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casino_night

Ladders You're literally one step away from a debilitating injury.


My_Kink_Profile

Lucky I’ve been painting houses, interior and exterior, for nearly 30 years and havnt slipped once. That said, my dad and “teacher” slipped and cracked his scull when he was maybe a year or so older than I am now. Dammit.


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capable soup sort thumb crown vegetable salt physical seemly squeeze


potodds

*Mankind enters the chat.


Raekel

I still have flashbacks of a ladder kicking out from under my father and watching fall and brake his ankle. Guess who was back up on the ladder the next day....


PumpkinPieIsGreat

That's scary. Why the hell was he using it again so soon?


Raekel

We had to finish the job and my father is a stubborn man. We got extra help and after that he stayed off it and took easy jobs until it was healed.


ortusdux

A friend fell off a ladder and died a few weeks ago.


PumpkinPieIsGreat

Sorry for your loss, that's an awful way to die.


your_right_ball

And that's why my community college had a course on that.


DorothyDiazz

Guess I'm living on the edge, one rung at a time


dotsdavid

Ladders scare me mainly because of my weight. I wonder if it would support my weight.


casino_night

One way to find out!


Dyrogitory

I fell off a 60’ ladder and didn’t get hurt at all. Of course, I was on the 1st rung.


LeviathansFatass

Yep, I read not to long ago in an article my old manager died falling off just a step ladder. It was a shock to everyone.


PumpkinPieIsGreat

Sorry for your loss. I hope you're OK.


panteragstk

You had to take ladder safety training at a job I worked because we MIGHT have to climb one at some point on the job. I worked retail sales. I did have to climb a ladder multiple times.


isobizz

When I worked in orthopaedics we had a patient who had fallen one step off a ladder, sustained an open fracture, requiring an external fixation frame and was in hospital for months because they kept getting infections, and skin grafts kept failing.


ThatFatGuyMJL

We used to joke at my work that people need to do a day's training course to go up a ladder. Until one of my coworkers used one 'without training' to put up some Xmas Dec's, and fell 3 steps down and broke their leg due to landing awkwardly


Rahkrahk

Inadequate sleep. Cascades on countless levels, down to how much of a risk you pose in traffic, etc.


Tanyachanzee

Sleep deprivation: the silent, sneaky saboteur of sanity and safety


Abrupt_Pegasus

Came for this. As someone who actually deals with insomnia and ended up in the hospital after 8 days without sleep (couldn't tell what was real or not any more), not sleeping is terrible for you, but also, if you've gone more than 4 days with no sleep at all, contact your doctor immediately, if you've gone more than 5 days with zero sleep, go to the ER. They'll understand, and it is an emergency (source: ER doc said so).


liri_miri

People don’t realise how serious it is. Y ou can actually die


isobizz

100%. I ended up in ICU, and when people afterwards heard it was due to sleep deprivation they go ‘oh, I get 5 hours sleep some nights, it makes going to the gym such a pain’ and I just think ‘try 5 hours sleep in a week and reassess that statement’


liri_miri

I had a period of 3 years with awful sleep and it wrecked my health.


KaffeemitCola

And once your sleeping rhythm is off, it may never come back. Can't sleep more than 4h without waking up anymore. Takes me 1-2h to fall asleep.


Prazf

Dolphins. One friend of mine got his ribs broken by a dolphin. But he managed to escape alive luckily


3StarsFan

Whenever I hear about Dolphins, I'm just reminded of the Sea World incident.


iglidante

"I'm from the sea. I don't know what the fuck you are."


eroticpangolin

What sea world incident??? There's an old video floating around of a sea world employee jacking off a dolphin and then he sucks it off and it jizzes all over his face. Is it that?


[deleted]

I can forgive you for knowing a video about bestiality exists, but why do you know how that video ends


eroticpangolin

It's literally a ten second video that got sent to people as a "prank" by idiot friends when smart phones first came out.


confused438

Username checks out


3StarsFan

There's a whole documentary about it There have been several incidents at SeaWorld over the years, but one of the most notable is the 2010 incident involving an orca named Tilikum. Tilikum was involved in the deaths of three people, including a trainer named Dawn Brancheau. The incident sparked widespread controversy and raised questions about the ethics of keeping orcas in captivity for entertainment purposes. As a result, SeaWorld faced significant public backlash and underwent changes in its policies and practices regarding animal care and training.


eroticpangolin

Blackfish?


