So absurd that this is separate from other medical insurance.
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 5 months ago
You DO NOT mess with infections in the head because of how close it is to the brain.
Mindy Porter 2 months ago
Being immunocompromised, an infected tooth put my in the ICU for 3 days. It wasn't something I ignored either. I woke up with a minor toothache & made an appointment with my dentist for the next day. The pain was significantly worse by bedtime & then my husband couldn't wake me up the next morning. Luckily, my dentist will now see me the same day if I call with an issue.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
An infection crossing the bloody brain barrier is rather an edge case, frankly. Furthermore, there is literally nothing you can do about it as you cannot monitor your own mouth while its open.
CanadianaKa 4 months ago
My sister almost lost her MIL to one of those. People have no clue how serious a dental infection is!
#30
Waterfall pressure
It takes a much smaller waterfall than most people realize to hold you underwater.
No Man 5 months ago
It doesn't even take a waterfall. Low-head dams (https://www.weather.gov/ind/LowHeadDamPublicSafetyAwarenessMonth) are called drowning machines. they only have to be 3 or 5 feet high to create a vortex at the base that will drag you under and prevent you from surfacing.
Verena 5 months ago
Wanted to say that. Yes, exactly. Never, ever go down such a dam for fun, because your canoe ride is too boring. Half of a Dutch family gathering died, when the men wanted to have some fun. Luckily one of them managed to throw his kid out before he drowned.
Load More Replies... Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
Under a waterfall, you swim down, not up. Walk along the bottom on your hands until you are out from under the splashing.
Russell Bowman 5 months ago
That is Skogafoss in Iceland ... BTW, all glacial melt ... frigid water
CaliPanda 5 months ago
A recent tragedy in Northern California — three hikers decided to cool off in a pool fed by a waterfall. They jumped in and didn’t resurface. The downward pressure of the falls was too strong. The bodies were recovered by an experienced diver who found them 40+ feet below the surface. That’s a lot of water pressure. Don’t risk it, people. Here’s an article on the recovery: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-24/3-men-die-after-diving-into-northern-california-waterfall
#31
Falling from regular standing height.
bearded_tattoo_guy:
Can verify..
Shattered my tailbone years back and still feel the repercussions. Its great.
arthbach 5 months ago
It tends to be the start of a chain of events that results in death. That's isn't quite the same thing.
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Diane Tucker 5 months ago
Ho yeah! The older we get, the more we have to worry about falling. There are literally classes on fall prevention offered to seniors. In my case, the primary cause of a fall is almost always just unnecessary hurry. Let's take it slowly!
Auntriarch 5 months ago (edited)
Was kicked at the top of ten stairs and went down them on my bùm. Did my O levels sitting on a circular cushion. It still doesn't take much to upset my coccyx.
CanadianaKa 4 months ago (edited)
My friend slipped on the ice and grabbed my arm to stay up. End result? My leg shattered from the fall of about two feet. Three years to learn how to walk again. 33 years later I still have pain.
Littlemiss 5 months ago
Oof been there, done that! I still get swelling around my coccyx almost 10 years after breaking it after a fall. It hasn't let me forget its there
#32
A grape.
My wife had a friend/coworker whose young daughter choked to death in front of her and her mother. They tried to dislodge the grape and nothing worked. By the time an ambulance got there, the girl was brain dead. It's about the worst thing I can imagine as a parent.
We were cutting our kids' grapes in half until they were 10 after that happening.
CaliPanda 5 months ago
PSA for those who don’t know: Grapes (and raisins) are toxic for dogs.
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Kit Black 5 months ago
Yeah, I got a ton of c**p for cutting grapes in half and quartering hot dogs into sticks for my kids & grands. Didn't stop me tho.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Heimlich manoeuvre, a.k.a. 'abdominal thrusts' often work. I'm sorry to hear they didn't work in this case.
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 5 months ago
A friend's dad choked to d**th on a piece of bread, he lowered to pick something from the floor while chewing. His wife was an experienced registered nurse but no manoeuvers worked
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
Disagree. If you cannot navigate the horrific cataclysm of bringing fork to mouth, you deserve a Darwin Award.
Slmd 4 months ago
It's mostly kids who try to just swallow it like a pill instead of chewing, or it accidentally goes down whole since it's so slippery.
Load More Replies... Laura Gillette 5 months ago
Half is not enough. It can still cause choking if it's oriented in the wrong direction. They need to be quartered. Also, hot dogs are an extremely common cause of choking in young kids, because the circumference, if not chewed, will block the airway completely, and because they are both firm and spongy, they're very difficult to get out, even from doing the child-appropriate heimlich maneouver. Don't give young kids hot dogs. Or at least cut them up into teeny tiny little pieces first.
LinkTheHylian 5 months ago
Even Family Guy hit on how risky grapes can be. In their own style, of course.
#33
A motorcycle. Crashed my Harley and have had 3 spinal surgeries, had 7 broken ribs, torn rotator cuffs....if I hadn't been wearing my helmet (which I didn't for years trying to be a tough guy/ idiot) I probably wouldn't be writing this. Helmet was scraped down to the inner layer.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Not wearing full leathers (or equivalent). It doesn’t matter how hot it is, or how inconvenient, put it all on! If you come off at speed, once that meat has been ground off the bone it’s not growing back. I know of someone that lost both her knee caps coming off her bike wearing jeans.
