"Alcoholism.

It’s all “Teehee, mommy needs her wine!” and “Look at this sunscreen bottle that doubles as a secret flask!” until your liver gives out in your mid-40s.

It’s sad that our culture has made alcoholism into some type of cute joke instead of recognizing how much it can destroy your body and life, and the lives of those around you."

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The National Institute ofHealth created a study that graded different addictive substances on a scale that included ease of addiction, physical damage of addiction, societal cost of substance abuse, availability, and others. Alcohol came in third, after heroin and meth. This needs to be common knowledge.

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"Being poor. You can't afford basic health care basic dental basic decent anything and your health pays for it. Not going to the dentist can kill you. Not being able to afford medication can kill you. Not being able to afford a day off to rest when you're feeling bad. Being broke doesn't just suck because you can't do "fun stuff " being broke sucks because you have to choose between your health and your immediate well being. And hard work alone won't lift you out of that deadly negative cycle."

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"Touch screen consoles in cars. Mazda now disables touch functionality in their vehicles because they found that when drivers interact with the touch screen they drift the vehicle to the right. Taking your eyes off the road to press 3 buttons in three different positions on the touch screen, with a latency each time you press a button, because your seat heaters are literally burning your ass, while trying to maintain control of the vehicle during freeway traffic is God damned dangerous."

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"Heat.

Seriously.

Not even "that much" of it. Few decades ago when I was in bootcamp, we were doing a 10 mile march. I'd had surgery a couple weeks before the march, which wasn't a problem for the march itself, aside from mild-moderate pain which caused me to sweat more than usual. For whatever reason (army), they forgot to set up water refill stations this day.

1 mile in, I was through all my water.

2 miles in, I was absolutely drenched in sweat.

6 miles in, I stopped sweating, but continued getting hotter.

9 miles in, I fell face-first into the dirt, completely unconscious and in a severe state of dehydration.

Got rushed to the E.R., was told I was a few minutes away from never waking up.

Totally messed up my insides now; I'm an old man but my guts (kidneys etc.) are done. I get migraines regularly, apparently it's an occasional side effect of a single exposure to severe heat stroke.

Stay cool, drink lots of water."

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"Quit drinking. Been an EMT for a while and work with a lot of the homeless population. Will gets calls for people who decided today is the day to finally quit drinking and do it cold turkey. As soon as the next morning people can present with delirium tremens, severe withdrawals can induce seizures and can also lead to death. A lot of these people will think because they quit hard drugs like heroin or meth cold turkey alcohol would be the same without knowing the major effects it can have on your health."

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"Driving while tired. All you need is that one slow part, or that one part that lulls even a little to put you out."

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That bit what you thought you caught yourself falling asleep? You did fall asleep. And you don’t know how long you were out… Don’t open the window, drink coffee etc. Stop, turn the engine off and get 20 mins (at least!) kip.

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"Going for runs on the roads at night without wearing lights or reflectors. Often times people even wear black. They think that just because they can see the car that the car can see them. It only takes one accident to change someone’s life completely."

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Not just at night. Walking in the day too. I had a colleague who was overweight and decided to park across the street from our school and walk over. She was easily over 500lbs. So you would think would be very visible. But in the morning the sun was coming up and the glare was right in the eyes of those driving in. She literally disappeared into the glare crossing the road. I let her know she was putting herself in danger. The students all came about 30 minutes later and the glare was gone by then.

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"Lack of sleep. Increased risk of basically everything you can think of, not to mention that accidents are far more common when you're tired. The less sleep you get, the shorter your life-span."

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This is because we don’t treat the root cause of the bullying - eg the bully. We tell kids that have been bullied that they need resilience, sticks and stones, move them to another class or even school - eg it’sa problem with them. Mean while the bully is left to carry on

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"Ibuprofen.

I see multiple comments about how tylenol/acetaminophen goes through your liver, which is true, but that often leads people to take ibuprofen or other NSAIDs without thinking much about it.

NSAIDs go through your kidneys and if you dont drink a lot of water you can ruin them. I had to take naproxen after getting my wisdom teeth out and I was so nauseous that I couldnt even drink water. fast forward a day and I’m in acute kidney failure in the hospital. It can especially be a problem with sports players who will take ibuprofen before playing then get all dehydrated because of the exercise. Make sure to Drink Water if you take ibuprofen."