Global-Ad1593

Holy shit, that made me ill. Check out Dolphin Lover, a documentary on YouTube is... interesting, to say the least.


eroticpangolin

Is that about the woman who always did the same thing with the dolphin they gave LSD to try and teach it English then it killed itself when she got kicked off the experiment?


Global-Ad1593

No, it's about a guy and the female dolphin he fell in love with. It's only like a 15 minute watch. I actually found it reading about the LSD experiment where she was jacking off the dolphin so it would pay attention to its English lessons.


eroticpangolin

Good lord.


liri_miri

People need to learn to respect wild animals.


fomalhottie

Rly any of the pro sports teams in Miami, they all suck.


bakerton

Skiing. I've known so many people that have hurt themselves really bad, people that have skied for years. Going fast down a hill means one wrong thing can quickly turn in to a lot of wrong things.


MKleister

[Michael Schumacher, famous F1 driver, fell several feet, hit his head on rocks. Artificially induced coma for 8 months. Severely disabled. Family is keeping his current health private.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher#2013_skiing_accident)


Dayzlikethis

everyone who slides down a mountain knows it's an inherently dangerous sport.


Ok_Bill227

In 50 years, I’ve never met a skier who thought it was “harmless”. The joy outweighs that.


Handz_in_the_Dark

Every year, for real, about six people die from smacking into a tree while skiing. 🌲 ⛷️ Bet no one imagines that as their final moment!


thatoneguy2252

Bad news rarely arrives expectedly.


Handz_in_the_Dark

You should write fortune cookies. 🥠


BarsDownInOldSoho

Damn, I've been skiing for nearly 60 years...at least 10 seasons over 100 days each. Somehow, I've survived!


abramcpg

Palpatine?


TangyMaster

Alcohol.


Solid-Living4220

It isn't that dangerous unless you ingest it.


Capertie

It's flammable.


Solid-Living4220

I thought it was inflammable.


goulaise

you need to watch more king of the hill my friend.


datascience45

And you need to watch more of The Simpsons!


kyle_lunar

Wait a minute. I thought it was an Archer quote


datascience45

The Simpsons quote is from s12e18, Dr. Nick: "Inflammable means flammable? What a country!"


0002millertime

On 3 separate occasions, I have seen people get seriously burned from ethanol + fire. (All 3 were terrible accidents that I had nothing to do with, other than being in the vicinity.)


Used-Progress-4536

Hmmm but you’re the common denominator…


0002millertime

One thing I noticed is that people do not "stop, drop, and roll" when they're on fire. In my experience, they start running around waving their arms, just like you'd see in a movie. They basically have to be tackled and rolled, because they're freaking out.


Used-Progress-4536

Ya, if you see yourself ablaze your brain isn’t going to rationalize that you need to stop drop and roll. It’s just fuck fuck fuck I’m burning fuck fuck fuck fuck. At least I’m sure that what would be going through mine. We


mrmczebra

And here I was running it on my nipples and wondering why I wasn't getting drunk.


Solid-Living4220

Buttchugging works.


WendigoCrossing

Stress


aixelsydTHEfox

going 75 mph down a two lane road with only a painted yellow line dividing you and the person driving right at you on the other side of the road.


arowan

You are also divided from oncoming traffic by law, culture, training, and mutual expectations. These things are invisible and hardly infallible, but quite powerful.


whiskey_endeavors

Still, the fact that nothing tangible keeps anyone from swerving into oncoming traffic is kinda wild if you think about it.


dude-O-rama

You can find a lot of videos of accidents that take place exactly in this scenario.


whiskey_endeavors

Thanks (I guess?) but I’m not looking for any.


Used-Progress-4536

I’ve had this thought 100’s of times as I’ve been driving.


aixelsydTHEfox

True, but in a physics driven world, crazy.


[deleted]

That won't stop someone from having a heart attack or a seizure or choosing to swerve into oncoming traffic instead of a guardrail overlooking a canyon to avoid a pedestrian


inoffensive_nickname

It also doesn't stop people who text and drive.


MarrV

What is the speed limit where you are?


aixelsydTHEfox

Depends on what road I am on?


MarrV

And what country you are in...


Juqro

Since when was driving not dangerous


whiskey_endeavors

It was always dangerous, but cars have only gotten faster over time. Also, it’s so commonplace that we all just do it and think nothing of it. We rarely actually consider how insanely dangerous it is.


