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“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With

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I used to believe that I would try anything once. Skydiving? Sure! Foods that I’ve never heard of? Bon appétit! But as I’ve gotten older and wiser, I’ve realized that there are actually plenty of things that I will gladly never touch.

Redditors have recently been discussing some of the things that the vast majority of us should never mess around with, so we’ve gathered some of their replies below. From substances that can be incredibly addictive to experimenting with tools that might make you lose a limb, enjoy reading through all of these things to avoid. And be sure to upvote the risks that you’re not willing to take either!

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#1

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Antibiotic resistance.

YoussefA2000:

Definitely This!
As a Pharmacist I deal with a TON of people who just "Stopped taking Antibiotics after they felt well" and are currently wondering why they are coughing up mucus and sneezing again..
CONTINUE YOUR ANTIBIOTICS AS MENTIONED ON THE LABEL OR UNTIL THE DOC SAYS STOP. NEVER STOP THEM ON YOUR OWN GODDAMIT!

mateoberner , JESHOOTS.com Report

108points

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#2

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Joining political cults of personality.

petrovmendicant , Kairos Panamá Report

101points

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#3

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Wild animals. Leave them alone. Yes, including feeding them. Yes, including the “cute” ones.

SquidMilkVII:

Bear cubs are #1 on this list. Too many people think they have nothing to worry about, that the cub can’t really do much to them. The cub isn’t the one who’s gonna rip your lungs out of your esophagus.

FrustratedEgret , Janko Ferlic Report

93points

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#4

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With A menopausal woman. We are feral.

FrostyArmadillo1867 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

86points

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#5

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Drinking + driving.

id_o:

Driving + texting too, it’s also much more dangerous.

MacheteAndMeatballs , energepic.com Report

84points

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#6

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With That gut feeling to stay away from certain people, places, situations. Trust your gut.

johnguyver123 , Vanessa Garcia Report

78points

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#7

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Knee-deep flood waters can pick up a car and move it.

Don't try to drive through water if you can't see the bottom.

WatchTheBoom , Dibakar Roy Report

71points

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#8

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With "Get Rich Quick" schemes.

It is either a scam, of questionable legality, or carries extremely high physical/mental/emotional/financial risk.

The adage "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" applies.

Shahfluffers Report

71points

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#9

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With If you don't know what you are doing, electrical wiring. There is a lot of powers in those wires, and humans are very conductive.

DarkMatterMinx , ranjeet . Report

69points

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#10

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Mushrooms…. If you don’t know which one is which, don’t. Just don’t. Some of those are a painful way to die. So I hear.

ThatOneRandomGuY2141 , Surdu Horia Report

68points

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#11

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With The ocean.

the_answer_is_beer , Kellie Churchman Report

64points

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#12

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With People’s kids. You want to see dude who’s never had a speeding ticket suddenly become capable of murder? Mess with their offspring.

thestickingplaces , Brett Sayles Report

61points

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#13

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Fireworks. I can't unsee the liveleak video of a kids hand turning into high velocity sausage meat.

JeffSergeant , rovenimages.com Report

59points

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#14

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Garage door springs.

gotoajetsgame:

Absolutely right. I had one snap about 10 years ago and it sounded and felt like a car crashed into my garage

Chairboy , EsmeYcats Report

55points

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#15

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Horses, they will kick you back to Valhalla.

IHateBritishPPl , Ramon Fuentes Nieto Report

55points

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#16

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Dogs.

Do your training, take it seriously; within breed limits, a well trained dog should do its business outside, not jump up, tolerate all handling, sit, recall, go to bed and stay on command, give up toys on a word, stop barking when told to, and walk a proper heel (by your side at the level of your hip, not loose lead in front; the difference is important on an icy day!). Exercise twice a day for an hour each. Socialise from the puppy (dogs, horses, adults of all ages, children, cars, bikes, guns if you want a gundog, the vet, busy streets, public transport, the hoover, you get the idea) Feed dog food (not human food) twice a day and take unfinished food up after 30 mins (stops obesity); do not ever feed scraps under the table. Do not encourage bad behaviour (ignore it).

