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well then i’ll just defend myself with the ladder i keep under my pillow

89points

#2

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Childbirth. Still the number one k****r of young women globally.

Ok-Computer-1033 , solenfeyissa Report

Final score:

133points

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Dianellian 1 year ago

Killer. Gee whizz censorship is going too far.

138points

Fair-Equivalent-8651 , samuele_piccarini Report

We managed to get in touch with Smeghead9916 and they agreed to have a little chat with us. "The post was inspired by an opposite post I saw about safe things considered dangerous," the Redditor told Bored Panda about its origins.

"I didn't get the chance to read every response, but I noticed many people mentioning driving," they added.

#3

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Driving while tired. When we get exhausted, our minds stop working as efficiently as they should. Our reaction time slows down, we tend to daydream, we hyperfixate, we make poor judgement calls. That scene in Better Call Saul where Kim runs off the road is probably the most accurate depiction of driving while tired ever to be shown on TV. That scene is supposed to take place over the span of at least an hour; watch the background for clues. Note how the city just quickly vanishes. One second everything is fine, the next second you're in a ditch. Don't try to be a hero and "power through it". On a long drive, stop every two hours and walk around, even if it's just for a few minutes. Don't be afraid to stop longer. And try not to push yourself more than 6-8 hours a day.

Final score:

112points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

Or just sleep for a bit, if that's possible. Get some caffeine in you, walk around, get back on the road.

16points

#4

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Heavy drinking. A lot of people, including myself thought that it took a long long time for heavy drinking to catch up to you, like when you're in your '50s or older. And mostly for people whose drinking was clearly catastrophic. And even then that a lot of the damage can be reversed through quitting, in the same way quitting smoking can. I was shocked when people I was acquainted with, or friends of friends, started dying of alcoholism in their 30s-40s. All of these people were high functioning- had successful careers, family, friends. And it was liver failure that came on without much warning. I was kind of shocked- I assumed there were many decades of warnings before your system finally failed, and I thought that most people who drank themselves to the point of it killing them were people whose behavior was clearly out of control, not people who are pretty well functioning in every other way.

RiceandLeeks , amseaman Report

Final score:

105points

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as a russian who was given a lot of Vodka and has witnessed family members really drunk off Vodka, and has had an uncle die from too much, i cannot stress this enough

60points

And people are definitely onto something here. For example, one study found that about three-quarters of American drivers think their overall skills are better (57%) or much better (17%) than average.

At the same time, 58% say they had been in at least one prior vehicle crash as a driver.

"Most people think they are above-average drivers, and if drivers are a problem, it is other drivers, not themselves," the researchers noted. "This may explain, in part, the considerable public apathy about highway safety."

#5

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Following another vehicle too closely, especially in a group on the highway. Unbelievable to me that people will be 1-2 car lengths or less in a pack of cars going 60-70 mph+, especially with 18-wheelers in the mix.

chaqintaza , 5tep5 Report

Final score:

105points

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charles folger 1 year ago

65 mph translates into 187 FPS

22points

#6

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Tanning. You're literally cooking your skin and increasing your risk of skin cancer.

smeghead9916 , olly Report

Final score:

104points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

If it's that important to you, just get a fake tan. Better than skin cancer.

31points

We also asked the author of the now-viral post why they think we sometimes underestimate or overlook potential dangers in everyday activities or objects.

"That's either because of previously held beliefs that people don't realize have changed or stubbornly refuse to change (for example, how smoking was once considered safe, now we know better but people still smoke) or because statistics relating to accidents or illness are small compared to other things, so it simply isn't on most people's radar," the Redditor explained.

#7

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Not wearing a helmet while cycling or skateboarding or roller skating. I have called an ambulance for a teenager who hit his head on a curb doing a skateboard trick and had such a terrible head injury that he slipped into a coma at the hospital and died. It haunts me.

Humans are resilient and can survive crazy things but it can also take as little as an unfortunate fall to kill you.

SecretBattleship , ocen Report

Final score:

98points

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Earl Grey 1 year ago

Think also about the long-term effects of crippling brain damage and all that it entails.

27points

thathorsegamingguy , sora-shimazaki Report

#8

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Climbing in and out of the bath tub.