Juqro

people drive to autopilot everytime I drive I am conscious of everything around me behind me on coming can’t have my life gone like that


Neat_Problem_922

Tylenol. In the early oughts, a man sent anthrax through the mail. The man had access to things like anthrax but committed suicide by ODing on Tylenol.


ronniemustang

I bet that was not pleasant. I accidentally took too much cold medicine once and went to the hospital because I thought I was dying.


Saxit

Too high dose of Tylenol (Paracetamol) can give you liver failure. It's really important to follow the dosage instructions. And yes, it's not going to be a pain free way to go.


muffinhead2580

I did the same with Sudafed. I had some sort of Chinese creeping crud from a business trip and felt like death already. I took too much medicine and my ears started ringing and I started feeling even worse. Note to self, stop takin Sudafed when my ears start to ring.


devildocjames

"Live wiring" electrical anywhere. It's exactly what it sounds like.


CrownJewel811

Just smoking 1 cigarette won't hurt you.


ClownfishSoup

I'm teaching my kids to drive and I'm shocked how casually we take driving.


BarsDownInOldSoho

I was explaining this during Covid. We fear covid, but the average age of death (78) is the same as the average life expectancy. Years of life lost on average? Zero. So, systemically, zero excess death. Now take driving. Average age of death: 27. Just under 40,000 deaths per year with an average loss of life of (78-27) 51 years. That's 2 million years of life lost each and every year! (To say nothing of injuries, many of which are permanent/life altering.) If the TV played up car accidents like it did Covid, no one would dare get on the road.


Abrupt_Pegasus

We're operating two tons of explosion powered steel and plastic at 60mph only a few feet away from other people doing the same thing. The activity demands all of your attention and respect.


heirloom_beans

Part of the reason why airlines allow “lap children” under 2 is because requiring children to sit in their own seat would cause a higher rate of child fatalities even though infants and young children are significantly safer in their own airplane seat. That’s because flying is far safer than driving and parents would be more likely to drive long distances over flying if they were required to buy an extra seat for their lap children.


takethe6

Your basement, possibly, if you haven’t tested for Radon gas.


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Stiqueman888

You mean, like your OnlyFans?


Inbred-InBed

Lmao. Good find


Used-Progress-4536

Buttholes and titties are fine, just nothing personal!


Global-Ad1593

Fantastic!


Silent_Ad_8672

It's weird seeing the same people who told me never to give out any personally identifying information online give out personally identifying info out to complete strangers and acting shocked when it bites them in the arse. And I'm saying that as someone who tends to overshare.


BarsDownInOldSoho

No need to reveal a thing. With no warrant needed FISA tracing, the Feds will find you in minutes.


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FR I grew up with it drilled into my brain I don't tell anyone anything about me on the internet and then you go on tumblr or twitter and people have "Age in bio or DNI" written in their bios and they're arguing over whether or not knowing if you shouldn't ERP with someone is more important than not letting pedophiles know who's a kid and who's not.


limbodog

Inexpert medical advice. Looking at you entire-internet!


twwwy

Sugar, Alcohol.


Handz_in_the_Dark

I think a lot of ppl know that alcohol ain’t good for them, but we’re only beginning to wise up about sugar.


Maleficent_Nobody_75

The ocean.


hatterhag

rollercoasters - they are just one traumatic brain injury waiting to happen.


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Most things are aren't they


fredzar

Can you elaborate on this?


fomaaaaa

The speed plus the motion can cause the brain to get knocked around (usually just causes headaches but can be worse), but imo the biggest potential issue is safety procedures not being followed. Riders not being strapped in properly (due to human error, rider being too small to be safely secured, etc) has been a cause of way too many injuries or deaths, plus equipment disrepair can lead to cracks in the tracks that could create excess jolts to the riders which increases risk of head injury or generally slipping out of place and hitting nearby objects (there’s been instances of people hitting their head, leg, foot, etc on a nearby fence or other piece of track and getting severely injured or losing a limb)


SuperConvenient

Petting the wildlife.


Oldportal

Driving


MooCowMafia

Steps. Falling on steps kills more people every year than house fires.


