Vaccinations are wonderful feats of medical innovation. I strongly recommend them for those who are able to take them.

In my childhood I thought quick sand was a real and present danger, I thought it was everywhere. I was terrified of it. I should add I have lived in Michigan all my life. Michigan isnt known for quicksand lol. Oh and the Bermuda Triangle stories, pure nightmare fuel.

Kidnappings are predominantly by family members, murders of women predominantly by their male significant other or former signifigant other, and rape (of women and men) is predominantly by someone they know. Strangers abduct less than 1% of missing kids, only around 8% of femicides (child or adult) are by strangers, and around 8% of adult female rapes and 15% of adult males rapes are by strangers. I would include stats for my non binary friends but while I can find some related to overall risk for violent crimes I can't find any separating out stranger vs known assailant.

Yeah, I used to work with a paranoid redneck guy who always carried around the largest knife you could legally carry. Always suspicious of strangers, especially black and brown. He was stabbed to death by his nephew after they got into an argument at a bar.

In the 70's, we just went. No thoughts of danger from us or our parents. When I was about 12, my uncle and his wife came back from his posting in Germany. I went for a walk while visiting, and somehow, I ended up in the home of a little old couple down the street. Apparently they didn't get much company. They fed me tea, and talked my ears off for what felt like hours. I wasn't sure how I was going to get out again. No one knew exactly where I was. I was starting to get a bit nervous, when my uncle knocked on the door, and said his brother needed his kid back. I was VERY happy to see him!

in that case, shouldn't I be scared of strangers so that they DON'T become my acquaintances?

Be leery of the stranger on the bus and be especially alert for red flags from lovers and family

as an old Irish friend of mine once said "strangers are just friends we've not met yet"

Yeah, no. If you're not a woman, maybe.

Yeaaah no

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What you don't know is always potentially dangerous, strangers are one of many unknowns so I disagree here.

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Maybe because strangers are easier to avoid and we are already wary of them

The people who think its "sexual" must get turned on by them.

A noodle with a face. I love it

Stories of the Bermuda Triangle terrified me as a child. Pure nightmare fuel. Oh and quick sand. I thought quick sand was everywhere. Ive lived in Michigan all my life, its not known for quicksand lol.

People made fun of me because i had very few friends. The friends I had were extremely close, loyal, good friends. I didnt know I was an introvert until the Millennials normalized it. Im GenX also, so a latchkey kid too.

What's even more amazing is immigrants simultaneously take all the jobs and don't have any jobs and are all on social welfare.

Or getting drug candy. I've said it before and I'll say it again, no one is giving little Timmy their drugs because that sh!t is expensive.

In 1982, little Timothy Walker threw up the 4 hot dogs he had previously wolfed down into the pee-laden waters of our community pool thus causing a day long pool closure. We called him Timothy BarfDog for the rest of the summer.

Tell that to the oligarchs.

We aren't dangerous. We just want to be loved like anybody else ;)

Here's my thing. I am in no way trying to offend anyone. But I don't think it's fair for female athletes to compete with Trans women. Especially in the Olympics. I am all for Trans rights, except this. Maybe we could have a new category? Unisex, or Trans? (Please don't down vote me if you disagree, I don't want to get banned. If you disagree, please just reply. We could have a nice discussion)

quote from uncle rodger "MSG is salt on crack"

Nope. Can't chance it. Must have absolute protection against the monsters. You lift your feet up and tuck that blanket under your feet, then wrap yourself up like a burrito.

It can be dangerous you just have to minimise the risks through common sense and some research

It's cows who are behind this consiracy? /s

Honking at someone who isn't paying attention at a green light is a different story lol. I usually do a quick harmless honk, almost every time I get the finger. Why are you mad at me 😂, you're the one busy on tiktok/snapchat lol..

Flying is the safest means of transport, followed by bus, train and ferry. Right down at the bottom there are cars and motorbikes.

100% coming for me in the Scottish highlands but aren't as bad as the wild haggis - those wee f*****s are relentlessly savage

1,4 B rides was taken in 2022 in Sweden from regional traffic. Trains, busses, boats is the main thing. I think I read the report correctly..

Immigrants in the US are less likely to commit a crime than Americans

Would be our best option to lower carbon emissions.

All human grown is modified by thousands of years of selectively breeding, choosing genes that benefit us. GMO is just an accelerated version of what we've been doing

Good I'm glad. I'm still not going near them lol.

I think every parent of my generation told their child that they would get a ticket if the light was turned on after dark lol

first thought, that fish was in a norstrill!

What would a bear be without bees? Ears.

And if you swallow watermelon seeds you'll grow one in your stomach