Rob D 5 months ago (edited)
...And to this point, regular jeans are useless for protection. Dress for the slide, not the ride.
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Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I know 3 young men who had fatal motorcycle accidents. I don't think I know 3 people who have had fatal car accidents. No matter how careful a rider you are, having no protection around you going at high speeds is seriously dangerous.
Littlemiss 5 months ago
I witnessed a motorcycle accident where a rider with no helmet went straight into a car. The rider thought he was cool and could just swerve around a car without looking at the on coming traffic. Instantaneous death, the sound of his neck snapping, his body flipping backwards over his bike and hitting the ground dead still haunts me.
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
My dad got in a (luckily not very bad) crash on his motorcycle a while back. His helmet also had a pretty bad scrape. He just dislocated some of the vertebrae in his back (I think? It was a few years ago) but it could have been much worse.
Mercedes Lindenoak 4 months ago
there's a saying in the disability community, "what do you call a person who rides a motorcycle without a helmet? A quadriplegic."
MonsterMum 5 months ago
I came of the back of a bike at lowish speed wearing a mini skirt and stockings. My thighs and buttocks looked like they'd been covered in jam/jelly and rolled in cornflakes when they were healing!
Jane Hower 4 months ago
My son had two accidents on his motorcycle, neither was really bad, but years later when he got x-rayed for chiropractic care, they were able to point out the two areas of bone damage and how long ago it happened. Rather amazed my son that they were so accurate.
Never Snarky 4 months ago
Hard a$$ biker friend told me, “It’s not if you crash, it’s when you crash.” Ride a bike a lot, you will have an accident.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
I will never understand what makes someone think "I'd like to sit inches from a sanding belt, but BIGGER. I want my SKIN to come off in sheets when I slip"
#34
If potatoes are not stored properly and becomes rotten, it produces a toxic gas and can make a person unconscious if they’ve inhaled enough, and or even death in some cases. There was a news article back in 2013 of an entire family in Russia that was k**led by it.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I heard about that one. One of them went down in the basement where they store their potatoes and immediate dropped down dead. Another member of the household went to check on them, same thing.
SCP 4666 5 months ago
Because the basement had no ventilation and carbonmonoxide built up and poisoned them within seconds
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Panda Cat 5 months ago
Cut away the green part and it’ll be fine unlike most food that’s transformed into scariness
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Lil be lil 4 months ago
Wow I didn't know this. I would rather store up on instant mash potatoes pouches even though they are a "processed food " after reading this. I store foods because I don't go out in winter in certain conditions suck as icy walks.
#35
Mixing bleach and ammonia when you clean provinces toxic gas that will make you REALLY sick.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
They produce chloramine gas, known to historians as mustard gas. Surprisingly small concentrations will kíll you, from lung and eye damage initially. Basically, don't mix chemicals .
Panda Cat 5 months ago
Famous also for being one of the first things tried as chemotherapy. Imagine volunteering for the trials. They knew they were going to dīe but were willing to test the theories.
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Jennik 5 months ago
I remember the awful case in the UK during the Covid years where a woman was working from home and her boss was coming over for a meeting. She wanted to ensure the house was extra-clean so tipped a variety of cleaning products down the loo to clean it. Her boss found her dead on the bathroom floor - the fumes had killed her.
Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
Ny brother almost mixed bleach with lysol when cleaning the kitchen. I never moved so fast in my life!
#36
My forty six year old niece with no known health issues was getting ready to leave and looking for her keys. Her son heard a strange noise and found her lifeless on the kitchen floor. Husband did cpr until the paramedics shocked her a few times to bring her back. Spent two weeks in the hospital with some mild memory issues at first and a whole bunch of broken stuff in her chest from the cpr. Now back with a defibrillator implanted and no ill effects. She was incredibly lucky everything worked out. They said her heart just got out of rhythm and stopped. So scary and odd because there was nothing to blame or prevent. Sometimes it’s just your time.
Clown fish 5 months ago (edited)
You can't shock a stopped heart back to beating. Her heart wouldn't have stopped it would have been in A fib or B fib rhythm they shock it to make it beat in the right rhythm same as CPR is away to get it back into rhythm
Ace 5 months ago
Not the most succinct explanation although correct. But it doesn't really matter that many people use the wrong terminology, heart stopped, restarted, etc. Sure, if you're doing CPR it helps to have a better understanding overall but it still makes no difference how you describe it. OTOH it can help the bereaved to come to term with it. When my wife died in bed net to me a few months ago from sudden heart failure I at least knew, even while the paramedics were there, that there was nothing I or they could have done any differently. When the defib machine says "no shock required" it is not a good sign. 😢😭
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Katja Katze 5 months ago
A defibrillator measures whether the heart stops or fibrillates. When it fibrillates, it uses energy but does not pump blood and therefore no oxygen transport occurs. The shock resets the heart. I hope it starts again. CPR has the function of stimulating the heart manually, for example by the first aider. CPR mimics the heartbeat. And that's why ventilation is so important in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Otherwise, you're just pumping blood through your body. But without oxygen everything is nothing.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
The advice in the UK (at least when I did it as part of my job) was don't waste time with the breathing. Just do compressions good and hard (if you aren't worried about cracking ribs, it's not hard enough). This is because people were paying too much attention and time to the ventilation and not enough to the compressions which will keep the body alive but can lead to serious brain issues due to lack of blood. The logic is that if you're pumping hard enough, you'll also be pushing some air in and out of the lungs. Looks like it's still that way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O92KL1mw77c
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#37
I'm gonna ruin a lot of people's day, but: cracking your neck.
