77 Seemingly Harmless Things That Can Be Incredibly Dangerous, As Shared By People In This Online Thread

shindleria wrote:
"Wild mushrooms."

TheMightyJ62 replied:
"In the famous words of Sir Terry Pratchett, "All mushrooms are edible. Some are only edible once.""

"There’s that Peppa Pig episode about spiders, teaching UK kids that they are nice and friendly; and that episode is banned in Australia.

So there you go, here’s my answer: Peppa Pig episodes."

bomboclawt75 wrote:
"Pushing someone’s face into a cake as a joke.
Some cakes have little wooden spikes inside to support the cake.
Saw a post where a girl’s face was gored by one of these."

irisheye37 replied:
"Not to mention literally no one wants their face shoved into a cake."

catsonmyface wrote:
"Petting someone’s dog without asking."

softcatsocks replied:
"Or worse, hugging and putting their face near theirs. People need to know that not all dogs are Doug from the movie Up.."

"Putting your feet up on the dash while riding as a passenger in a moving car. You do NOT want to see post-accident photos of what happens when someone is in that posture in a surprise head-on collision."

darthatheos wrote:
"Silence in a house with toddlers."

Jadou454 replied"
"Toddler noises in a house at night when you don't have children."

"A human bite. I worked at a kindergarten and one kid was sometimes super sweet but sometimes really mean. He could switch in a second. While I was naming the colouring pages they were about to get he walked up to me and bit me in the arm. Didn't think it was through, cuz no blood. But it started swelling and getting red and the marks were clearly there. Went to the doc right after my shift. He explained a human bite is the second most dangerous bite there is. Got antibiotics but they didn't work. Arm just kept swelling and getting completely dark purple over two days. Doctor sent me to the hospital where I got strong antibiotics. Basically everything in me was cleaned with that sh*t, felt weak for months. If it didn't start working by that night is have to come back and be hospitalised to get my underarm removed. I've sh*t some bricks there. Never thought a kids bite could cause this. Luckily the swelling got less and the bruise stopped spreading so I still have my arm, but that was very close."

"Having a small snack before a medical procedure that requires anesthesia. Intubation can cause you to throw up your food and you can choke."

"Amateur mental health advice. Everyone is an armchair psychologist these days and that creates problems. Diagnosing and treating mental illness is actually incredibly complex. There's a reason we make people study for so many years before we call them experts.

If a friend comes to you complaining about a serious mental health condition like depression, suicide, anxiety, etc. your first advice should always be "see an expert". It's way easier than you think to give negligent advice that can make the problem worse. Instead, be a listener. Chances are nothing you say can fix your friend's mental health issue. It's far more helpful to be a sympathetic ear than to give potentially negligent advice."

"Horseback riding or biking without a helmet. Sure helmets suck and don’t look cool, but you gotta protect those BRAINS. And soooo many people just don’t."

alekdefuneham wrote:
"Throwing your friend in the pool."

Arqueete replied:
"I have only the most basic swimming skills and have never jumped into deep water. It is my nightmare that someone will make assumptions about my swimming skills and think it's funny to push me in or dunk me under."

"Not wearing sunscreen."

"A lot of "pranks" do not end well. They involve a toxic combination of physical action with surprise based on (misplaced) trust which often than not end badly- if not physically then emotionally."

"Lint. too much lint in a dryer can cause a fire. gotta clean that stuff out on the regular"

JanusIsBlue wrote:
"DULL KNIVES. Dull knives are far more likely to cause an incident compared to a sharp one."

AddSomeSpice replied:
"Also, a falling knife has no handle."

"Driving when sleepy!"

"Being conflict avoidant. People think they are trying to keep the peace by not causing friction, but when you don’t have healthy conflict, boundaries get run over, your get burnt out, you feel unheard or taken advantage of and on a higher level, terrible people get into and keep positions of power and oppression when people opt to stay silent rather than challenge the status quo for the sake of pseudo-unity."

"ER nurse... I had a teenage girl come from Home economics class. She was sewing and had a pin between her lips. I mean, who hasn’t done that? She sucked it in and it got lodged in her throat. While waiting for a scope she felt it dislodge and went deep into her main bronchial. She required major surgery. Had a young boy running with a toothbrush in his mouth. Got jammed way deep, almost hit a major artery..."

"Grapefruit juice.

By itself it's perfectly fine, but a lot of people aren't aware that grapefruit juice specifically has interactions with a LOT of different drugs, both medical and recreational, and can be potentially very dangerous when combined"

fireball2294 wrote:
"Texting while driving. You might think this is obvious but I see many people texting and driving everyday. Not cool and definitely not safe."

Narge1 replied:
"I saw a dude pull onto a busy street from a parking lot without looking up from his phone for even a second to see if it was clear. I couldn't believe the stupidity and luck I'd just seen."