Any breed can be destructive. Most can seriously hurt people or other animals if they want to. Much of this is avoidable.

Do not make a ticking timebomb for yourself.

AutomaticAstigmatic , Helena Lopes Report

54points

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#17

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Gun safety. Messing around gets really bad, really fast.

FireSailLabs , Somchai Kongkamsri Report

53points

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#18

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Bleach as a household cleaner. Mixed with the wrong stuff and you’re dead.

squambish , Clay Banks Report

52points

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#19

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Any rotary saw (skillsaw, tablesaw, mitresaw). Honorable mention: chainsaw.

kyle242gt , Pixabay Report

50points

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#20

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Someone who has nothing to lose.

amanwholovespizza247 , MART PRODUCTION Report

49points

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#21

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Stone fish.

I have experienced some phenomenal pain in my life but that sting will be burned into my psyche for the rest of my life.

Illustrious_Drag5254 , Photo2222 Report

45points

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#22

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Kinda basic, but d***s. It is so easy to say you're not addicted and can quit anytime. Then your life is ruined, you're in a debilitating addiction and in a hole that gets deeper every time you try to fill it in.

mattropi , rebcenter moscow Report

44points

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#23

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Hippos.

Didly_Deer , Pixabay Report

43points

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#24

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Carbon monoxide! I'm a inspector, and carry a detector with me at all times. It definitely has saved my life before. It's literally everywhere and can kill you instantly.

fatthorthegreat , Pixabay Report

41points

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#25

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Blue ring octopus.

Avery357:

Just a PSA, blue ring octopuses don't always have blue rings! They only get blue rings when they feel threatened, so avoid any octopus that has not been 100% identified. Heck, avoid all octopuses.

MrMaiqE , Rickard Zerpe Report

40points

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#26

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Peoples emotions. You don’t know what a person is capable of doing until it’s too late.

No-Relation3504 , Engin Akyurt Report

40points

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#27

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Large capacitors.

Taoiseach:

It's a good way to start a career change, as long as you want your new job to be "charcoal briquette"

Random_Hero2023 , Joy of Electronics Report

35points

#28

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Storm surges. Stay off the shore in bad weather!

CharlotteLucasOP , GEORGE DESIPRIS Report

35points

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#29

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Street pills, or a prescription that isn't yours. Just isn't worth the risk.

wBeeze , Artem Podrez Report

33points

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#30

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Felling trees by yourself that are in range of your home or other property.

_sacrosanct:

This is so true. There's a guy I went to high school with who got paralyzed trying to help some friends remove an old tree that had died. He's in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

mr_snrub742 , Fabian Köhler Report

31points

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#31

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Trains, forklifts, and the people that prepare and serve your food.

BelowAveIntelligence , Huy Phan Report

30points

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#32

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Pulling money out of your retirement accounts before you retire.

pendletonskyforce , Pixabay Report

30points

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#33

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Geese.

D3XT3R__ , Pixabay Report

30points

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#34

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With As a former lift operator, do not f**k with a lift with damaged hydraulic lines on the boom/mast. Refuse. That fluid is under enough pressure to shoot through your skin.

TSKnightmare , Tiger Lily Report

30points

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#35

“Turning Into High-Velocity Sausage Meat”: 35 Things People Shouldn’t Mess Around With Breath play. I know, I like it too, but it's so dangerous, even if you "know what you're doing" even if you're "careful" even if you "never do it alone". It's not even the possibility of dying that's the worst part, it's the possibility of sustaining brain damage due to miscalculations and negligence of your partner(s). Certain methods are worse than others, too. Certain methods can leave lasting negative impacts on your health, like strangling and nooses. Your family will not understand. Your partner might see jail time if they were there. Just don't.

sagiren16 , cottonbro studio Report

28points

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Adelaide Ross

Howdy, I'm Adelaide! I'm originally from Texas, but after graduating from university with an acting degree, I relocated to sunny Los Angeles for a while. I then got a serious bite from the travel bug and found myself moving to Sweden and England before settling in Lithuania about two years ago. I'm passionate about animal welfare, sustainability and eating delicious food. But as you can see, I cover a wide range of topics including drama, internet trends and hilarious memes. I can easily be won over with a Seinfeld reference, vegan pastry or glass of fresh cold brew. And during my free time, I can usually be seen strolling through a park, playing tennis or baking something tasty.

