What Do People Think is Harmless but It’s Incredibly Dangerous? People Responded.

It’s interesting how you can think something (or someone) can be totally harmless…until the situation gets flipped on its head and you realize you’re dealing with something that’s actually dangerous.

And the world is full of this kind of stuff!

What seems harmless but is actually really dangerous?

Folks shared their thoughts on AskReddit.

1. Keep your eyes open.

“Walking along the train tracks.

It’s crazy how fast millions of pounds of freight can sneak up on you.”

2. Jeez.

“ER nurse here.

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.”

3. Ouch!

“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 s**t, felt weak for months. If it didn’t start working by that night is have to come back and be hospitalized to get my underarm removed. I’ve shat some bricks there.

Never thought a kid’s 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.”

4. Gotta follow directions.

“Having a small snack before a medical procedure that requires anesthesia.

Intubation can cause you to throw up your food and you can choke.”

5. Be careful.

“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, d**th that’s completely avoidable.”

6. Wow.

“Having a loose animal in the car.

A safety instructor once told me doctors had to dig dog bones out of a person after it got between them and an airbag.”

7. Pretty scary.

“Oceanside cliff blow holes.

People think they’re so much fun to stand around and play with.

You fall into one of those things, you aren’t getting out.

The waves will just bludgeon you against the rocks until you d** or you’re lucky enough to drown first.”

8. Know your flowers.

“Kids picking flowers in the park. I am a conservation

Technician for a county park system, at least once a year I have to stop parents with kids picking flowers off the trail because I see kids with either poison hemlock (one of the d**dliest plants if ingesting even a tiny amount) or wild parsnip, which can cause some serious permanent scarring, burns, and boils if the sap gets on to your skin and is exposed to sunlight.

Don’t let your kids pick or eat anything you aren’t 100% sure of.”

9. No way I’m doing this.

“Confined spaces, above ground or worse, below the surface.

If you do urban exploration, caving, or anything like that, get a 4 gas detector, clip it to you chest or belt, and set the alarm to max.

If it makes a sound, get the f**k out or you are going to d**.”

10. Gotta do it.

“Not checking / changing the tires on your car.

Someone back me up on this.

You can’t just drive around with the same tires on forever.

Eventually you’ll end up doing donuts in the middle of a wet interstate because your back tires lost traction.”

11. I didn’t know that.

“Eating raw or undercooked kidney beans can make you very sick or even k**l you.

It only takes like 3 undercooked kidney beans to ruin your day.”

12. Could be very harmful.

“Small cuts you get when doing marine stuff.

If you are diving/snorkeling at a coral reef and lightly scrape yourself on some coral, for the love of god disinfect the living s**t out of that, no matter how “mild” it looks. The bacteria on coral will literally eat your leg off.

Having small cuts on your hand while handling stuff like diatomaceous earth or sea sponges can cause tiny glass spines to enter your blood stream and poke tiny holes in all those blood highways running through you.

While this is a bit of a he-said she-said story, my professor apparently had a student hospitalized and d** due to massive internal bleeding issues from handling this s**t day after day.”

What do you think seems harmless but is really dangerous?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know.

Thanks in advance!

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July 5, 2021

Flight Attendants and Pilots, How Do Passengers Annoy You? Here’s What People Said.

It really makes my blood boil when people act like a**holes on airplanes and at airports and treat crew members like garbage.

Just keep your opinions to yourself, go along with the program, and you’ll be at your destination before you know it.

It’s really as easy as that! But you know some people have to cause problems wherever they go…

So, what annoys people who work on airplanes for a living?

Here’s what folks had to say on AskReddit.

1. Ugh.

“Poking or grabbing at me to get my attention!!

And it’s usually on my as** as it’s eye level with most people haha. But for real DON’T poke people! Especially if I am speaking to another passenger. I can see you waving at me I’m not going to interrupt my assisting someone else because you want me to take your trash, just give me a second and I’ll come to you next.

I promise can hear you if you say “excuse me!” Or “Miss!” Or even wave a little in my direction. There’s just no need to touch people or grab at them.

Once I was so irritated at someone’s incessant poking, I turned, looked them in the eye and poke poke poked them right back and said, “what do you need.””

2. Not my fault.

“Check-in Agent here.

When the plane is delayed or there’s a cancellation and passengers blame us! Honestly there’s nothing more we want than getting you on the plane to your holiday or back home but if there’s something physically wrong with the plane we will not risk everyone’s lives.