I used to be a habitual neck cracker, I definitely started in my teens. December 16, 2016 I c*****d my neck and dissected my left vertebral artery, leading directly to a stroke in my occipital lobe. I was 34.
I was at LGA waiting on a flight home when this happened, a doctor, who was also flying home, noticed that I was having some sort of brain trauma and called 911. He was a gastroenterologist so he was going off of what he knew about brain trauma from medical school. After an MRI confirmed my stroke, my neurologist told me that my life would have been much more in jeopardy if I hadn't gotten help immediately.
No, I didn't use my hands to manipulate my head/neck in any way. This was a simple, everyday pop back and forth, something I'd done for multiple decades.
Be careful with your body.
Jamie Peterson 5 months ago
C*****D in the context of joints should NOT be censored. Get a grip BP, this is literally out of control. Your censorship is actually generating poor spelling and illiteracy. Stop. The world is real. So are the experiences and words to describe them. Stop censoring.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Even more bizarre when you can say crack even if you're talking about smoking it.
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Day Andie 5 months ago
I c*****d my neck. C*****d a plate. C*****d a beer. C*****d the mirror. All innocent uses of the word c r a c k e d that BP's algorithm is protecting us from. BP, you are c**p.
Rafael 5 months ago
BP isn't protecting us from these words, this is for the advertisers. But it is dumbing us down all the same.
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Rob D 5 months ago (edited)
Censorship, especially how inaccurate it is here, is annoying. But the people who constantly, like, every article, complain about BP censorship, must suck at hangman and wheel of fortune. 😬😉🤣
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
This is correct. I was a teaching clinician at a University Chiropractic teaching clinic, when one of the patients came in acting strangely and saying strange things. Turns out he had self - manipulated his neck which resulted in a degree of neurological damage. I didn't get to follow up the case.
Lil be lil 4 months ago
Yikes, I never knew this could happen either. Not that I ever did it, the thought gives me the w*****s!
#38
Pressure washers are quite lethal
swithinboy59:
Can confirm - pressure washers are dangerous. My one stripped a layer of my sandal sole off when I accidentally blasted my foot with it and it stung for about a day. It's not a super duper ultra powerful pressure washer either.
Verena 5 months ago
When I got mine new, I tested the various nozzles. My house is a sturdy brick house from the 1930s. It now bears a deep Z on the wall.
MonsterMum 5 months ago
I had a landscape gardener working at my home, he had lost the sight in one eye due to a pressure washer accident without PPE (googles)
Rick Murray 5 months ago
What worries me most is the really flimsy looking pressure pipe that goes between the washer and the nozzle. I can see that rupturing at some point.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
The one in the picture would be uncomfortable but probably wouldn't hurt you unless you're pretty close to the nozzle (blasting your feet with e nozzle close to the ground, for example. With a narrow nozzle some of them could do serious damage from several feet away.
#39
Kangaroos.
Petting a kangaroo as a tourist can end in disembowelment, they get on their tails and use their full force to kick your stomach with claws that'll slice your stomach like a scalpel.
And that's not even the Red Kangaroo, which will literally punch you to death, is 1.8M tall and has arms so ripped they are bigger then most active humans.
Emilu 5 months ago
Oh yes. As an Aussie, we like them/don't like them (they're probably annoying AF for farmers etc) but don't try petting them, please.
Rob D 5 months ago
Is it true that their default setting is pretty aggressive and temperamental?
Load More Replies... Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago
If it's native to Australia, just assume it will k**l you if given the chance.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
We went to a kangaroo encounter in Australia where there were areas for the roos to rest and get away from people. It was understood that if one was beside a path they were willing to take treats and get pets. It was pretty cool and I didn't see any shenanigans, but I wonder how many times visitors got hurt at one of these places.
Tim Gearing 5 months ago
Please, DON’T feed them. The worst is bread. They don’t have the ability to chew it properly and it gets stuck between the gum and teeth resulting in tooth decay. No teeth and a slow starvation. Plus they carry ticks.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Cassowaries ( big flightless bird ) in Northern Queensland ( Oz ) are even worse. Stay away ! There are road signs in the areas which they inhabit, warning people to stay clear of them.
#40
Hippos can decapitate with ease.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Or, to be slightly more clear, "Hippos can decapitate *you* with ease "
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
Hippos are herbivores but also angry things. They k**l the most people in Africa of all animals aside from mosquitoes.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
Stay. Away. From. Nature. Go back to your concrete and your trafficlights.
Judy Reynolds 4 months ago
Have you seen video of a hippo eating a watermelon, or a pumpkin? They make it look easy!
Brian Droste 5 months ago
Hippos may look cute but they are dangerous. You don't want to get within there territory. They will come after you. I believe they can crush a crocodile in two with one bite.
#41
Slipping down the stairs.
Yes some people know stairs can be dangerous. But many don’t realize how deadly residential stairs can be.
