This Viral Thread Has People Listing Things That Are in Fact Way More Dangerous Than Most Think (30 Things)

beaceebee said:
Pregnancy.

Iamthetophergopher replied:
My wife is a medical professional, our pregnancy was planned, we were educated on the process and what the risks were and what to expect.

Holy s#$t. Between the scans, the tests, placenta previa, a false water break a month too early, a preeclampsia diagnosis and early admittance into the hospital, a heart arrhythmia for mom and poop in the womb for baby, a long and dangerous labor bordering on a C section, and then a whisked away baby to clear his airway... The entire process is an absolutely traumatic horror show. Then they give you your baby and walk you out the door 36 hours later to raise it for the rest of your life.

Bleach. Mix with ammonia? Basically mustard gas (you died). Mix with alcohol? Chloroform (you can pass out and have organ failure). Mix with vinegar? Chlorine gas (you died).

Bonus: Mix hydrogen peroxide and vinegar? Peracetic acid (your lungs bleed).

To clarify: DO NOT CLEAN PEE WITH BLEACH. (Pee has ammonia)

Edit: I’m so glad to read this has helped some people not gas themselves, hurray! Have fun and stay safe out there!

Edit 2: not technically mustard gas, but chloramine. Still just as nasty.

Being alive. 100% of the time it ends with death.

Noise canceling headphones while walking in cities. You need to be able to hear your surroundings to react properly, can easily walk into traffic or get swiped by a bike if you’re tuning out the world. The newest AirPod commercial shows a woman walking through an empty city intersection with her headphones in, then shows all the chaos return when she takes one out…not safe, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings in dense areas

Driving while tired. It can be just as dangerous as driving while drunk, but many people do it without thinking twice.

For context, 20 hours awake impairs you as much as .08% BAC, which counts as DUI in many states.

Hekatevenstar said:
Putting your feet on the dashboard. It is extremely dangerous.

onekrazykat replied:
My physics teacher in high school had a lengthy and graphic description of exactly what occurs when you are in an accident with your feet on the dash. Absolutely horrifying.

Kic21 said:
Lack of exercise. I’m all for being comfortable in your own skin, but obesity is a huge killer.

purpleelephant77 replied:
And it’s not all or nothing. If you start eating better and taking walks and lose 25 pounds, even if you’re still overweight you’ve almost certainly still improved your health and quality of life in a meaningful way.

HungerMadra replied:
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. Took me a while to understand first time I heard this one, but the point is, just because you aren't up for a 10k sprint today doesn't mean you shouldn't go for an easy jog or even a walk. Something is better than nothing

Tailgating at 70mph.

A tailgater will dramatically increase the risk of an accident versus being patient and sharing the road with others.

100% of accidents are when 2 objects want to occupy the same space. and the logic of getting closer to the object in front of you at relatively high speed seems illogical to me.

Eating grapefruit while on medication.

Grapefruit has so many bad interactions with medication ranging from rendering the medication ineffective, to toxicity.

Chiropractors-

I was born with quite severe scoliosis. It was cheaper to go to a Chiropractor than an actual doctor growing up. This has resulted in significant damage to my back. When I finally got in to see a spinal specialist, he mentioned that upwards of 45% of his long term patients were there because of Chiropractors. He told me after reviewing years of my x-rays that the adjustments I was receiving actually made my spine worse than if I were to have not done anything.

It is also pretty common for Chiropractors to break bones. There were a few people that went to my doctor that were paralyzed by a Chiropractor. When I was 16 a Chiropractor did an adjustment that caused one of the disc's in my spine to rupture. I also had my hip dislocated at one point.

So yeah. Chiropractors are not real doctors, and can cause a lot of harm.

As a chef, it's food. I've seen people who cook at home with some very dangerous cooking habits. Everything from not washing hands after handling raw meat (its all raw proteins, people, not just chicken) to not cooling leftovers properly and even proper storing procedures. Spoiler alert: don't store raw chicken above the salad you plan to serve with it. Those juices can drip down and contaminate everything. Personally I think everyone needs to take a class on proper food handling for their safety and everyone's safety for whom they plan on cooking.

vsgdywkndv said:
"Unloaded" gun.

IndyCooper98 replied:
It's a valuable lesson to learn that a Gun is always loaded. Even if you know it isn't.

One negligent discharge can ruin lives. Don't even take the chance to make that mistake.

GTOdriver04
This part. I don’t care if I just watched you check and clear that thing. I’m still checking and clearing it once it gets into my hands.

Then, I’ll load it and shoot, then check and clear an again before I hand it to a friend or set it down. Then, the next person had better check and clear it once they pick it up or else I’m going to be angry.

Check and clear. If you just checked and cleared, but forgot whether it was empty or not…check and clear again.

You can check and clear a gun a million times safely. But it only takes once time to forget it and ruin lives.

Based on my experience lately on the road, merging without looking or using your blinkers. I was literally almost pushed off the road recently, some asshat decided to merge onto my lane without even a glance. Would’ve rammed right into the side of my car if I hadn’t honked a f**k ton. Seriously people. Don’t just look at the mirror. SEE IF THERES A CAR RIGHT NEXT TO YOU before merging. Christ.

darkpaladin said:
A few inches of moving water over a roadway.

gsfgf replied:
And while a few inches is usually fine, you can't be sure it's actually a few inches. A road can be completely washed out and look like a relatively minor flood.

Fun story: when my dad was younger one of his uncles told him never to drive into water a mule wouldn't cross. A few years later he was trying to decide whether to cross a flooded road and remembered that conversation. He saw the next day that the road had completely washed out. He told his uncle about it, and apparently his uncle was drunk and didn't even remember saying it lol.

TheLastMongo said:
Not having enough Sodium. There’s always warnings about too much salt, but apparently if you don’t have enough it can throw your body totally out of whack. Learned this after passing out and ending up in the ER.

Cardinal338 replied:
Yep, one of its most important functions,along with potassium, is maintaining electrical potential across nerve cell membranes. Without that your nerves won't work.

This is super vague but I think a lot of people often underestimate the dangers of water. Like the power of a river or sea current, water on the road, slipping in the shower, etc

megasean3000 said:
Not getting enough sleep.

widerthanamile replied:
Getting enough sleep every night is seriously life changing. A surprising amount of physical/mental issues I had for years suddenly disappeared after I started taking my sleep seriously.

Driving fast in the snow/ice when you have a vehicle with AWD/4WD. It won't help much when you try to stop suddenly.

A lot of people end up with liver failure from overusing Tylenol. Its not harmless, don't treat it like skittles.

Cutting food with dull knives. A lot of people are scared of cutting themselves with knives, which is valid; however they don't realize that you're more likely with a dull knife. A sharp knife will slice right through a tomato, but with a dull knife you have to really push. If you push too hard, it can slip and then you're gonna have a bad time.