“Moving water. It doesn’t take much flowing water to knock you off your feet, or float a car.”
“Pool drains. I have the worst fear of pool drains, especially the large square drains, because in 2000, I got stuck to a massive square drain the size of a door at the bottom of a community pool when it accidentally turned on. Luckily, the lifeguard immediately jumped into action and had the drain turned off. They had to cut out my hair.”
“Stress. stress can k**l. had a few middle aged friends who were working on this or that project. often not even work related. pulling late hours. definitely complained of stress. no health issues. just stress. boom, they drop dead or don’t wake up.”
“18 wheelers. Can’t believe the amount of future Darwin Award recipients playing road games and brake checking semis…”
“Falling. From any height including on level ground. You just have to hit your head in a particular way and that’s it for you. One of my biggest fears is falling in the bathroom, hitting my head and dying. Then someone will have to retrieve my dead, naked and probably rotting body. So embarrassing.”
“Mixing alcohol with Tylenol. You might not see the effects for years, but it can cause crazy liver damage.”
“Water…. we take it for granted, but that b***h will k**l you.
Don’t drink enough…. dead. Drink too much…. dead. Inhale some…. dead. Standing outside when it’s coming down… swept away and dead.”
“Ladders.
There’s a surprising amount of fatalities from people falling off ladders every year.”
“Not getting enough sleep – short term, just not being alert increases your risk for an accidental injury or worse, and longer term sleep deprivation issues could lead to illness or death.”
“Smoldering ashes. Ashes can smolder for hours, and you won’t even notice. I have a two stage system for outside ashtrays, and a safe spot for the grill to cool down overnight. Never take chances with any form of fire.”
“Diabetes. Had a friend die the year after high school from diabetes no one knew he had. Everyone said the only possiblity was some sort of accident, as we’d all seen him only weeks prior and he was healthy then (plus you couldn’t not like the guy, no way anyone would ever k**l him). Was shocked to say the least when I found out he died of diabetes. Sounds like a very painful way to go.”
“A rotten tooth put my friend in intensive care for ten days with a terrible infection in his blood. He almost died.”
“Escalators can completely destroy you.”
“Hydraulics. If you work in industry you’re constantly around hydraulics containings hundreds of psi of a heavy, non compressable fluid that requires zero licensing or specific training to work on. Just as potentially dangerous as electricity without many understanding just how hazardous it can be.”
“The sun.
Most common cause of heat stroke is not covering the back of your neck when out on a hot day.”
“I still see people light up a smoke while pumping gas. You’d think this would be common knowledge as well as common sense, but evidently not.”
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