Final score:

90points

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Kylie Watson 1 year ago

Especially if your balance isn't that good to begin with.

30points

Indeed, beliefs are our brain's way of making sense of and navigating the world. They are mental representations of what we expect from things in our environment and how they should be related to each other. Beliefs are templates for efficient learning and are often essential for survival.

As a prediction machine, our brains must take shortcuts for pattern recognition as it processes the vast amounts of information received from the environment. Beliefs allow it to quickly categorize and evaluate that information and to jump to conclusions.

But in doing so, our brains have a preference for familiar conclusions over unfamiliar ones. Thus, they are prone to error, sometimes seeing patterns where there are none, like assuming something to be safe when in actuality it can be quite dangerous.

#9

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Energy drink. I did a presentation on caffeine in school and was shocked to discover that small children can overdose on only a few cans of energy drink... particularly scary when my 10 year old sister (at the time) drunk so much of the stuff.

smeghead9916 , theshuttervision Report

Final score:

89points

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Nadine Debard 1 year ago

10 yo... Energy drink... Parents are crazy. Or stupid.

77points

driedgrapes 3 months ago

10 yo are the new 16 yo from when I grew up.

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Loverboy 1 year ago

Too much caffeine can cause seizures. And who the f**k is letting a 10 year old drink energy drinks

14points

TheBlueBitterfly 1 year ago

The other ingredients besides caffeine are rough on your liver and kidneys, too. Guy I went to school with had a heart attack and didn't make it. A family member of my husband also had a heart attack but survived. Both were drinking 6-8 giant redbulls a day. My coworker drinks 4-6 monster coffee a shift and keeps saying her doctor TOLD her to because her "blood pressure was low" yeah sorry, no.

5points

Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago

Yeah a while back Dave Grohl thought he was having a heart attack. Nope, it was his overconsumption of energy drinks. He was drinking an insane amount of them every day, and had no idea that they had side effects.

4points

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Regina George 1 year ago

Wow a ten year old!!!!

5points

MayaGeGe 1 year ago (edited)

had no idea !

3points

genevievelovespurple 1 year ago (edited)

there are 13 year olds at my school who drink 1-2 cans of celsius (300mg) every single day… it makes me sad because they really don’t understand how bad it is for you

2points

The Mediterranean Fruit 1 year ago

I know a kid who once drank 4 C4s and a monster energy drink all in one day. I don’t know how he didn’t get sick

2points

Kosh1k 1 year ago (edited)

Honestly I am iffy on this one. Most energy drinks (250ml can) have about the caffeine of a cup of coffee. A very young kid has no business drinking either, but I've been drinking coffee since I was like... 11ish? And haven't suffered any ill effects from it.

2points

A Happy Doggo 1 year ago

A cup of coffee is (on average) 95 mg but is usually anywhere from 70-140 mg. That being said, 250 mg won't harm you if you are healthy and don't do it too much.

3points

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JP Doyle 1 year ago

Not to mention people in their 30's developing heart problems and having heart attacks from the extra caffeine and caffeine analogs

1point

Lou Cam 1 year ago

In adults, 5 redbulls is enough to bring on a heart attack in a healthy person. With kids, a lot less I imagine.

1point

Mia C 1 year ago

These are terrible for you

1point

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

I used to drink Surge like water back in the 90s when I was a teen. My poor pancreas.

1point

Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 11 months ago

there is more caffeine in a strong coffee...

0points

Maren Villadsen 1 year ago (edited)

How much caffeine do you guys have in your energy drinks? Beeing able to overdose sounds crazy

0points

Lene 1 year ago

I never had any energy drinks and I don't plan to ever try it. I know my mum will get weird heart beats from it and that's just an extra reason for me to not try it. For me it's like smoking: I am just not interested in it so I don't try it. And now that I have 3 kids.... I will do my very best to have my kids feel the same about both things. That no matter how much their friends use/consume of it they will not see a reason to try it themselves. If you need something sweet, have some juice. If you need caffeine, have some tea or a cup of coffee. Also, protein powder? Nah, have an egg and/or some tuna. This also goes for ppl that work out in a gym, actually. (Source for the latter: my bf when he was a gym rat. And my mum 20-somthing years ago when she was a gym rat.).