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Naproxen wrecked my stomach. I am not allowed to take NSAIDS now because of it. Can't even touch deep heat cream without having to go ER. Always eat something with an NSAID as well, even ibuprofen...Save your stomach.

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"The Flu.

I remember people saying COVID was just like the Flu and I'm here like that's still not good."

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Yep. People forget how dangerous the real flu is because every little sniff is called a flu nowadays. No, the real influenza virus is a devil that can kill you if you're not careful

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"Garage door springs. They will kill you."

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"Constipation.

As an RN, I’ve seen too many people die/almost die from bowel obstructions. If you haven’t pooped in a week, I’d be very concerned if I were you."

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"Eating a slug. Obviously it’s nasty, but kids do stupid stuff as dares or even in hazing rituals. Slugs contain parasites that will get into your brain and kill you slowly."

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Other critters, too… like salamanders and newts. They secrete toxins in their skin that will kill you.

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"Water:

- don’t drink enough and you die

- drink too much and you die

- breathe in even a little bit and you can die

- drink the wrong kind of water and you die (sea water or most untreated water these days)

- water moves to fast and you can die (rivers and ocean currents)

- water at pressure can cut as fast as a power saw or laser, apply that to a person and they die

- water in the air can hasten the breeding of any number of very toxic microorganisms."

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Water on the lungs or heart. Also deadly.

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"Smoke. It's not only the fire that can kill you, and there is a very good reason you're taught to stay low escaping a fire.

The 'smoke' is a hot gas layer that can melt your face off."

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"Shift work. The disturbance in your circadian rhythm takes years off your life."

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"Stress."

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"Depression and other mental health problems."

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People with depression are 25 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. An estimated 703,000 people commit suicide each year, with untreated depression being the number one cause. There is a great deal of support out there and I guarantee that making that first call or sending that first message, is the hardest part of the process. If this is you, please get help and support now. Good luck and *HUGS* to anyone that needs them right now.

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"Trucker here. I've had two blood clots in my legs from driving long distances and having my leg pressed against the corner of the seat for hours on end. One almost killed me. Apparently it's very common with truckers. You're supposed to stop and walk around every hour and a half to keep things circulating (which almost nobody does due to time constraints).

The same thing happens in gaming chairs apparently - people forget to move their legs because they're so focused on the game. You don't need to worry so much if you're younger, but if you're a gamer who's a little older, please be aware."

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Office work. Get yourself a stepper and get up once every hour!

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"Infections can still mess you up easily if you don't seek medication attention in time."

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I read years ago that before penicillin, about 60% of deaths could be attributed to infections of some sort of another, which makes sense. If you've no Tylenol or Asprin to act against inflammation and antibiotics to kill an infection, a simple cut not cleaned well enough could get nasty really fast. Even a tooth infection would do it.

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"I'm still amazed whenever I go to a cleaning products section and see bleach and ammonia just chilling together. Like, that's a WW1 chemical weapon waiting to happen."

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There are actual rules on where these are supposed to be on a shelf in relation to each other, and in thy warehouse, too, as well as powdered having to be above liquid (not vice versa). If you have an accident at work that misses these two and requires a Hazmat team, you are in A LOT of trouble. I think there are many businesses too that are pretty cavalier about this.

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"Grapefruit in combination with many, MANY prescription drugs. Basically, grapefruit can affect the way your medications work. With some meds, adding grapefruit screws up the way your body metabolizes the drug, so you end up with far more than the prescribed dosage. It can also work in the opposite way with other drugs, leaving you with less than the prescribed dosage. This is especially bad if you have high blood pressure or arrhythmia."

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Did not know this. Looked up my medications and one IS affected by grapefruit. Thank you

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"Untreated sleep apnea. You literally stop breathing, and get little quality sleep. The stress on your cardiovascular system is immense. Get tested. Period. Then wear the CPAP no matter how unsexy it is. Or maybe surgery to eliminate or reduce the problem."

