What is actually dangerous but people still believe is safe? – 19 things that are more deadly than they appear
11.
‘I am not saying this facetiously – walking down stairs. I know an absurd number of people who have been injured, badly, couple of comas, from stair falls. Not all of them elderly either.’
-GardenFeverDream
12.
‘Old cars. It stuns me Everytime I hear some boomer bitch about how fragile cars are, and how ‘back in my day’ cars were a lot more solid.
‘Like yea grandad, they’re called crumple zones and they’re there for a reason. All that energy that gets absorbed when your car crumples is energy that ISN’T transferred to your squishy flesh prison’
-CurnanBarbarian
13.
‘Jacking up a car.
‘Jacks fail. Cars get off balance. Things underneath are suddenly very smooshed. Don’t be that thing.
‘I’ve had it happen myself, just doing a routine wheel change. Jack’s stand was at a slight angle, not fully planted, and the car decided that day to jump off and give me a heart attack.’
-shinyviper
14.
‘Taking your kid’s booster seat away too soon.
‘There’s a 5 Step Test to see if your kid is ready to safely use the car’s seat belt and seats, but I’ve known so many to ignore those recommendations. Don’t be in such a rush to push your child out of safer options.’
-Electrical_Doubt_19
15.
‘PLEASE STOP TOUCHING BRIGHTLY COLOURED OCEAN CREATURES. I am going to die of an embolism the next time I see an influencer holding a Blue-Ringed Octopus or the Bright Blue Nudibranchs in their bare hands.’
-DisillusionedDruid
16.
‘Sitting at a desk all day long staring at a computer screen.’
-pimpbot666
17.
‘Cows. I think most people underestimate them unless they’ve actually worked with them’
-Raski_Demorva
18.
‘Vaping. Too many kids/young adults think it’s safer than cigarettes.’
-Anonymo123
19.
‘Facial piercings like an eyebrow ring or lip ring. I had a paramedic friend who called them “Face Zippers”. His reason being “If the airbag deploys that ring rips your face like opening a zipper”‘
-LankyGuitar6528
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