Howdy, I'm Adelaide! I'm originally from Texas, but after graduating from university with an acting degree, I relocated to sunny Los Angeles for a while. I then got a serious bite from the travel bug and found myself moving to Sweden and England before settling in Lithuania about two years ago. I'm passionate about animal welfare, sustainability and eating delicious food. But as you can see, I cover a wide range of topics including drama, internet trends and hilarious memes. I can easily be won over with a Seinfeld reference, vegan pastry or glass of fresh cold brew. And during my free time, I can usually be seen strolling through a park, playing tennis or baking something tasty.

Gabija Palšytė

Gabija is a photo editor at Bored Panda. Before joining the team, she achieved a Professional Bachelor degree in Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer since. She also has a special place in her heart for film photography, movies and nature.

Gabija is a photo editor at Bored Panda. Before joining the team, she achieved a Professional Bachelor degree in Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer since. She also has a special place in her heart for film photography, movies and nature.

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Gavin Johnson 1 week ago

As an advocate for the ‘Darwin will have his way’ collective I wholeheartedly endorse anyone who wishes to test their ability to overcome the odds. Want to see if the warning sign is right? Go ahead. Want to prove everyone else wrong and tackle that bear? Go right on and give it a tickle. Think that automated machinery can detect a human in its path? Go on, put yourself in harms way. You are doing the world a favour by removing yourself from the gene pool. You are the person to become the next ‘example for others to be aware of’, thank you for your services to humankind, we are getting stronger without you.

9points

Rae Reyn 1 week ago

Not wearing PPE. My shop has safety glasses with a chunk of grinding wheel embedded in them mounted on the wall.

5points

Dirk Daring 1 week ago

Follow EVERY safety rule when using power tools. Yes, you do need to take your wedding ring off and put it in your pocket. If you still won't do that, go to Google Image Search, and look up "degloved finger".

4points

Ionescu Popa 1 week ago

so anything else except yourself...ah, your own health is also included. wouldn't be quicker to say we live in a crazy world where everybody and everything tries to kill you?

3points

Andrea Steinacher 1 week ago

Being alive is deadly in itself

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Incognito11 1 week ago

Using river rocks to build a fire pit.

0points

Gavin Johnson 1 week ago

As an advocate for the ‘Darwin will have his way’ collective I wholeheartedly endorse anyone who wishes to test their ability to overcome the odds. Want to see if the warning sign is right? Go ahead. Want to prove everyone else wrong and tackle that bear? Go right on and give it a tickle. Think that automated machinery can detect a human in its path? Go on, put yourself in harms way. You are doing the world a favour by removing yourself from the gene pool. You are the person to become the next ‘example for others to be aware of’, thank you for your services to humankind, we are getting stronger without you.

9points

Rae Reyn 1 week ago

Not wearing PPE. My shop has safety glasses with a chunk of grinding wheel embedded in them mounted on the wall.

5points

Dirk Daring 1 week ago

Follow EVERY safety rule when using power tools. Yes, you do need to take your wedding ring off and put it in your pocket. If you still won't do that, go to Google Image Search, and look up "degloved finger".

4points

Ionescu Popa 1 week ago

so anything else except yourself...ah, your own health is also included. wouldn't be quicker to say we live in a crazy world where everybody and everything tries to kill you?

3points

Andrea Steinacher 1 week ago

Being alive is deadly in itself

2points

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Incognito11 1 week ago

Using river rocks to build a fire pit.

0points

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