0points

Tarryn Ball 1 year ago

Energy drinks = Kidney stones.

0points

DarkViolet 1 year ago

I thought giving Jolt Cola to a 10-year-old was stupid, but this......

0points

Ash 1 year ago

I have tried to tell people this so many times...

0points

Bettye McKee 1 year ago

I worry about my relatives who overuse energy drinks.

0points

#10

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Putting your feet on the dash of your car while traveling.

Thanles , vicbils Report

Final score:

88points

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Nadine Debard 1 year ago

OMG I've seen the x-rays showing a puzzled human, pelvis, legs...

38points

#11

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Social Media (Reddit included)

AshwoodAurelia , mikoto Report

Final score:

86points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

Yep. I wonder what percentage of suicides are caused or influenced by social media

36points

#12

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Blocking fire escapes.

Used to see this all the time, "Oh I was just putting it there for now", "there's another door right there!", "people can just walk around/over it", "how am I supposed to do my job with all these mad rules.?!"

In an emergency, most people turn into idiots.
Give them the scenario of an obstical course, or die:

Some people just die.

worldworn , matthiaszomer Report

Final score:

85points

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MayaGeGe 1 year ago

We had to evacuate my office building of 1000+ people because of a bomb threat (was not an exercise). The evacuation doors at one spot were not opened and we remained stuck at the gate with no possibilities to go outside or move backwards. I can tell you within seconds people started panicking and pushing us to the gates while we couldn't go away, and the room started filling. No one was injured but we a realised that had it been a fire a real stampede would have started.

37points

Anxious_Sound_9823 , jorgearturo-andrade-270022 Report

#13

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Stairs. Stumbling and falling down is one of the most common fatal accidents at home.

Final score:

82points

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as someone who fell down a really steep set of stairs about an hour ago, i can confirm

51points

#14

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Any mechanism involving a cable or rope can redirect drastic amounts of force, and gain or lose tension unpredictably.

Never take a wrap on a line that you aren't certain the potential load on if you like your fingers. Could be a tow rope on a car. A ratchet strap securing a heavy load that shifts.

And stay clear of any line under tension. You got a high speed machete if it snaps.

samtresler , shottrotter Report

Final score:

81points

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Also rope burn is no joke, don’t hold onto a rope or tie that has the capacity to move very quickly

35points

#15

Am I the first to mention garage door springs?

Utterlybored Report

Final score:

81points

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DH41144 1 year ago

This is absolutely 1 task to be left to the professionals

8points

#16

Living. Everyone who have tried end up dead at some point.

Fenrisulfr1984 Report

Final score:

81points

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by my own research i am immortal, i haven’t died yet

40points

#17

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Being comfortable working around machinery.

I have heard too many horror stories of people getting too comfortable and acting in ways they shouldn’t around moving equipment and machines and horribly maiming themselves or dying.

Now you shouldn’t be terrified but you should always be afraid enough to always remain cautious

Grundle_Gripper_ , chevanon Report

Final score:

77points

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i’ve read too many stories of lost arms to be comfortable around machines 💀

27points

#18

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Not knowing what medications you take.

Can’t tell you how many times someone gets brought in to the ER without a thought in their mind about what they take for meds. “Oh my spouse/kids/etc take care of that for me.” What meds you are given in the ER/hospital can be dependent on what you are already on.
It is your health, you should have some knowledge about it.

Castmo , towfiqu999999 Report

Final score:

76points

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MayaGeGe 1 year ago

“Oh my spouse/kids/etc take care of that for me.” For real ?

22points

#19

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Gossip. I've seen too many lives ruined by it.

frikanih , tim-douglas Report

Final score:

72points

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Daniela Lavanza 1 year ago

How sad so many lives broken because some ordinary douchebags (who don't even see what's wrong with their behavior) can't keep their mouth shut.

20points

#20

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Eating raw flour. Everyone's worried about the eggs but flour's up there with raw chicken.

Azthun , klaus-nielsen Report

Final score:

69points

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Daniel Kim 1 year ago

Yeah. One of many dangerous white powders.

29points

#21

Removing a blade from a stabbed individual.

