People Share 31 Things That Seem Dangerous But Actually Aren’t That Bad

30 years ago, nobody was afraid of vaccines. So enraging to see erradicated diseases reappearing

I love wolves!! Howling in my head as I type this.🤫 Don't want to wake the cats!!! 😾😾😾

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I mean, you should be cautious, but mostly because of rabies risk.

We weren't allowed back in the house until the streetlights came on!! Exploring the woods, eating fresh vegetables and fruits from gardens and orchards, all the kids in the neighborhood playing (baseball, football, basketball...etc). Something I'd like to bring back from my childhood...... penny candy 100 PIECES OF CANDY FOR ONE DOLLAR!!! Childhood would've been unbearable if I couldn't have spent most of it outdoors!! (Edit for boo-boos)

They need to bring back quicksand deaths in new movies. I miss seeing those last outstreched fingers as they decently into their eternal entombment.

Being terrible at assessing risk of course carries risks of its own.

Hippos kill way more people than sharks do.

Thank goodness I live in Australia where there's virtually no dangerous wildlife, haha..../s (just in case)

A dull knife is a poor tool as it causes you to apply excessive pressure at improper angles to achieve the desired result and that's how most people end up getting cut

Or _very_ out of date tinned goods. As long as the tin is intact and hasn't "blown" the contents will still be safe to eat.

When injecting syringes they usually flick at it to remove air bubbles even though they’re relatively harmless because they’re too small to do anything

Bees don't sting for no reason, but yellow jackets are a******s.

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I've seen it pointed out before that stuff like weed gummies is *expensive.* Nobody is casually handing that out to 50 children.

MSG and gluten - two things that are "trendy" to be scared of nowadays. (and I'm obviously not refering to people with legitimate health issues like caeliac, but mentioning it just in case because people often can't see the obvious)

Those are pretty words, until your airplane is the one in bad turbulence

Nuclear power is quite safe; it’s the radioactive waste we need to worry about.

I've injured myself most often while cooking.

Can we discuss the non-fatal deaths?

It doesn't mean that "the people" are robbers and murderers, but it can mean that the robbers have more incentive to go after tourists.

Chicken is the one you need to cook thoroughly. You can eat beef raw if you like.

Note that some of them have a coating of cobalt chloride - a moisture indicator that turns from blue to pink when moist - and CoCl2 is toxic and allergenic. However, the concentration is so low that it isn't going to poison you unless you ingest large amounts. You're much more likely to either choke on it, or if it is CoCl2 coated you could get a reaction if you are allergic (it is a surprisingly common allergen).

The latest technology is to bury them underneath the power plant property itself. This avoids the risk of transportation. They also dig way below the water table. The glass/concrete containers are nearly indestructible to begin with.

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What the fluffing hell is wrong about saying "dead", "kill", "murder", etc?! Ghod almighty, I reckon if I see that mewlingly pathetic "[unalive]" word again, I might just find myself wishing to {ooga-booga shiver-stammer (insert air quotes, and terrified squeaky-voice) [unalive] the idiot who used it! If you **mean** kill/killed, dead/death, murder/murdered, then SAY it, for crying out loud!

I wonder if archeologists in the future will wonder why we buried casks with spent nuclear fuel inside them.

The thing I think about when anybody talks about deep bore holes to store unwanted stuff (nuclear waste, CO2, etc.) is that when Earth lets loose it has the potential to be many times more powerful than the proverbial runaway train. Eventually, that stuff is going to make its way back out, it's just a matter of time.

I take no issue with the idea that waste is safe when stored properly... And let's also assuming that the concrete containers will stay perfectly intact for the 240 000 years it needs to do it's job... I mean the pyramids are 3000 years old and crumbling but this concrete I really good stuff... so let's just say the concrete they produced does do the job for 240 000 years... that still leaves the fact that the longest human civilization (egypt) is like 3000 years. So that fuel will be the world's least fun time capsule for like 80 consecutive runs of the Egyptian empire. I'm sure that knowledge of what it is and exactly how to handle it will be maintained for all those future people to not accidentally dig it up and use it as a glowing paper weight when they are digging in their post-post-apocalyptic back yard... just saying this post contains a boat load of arrogance about the staying power of our current civilization.

It's cooled, then melted into glass. Why waste time cooling it?

Stop using unalive. It is not even a word.

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If it’s so safe, why is there 88,000 metric tons of it sitting around in concrete cylinders? “The U.S. has 88,000 metric tons of spent fuel in nuclear power plants in around 30 states and adds 2,000 tons each year. Right now, U.S. nuclear power plants store the spent fuel in giant concrete cylinders that are more than 10 feet tall with layers of concrete and stainless steel several inches thick.” Per WHYY.

Ah — that depends on what kind of spiders …

The conservative media wants everyone to believe that every large city is an urban hellhole where daily life is like mad Max. Crime rates and small towns are basically the same, the keyword is rate instead of total. Of course how seriously can you take a party when they claim to be tough on crime, and then nominates a candidate for president who has 91 felony charges against him.

As the daughter of an electrical engineer, I tend to be amazed by how un-terrified people are by electricity.

Jellyfish, stingrays, saltwater crock's, blue ringed octopus, sharks, megalodon, piranha, alligators, creature from the Black lagoon. This is why hotels have swimming pools 🤣

Nasty things. I have anxiety disorder, so I don't know what causes most of mine, but I don't wish these on anyone.

Disc brakes, yes. Drum brakes on the other hand are a bit more complex to do.

If it's a permanent park, there are regulations and inspections. If it's a moving fair, there's both wear and tear and less oversight.

Of those options, my preference would be winning the lottery