Shouting, screaming and cursing at us won’t change the fact that the plane is still broken!”

3. So rude.

“Leaving a ridiculous amount of garbage behind.

Last week I had a couple spit huge globs of gum onto the floor and then step on it to try to rub it in.

Like seriously? Why?”

4. Gross.

“Don’t try to join the mile high club. Just, stop.

Don’t have s** in the bathrooms y’all. No, you aren’t being very quiet and yes we will know and depending on the airline policy we’ll also have to politely ask you to knock it off and keep it in your pants.

Not to mention the obvious – airplane restrooms are ridiculously tiny, to the point where once on one long haul we had to make an emergency landing because a large couple couldn’t get out of the restroom they had shoved themselves into once they were done.

I’ll add that this is THE grossest place to possibly want to do the deed, as restrooms NEVER GET DEEP-CLEANED, EVER (between same-day legs)

Ugh, and please don’t jerk your partner off while you’re both in your seats, with OUR COMPLEMENTARY BLANKET(!!!).

I know what your hand motions mean and I will have to come over and shut it down, especially because in most cases there are families with kids sitting behind or near you.”

5. I’m pretty sure that’s on you.

“The stories I have….which honestly anyone who’s worked any type of customer service knows what’s up.

My personal favorite. College athlete showed up late to flight, told couldn’t board, yelling, screaming and cursing all employees. Bringing her race up as reason they aren’t letting her on….you know the works.

The competition she missed the flight to was Olympic tryouts. How late was she you ask? She showed up two hours after the flight left…”

6. Jeez…

“They mayor of LA was coming though so they shut the gate down for security reasons.

Jay Leno was there for some reason and was screaming at my mom because he was not getting the same treatment as the mayor.”

7. No touching.

“After a flight I usually stand by the flight deck and say good bye to the passengers as they exit.

I get a lot of people that ask how old I am. That doesn’t really bother me (I’ll probably be sad when it stops), but please don’t touch me as you are saying it. Seriously, strangers trying to pinch cheeks and pat my head.

Lady, I’m not your grandchild, I’m your captain.”

8. LOL.

“Used to fly 50 seat jets for a regional. Flew with some captains who hated hearing “wow this plane is really small” as passengers boarded.

“It would look pretty big parked in your driveway” was my favorite response I heard. The plane was 100′ long and weighed 50,000 lbs so yeah I bet it would.”

9. Follow the rules…

“Ex EK cabin crew here. Honestly the most annoying thing is when passenger don’t follow safety protocols as we get ready for landing. Things such as…

Not putting on seat belts for whatever reason Not putting seats upright Taking your time in the toilet Standing up to grab things from overhead bin
…Among other things

There are a lot to do to prep a long haul flight for landing and once we start decent, there is a limited time to get everything done. Passengers who don’t cooperate definitely are the most annoying. There were times where I got to my jump seat right before landing on the runway.

I saw a reply above on running out of food choices. One time on a flight to New Delhi, in economy we ran out of vegetarian meals 2/3 way through because catering underestimated the demand.

We then ran through the crew meals to gather all the vegetarian options and gave those out to passengers. While planes aren’t restaurants, we definitely did our best to accommodate the passengers as best as we can.”

10. Out of our hands.

“Blaming us for: ATC delays, missed connections, baggage issues, etc.

We have no control over that…we just fly planes and keep you safe aboard.

We understand we’re the face of the company you see at the time, but really it’s out of our hands.”

11. From a pilot.

“Pilot here.

My worst experiences with customers is when the weather is bad and we have to either wait or make a no go decision. My personal favorite is the guy who screamed at me while I was in the terminal getting coffee because his flight wasn’t leaving on time.

The whole northeast was shut down for thunderstorms and low ceilings, but his iPhone said it was ok for us to go so he had to tell me how bad I am at my job.

As a passenger don’t say “thanks for finally showing up”. One it’s incredibly rude, two you may only have one flight that day but I probably had four. Chances are I was delayed because of a another flight or maintenance on some other plane.

Added to that we often only get 45 mins to an hour between flights which ends to requiring us to literally get off one right onto another. We have to grab food or maybe use a real bathroom in that time also.

Don’t ask if we were out late last night drinking. You may say it as a joke and think it’s funny but we have to take those comments seriously. There is a chance that comment will force the pilots to go take a breathalyzer and your flight may be delayed or canceled. If you honestly smell booze speak up. If not it’s not funny and keep your mouth shut.