Carteeg_Struve Report

Final score:

69points

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Kylie Watson 1 year ago

Or a stingray barb (RIP Steve Irwin)

26points

jabaash , raul-infante-gaete-2660047 Report

#22

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Surgery in general. I feel like people look at a lot of surgeries as something foolproof, because doctors need to have a lot of practice and skills to be able to perform what they do, but with high skill requirement jobs comes high consequences for failure, and it sometimes seems like people don't give surgery enough respect, as it is literally opening up your body in a controlled environment, something that can usually end up being fatal when not done by experts. Like yeah, the surgeons are well trained and this is their job, but at the same time i'm still holding my breath when a professional daredevil does something risky, and to not have any level of respect for the risks associated with surgery is in my opinion very naive.

For an example of what i mean, there's a noticeably large number of mothers who hold the bad opinion that if you had a c-section, you're not a mother because "You took the easy way out", which always angers me so much because of a variety of reasons, one of them being that having to need surgery for any reason is not the easy way, and it shows their lack of respect for what surgeons do.

Final score:

68points

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David Paterson 1 year ago

Even just going into hospital. My mother caught three different hospital acquired diseases in a single visit. My daughter went into hospital for a minor operation on her tear duct, came out with pneumonia and died a fortnight later.

35points

#23

Home fireworks displays. Every time I’ve been involved in one it’s very nearly gone horrid in a very bad way due to something falling over or not launching or the fuse being way shorter than expected/advertised (usually not to do with me!).

Plodderic Report

Final score:

68points

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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

As someone living in a place with a STRONG penchant for gunpowder, this. Every year people lose fingers or get severely burnt but they keep firing them and initiating small children on it as some dumbass rite of passage.

16points

#24

Hiking. If it‘s a big area without proper trail marking people tend to overestimate themselves and get lost easily. Without a cell phone with connection and enough water it can get tough really soon. Cold nights outside, nothing to eat/drink, dense forests that prevent being spotted by helicopters or wide unvegetated areas where the sun burns down on the hikers and dehydrates them even more

Icy-Cow-6808 Report

Final score:

66points

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LillieMean 1 year ago

Don't forget bad weather. In thunderstorms, the right course of action when you can't get indoors can save your life.

18points

creatinsumthinpretty Report

#25

Mosquitoes! bad mfs

Final score:

63points

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Dianellian 1 year ago

Biggest killer in the world.

29points

#26

Alcohol. You're literally drinking poison

CanaryFit6608 Report

Final score:

61points

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Dianellian 1 year ago

Aww damn. I’m sipping on a champagne right now. Very nice tasting poison though!

19points

#27

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Sitting, at home or during long work hours, sedentarism is already bad but sitting turbochargers all bad effects it has on your health, they are not kidding when they say its as bad as smoking, higher risks for heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol you name it.

I have had a deskjob most of my adult life and hobbies centered around a computer but I still jog everyday and try to move as much as possible during iddle hours at work, my coworkers have even asked me why I walk around so much.

Zuliano1 , studiorepublic Report

Final score:

61points

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Mitchell 1 year ago

Sitting is the new smoking.

16points

#28

Motorcycles: I've known more than one guy who wanted to be a biker and gets himself a Harley and then finds out how hard they are to drive and get killed.

Also guys even though they have been riding all their lives dont realize they are getting older and dont have the same sense of balance or riding skills. And they get killed.

Urbanredneck2 Report

Final score:

59points

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Needmorecowbell 1 year ago

The second paragraph is exactly what ended my dad’s life a year ago. Too old to maintain his balance taking a bend in the road, and too stubborn to wear a good helmet.

31points

#29

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Vape

SimonPetrikov12 , rosssneddon Report

Final score:

58points

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Sian Edwards 1 year ago

Just found out my step-niece was caught vaping with her friends in the toilets of the youth club where I work. She's 10. Unfortunately my stepsister (who I have next to no contact with) can't deal with being a decent adult, let alone being a decent parent, so there will be no real immediate consequences.

30points

FlapjackFilibuster Report

#30

Eating rice that hasn’t been refrigerated/reheated properly. If you store rice at the wrong temperature, it can allow the bacteria Bacillus cereus to grow in the rice. People who have gotten sick from the rice have had severe vomiting, sometimes as little as 20 minutes after eating the rice. I only learned about this after hearing about a restaurant where about two dozen people got sick from eating contaminated rice, and the restaurant ended up shutting down because of it.