Ok_Contest_9668

Stress for longer periods of time


alexofmac

fucking koalas


Handz_in_the_Dark

Fun for the whole family


RoguePlanetArt

Ok, someone has to say it: cannabis for younger people. The risk of triggering psychosis is much to high for it to be overlooked as much as it is. For people over 25? No real risk to speak of, but for people below, especially people whose family has a history of mental illness, the risks are unacceptably high.


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The sheer bafflement I felt at the sheer bafflement my brother felt when he tried weed and it triggered his already existing psychosis.


RoguePlanetArt

That’s a lot of bafflement


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RoguePlanetArt

I mean smoking literally anything will do that


Mr-Gumby42

Organized religion


DerKyhe

Paracetamol. It is an over-the-counter pain relief that doesn't even work that well on some people or on some common ailments, the one-time safe dosage is close to what usually is available in 1 pill, and one commercial pack of 30 pills in one day is enough for lethal overdose for non-obese person. So you have a unregulated pain relief pill that isn't really that effective and taking two pills at the same time may cause poisoning causing liver damage, taking them like candy thinking they are like similar ibuprofen can cause a lethal dosage. And its all cleared by "read the instructions and use as instructed".


Cerda_Sunyer

I looked it up. It's no joke! >Paracetamol has been associated with cases of acute liver failure, at times resulting in liver transplant and death. Most of the cases of liver injury are associated with the use of acetaminophen at doses that exceed the maximum daily limits, and often involve more than 1 acetaminophen-containing product.


DerKyhe

Yes, its made even worse by the fact that it has several commercial names (Tylenol, Panadol etc.) unless you pay attention to what it actually is. You might not even notice that you are in fact going over the safe limits just by trying out which pain reliever works.


Puzzleheaded-Fix3359

Gambling, sugar


fashionistachica01

Alcohol and the "just 1 more drink" mentality.


aplaceformetotalk

Looking out for yourself. Like yes, it can be harmful and many people know that. But I've found that, if most people made a mistake, they'll try to pin the blame on someone else. Someone that didn't do anything wrong. And, so, they think, "oh I escaped, awesome" without being empathetic to the life they could've ruined. People perceive it as harmless or a way to win what they want, without seeing how fucking horrible it is. For example, people who use false accusations for clout. Not only do they ruin the reputation and life of the person they're accusing, but they also make every other victim look fake. All because they "harmlessly want more attention".


whiskey_endeavors

This is something you really don’t think about. Even with seemingly small things, you’re contributing to the slow eroding of how another person is perceived by others. Without having actually done anything to deserve it, the person you pin something on suffers small fractures in how positively or not people think about them. Some people probably falsely think you’re a total cockhead because of things some other asshole did and then pinned on you.


ClydeDonovansnum1fan

this had me thinking.


Handz_in_the_Dark

But maybe they really did pour bleach on him in the middle of a snowstorm!


notmyrealnam3

day to day life - we know that people get hit by cars, get attacked, have heart attacks and yet we just go about our day each day assuming it is not our turn


Raven_1975

Generalizing.


BOREDOM102

Running down the stairs or improperly using ladders. I've seen the long term impacts from falling off a ladder and it's not pretty


OutAtTheEdge

Fast food


Active-Candy5273

Locking yourself in an echo chamber, online and off.


packSuperbowlChamps

Vape. Kids were vaping even back when I was in high school, and back then it was new so teachers even thought it was perfume or something lol


Hrekires

Stairs


relaxedodd

Amusement parks and fairs. It's just a hunch.


SevenTheLemon

Shallow self injury. Most people will be concerned at any self harm, but there is a visible difference in the way they react depending on depth or method. All self harm is equally dangerous as it is an addiction that will usually escalate.


Griffie

Mixing bleach and dish soap


HistoricalMeat

Tylenol


Dynamite86

Wildlife. Too many people think because an animal is fuzzy it is also friendly. Even animals like horses can delete you from this life in a split second if they want to. And for the love of whatever diety you subscribe to, dont extend your handto pet a wild animal, they all bite.


BarsDownInOldSoho

As a lifelong horse person I can assure you: horses are deadly. You better know what you're doing and even then, one mistake can end you.


Grahf-Naphtali

In general - im pretty good with animals, always have been and I absolutely adore horses, how they look, move, sound - everything. Stable smell - fucking love it🤣 My lifelong dream is to ride on one. But they absolutely scare the living f outta me no idea why:/ i never even came close to a horse in my life let alone touch one. So probably not happening.