Not an annoyance but I do love the look on peoples faces when I tell them “sorry I don’t know where the nearest X is, this is my first time at this airport”. We don’t pre plan and memorize the layouts of the terminals at every airport in the world.”

12. The straight dope.

“Former flight attendant here… 15 years I’ve seen it all! (and sorry for formatting, on mobile)

Walking throughout the aircraft barefoot. Especially into the toilets… Those floors are not as clean as you think they are!

People who talk to us and treat us like scum. And yes, we’ll provide better service to the ones who are nice, or think of them first when a whole row is free and they need to lie down and sleep during an 11hr flight.

Parents that don’t watch their kids during the flight. The aircraft isn’t childproof and there’s a surprising amount of things they can injure themselves on.

Passengers who do aircraft yoga during the service. By all means if lights are off and it’s quiet go ahead, but if there’s a buzz of activity near the galley then maybe wait a while.

Speaking of which, assuming the galley is a free for all. Sometimes we don’t get provided crew food for work and bring our own. If we’re busy attending to a call bell and can’t finish out snack or whatever… Its not for you to just grab and eat… At least ask first!

Complaining about how rough the flight was. I’ve had some cuss out the flight deck about their abilities because the aircraft hit wake turbulence… If you can magically see wake turbulence on a tiny monitor and think you can do a better job then join a flight academy, pay several thousand dollars for the training and certification and do it yourself…”

Now we want to hear from you.

What annoys you when you fly?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know!

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July 5, 2021

People Discuss What Looks Harmless but Is Actually Very Dangerous

You know koala bears?

Those cute, cuddly creatures may look adorable and soft, but, from what I’ve been told, they can be vicious animals and they can make you instantly regret ever getting near them.

Who knew?!?! I sure didn’t…

People on AskReddit talked about what looks harmless but is actually really dangerous.

So you better pay attention!

1. Heads up.

“Garage door springs. People don’t realize just how much tension those things are actually under.

Never repair a garage door yourself unless you know exactly what you’re doing. The stored energy in them is enough to break bones and sever limbs.”

2. Jeez!

“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.”

3. Keep your feet down.

“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.”

4. Cat scratch fever.

“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.”

5. Surround yourself with good people.

“Hanging around idiots.

Most of the time they only do dumbs**t that affects themselves but when they do something that affects you it can change your whole life.

So just remember if you’re in with a group of imbeciles you’re rolling the dice with your life every second, its like standing in low-grade radiation, its unnoticeable right up until it’s incurable.”

6. FYI.

“Those black foodstuffs with charcoal in them.

Charcoal interacts with a bunch of medications, gets in the way of nutrient absorption, and can really upset your digestive tract.”

7. Water dangers.

“Water in general, but fast moving water specifically.

2 or 3 inches of water is all that’s needed to sweep you off of your feet if it’s moving fast.

12 inches of water will lift and sweep away a car.

Water is heavy and will f**k you up if you don’t respect it.”

8. Changing lanes.

“Changing lanes without leaving a proper gap or checking your blind spot and signaling your intention.

On the surface it seems fine because, hey, you’re going faster than the person you’re passing right? Nope, all it takes is something like a deer to completely f**k your world sideways.

When passing anyone always wait to get into the lane they were in until you see their headlights fully in your rearview mirror and have cleared your blind spot. It’s even more dangerous to do this to a semi, your car will be eaten if it hits you.

Always, always, always visually check your blind spot. Always. Blind spot sensors are not an adequate substitute for a visual check. You’re asking for trouble if you don’t make sure someone hasn’t popped in there.

Use your dang turn signal. Other drivers are not mind readers, signal your intent and follow through with it.”

9. Just don’t do it.

“Feeding wildlife.

Even if it seems safe for yourself to do so it’s probably very dangerous for the animal you feed.

It’s very likely that feeding a wild animal may lead to it’s d**th.”

10. Didn’t know about this.

“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.”

11. Don’t get close.

“Taking pictures of bears ( apparently it looks harmless to people in Yellowstone ).

Bears are faster than many expect especially uphill so if you are ever near a bear and want a picture stay in your car to do it.”

12. Wrap it up.

“Unprotected s**.

There was an optional, hour-long class I took my freshman year about STIs. I took it by accident and it was simultaneously the most traumatizing and important class I’ve taken in my life.

Knowing of STIs isn’t enough, seeing pictures, learning about each one, as well as how they get transmitted, that’s important.”