Final score:

58points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

I know that smell. Old rice smell is what I call it. If I smell it in a chinese restaurant I'm not eating the food there.

9points

#31

Being overweight

ToineMP Report

Final score:

57points

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Beans 1 year ago

No. Being morbidly obese or obese is bad. Being slightly overweight is not bad for you. Studies in Japan have started to show that the sightly overweight live longer than skinny people. This is why labels and BMI are stupid. https://www.google.com/amp/s/medicalxpress.com/news/2009-06-japanese-overweight-people-longest.amp

42points

#32

Night shifts. It’s so damaging to the human brain to go against our natural sleep-wake cycle aligned with the day-night cycle, yet we don’t have the appropriate countermeasures to help shift workers stay healthy and safe.

diddygem Report

Final score:

57points

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Kim Kermes 1 year ago

And forcing night people to work mornings.

46points

#33

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Plastic surgery.

Moceannl , darksidoo Report

Final score:

56points

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Mitchell 1 year ago

General anasthetic

31points

#34

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Modern day coke.."but I KNOW the guy he'd never sell me bad stuff" said a lot of people who aren't with us anymore.

Scumbag787 , mart-production Report

Final score:

55points

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Miss Mali 1 year ago

They are cutting that stuff with fentanyl these days, not worth the risk people!!!

29points

Fair-Equivalent-8651 , yosef_fxum Report

#35

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Sugar.

Look at how much sugar is in that grande caramel frappuccino or soda you're drinking. Now go into your kitchen and pour out that much sugar on a scale. Would you down that much sugar in one setting?

Final score:

54points

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MayaGeGe 1 year ago

YES

39points

ResponsibleTaro1759 Report

#36

People thinking they need to put their hands on every animal they see

Final score:

52points

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Hans Georg 1 year ago

That's me.

25points

#37

Hot weather. In the UK because we normally associate this country with being very cold, windy and rainy, the dangers of extreme heat is often overlooked. It's quite easy to die from heatstroke in 30 celcius weather, if you stay in the sun too long!

Cat-guy64 Report

Final score:

51points

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Happy Homemaker 1 year ago

6 years ago I ☠️ of a heat stroke. My body temperature was 106.5. It took 17 bags of ice to bring my temperature down. I’m very lucky to be alive today.

31points

RD_Life_Enthusiast , karolina-grabowska Report

#38

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Showering.

Everything in your bathroom is made out of material that can kill you. A slip and fall out of a shower/tub onto the hard porcelain of the toilet (or tub edge), or the corner of the bathroom counter? The tile floors? Immediate brain bleed.

Walking down stairs comes in a close second, especially if you have pets or small children.

Final score:

48points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

See, just another reason to never shower or bathe period. Redditors will agree with me

45points

#39

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Walking in a field of cows

trixlife , feyzayildirimphoto Report

Final score:

48points

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i thought i read a statistic somewhere that cows were more likely to kill you than sharks

29points

#40

Doing “stunts”or “pranks” involving fire. I’m not saying people think fire is 100% safe, but the level to which they underestimate it is astounding.

TyrannosaurusBecz Report

Final score:

43points

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Shark Lady 1 year ago

"Hold me beer" or "watch this" are two of the most foreboding phrases in the English language. I'm sure every language has something similar.

27points

UnreliableNerdRaider Report

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#41

Daylight savings time - driving afterward when the light hits your eyes

And the heart attacks that ensue from this ridiculous time change every year

Final score:

23points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

Not to mention the fact that tiny panthers do not understand Spring forward, Fall back and try to shred us out of bed for breakfast at a quarter to sunrise.

9points

#42

Trampolines

Julietjane01 Report

Final score:

20points

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my aunt broke her collarbone on a trampoline when she was about ten, my mother has never let me go near one as a result! 18 years on planet earth and never set foot on a trampoline

5points

#43

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Sex w/o protection…

-ONEAL , heftiba Report

Final score:

19points

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MayaGeGe 1 year ago

well, that's why called 'safe s$x' is called like that.