Bobbie McMasters 5 months ago
I did back in February, and STILL went 9 steps down before I could get stopped. Stairs can be lethal.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
I read this and my mind immediately goes to the absolute endless "slipped on the ice" stair falls on FailArmy videos. There was one, a young woman ragdolled down a flight of icy steps and just lay at the bottom sobbing. I very much doubt she got up and walked away, and was so disgusted that this was being shown to the world as "fail" entertainment that I haven't watched any of that stuff since. So if you're an American, put some dámn salt on steps, and if you're a content creator, people badly hurting themselves is NOT amusing.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
Here's an upvote to counter the downvote. People who find it amusing to watch other people get hurt have something wrong with them.
Load More Replies... Emilu 5 months ago
Yeah, my ankle can attest to this not being a fun time. Slipped down three steps, managed to do one of the most severe breaks you can do (gotta do it properly, right?); ended up breaking three bones. Still suffer some pain, and my surgeon told me at the time I was pretty much guaranteed arthritis. These are three tiny d**n steps at a unit. Please be careful, fellow pandas.
Kim Gatlin 4 months ago
Same. I now have a lot of metal in that ankle and can't balance as well on that side. Finally starting to get it back in yoga and it's been 8 1/2 years.
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Going *down* can be more dangerous than going *up* - your centre of gravity is in front of you as you walk (that's *how* you walk) . Would you rather fall *up* the stairs, or *down* them?
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I am deeply afraid of stairs, I once c*****d my collarbone slipping down 10 steps in my own house. I also have a balance issue, much better with physical therapy but still a concern. The only times I've used stairs in many, many years was when it was required by a fire alarm. And then only with someone at my side to steady me.
Sara Frazer 5 months ago
I'm so sooo careful on stairs, my sister's friend's mom fell down the stairs and became completely paralyzed . Happened when the best friend was a smaller child, and mom was young, like late 20s. My partner always goes down the stairs really fast and doesn't use the hand rail, and every time I'm like "SLOW DOWN!!!" 😭
Little Bit 5 months ago
My brother in law died instantly when he fell down the stairs and hit his head a few years ago. When I was about four years old I slipped and fell at the top of the stairs and went head over heels down every step. How I didn't break anything I'll never know. I've never felt safe on stairs since.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
I think toddlers have bendy bones because of how often they fall over in the learning to walk stage, plus much less mass and density than an adult. As a young child I used to do things (including throwing myself off a garage roof) that would be hospital and/or disability if I tried it now.
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#42
A sneeze while driving at high speed, gone in a blink.
Mari 5 months ago
And on that moment I am holding always a plate full of food or a hot drink.
Load More Replies... Bookworm 5 months ago
If you feel the urge but can stop it let it out at the next safe stopping place. Stop sign, yellow/red light, gridlock. Doesn't always work out, but doing this has helped me some.
Chonky Panda 5 months ago
Yeah just stopping anywhere for a short while is better than going
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Kiera Mortensen 4 months ago
I hate sneezing while driving. Partly due to the auto-close of the eye lids and partly because of the volume because I can be heard 2 houses down when I sneeze and have a minimum of 7 at a time
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 5 months ago
Driving during hayfever season can be awful. I always ensure I'm well dosed-up on antihistamines, and constantly on the lookout for a safe place to pull over just in case.
Theoretical Empiricist 5 months ago
I can sneeze upwards of 15 times in a row while freeway driving. It's challenging.
#43
All the food left on the counter and as little as 28 hours, food left out overnight can develop a toxic bacteria that's lethal.
Just a couple months ago in the news some college girls ended up dying cuz they ate some fried rice that they had left out
FlamingZombies 5 months ago
Cooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, a bacteria that can multiply and produce toxins when rice is left at room temperature.
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Ace 5 months ago (edited)
What you heard was almost certainly a regurgitated story based on one 20-y-o male student who achieved this extraordinary feat a few years ago by leaving some leftover cooked pasta uncovered in his warm kitchen for five days before reheating and eating it. The story resurfaces in slightly different versions every few years. So yes, it can happen, but a backlash led to a lot of people throwing out perfectly good food and getting paranoid about it. Put your rice in the fridge and will be absolutely fine for a day or two. If it doesn't look, smell or teste bad then it is not bad.
Susie Elle 5 months ago
My personal belief is also that eating bad food will give you food poisioning, which, although very annoying, will not k**l you (as long as you manage to stay hydrated).
Load More Replies... Rob D 5 months ago
On the other hand, I think it's much HARDER to die from contaminated food than people think. Our immune systems are generally pretty good.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Even so, little upside , plenty downside for this risk.
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Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
I can't count how many times I've done this. Looks like someone is looking out for me. I haven't done it in years, but in my youth...
#44
Pushing dead trees over. If you try to explain this to people you will always have a hick show up to tell you how much of a woke p***y you are for warning people.
When you push a dead tree the top lags behind, if you are giving it the ol heave ho' the top will begin to sway the opposite direction to the direction you're pushing... If the trees dead there a very high chance the top could break off and will fall direction onto your head.
People die like this, people get brain damage from this and it's not worth it.
AuspiciousTree283 5 months ago (edited)
Took a bit to think, but, what OP is saying is that the top of a dead tree is fragile, and it might break and fall on you if you're trying to sway it over.
