Health & WellnessJUL 5, 2023

29 Things People Try To Warn Others About But They Don't Listen

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People say that if there’s no risk, there’s no reward. That may be true, but there’s also a limit to that thought. There are aspects of our lives where we take more risks than we should that can be blindspots for us. When one Reddit user asked others to share which warnings they think people don’t take seriously enough, the responses became an excellent list of tips for what might not be worth risking in life.

The responses seem to have drawn on a vast variety of different life experiences and come from different fields. We think that just about anyone will find some wisdom on this list that would be worth taking into consideration in their own lives.

#1

29 Things People Try To Warn Others About But They Don't Listen

Letting the culture war distract you. The purpose of the culture war is to be a distraction. We don’t need to worry about pronouns and drag queens. We need to worry about the extremely rich taking advantage of us all.

Intelligent-Bottle22, Ono Kosuki

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411points

#2

The fact that we need to pay our teachers more these are the people who are teaching the next generation and we pay them a mere pittance of what they are worth. They need to be able to support their families and we do not pay them accordingly.

leolawilliams5859, Tima Miroshnichenko

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242points

#3

Keeping their kids away from social media for as long as humanly possible. They are too young for the 24/7 drama.

snunley75, RDNE Stock project

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222points

Quite a few of the ignored risks covered on this list have to do with our health. That’s one of the most valuable things that any of us possess, so we thought we could flesh the list out with more information about some of the most serious public health risks people face today.

#4

Sleep deprivation.

That s**t'll kill you. Slowly. Painfully. Insidiously. Your body will wear out. Your mind will waste away. You will be sick all the time. Your judgment, self control, and emotional continence will fail with astonishing regularity. You'll develop cognitive decline in your 50s or 60s that shouldn't happen south of 80 or 90. It will destroy your quality of life.

Allfunandgaymes, Ivan Oboleninov

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179points

#5

Escooters are becoming more and more of a thing. I see kids zipping around town no helmet.

WEAR A F*****G HELMET. I might look goofy but if go down at 40mph I won't get brain damage or die.

ComplexPackage117, Brett Sayles

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156points

#6

The way you speak around your children

My mother once reffered to my little sister as chunky and said they'd have to cut back on her diet

And I had to stop and remind her that was the exact sort of thing that my dad and his gf said to me that caused me to develope an ED

ted_dyy, RDNE Stock project

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155points

Alcohol use, though mentioned on this list, is worth expanding upon. Some studies suggest that very moderate alcohol consumption can be beneficial, but many people use a bit too much. Tens of thousands of deaths every year are attributed in various ways to alcohol, from accidents and violence to a number of related illnesses.

#7

How fundamentally AI is going to change our society. It's going to be bigger and more disruptive than the internet and we are still only at the very early stages. Things are gonna get real weird real fast but funny AI says silly things haha so nobody listens to me.

kurtums, Pavel Danilyuk

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150points

#8

Antibiotics. It's imperative to follow the prescription and finish the bottle. I've known people who stop taking them when they start to feel better and save the rest of the bottle for "the next time I'm sick"

PoeJam, Polina Tankilevitch

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148points

#9

Buzzed driving, is drunk driving.

anon, Element5 Digital

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135points

Food safety can be more important than many believe. Those who aren’t severely harmed or even killed by food-borne illnesses can still be seriously sickened, causing usually easily avoidable suffering.

#10

Wearing sunscreens.

Surprisingly, more people hadnt got a grasp on how important it is on our skin in the long run.

canonelise, Mikhail Nilov

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133points

#11

Wear your seat belt. It's like the old PSA goes: whether it's down the street or to the moon, buckle your seat belt.

lukas_the, Kelly

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111points

#12

Listening to music so loud on your headphones that I can hear it. This happens at the gym and it’s all the young high schoolers listening to their music so loudly. Gonna blow their ears out eventually

Big-Routine222, Marcelo Chagas

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110points

Depending on the quality of care where you are, healthcare-associated infections can be a serious risk. There isn’t much that most patients can do to avoid this risk when in the care of medical professionals, but when relevant, be sure to carefully follow all hygiene and care instructions to avoid catching serious preventable illnesses.

#13

Microplastics

blockem, Oregon State University

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110points

#14

I’ve spent the last year teaching at various schools in the LA area, grades 3 up to seniors in high school. I can not emphasize enough the effect of cell phone use on young people. Many of the high schools I go to don’t even make a legitimate effort to make students put their phones down. There were theater games I’d play with seniors in high school where I would have to explain the simple rules so many times that we’d barely ever accomplish getting through the game. The 3rd graders would get it immediately and play for half an hour. Every single time I’d give the high school kids a simple direction they would look at me for a second and then say “Wait…what?” It was alarming.

duh_metrius, Pixabay

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105points

#15

owning a fire extinguisher. you never know how fast your life can change until a natural disaster/fire hits. and yes, it could be you

msulliv4, Oluwaseun Duncan

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104points

Having mentioned alcohol twice in this article, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention tobacco use as well. Fortunately, general trends suggest that more and more of us are becoming aware of the risks. In the US, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports: “Current smoking has declined from 20.9% (nearly 21 of every 100 adults) in 2005 to 11.5% (nearly 12 of every 100 adults) in 2021.”

#16

propaganda/advertising really bother me

I read something recently about an area of research called "consumer neuroscience" which is basically the term they are using for a collection of research and imaging to figure out how best to exploit your psychology to make it more effective to own your attention. Research into psychology should benefit people, not the interests of whoever-the-f**k, but that's where the money is

The reason it bothers me is because manipulating and controlling people is morally wrong, this is obvious in relationships but not from outside. The reason nobody cares is because either they assume it is harmless or they think I am crazy for caring about something that seems so innocuous on the surface

cara27hhh, Negative Space

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103points

#17

Overfishing

trex2112, Tomasz Filipek

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92points

#18

Alcohol. It is literally poison and your body doesn't enjoy it.

MudhornsRefuge, Tembela Bohle

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89points

Drug abuse is another serious issue. Different drugs can have different impacts on our lives, but nearly all of them can cause significant health issues and addiction problems. According to American Addiction Centers, “Drug abuse and addiction cost American society more than $740 billion annually in lost workplace productivity, healthcare expenses, and crime-related costs.”

#19

Falling.

You can hurt yourself grievously when hitting your head on the ground or on nearby objects. Concussions are nothing to laugh about, no matter your age.

CrankyReviewerTwo, iSAW Company

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84points

#20

Always use fans on your plants when you are growing them indoors!
Especially seedlings.
Plants hate still, stagnant air. They are able to transpire moisture more effectively when the air is moving.
A strong breeze will also keep your seedlings from dying due to damping off.
It also strengthens the stems so that they don't just fall over when you move them.

tricularia, Huy Phan

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77points

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