“Newts. Many newts, such as the rough-skinned newt, produce a toxin that is ten times more potent than cyanide. They are only dangerous if you handle them and then don’t wash your hands afterwards, or if you eat the newt. “
“Living alone. If you get seriously injured or ill at home and you’re unable to reach a phone, your chances of survival are much lower than if you have at least one other person in the household.”
“Not wearing sunblock.”
“Anything under tension can be dangerous. guitar strings hold around 200 pounds of tension. A game of tug-of-war can put thousands of pounds of tension into a rope. It’s even been known to kill people.”
“A lot of household chemicals. Mix the wrong stuff and it’s game over our seriously hurt.”
“People know that rip currents are dangerous, but don’t think about them as a real threat often enough.”
“Hiking in Arizona heat.”
“Listening to loud music using earbuds, or really any headphones. Having permanent hearing damage sucks.”
“Blocking your nose when you sneeze. Though it’s rare, you can damage blood vessels in your eyes and nose, you can rupture your eardrum, and you can even have an aneurysm.”
“Electricity. People seem to have little understanding or respect for it.”
“Being knocked unconscious. Lots of popular media makes it seem like a minor thing that an average person can shrug off after a short period. In reality, if you are ever knocked out, then you have suffered brain damage. It’s possible there might not be any lasting effects, but it’s a serious injury and you 100% need to see a doctor if it ever happens to you.”
“Moose. Bigger threat to people up here (Canada) than bears.”
“Eating a lot of spinach. Believe it or not people have had kidney failure from 3 spinach smoothies in a day. This is due to the high levels of oxalic acid.”
“Cat bites.”
“Towing a stuck car with a chain, there is a list of people who have died from having the chain come through the back window and kill them.”
“Palm trees. They are so much heavier than they look and their branches can kinda just fall off without warning.”
“A kind of random one, but don’t eat uncooked slugs or snails. They can have parasites that will make you paralyzed and eventually kill you. An Australian kid died a couple of years ago from it, an awful way to go.”
“Walking down stairs with your hands in your pockets. Never ever do it, especially not drunk. A fall down even 1 or 2 stairs with no hands to catch you can break your neck.”
“Attempting to change garage door springs without knowing what you’re doing can kill you.”
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I have, thus far, lived for several decades without worrying about this issue.
Have I simply been an ignorant fool?
yes.
I am kidding, if you are afraid of anything that could kill you you will not do anything anymore... and that could kill you!
I'm fun at parties coz i've seen a colleague walking around with a cast on his arm after f@#king around with a garage-door-spring
3 years ago a service-engineer of said doors broke his arm because of a snapped spring.
Thankfully no one was in the garage.
The anchors pulled the wall apart
He died. Meh.
Being a career criminal is bad for your health.