Susie Elle 5 months ago
I.e. a tree might break in more place than just the bottom part of the trunk
Load More Replies... Rob D 5 months ago (edited)
Hicks that think safety is for woke pussies keep ERs busy. Us Americans just celebrated our independence day (oh the irony 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ IYKYK), so I'm sure the news story will be coming out soon about some trumper that died using a lit firework as a hat. PS. For any MAGAts reading this, please disregard, I am a frightened snowflake, and wearing fireworks as hats is the most patriotic thing you can do. Ignore all of the above. Please, Trumpers, don't knock a firework hat til youve tried it. 5 inch mortars own libs 👍🏻. 'Murica!!!!
Rick Murray 5 months ago
A long time ago, I bought a firework to celebrate Guy Fawkes. Put it nice and securely into the ground, lit the touch paper, awaited magic. The rocket lit and... nothing. Because the stick that I had so carefully fixed into the ground is supposed to go UP with the thing. Cue a comic "oh fuuuuuuuuck" mad dash to hide behind something and I just made it behind a bush when a very spectacular bang and shower of pretty coloured stuff exploded everywhere, along with a fair bit of dirt. It had blown a hole in the ground. So the idea of somebody wearing a firework as a hat... holy what the f*****g f**k!!!!
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Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Trees weigh a surprising amount (think 1 tonne for every metre of a metre-wide tree trunk) and they're dropping stuff on you from a great height. Leave trees alone , maybe ?
Lynne Hammar 5 months ago
Actually this is different ... A toppled tree can pop back into position on its own. If you're caught under the base, it can crush you
#45
Eating, or simply interacting with an unidentified mushroom.
Seriously, most of the toxic mushrooms have poison that either kills you or pucks you up so bad that you wish it k****d you. And in several occasions you don't even have to eat it, just by touching it or even breathing its spores will do.
Jim Day 5 months ago
This is an Amanita muscaria, while iconic and often associated with fairy tales, this mushroom is poisonous and can cause hallucinations, nausea, and other symptoms if consumed. It has been used historically in some cultural rituals, but ingestion is dangerous without expert knowledge. [ChatGPT] If you can leave it to the pros, it is the active ingredient in some gummies on the market now
JL 5 months ago
I heard if you eat one you can grow twice your size and fight giant evil turtle-shelled despots.
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LillieMean 5 months ago
Some edible mushrooms, I don't know how many species there are, cause a nasty reaction with alcohol because they cause an antabuse reaction. (Medicine used to prevent you from drinking alcohol). So know 100% what your mushroom dinner contains before you pour a glass of wine to go with it.
Beth Wheeler 5 months ago
Not a problem I hate mushrooms. They have a weird texture and taste horrible.
Jim Day 5 months ago
This is an Amanita muscaria, while iconic and often associated with fairy tales, this mushroom is poisonous and can cause hallucinations, nausea, and other symptoms if consumed. It has been used historically in some cultural rituals, but ingestion is dangerous without expert knowledge. [ChatGPT]
#46
Tylenol, the dangerous dosage is only about 4 times the therapeutic dosage (2 pills helps with the pain, 8 seriously hurts you)
Billo66 5 months ago
4-hydroxyacetanilide N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide for the chemists.
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Harry Gondalf 5 months ago
A whole box will unalive you. But there are better way to commit self-unalivement. Paracetamol o******e destroys the liver. You go into a coma for a while, then wake up, only to e x p i r e from liver failure and jaundice a few days later. A liver transplant could save your life, but a person with s u i c i d a l ideations would be low on the transplant priority list.
Say No to Downvoting 5 months ago (edited)
I used to work in an adolescent’s ward at a children’s hospital. I was looking after a girl who had a whole host of issues but decided to ingest a box of paracetamol in a semi-unalive attempt/semi-cry-for-help. Thankfully she was treated quickly and physically okay but even she was saying, shortly afterwards, she never would have taken them if she’d known how painful the effects would be.
Bored Botanist 5 months ago
Acetaminophen is an active ingredient in many products, including Tylenol. You have to be careful when taking multiple products that each contain acetaminophen. Always check the labels to make sure you are not exceeding the maximum safe dosage.
Jorie 5 months ago
Advil will do the same. Taking large quantities will ruin your kidneys. I nearly wound up on dialysis while taking it for five fractured ribs.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Take it with food, too. Tylenol and other pain meds can damage your liver if taken with just water.
Ace 5 months ago
Rubbish. Some other pain meds, notably the class known as NSAIDs including Aspirin and Ibuprofen, can be bad for your _stomach_ so food might help slightly if you're sensitive to them, but the liver? No, Too much paracetamol as mentioned can cause serious damage, but while food may very slightly slow down the absorption it will make no difference to the liver damage it will cause.
Load More Replies... Inservio Smurf 4 months ago (edited)
If you cba reading the instructions and warnings, you should not be left alone with medication of any kind, and should be under professional supervision
Laura Gillette 5 months ago
I couldn't swallow pills for a long time, so I had to take children's liquid painkillers, and I once freaked out because I got confused when I read the label and it said I should take 3 tablespoons, and I thought the top line on the little cup it came with was the ONE tablespoon line, so I took 3 of them. Then I realized I had actually taken NINE tablespoons of the stuff. I called the student health line in a panic (this was during college) and the nurse on call started to freak out too, which freaked me out even more, until they asked me what type of painkiller I had taken, I said Motrin (ibuprofen). The lady was like, "Oh. That's fine. I mean, don't do that again, it's bad for your liver, but you don't need to come in or anything." OMG if it had been Tylenol I dunno what would have happened!