13. Dangerous.

“Tylenol/acetaminophen.

This drug is fine within the recommended doses but it is ubiquitous in a lot of OTC medicines and so easy to take too much.

This is potentially damaging to the liver. Intentional overdoses are fatal.”

14. Protect your head!

“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.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us what you think looks harmless but is really dangerous.

Please and thank you!

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July 5, 2021

Which “Bad Guys” From History Were Actually Okay? Here’s What People Had to Say.

A lot of men and women have had their names dragged through the mud after they’ve passed on.

Some obviously deserve every bad word that was ever printed about them, but some people have been unfairly judged by history…until today.

Because these folks are gonna set the record straight!

AskReddit users talked about the “bad guys” from history who weren’t really all that bad.

Let’s take a look.

1. A sad story.

“Richard Jewell.

He was an on duty security guard during the ’96 summer Olympics and found a bomb. He notified authorities and helped evacuate people to safety.

He was then accused of planting the bomb, even though it was Eric Rudolph who actually did it.”

2. Never knew that.

“William Murdoch was the guy who sh**ts two passengers and then himself in “Titanic.”

In reality, while there were reports of an officer shooting two passengers and then committing s**cide, there was nothing confirming it to have been Murdoch.

In fact, Murdoch was in charge of launching life boats on the starboard side and had launched more than half of his fully loaded lifeboats before anyone else launched any. No one knows for sure what happened to him aside that he was lost with the ship.”

3. Boxing great.

“The film Cinderella Man portrayed boxer Max Baer as a m**derous psychopath who gladly ki**ed two fighters in the ring.

In reality, he was personally devastated by these d**ths. In the one he was most directly responsible for, he ended up giving his winnings from his next few fights to the fighters family.”

4. Hail to the king.

“Richard III of England is getting another look.

They say he was actually a good king and that after he was deposed it was all the propaganda that ruined his name.”

5. Ancient history.

“Claudius was a decent emperor, in my opinion.

He wasn’t quite Augustus but if you compare him to the men who preceded and succeeded him (Gaius and Nero) he was a saint.”

6. Not a monster.

“Captain William Bligh of the HMS Bounty. Portrayed as a monster in novels and films. He was actually a well thought of Naval Officer who when forced off his ship sailed a small craft 4,000 miles with minimal provisions.

When there was no suitable craft available he and his crew then built their own and sailed from East Timor back to England. He was exonerated by the courts, and had a successful career as Governor of New South Wales.”

7. African leader.

“Thomas Sankara.

When he lead Burkina Faso it was probably the most progressive African nation at the time, and even by todays standards it would be up there when compared to them.

He was also responsible for not only making it less reliant on France, but also it’s name (which used to be ‘Upper Volta’), and interestingly since he was a guitarist he also wrote the new national anthem.

He was a**assinated in 1987 after a coup.

8. Unfair.

“The play Mozart and Salieri (and later the film Amadeus) popularized the idea that Mozart’s rival, Antonio Salieri, was a huge jerk who ultimately ki**ed Mozart.

But in reality there’s no indication that Mozart was poisoned, or that Salieri had anything to do with his d**th.

Also Salieri was a philanthropist and probably a lot more decent than theater/film made him out to be when they needed an antagonist for Mozart.”

9. Notable women.

“Anne Boleyn.

When the king sets his eyes on you, you don’t really get to say no. He’d already had his way with her sister and discarded her and their bastard son. So instead of being another ruined castoff she played her bad hand to the best of her ability and made herself a queen.

Eventually Henry got tired of her, which was his MO, after she “failed” to produce any living sons and he’d already set his sights on Jane. He needed a viable reason to get rid of her, and what better way to do it than rumors of infidelity, incest and witchcraft? He probably would have done something similar to Catherine of Aragon if she wasn’t from a royal house you did not want to f**k with.

Helen of Troy is also similarly maligned. All she did was leave her (probably brutish) husband for another man. Agamemnon didn’t give a single f**k about his brother’s wife (property) but her “abduction” did give him a perfect reason to go to war.

Even if she’d tried to hand herself over – to almost certainly be ki**ed by her enraged husband – it wouldn’t have ended anything because she was just an excuse.”

10. A big one.

“Cleopatra.

A lot of historians for the longest time saw her as Augustus portrayed her. As an evil seductress and ruined perfectly good Romans. It was a lot more complicated and she was a very smart, effective ruler.