8points

#44

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe This crazy neck cracking trend. A little research and you will see a crazy amount of people that went in to a chiropractor for this and ended up paralyzed or dead, do your research before having any spinal adjustments done

Oliver10110 , karolina-grabowska Report

Final score:

18points

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BTDubs 1 year ago

Chiropractor's have to be licensed in my country, but who's checking? A chiropractor near me decided to work on a lady knowing she had osteoporosis. Broke ribs and vertebrae.

13points

#45

Household cleaning products.

DistinctCar6767 Report

Final score:

18points

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Kylie Watson 1 year ago

Agreed. Familiarity breeds contempt.

4points

#46

Trusting people you've never met.

Fine-Teacher-7161 Report

Final score:

18points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

Trusting people you have met.

4points

Critical-Test-4446 Report

#47

Breaking down on the interstate. You’re stationary on the shoulder of the road while trucks weighing 80k pounds zoom past you a couple feet away.

Final score:

18points

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mommamarmar 1 year ago

Holy guacamole yes. My boyfriend and I got a flat on I-65 in Southern KY. We made it over to the right shoulder to change it. I could not believe the number of cars and SEMI TRUCKS that not only didn't get over but didn't even slow down! And it was a driver's side blowout.

4points

#48

Cats. They're always plotting your demise and how quickly they can turn your carcass into a casserole. Trust not the fuzzy ones...

*wuffles tiny pet ninja*

PureDeidBrilliant Report

Final score:

17points

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David Paterson 1 year ago (edited)

I know three ways in which cats kill people. A friend has recently got out of hospital after surgery for a broken femur. She was tripped by her cat and landed hard on concrete. At the cattery, one cat there had tripped its owner down a full three flights of stairs, this cat is always underfoot and always deliberately tripping people. Second, cats have less saliva than dogs and people and consequently a lot of mouth bacteria. Cats have so much mouth bacteria that they have been classed as venomous animals. A friend of my wife lost the use of her hand from sepsis following a cat bite. This friend was a pianist. The third way that cats kill people I experienced myself. I was stuck in bed with the flu, feeling sleepy, and at the right psychological moment my cat shook itself all over my face. Unknown to me it had been covering itself in pollen outside. Instant anaphylaxis. My airways shut down and I couldn't breathe. If I hadn't rushed out of bed to the bathroom I would have died.

10points

#49

Water.

tomparkes1993 Report

Final score:

17points

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if you see a riptide warning sign, PLEASE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. love, someone who was trained as a lifeguard

17points

#50

Swimming pools. Kids can drown in them very easily.

Teacher_Crazy_ Report

Final score:

17points

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Realistic Optimist 1 year ago

Pool covers too! Very easy to wrapped in. Not so easy to get out of.

9points

#51

Cooking without paying attention to proper kitchen hygiene

JuleWayne Report

Final score:

17points

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FrogMan 1 year ago

A buddy and I thought it would be a great idea to make our own salsa. He threw a couple of habaneros in the frying pan, we forgot to open the windows, and we basically ended up macing ourselves.

6points

#52

Dogs. Wildly energetic and lacks a sense of boundaries. Without proper training, they can easily get loose and hurt people and animals, on accident or not.

ForkMinus1 Report

Final score:

17points

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David Paterson 1 year ago

Was listening to an amputee who had lost his arm from a dog attack, well trained guard dogs hadn't been told that he was a friend. Nextdoor neighbours dog attacked my grandmother, putting her in hospital.

9points

cyber_beach_wheels Report

#53

Hippos

Final score:

16points

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when i went to zoos as a kid they scared me, now i go to zoos as an adult and they STILL scare me. the jaws 💀

6points

#54

Walking next to forklifts at Costco

brun0doggy Report

Final score:

16points

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megamarkd 1 year ago

A risk only members take knowing that the low prices have to be washed somehow....

3points

#55

Having natural gas supplied to the home. People really seem to dismiss how easily a leak (and apparently it’s always leaking enough to possibly cause health problems) in a line or old appliance can fill your house with a deadly/explosive amount in short order. Even an external supply line rupturing can f**k up your house. At the very least you need redundant gas detectors, decent air filtration, and not slacking on replacing the water heater

stoogemcduck Report

Final score:

16points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

There's a fair amount of unnatural gas in my home, particularly after onions.