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CPAP is a problem for many. It is a common problem that people never manage to actually sleep in any good order with the mask on. My father is one of them, and I am on the opposite end: I swear by that mask.

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"Vacation. Particularly in nature if you’re not used to being in nature. There’s a book called Death in Yellowstone and talks about all the weird ways people have died there. Walking off cliffs, falling trees, falling into boiling water… there’s the obvious wildlife attacks but there’s plenty of less obvious ways. The thing is, people are relaxing for once on vacation and they put themselves in different environments than they’re used to. They have their guards down."

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100%. Grew up in the natl park service. Crazy amounts of death.

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"Lack of exercise."

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"That If something falls in/through your body for example a tree branch fell on you and went through your body/stabbed you PEOPLE DONT REALIZE THAT THE THING THAT STABBED YOU IS SEALING THE WOUND SO IF YOU TAKE IT OUT YOU CAN DIE."

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"Quitting antidepressants cold turkey after regular use.

Did cold turkey Prozac, olanzapine. Right now tapering lexapro(escitalopram from 20mg to 2.5mg now). And worst evil cold turkey of all time awards goes to Benzodiazpines & pregabalin (Lyrica). Took clonazepam always. Quitting these medicines cold turkey 99% of the time gives you a seizure. I had too. But guess what I'm already epileptic. So more seizures yaayyyyyyyyy!!!"

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"Fights. People are way too eager to prove who's the bigger badass. Hit someone the wrong way or start something with the wrong person and someone's not going home. Then if the police show up, someone's getting charged. Depending on the severity of the other parties injuries and the word of witnesses, you could be going away for a very long time. Not to mention the civil suites that may bury you in debt."

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People are generally unaware how easily they could die. Not just from a fight. Just fall backwards and hit your head and this could be the last thing you do. People see others fight in movies and think it's even halfway real. But getting hit with a bottle on the head will seriously injure and even kill you. Get a fist smack in your face can and will have serious consequences

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"Just want to throw a story out here. I am a dentist. I have a colleague who had a patient that needed a root canal. The patient put it off he had a vacation coming up. He was going to Alaska in bush country to go hunting. By himself. Now Alaska bush country means you are alone. He was dropped off and his ride wasn’t going to come back to pick him up for a week or 2. Well after his ride left the tooth he needed to get his root canal on blew up. Had severe pain and was all alone no one to help him in the middle of nowhere. This was mid to late 90s so no cell phone either. Well his ride came back to pick him up. Finds a dead body. The guy killed himself. He couldn’t take the pain anymore. Pain was so bad he couldn’t wait the one or 2 weeks for his ride to come back. Shot himself left a suicide note telling his story. Moral of the story. Don’t put this stuff off. There is no pain like tooth pain."

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"Exploring abandoned places. When I was a kid I would do it all the time and take photos without any form of facial protection. Fast forward years later and I learn about how toxic certain molds can be, how many older buildings used materials like asbestos which can be in the air when places are left to rot, etc. At this point I just thank God I never had to deal with the aftermath of any of that!

Also to anyone who enjoys doing this, I get it. I just want to bring awareness to the fact that if you participate a respirator and goggles should be a must!

Also as a side note, be wary of scrappers and individuals looking for a place to do drugs had a run in like that during one of the last excursions I made and it’s not fun."

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"Mosquitos;

They killed billions of peoples throughout the course of history, by transmitting them deadly diseases. If you see a mosquito, kill it, or it might kill you."

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"Putting feet/legs on dash of car."

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"Energy drinks especially consumed at a young age can do life long serious damage ranging from GERD to rhabdomyolysis. It's also incredibly addictive."

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It's the only way I can get through the day without spending half of it asleep. On the plus side, everything else that is wrong with me will get me long before the effects of energy drinks will.

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"Doing unpredictable things around semi trucks."

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"Get that UTI handled or get a nasty kidney infection."

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"Real black licorice root extract contains the natural sweetener glycyrrhizin, which is over 50 times sweeter than sucrose. This ingredient has various pharmaceutical properties. It acts as an expectorant (facilitating removal of mucus from the lungs by coughing) and it increases blood pressure. The latter effect can become significant with a daily consumption of 50 g or more of licorice candy for as little as two weeks. Glycyrrhizin can cause potassium levels in the body to fall, triggering abnormal heart rhythms, as well as high blood pressure, edema (swelling), lethargy, and congestive heart failure in some people."