Was she perfect? No, no one is but she isn’t this monster people like to portray her as.”

11. Yup.

“Monica Lewinski. Gonna leave it at that.

Pretty messed up how the world blamed the young intern for the s** scandal instead of the powerful, much older president…”

12. A French icon.

“Marie Antoinette.

She was far from perfect, yes, but she was shipped away from home at 14 years old to a country that hated pretty much everything about her home land, with an economy that was already starting to fray at the seams. Yes, she lived extravagantly (Being literally the QUEEN and having to keep up appearances), but she was often falsely accused of major f**k-ups that she had nothing to do with.

She never said “Let them eat cake”. She was impersonated and held responsible for one of the most expensive jewelry pieces in France’s history. The people of France were NEVER going to like her, and took every opportunity to hate her more.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us who you think has gotten a raw deal in the history books.

Thanks in advance!

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July 5, 2021

People Share the Stark Realities of Living as a Person of Color

I’m not sure why the world is the way it is.

That’s not true. I kind of do.

It’s because dismantling systems of power and oppression is hard. It takes a lot of work and dedication, and most people are too wrung out from the daily grind to care about anything else.

Lucky for all of us, there are people working hard every day to make sure that someday people of color will no longer be treated like criminals because of their race.

It can’t come soon enough, as these 12 people make so painfully clear.

1. Insensitive comments abound

It’s so deeply ingrained that people don’t even realize they’re being rude sometimes.

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2. Sometimes they do know it’s rude

They just don’t care. As though their comfort is more important than yours.

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3. You are constantly the victim of assumptions

It sounds like an exhausting way to live.

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4. Authority figures don’t give you the benefit of the doubt

Expectations mean they hear what they expect to hear, see what they expect to see.

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5. You’re impacted by arbitrary rules

And you know they were put in place as veiled attempts to legitimize discrimination against you.

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6. People are afraid of you without provocation

And they’re not very good at hiding it.

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7. People take liberties with your body

As though they have the right.

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8. You get accused of kidnapping

Which is even more ridiculous when you look at actual kidnapping statistics around non-custodial family members.

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9. It’s not unusual to experience trauma at a young age

It’s heartbreaking, but it’s not unusual.

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10. Children are the worst, except when they’re not

The worst part is when they grow up into cruel adults.

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11. Sometimes, it’s like you’re invisible

But not the times when you wish that you were.

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12. It’s not a uniquely American experience

That’s… not exactly both good and bad. More like both real and sad.

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It’s so important to see what life is like for someone different from yourself.

I’m glad these people shared their experiences, and that I could share them with you.

Have you had similar experiences? Share your story in the comments.

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July 5, 2021

People Share Warnings From Nature That Might Save Your Life

Pay attention to nature, always!

That can be kind of complicated if you don’t know what you’re looking for, but it’s absolutely true…because nature has a way of knowing when something bad might be right around the corner.

People on AskReddit talked about warnings from nature that might just save your life.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. It’s a twister.

“During “stormy weather” in the Midwest…If the sky turns greenish and the pressure bottoms out, it’s time to head for the basement.”

2. Higher ground.

“If you are in a canyon, slot or otherwise, and you see clouds anywhere in the sky GTFO.

It could be raining miles away and cause a flash flood in less than 10 minutes as water rushes through the canyon.

Get to higher ground.”

3. Dangerous.

“If something, especially in the ocean, is very pretty or colorful or very ugly and doesn’t run away from you, it’s probably very venomous.”

4. Big warning.

“If you’re on the beach and see that the shore is much further out in the ocean than it usually is, you should get away from there immediately.

This is the mayor warning sign of a tsunami and you can see this e.g. in video tapes of the great tsunami in 2004.

But people weren’t leaving, they rather tried to figure out where the water went.

I once also heard a story about a girl who went to holidays with her parents to a region which was hit by the tsunami and a few weeks before the vacation she learned about tsunamis at school, so she noticed what was happening and she rescued her family.”

5. Don’t go there.

“Do not go wading in water that is heading toward a cliff! Also known as a waterfall. The current is much stronger than you might think.

I am only here thanks to a handy bush as my father as a teenager was almost swept to his d**th in Yosemite.”

6. Camp elsewhere.

“For novice campers, be able to recognize what d**d standing trees look like – and don’t camp near them.

A couple of campers are k**led every year by trees falling on them during the night. Usually during storms.

