‘What seems harmless but is incredibly dangerous?’ – 30 everyday terrors to spoil your day
16.
‘Weirdly specific, but leaking hydraulic fluid from a small crack in a pressurized manifold. It doesn’t shoot out like a gas would, instead looks like droplets, but if you put your thumb over it, it shoots toxic hydraulic fluid into your bloodstream.’
boerseun180
17.
‘Pool covers. It’s like being wrapped in a bedsheet underwater. You cannot get free and you cannot scream for help. Once you’re in the only way to get out is to be incredibly lucky and get free or have faith that someone saw or heard you fall in and hope that they get you in time. It’s a lengthy, terrifying, death that’s completely avoidable.’
A_Wild_VelociFaptor
18.
‘Jumping on a trampoline.’
valakom
19.
‘Silence in a house with toddlers.’
darthatheos
20.
‘Over-the-counter medicines. Just because you can get something without a prescription does not mean it’s safe in all cases or in high doses.’
Caverjen
21.
‘Cleaning ammonia with bleach.’
JohnLayman
22.
‘Eating raw or undercooked kidney beans can make you very sick or even kill you. It only takes like 3 undercooked kidney beans to ruin your day.’ itgetsworse602
23.
‘Throwing your friend in the pool.’
alekdefuneham
24.
‘Cat bites. Cat fangs puncture deep and trap bacteria deep within your tissue, leading to horrible infections. You might think one isn’t serious because it’s not bleeding much, but that just means the wound isn’t flushing properly – if you get seriously bitten by a cat, it’s very important to go to urgent care so they can properly disinfect the wound.’
Notmiefault
25.
‘Climbing a ladder. It doesn’t even have to be a big ladder. Even one of those two step ladders are incredibly dangerous. One ill placed step can change your entire life.’
gizmosbutu
26.
‘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.’
bomboclawt75
27.
‘Petting someone’s dog without asking 😬’
catsonmyface
28.
‘My floor when I have socks.’
Crazy932
29.
‘Following too closely in your car. Not just tailgating, but even following 50+ feet behind in fast traffic. Next time you’re in your car, wait for the car in front of you to pass a clear marker like an exit sign or a bridge, then count the seconds until you reach this marker. This is the amount of time you have to react (and potentially save your own life) in an emergency. I always shoot for 3 seconds, which is about 20 car-lengths in 70mph traffic. For people who follow a 3 car-lengths rule, you have about .4 seconds to react in the same situation, and I’m not that quick under pressure.’
Dragnil
30.
‘Letting water from a fresh water source up your nose. Most of the time it will be fine, but every once in a while you’ll get a brain eating amoeba that has a 99.9% fatality rate. This is in the US as well.’
Roscoeakl
To conclude …
‘This thread. It’s making me not wanna leave the house ever again.’
Wehdeo
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