"Not exactly an answer that will save your life, but may save the life of an animal. Never, ever, ever give away animals for free to strangers. Creating a financial disincentive to adopt weeds out people who cannot afford to care for a pet, people who will neglect that pet, and most importantly people who intend to abuse that pet. Serial animal abusers search for free animals on social media explicitly for this purpose.
Always charge money. It’s not so you can make profit. It’s to increase the chances that animal will be okay."
"From a person who lives in the arctic:If you are outside in cold weather and you are freezing, but all of a sudden feel really warm with no explanation as to why DO NOT REMOVE ANY CLOTHES.
You are about to die and your body is spending its very last energy on heating you up. Seek shelter and warmth immediately even if it feels like you are boiling hot.
People have been found freezing to death in their underwear not far from civilization because they believed they were warm"
"Relationships are voluntary.
If someone is hurting you or you just don’t like being around them, mentally or physically, parent, friend, or partner, you are always allowed to leave."
"If you ever have to touch an electrical wire that you’re not sure is live or not, touch it with the back of your hand. If you touch it normally, the electricity will make your muscles contract, and you’ll automatically grab on to the wire tighter and tighter until you’re dead."
"If you’re in a crowd that’s packed almost uncomfortably tight, ask yourself: If my shoe fell off right now, would I be able to retrieve it? Or would I just never see it again? if the latter, GTFO of that crowd."
"Don’t mix window cleaner and bathroom cleaner
Windex has ammonia. Many bathroom cleaners have bleach. The combination of ammonia and bleach’s main ingredient, sodium hypochlorite, produces chloramine vapor. VERY toxic."
"You can never truly be 100% prepared for anything in advance because situations can and do change in unexpected ways. There’s always room for error. There’s always room for the unexpected. However, training and preparation are still essential. Don’t sleep on learning survival skills or coming up with a plan of action in case of an emergency.
That’s one of the reasons why you periodically have fire drills at school and work: you need to put your theoretical knowledge to the test. You need your body to know what to do. Of course, things will probably never play out like you imagine them to when there’s a real emergency, but it’s good to build up some muscle memory
One half of someone’s survival habits is having a sharp mind and knowing exactly what to do and how you can tell if you’re in real danger. For example, knowing not to turn on the lights if you smell gas."
"Though changes in technology and medicine have improved our chances of survival, it’s still vital to have a good level of fitness. It’s as important now, as it was hundreds and hundreds of years ago."
"I learned this from Mythbusters, in the episode about crashes (cars/helicopters) if you find yourself disoriented underwater: Calm people live, panicked people die.
I was in a boat crash a number of years ago, and I believe this saved my life. No flotation device, stupid, I know. I don’t remember the impact, I was suddenly several feet underwater and didn’t know which way was up. I freaked for a split second, then that advice popped into my head. I stayed still, and let buoyancy do its thing, saw some bubbles and followed them as they rose."
"If you are injured or need help in a crowded place direct your pleas to a specific person. Otherwise people tend to think that someone else will help, it’s known as the bystander effect. In an emergency every second can be crucial, give specific instructions to specific people"
"Kangaroos can’t hop backward
I don’t care how drunk you get, you and a friend will be on vacation in Australia 5 years from now, he’ll get attacked and you’ll instinctively yell “get behind him!”"
"Avoid wearing headphones, earphones, or air pods if you’re walking alone on a street especially when it’s dark. This attracts kidnappers since they think you are off-guard and would not hear them approaching. Avoid being on your phone too cause it makes you appear distracted. Just walk and be alert."
"If you have a bad gut feeling about someone but nothing seems to be out of the ordinary, run.It’s better safe than sorry."
"ER nurse here,
Don’t mix alcohol with opiates. They both depress the respiratory center of the brain and combined, can kill you."
"If you or your kid is eating fruit and they complain about it tasting ‘fuzzy,’ ‘hairy,’ or something along those lines, it means that they are allergic to it. You’ll want to schedule an appointment with their pediatrician to schedule an allergy test."
"Swim parallel to shore if you get caught in an undertow while swimming at the beach."
"If you can’t talk, but have access to your phone, you can text message 911
The “ordering a pizza” trick isn’t (or wasn’t at least) an official thing. You might get a call-taker who remembers that story, and figures out what you mean, or they might just assume you’re stoned and hungry."
"If you’re choking and alone, you can throw yourself onto the edge of furniture, like a chair or couch or table. A blow like that onto your midriff is similar to a Heimlich maneuver and can dislodge whatever is stuck in your trachea."
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