9points

#56

Living out in the country because “it’s safer” and then commuting 30-60 miles on the highway.

stunami11 Report

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16points

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A Happy Doggo 1 year ago

Where I live it actually is safer to live in the country and then just use the highway

3points

Scintillating_Void Report

#57

“If it’s so dangerous why are they allowed to sell it?” consumer products in the U.S are not as regulated as you think. They are more regulated than, say, China, but this bit of “common sense” won’t protect you from suspicious food additives, lead on cable cords, or whatever mystery substances exist on wherever. The FDA probably doesn’t even know what the f**k is in gets added to white glue besides PVA (the preservatives, extenders,etc). They regulate food, drugs, and medical devices, then who regulates that glue?

Heck the FDA allows barely tested medical devices to pass clearance only for people get permanently damaged or die from them.

Final score:

16points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

The US government has been very proactive in protecting us from Kinder Eggs.

17points

#58

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Folding chairs. You can lose your fingers.

CautiousRice , takeshi2 Report

Final score:

13points

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Justapanda 1 year ago

I lost my fingernail once when I was four because of a folding chair.

3points

Puzzleheaded-Swan824 Report

#59

Cycling, I think a lot of people don’t realize the risks.

Final score:

13points

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dan martyr 1 year ago

Cycling is very safe (unless you’re racing down an alpine pass), cars are dangerous. Drivers don’t look, don’t care, or worse get actively angry to see a bike in front. I’ve had some really dangerous overtakes when I’ve been cycling. In a city there’s little point in overtaking as I’m generally only slightly slower than cars, and often much faster.

3points

HotSpicedChai , karolina-grabowska Report

#60

“Eating Raw Flour”: 40 Dangerous Things That Most Perceive To Be Safe Eye drops

> Over-the-counter eyedrops and decongestant sprays are frequently used to treat upper respiratory congestion and irritated, red eyes. When consumed by mouth, they may result in serious toxicity and even death.

Final score:

11points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

Drinking anything that's not for drinking isn't really a good idea.

19points

Potential-Raise-196 Report

#61

White water rafting

Final score:

11points

POST

#62

Skiing and snowboarding and rollerskating!

beaux_beaux_ Report

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10points

POST

Bmo 1 year ago

If I'm not mistaking, I believe sledding is actually more dangerous.

0points

#63

Sucking helium

ImaginosDesdinova Report

Final score:

9points

POST

#64

Acetaminophen/Tylenol. I'd really appreciate it if we made a drug that is better at treating headaches and fevers than ibuprofen (ibuprofen being better for muscle pain than headaches or fever, even if it helps a little) and is also easier to dose than acetaminophen. 1 is too little, 2 may be too little or just enough, 3 may be just enough or too much, and 4 may kill you. I have to either have a very *very* bad headache that impedes with my ability to function rather than just being painful or a super bad fever (over 101° F) before I even touch acetaminophen.

Spencer2091 Report

Final score:

6points

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)

What a bunch of nonsense. Paracetamol (the actual international name, stop already with the us names and brands) is one of the drugs with the best ratio efficiency/safety. As long as you respect a very simple max daily dose (4 grams for an average adult) it’s completely safe for 99.9..% of the population. You’re an epic dumbass if you’re unable to follow the simplest dosage indications (basically a 1g pill every 6 hours) to get the effect while not taking any risk.

12points

#65

Raw milk

TnyTmCruise Report

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6points

POST

raw milk is now one of my least favorite combinations of words

4points

#66

Boomers love to order their coffee ‘extra hot’ even though studies have shown it increases your chances of oesophageal cancer

FigJamAndCitrus Report

Final score:

4points

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Em 1 year ago

I'll occasionally order extra hot, but that's because it takes me an hour or more to finish it. If I'm lucky it might still be lukewarm!

4points

#67

Some people drop their food and do the 5 sec rule. That's pretty dangerous actually

Roloaraya Report

Final score:

3points

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Daya Meyer 1 year ago

That is pretty dangerous depending on your general hygiene and your health status. If I am immune compromised, eating off a sticky dirty floor isn't a god idea. But you are unlikely to get ill if you are healthy with a working immune system. And the amount of seconds doesn't make a difference. There is no armada of bacteria waiting five seconds before they start to conquer said item.

8points