#47
A lot of med interactions. Mucinex DM with antidepressants, tylenol for a hangover. Always look up the potential drug interactions of medications. Every time.
I've had doctors give me some deadly cocktails because they neglected to check it against the meda I was already taking. It happens more than you'd think.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Always ask the expert, i.e. your pharmacist, to double check your meds if you have been prescribed more and you are already on something else.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
Pharmacist? lol... I hope you mean your GP? The muppet behind the counter has barely enough medical training to take your pulse.
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Gracie Jay 5 months ago
I was a pharmacy tech for years and can confirm doctors do not check interactions between medications. However the pharmacy has multiple steps in place that should catch it. If they have all your info.
Foxglove🇮🇪 5 months ago
Polypharmacy. My mum spent time in hospital 20 odd years ago. Nobody could figure out what was going on until a newly qualified doctor was going through her history. As she was new, she was checking everything in the MIMS and figured it out.
cnn57t8278 5 months ago
One of the reasons you should use the same pharmacy for everything: the pharmacist can’t vet for interactions if they don’t know what you’re taking. That’s also why you should tell your doctor *everything* you take, occasional over-the-counters & supplements included. For example, do *not* take an SSRI (Zoloft, Prozac, etc) with an OTC that has 5-HTP (typically for “de-stress”/sleep). Could cause serotonin storm, which is a really awful way to go.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Wow, for a for-profit health system, your doctors sound amazingly negligent. When my mom needed to have weird medications during her cancer fight, our doctor went through *everything* down to the level of chewing Gaviscon for heartburn and what sort of fruit juice she drinks (apparently grapefruit screws with a lot of things). My dentist was the same when he wanted to put me on a two week Amoxicillin prior to having a bad tooth dealt with. If your doctor prescribes *anything* without asking what other medications you take...go find a better doctor.
Rhonda Danielson 4 months ago
Don't trust the experts to catch d**g interactions YOU our responsible for your meds. Husband was prescribed an appetite stimulator, and anti-anxiety men and a pain reliever for his cancer. All three d***s prescribed by the same clinic and the same doctors he'd been seeing for 6 months. The exact same pharmacist filled all three prescriptions. I was the one that checked the meds and found out that all three were opioids after he over dosed. He survived that. Conversations were had with the clinic and with the pharmacist. Don't trust either one with your life and the meds they are giving you.
Panda Cat 5 months ago
I have a feeling that a lot of people don't consider talking to their pharmacist. Twice i’ve had to get creative to get the help I needed because it was after hours. Once I called a local pharmacy that does prescriptions for hospitals and care homes and they have long hours. Another time I called the Costco pharmacy on Maui, Hawai’i- I live in Colorado.
Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago
One of the reasons I don't drink is the psychiatric meds I take. The other is a family history of drunks. Not alcoholics, drunks.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I always ask if any new med, RX or OTC, will conflict with what I already take. I am on a lot of meds for a lot of issues, and always have a list with me so I don't forget.
#48
Fistfight. One wrong punch and you’re in prison for k**ling a dude.
Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago (edited)
I avoid trouble when I can but I do live in the ghetto and I have a black belt in Kempo. I will defend myself with pepper spray and tazer first, but it won't go well for anyone if we have to fight. That and I am a combat vet. I look like an unassuming Granny Goth, but I know how to protect myself.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
Utter nonsense, the force required to be able to do this, means you have MORE than enough training to understand how hard you are hitting someone. Normal people cannot accidentally punch someone to death. What they CAN and very often do cause, is a wrist injury to themselves
#49
Swallowing food the wrong way.
Billo66 5 months ago
I reflexively inhale when I take a bite. Twice now it's proven to be very unhealthy for me. (Chicken is hard to breathe). I wonder if everyone does but they don't realize it. Hmm
Kathrin Pukowsky 5 months ago
Well, I just ate, but now I'm going to check at my next meal.
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Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 5 months ago
swallowing water a weird way and it causes a weird spasm in your throat and chest. not exactly lethal but quite painful!
Joanne Hudson 5 months ago
I keep course black pepper in my kitchen to inhale if I swallow the wrong way. It makes me sneeze and brings out whatever is blocking.
Beth Wheeler 5 months ago
I was on a medicine for 3 months one time that's a really big pink pill I was getting ready to go to bed 1 night, took my meds and it was the last one and it got STUCK! I was barely getting any air in, my son thought he was going to have to call 911 and do the heimlich maneuver on me. I was finally able to cough it up and was up for a couple of hours coughing. I even tried breaking it in half and it still got stuck a couple of times but not as bad. I was never so ready to be done with a medicine in my life. It does come in a liquid but insurance won't cover the liquid.
spacer 5 months ago (edited)
gosh please be careful about medication that gets stuck as they can in fact fry a hole through your air ways. you can try to swallow it with a soild liquid such as yogurt or ask if the the medication is safe to grind down (some are and some arent, ask a professional!) sometimes water isnt enough. not trying to scare you, i have just worked with people who have trouble swallowing :) be safe
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Using a massage gun on your neck...
While handheld massage guns are generally safe to use on muscles, using them on the neck can be dangerous. The high vibrations produced by massage guns can injure unprotected areas of the neck, and in rare cases, can cause soft tissue damage or stroke-like symptoms.