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"Posted Safety Precautions. When there are signs saying something, lots ignore thinking they know better.

I used to work IT for a place that makes big tractors. Different stations are restricted from using certain PPE.

One day this lady was wearing the wrong gloves. Her station is only supposed to use latex. She didn’t take that seriously and wore thicker reinforced gloves. She was using the lugnut machine that tightens 12 giant lugs at once. Her glove got caught and instead of ripping the fingertip off of her latex glove it ripped her thumb off her hand.

I witnessed it and her mistake haunts me to this day. They had to restrain her while two men held her hand up in the air away from her. Her wails and screams were terrifying.

All because she ignored a well placed warning."

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"Horses. They weigh 1200 pounds, they're extremely jittery, and they can crush you or kick you to death on accident.

And that's just horses in general. Stallions will try to hurt you just to assert dominance. And these are animals that have been known to bite each other's throats out when they fight.

Don't mess with horses unless you know what you're doing. Always be careful, even if you do."

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While it is true that horses can kill you, it's not true that horses will kill try to kill you. Even stallions will not attack you out of nowhere. And they definitely don't bite each others throats out when they fight! Horses don't kill each other!

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"Weed killer and lawn sprays. Lots of the chemicals have been banned in European countries. If you see the yellow sign on the lawn, you really should stay off of it for at least a week after the initial application. And proper equipment to even spray the chemicals calls for rubber boots, fully clothed, rubber gloves, eye goggles, and a proper ventilation mask. It kills me to see the summer landscaping guys out there in tank tops and work shorts and boots. Many of them may face diseases later in life due to these chemicals..."

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"A Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) gives people a figure reminiscent of the Kardashians and is hugely popular for getting that instagram body. But a paper in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal found that 1 in 3,000 BBLs resulted in death, making it the world’s most dangerous cosmetic procedure!"

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"Essential oils. Do NOT put them in your food, they are not made to be food safe."

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LMT here... read up on the effects. SOME of them are not to be applied NEAT. And if you are using one that is ok to be used neat? Apply a small drop and wait five minutes, have coconut oil or the like handy. Had a fellow student have an allergic reaction to Atlas Cedar of all things. (The coconut oil was to dilute/remove the oil from the skin).

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"Abscessed teeth can kill you."

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"Falling down. A single mild fall can easily kill you if you happen to land just right. Usually on the back of your head."

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"Visine.

People seem to have this idea that a few drops of visine in someone’s drink will give them diarrhea, and do it to prank each other, or get some sort of satisfaction with petty revenge.

People are sitting in prison for murder for doing this. The main active ingredient is called tetrahydrozoline. Once it enters your gastrointestinal tract, it can be absorbed by your intestines and end up in your blood, causing your blood pressure and heart rate to drop to potentially life-threatening levels.

It really makes me wonder how many people have died due to people copycatting that scene in Wedding Crashers."

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Would kill me.My blood pressure is usually low, like 90/60. I have POTS and can pass out by standing up too fast.

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"Eating disorders. They are the second deadliest mental illness next to opioid addiction."

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"Rusty sharp objects. Ugly scaring and the best kind of blood poisoning you can have."

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Not to mention tetanus, if your shots aren't up to date.

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"Moose. They make look goofy and are herbivorous, but those antlers aren’t there just for show. Plus, they are significantly bigger than people give them credit for, reaching up to 6 or even 7 feet at the shoulder, able to weigh over half a ton, and are known to be very territorial and aggressive during mating season, killing more people than bears in Alaska."

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It isn't the moose's antlers that you should fear. A moose will not gore you, it will simply stomp you to death, especially a cow protecting her calf. And if you hit one with your vehicle, you'll knock its legs out from under it and it will land in your windshield and total you and your car. Don't mess with moose.

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"Standing on toilets. If you end up cracking the toilet and fall on it, the broken porcelain creates an extremely sharp edge and can slice cleanly into your internal organs or lacerate major arteries like butter. Saw some photos once and it was very graphic. Made me never stand on a toilet again."