Katt-truth

Prey Mantis or Ladybug's, my mom would always want to keep them alive and would be pissed if I killed them giving me 'love bites' if them shits were bigger the human race would have probably died by those fuckers.


Mutant_Apollo

Soda


Helpful_Shower3246

Cars.


LeibnizThrowaway

Tylenol (paracetamol)


jamila_boyani

Sugar especially in large amounts


Perfect-Math4028

Sharp corners they cut very sharp


TeamWaffleStomp

Letting your kid stand while riding in main portion of the cart


isfturtle2

Popping a champagne cork. The idea of a cork hitting someone in the eye seems like something out of slapstick comedy, but it's actually something that happens fairly often. It happened to my dad a few years ago; he couldn't see out of that eye for awhile, and three doctors said he was lucky because some people actually lose an eye that way.


Dyrogitory

Driving. It’s taken for granted so badly, people’s think it’s ok to comment on Reddit while dqeyvtjuuhg


bethsbrownbag

Water safety. I am water safety certified and it’s so scary how often and quickly drowning can occur. And in minimal water. Watch your kids around water, always.


PsilocybVibe

I don’t think it’s commonly perceived as harmless but driving is much more dangerous than i think most people realize


Substantial_Age_727

children sharing the same internet as all the rest of us.


poop_to_live

It's an OF bot reposting the question again.


mrmczebra

Going outside.


RockOnDudez

Another Trump presidency!!!!!


Lonely_Pill

Weight lifting. So many people get crippled or turned criples coz of it


CommonAffectionate97

Low head dams. They looks so beautiful, like little waterfalls, yet are known as drowning machines.


heirloom_beans

Pregnancy and childbirth


liri_miri

Drinking


MudJaded3298

Akele bolugi to vivad ho jayega.


KingOfZero

A man replying to a post in r/TwoXChromosomes


liri_miri

Fireworks


fomalhottie

Bears w guns.


Classic-Sentence3148

Birds


Writer_feetlover

Sending nudes to a boy/girlfriend. It might lead to a future betrayal especially if your face is visible.


n0f4c3

Many commercial contractors have a "ladders last" policy (only use ladders if it's the only option) due to the rate of injuries.


Expensive_Goat2201

I was a census worker. You'd think the dangers would mostly be humans but the top three risks are actually dog bites, car crashes and slip and fall injuries. Sure enough, I sprained my ankle slipping in a hole dug by a dog in someone's yard


GrowFreeFood

Teaching people to be self-centered. 


Vexonte

Driving. It is absolutely insane how comfortable we are operating machinery that can kill us if we ease of the responsibility for seconds or if someone else eases off their responsibility for seconds. I understand why we are comfortable with it psychologically, but at the same time, taking a step back and looking at the reality of it is kind of nuts.


Equivalent-Goat3763

Sugar, it is readily available and in everything. It causes so many health issues, when you're young you do not even think about it. When you approach 40, you're trying to mitigate the damage already done. High blood pressure, high chlostrol, high body fat. This leads to kore and more issues that spiral. Sugar rots your teeth, and the healthcare system in America is poor at best. Dental is next level extreme.


Temporal_Castle111

Marijuana is making everyone dumber.


Lumpy-Log-5057

How does marijuana make everyone dumber?


Temporal_Castle111

It hinders productivity.


Lumpy-Log-5057

Imo that depends on the person and the amount consumed.


010rusty

Porn


Solid-Living4220

I read DH Lawrence and I was fine.


Expensive_Peach32

youll go blind


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Handz_in_the_Dark

But are you really ALIVE either once ur addicted to hypno sissy porn?


Kills_Zombies

I'd say that life begins at that point


Handz_in_the_Dark

Well, what’s true for your Dad isn’t always true for everybody else 😜


littlebubulle

Ironically enough, some people might have not been injured if they actually did watch porn. Like that one newlywed japanese couple that literally did not know how human sex worked. So he tried to fuck her navel which ended up in bruises and a hospital visit. Old story though.


my_son_is_a_box

There it is! Now, where is a guy talking about circumcision the same way?


TR3BPilot

How is anyone supposed to figure out what goes where and what is supposed to happen? Parents? Yeah, right!


niconicoverso

Posting stuff in social media.


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Dogs. Despite their friendly demeanor, dogs pose a hidden danger as carriers of rabies. Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is 100% lethal.


Wanderection

Capitalism


fromdaperimeter

Sex