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 5 months ago
A few years ago, a woman was getting a neck massage with her shiatsu electric pillow, which had a sort of automatic moving fingers. She was wearing a necklace which tangled in those fingers and stran***d her...
Panda Cat 5 months ago
No. The gùn like one is not something to use on your tender body parts. Those plastic ones sold in the 1970s that were sold as massagers really were vibratōrs- crāppy ones but vībrators nonetheless.
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Cold water when it's a hot day, so if you jump in a cold river or lake, muscles can spasm and you'll drown pretty quick.
FlamingoPanda 5 months ago
As someone who regularly swims in chilly water (around 12 deg C) first thing I learnt is to ensure you have an exit strategy that does not depend on strength, you should be able to just wade out if possible. Second was to never go in too deep or into unknown depth of water, waist deep is pretty good to be able to stand in if your muscles spasm. Third is never go alone, have a buddy and ensure the buddy knows how to get help or there is a life ring to throw out to you (buddy should not jump in too as they get into difficulties as well).
LillieMean 5 months ago
In Finland, people enjoy swimming in holes dug into frozen lakes in the winter, and we have been instructed not to go alone or to go to places where there is supervision. I also like cool, cold water and I know how quickly cold fatigue can strike.
Load More Replies... Pernille 5 months ago
Happens every year in the south west of France, for whatever reason the Mediterranean is quite cold here.
Mari 5 months ago
Rivers in the South of France are very cold, even if there is a heatwave. Nice to put your feet in but impossible to swim. ( but there are always peopke who do)
Load More Replies... LillieMean 5 months ago
Blood vessels constrict quickly when you go from warm to cold quickly and this can cause, for example, arrhythmias or loss of consciousness. If you have cardiovascular diseases, the transition must be made gradually. Every year, people die in Finland when they jump from a sauna directly into a cold lake. There are many individual differences here and I personally enjoy it when you get from a 90-100 °C sauna into 9-10 degree water.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
The surface may feel OK but at more than 0.1 metre depth (4 inches) water can be surprisingly colder. Hot water rises, cold water sinks.
#52
Party buses. My wife's cousin was on one a couple of years ago. They were all dancing on the bus while it was driving on the 101 freeway in LA and she slipped and fell against the door. The door gave way and she fell out of the bus at freeway speeds and was immediately run over by a car. There wasn't much left of her, closed casket for sure. She was celebrating her 30th birthday but instead she died and left behind 5 kids all under 10.
Kim Kermes 5 months ago
Home is a much safer place to get drunk and stupid than in a moving vehicle, or many other places.
Load More Replies... Rob D 5 months ago
I don't even think you can argue that party buses have saved more lives by keeping drunk people, who intend to bar hop, from driving, than have been killed by falling outwards, through their doors, into traffic. This one is stupid.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Upvote for what I think you meant to say ... you can argue *for* it, but I wouldn't argue *against* it
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Trisec Tebeakesse 5 months ago
Boston - "Mobsters and Lobsters" tour. If you see one coming, go the other way. I've seen people leaning out of the open windows to throw up because they were so drunk.
#53
Falling debris. Anything falling from roller coasters, trees, skyscrapers, airplanes, bridges, failing spacecraft, helicopters, meteors, hell maybe just a fat goose who had a heart attack.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Yeah, just like I’m not really having to be careful about hippos day-to-day, I’m also not worrying about things falling out of helicopters.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Research "Clutha Bar, Glasgow". Sometimes it's the whole helicopter that falls ...
Load More Replies... Billo66 5 months ago
That one guy who took a turtle to his bald head is never gonna live that down huh?
featherytoad 5 months ago
My husband lost two engraved Zippos on roller coasters. Never bought him another one./s, but true.
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 5 months ago
Somebody was kil**d by a cow which fell, together with a few others, from a badly closed cargo plane
#54
An angle grinder disc shattering. Wrong disc, no guard, a split second of carelessness. And your brain becomes splatter on the wall. No second chances, no 'oops.' Just an instant finish.
#55
People who like to eat peanut butter on a spoon, TAKE SMALL PORTIONS ONLY! A full rounded spoon of it can easily block your airways and because it is often too dry it makes it very difficult to swallow fast enough.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Same. It's handy when you're low on food but still have peanut butter.
Load More Replies... Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Quantity is more likely to be the problem, maybe ?
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Your body can't detect the lack of oxygen, only increased levels of CO2. If you climb into a tank with no O2 and no CO2 in it, you will quickly fall uncouncious and die, without noticing the danger.
Another one is H2S gas, can paralyze your olifactory system before you realize something is amiss. K**ls in seconds if you are at high enough doses... And that is less than 0.1% concentration H2S in air. .
Billo66 5 months ago (edited)
This is somewhat related to my breathing problem. I have O2 in my blood but apparently my lungs expel too much co2 so my body thinks I need oxygen. It's a form of my COPD, also chronic bronchitis. It's fun when my hemoglobin falls out too. Plenty of o2 but nothing to carry it. Never a dull day though :)
Bored Seagull 5 months ago
H2S also paralyzes the olfactory nerve if the concentration is high enough, about 100-150 ppm, so you stop being able to smell it.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 5 months ago
It doesn't matter much whether or not the atmosphere has any CO2 unless there's more CO2 than usual. If there's no O2 you'll lose consciousness pretty quickly, and because your body isn't making more CO2 you probably won't notice a need to breathe before it's too late.