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I read an article about a woman who died this way. She fell and the toilet bowl broke; bled out before anyone could even find her and get help.

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"The gap between your car and that before you. I am seeing so many drivers out there almost touching the car in front of them while driving. I truly think this behavior is far more worse than driving fast and should be controlled a lot more often."

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I hate when I leave ample room in bad weather only to have someone swerve into the lane in front of me and hit their brakes.

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"Throwing a single punch.

Here in Australia it's been criminalised because fights in pubs and clubs are pretty common. The single punch isn't what causes injury, but falling to the ground and hitting their head on the curb can kill, especially since drunk people usually don't have the capacity to soften their fall.

Think twice before you risk losing/taking a life over losing your pride for a night."

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It doesn't even have to be a punch. You can push or trip someone with the same outcome.

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"Medication. Those dosages on the labels are not just suggestions, y’all."

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"Toxic Relationships. Far too many suicides happen because of bad relationships and no other way out."

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Or murders at worst

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"Engulfment and confined spaces. With confined spaces, people usually don’t realize that O2 runs out rather quickly. Engulfment because people probably don’t think about essentially drowning in non liquids."

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"A confined space is a space with limited entry and egress and not suitable for human inhabitants. An example is the interior of a storage tank, occasionally entered by maintenance workers but not intended for human occupancy." This is the definition we use where I work.

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"Standing under waterfalls.

Edit to elaborate: loose rocks or debris from the river or stream above could fall and crush you."

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Or a barrel containing a third rate magician.

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"Leaving potatoes for too long. Produces solanine gas that can kill."

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Potatos are part of the Solanaceae family which also includes the deadly Nightshade

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"Sitting for long lengths of time."

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"Leftover rice. A really easy way to get food poisoning."

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Don’t leave rice sitting out for more than an hour before refrigerating it!

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"Cat bites. You have to go get them flushed out at the ER."

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I got bitten by a stray cat last year and my parents said I’d be fine. Thankfully I was fine and nothing happened

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"Trains.

You can be standing away from the tracks and they can still kill you.

The train could be going fast enough to create suction and pull you under. It happened to a person walking by the tracks near Ottawa many years ago.

Never attempt to climb on a train car, whether it is sitting or in motion. Sitting trains can start moving at any time, and a train in motion might take a limb with it.

Trains can derail. If you're near the tracks, well...you're probably dead.

Anything that isn't secured is going to be acting like a diesel powered whip. A steel strap being pulled by a fast freight train will chop you into little pieces.

Containers fall from trains. If one lands on you, they're going to need a spatula to clean you up.

And...for those who walk on the tracks...train time is ANY time, and depending on the direction of the wind and your attention span, you won't know the train is there until it's going through your body. Tracks are for trains. Stay on the sidewalk."

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I once saw 2 guys walking on a track when one of them decided to lie down. The other guy tried getting him to stand up by using gentle persuasion but that didn’t work. Some other guy came and they both began beating the guy lying down but he still didn’t get up so they decided to carry him but he was a little to heavy for them so they carried him off the track and then fell on each other. I have no idea what happened next

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"Ego.

I’ve seen far to many friends nearly die or extremely hurt themselves due to them wanting to rather prove a point or impress someone else or simply refuse to be labelled a chicken."

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Pride. People cling to their pride as if it was worth anything. But the truth is: no one cares about your pride but you yourself. And if it stops you from getting help or doing better, no one will care and step in because they 'admire' your 'honour'. Do what you need to do to help yourself or get help. You will be forgotten weather you pride is intact or not, the day after you die if you don't.

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"Weirs. It's amazing how many people play around them or swim just upstream of them.

Almost no one knows the bottom of them is a death trap of rotating undercurrent and almost no one knows how to escape one if you do get stuck in it. Even if you do know how to get out you'll have a hell of a time of it. If a kid gets stuck in one they're as good as dead, as is anyone who goes in to save them."

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A weir is a low dam across a flowing river or stream. I got caught in the bottom of one as a teen and even though I was a good swimmer, I nearly drowned.

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