#57
Falling down four steps - lacerated my liver.
#58
Norovirus. I fainted while on the toilet, woke up vomiting on my back. I was alone.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
I think she meant on her back vomiting, which is like the worst position to be in especially if it happens during a faint. That being said, Norovisrus is *nasty*. If you're alone then give up on any hope of dignity and just lie on your side on the floor even if you poop and puke all over yourself. Trust me, you'll soon stop caring when just staying awake becomes the prime life goal. And when you think it has settled down, just lie there a while, don't try to go clean yourself up or you'll drop like a Richard Scarry truck of watermelons. If you are forward thinking enough, grab a bottle of water on the way to the toilet. You'll want to *sip* it before trying to get yourself going again. And know that it'll feel like you got trampled in a rugby scrum and things you didn't even know you had will hurt. [ask me how I know...]
My O My 5 months ago
And, Noro can also come as just vomiting or just diarreah plus life goal shifts to staying awake and alive
Load More Replies... #59
Getting into your car to go to work each day is very dangerous.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Getting out of the car when you arrive at work is also part of the problem
Tucker Cahooter 5 months ago
Thanks for the tip, I'll start walking to work instead (20km each way, should do wonders for my waistline)
#60
Do not f**k with koalas they are capable of ending you.
No Man 5 months ago
Heh... Just about any animal in Australia wants to rip your face off. And...There's also a bug large enough, to prey on a spider big enough to spin a web strong enough to catch a bird on the wing...
CD Mills 5 months ago
For some reason, your last sentence made the children's rhyme, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly." start playing in my head. How silly!
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Smeghead Tribble Down Under 5 months ago
You're thinking of drop bears. Most dangerous tree-dwelling animal on earth.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 5 months ago
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/drop-bear/
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Downed power lines after a rainstorm. Friend of a friend of a friend died from this after getting out of his car w/o checking.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
(Metal) cars are surprisingly good protection against electric shock. Stay in them.
#62
A rogue brick on the highway.
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago (edited)
And a rogue stone, nail, bit of metal, bit of wood, land mine, trou de loup etc etc! The point being what? I suspect this is missing the point and would be far better says debris or just saying that driving in dangerous.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
At speed, anything bigger than a matchbox is going to spoil your whole day
#63
Eating polar bear liver. You’ll die of vitamin A poisoning. Vitamin A is not water soluble and eating too much can lead to painful symptoms and death. One polar bear liver has enough to k**l over 50 adults.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
It's important info for those who live near and in the Arctic, where Arctic animal meat is common.
Load More Replies... Billo66 5 months ago
Dang now I gotta mark another one off my liver bucket list. Siberian tigers are still good right?
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
They also contain some type of parasite apparently ("History's Greatest Mysteries" episode about the Franklin expedition). The Inuit have a taboo against eating them (again, apparently).
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Sparkle 5 months ago
I have decided that bathrooms are the most dangerous room in the house.
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Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
"Things that could fіnіish you off" - as the current title is - sounds much more brutal than kіll or dеadly, or is that just me.
Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago (edited)
Lava will k!ll you very quickly. My daughter used to cry out that the floor was lava and we had to seek a high place as quickly as possible until it cooled. I watched in horror when Anakin burned, so I wasn't taking any chances.
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
In the event that the floor turns to lava, you can actually use throw pillows to safely cross the lava.
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Child of the Stars 5 months ago
I didn't see it on this one, but if you're going camping, find out what the fire restrictions are ahead of time and OBEY THEM TO THE LETTER. I don't care how experienced you think you are. If the Forest Service says no campfires, DON'T BUILD A F.UCKING CAMPFIRE.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
Only Panda would have a gallery called "50 Things Most People Don’t Know Could Finish You Off In Seconds" and then censor everyone who uses the word "kíll". Panda is a joke.
David Paterson 5 months ago (edited)
Very few of these are as dangerous as sport. Any type of sport. Skiing, football, basketball, car racing, etc.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
I think most people already know such things can be dangerous or lethal.
Load More Replies... Sparkle 5 months ago
I have decided that bathrooms are the most dangerous room in the house.
Load More Replies... Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
"Things that could fіnіish you off" - as the current title is - sounds much more brutal than kіll or dеadly, or is that just me.
Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago (edited)
Lava will k!ll you very quickly. My daughter used to cry out that the floor was lava and we had to seek a high place as quickly as possible until it cooled. I watched in horror when Anakin burned, so I wasn't taking any chances.
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
In the event that the floor turns to lava, you can actually use throw pillows to safely cross the lava.
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 5 months ago
I didn't see it on this one, but if you're going camping, find out what the fire restrictions are ahead of time and OBEY THEM TO THE LETTER. I don't care how experienced you think you are. If the Forest Service says no campfires, DON'T BUILD A F.UCKING CAMPFIRE.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
Only Panda would have a gallery called "50 Things Most People Don’t Know Could Finish You Off In Seconds" and then censor everyone who uses the word "kíll". Panda is a joke.
David Paterson 5 months ago (edited)
Very few of these are as dangerous as sport. Any type of sport. Skiing, football, basketball, car racing, etc.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
I think most people already know such things can be dangerous or lethal.
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