There was one near our campsite last year, so I took it down. So if you’re in a park with regulations not to cut trees down d**d ones are the exception.”

7. Heads up.

“My hair literally stood on end, including arm hair. Pulse went way up.

I hit the deck face first in the shrubs and the ground around me exploded in thunder and lightening impact.

Way too close.”

8. Good to know.

“If you have come across a small bare area under a tree, and bark is missing from the tree, you’ve probably stumbled upon a bears summer bed.

Also dont use bear bells in places that is also cougar country. You are basically ringing the dinner bell.”

9. They know.

“Pets like dogs or even cats can often tell if there if there is something wrong with a person.

If you notice your dog is constantly sniffing, touching, or just gravitating to a certain part of your body, you should get it checked out.”

10. Don’t eat that!

“If you’re eating plants out in the woods, and it tastes like almonds, SPIT IT OUT.

It’s very likely to be poisonous. Only eat what you know is safe.”

11. Silence.

“If you’re ever in a forest or mountain area and all goes quiet; birds stop chirping, bugs stop buzzing, leaves stop rustling… you are either:

A) Being stalked by a mountain lion and about to become his lunch so say your prayers.

OR

B) About to be kidnapped by Bigfoot who will make you strip and fold up your bright red shirt and place it nicely on a rock next to your shoes; then shuffle you away to an alternate realm where the fairies will decide whether or not you should return to your homeland after they feed you a nice home cooked meal.

If this happens run but I’m not sure that will actually help. Worth a try though.”

12. We should all know this.

“If you are outside in winter and you suddenly get really warm DO NOT take your clothes off.

You are about to d** to hypothermia.

You need warmth as fast as possible.”

13. Flash flood warning.

“If you are swimming in a river and the starts turning dark (brown, muddy) and you started seeing a lot of trash (tree branches, leaves) GTFO of the water.

Those are usually the signs of flash flood.”

14. And keep this in mind.

“If are ever out and about and you suddenly get a bad feeling or a feeling that you should stop doing something or do something different LISTEN TO THAT FEELING.

Those are your instincts talking to you, we have over 100,000+ years of evolution we spent developing survival instincts.

Please don’t waste them/ignore them.”

What are some more little-known warnings from nature we need to pay attention to?

Talk to us in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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July 5, 2021

People Share the Fashion Trends They Really Don’t Like

I’ve seen some pretty funny and embarrassing fashion trends over the years.

HyperColor t-shirts, enormous JNCO pants, tight-rolling your jeans, etc.

And the big one that sticks out now to me is how young hipster types in their twenties are now dressing in awful clothes from the early 1990s. I’m talking about Vuarnet France t-shirts, fanny packs, colorful shorts…it’s just really terrible if you ask me…

What fashion trends do you really not like?

Here’s how AskReddit users responded.

1. Enough with the toes.

“Peep-toed shoes. Who thought showing off your big toe and maybe the one next to it looked good?!

Drives me up the wall when they do it to boots, because they’ve defeated the purpose of keeping my feet warm.

Congratulations, you look like a fancy hobo.”

2. Brutal.

“A lot of Gen Z fashion is dressing like a boomer at a cook out.

Chunky shoes with mom jeans, the largest t shirt you can find, and a bucket hat??

Idk guess I’m old now, LOL.”

3. Unflattering.

“Not sure what fashion trends are hot at the moment in other countries or cities but here in Dublin, Ireland, cycling shorts are having a moment and they look hideous.

It’s mostly younger women, teenagers and women in their early 20s – the kind of people who have the figures to pull off such an unforgiving item of clothing…yet they don’t look good at all on any of them.

They wear them with heels mostly – all dressed up on the top half like they are going out clubbing then, on the bottom half, cycling shorts and heels.

I just do. not. get. it! It’s such an unflattering look and it also looks ridiculous.”

4. Still around!

“Still has to be guys with their pants falling down and their underwear showing.

How in the world did THAT ever become fashionable?”

5. They’re back!

“The 1980s is back.

I lived through it & didn’t like it.

Now I watch my 20 yr daughter loving it.”

6. You been dumpster diving?

“Wearing ripped clothes that cost you your whole salary but it looks like you borrowed them from a homeless person.”

7. Free advertising.

“Wearing a billboard.

For example I saw someone today in a bright red coca cola shirt, literally just a huge block of text with “coca cola”. Why do you pay money to purchase a shirt to advertise for someone?

They had a matching red laces and a purse so it’s not like they pulled some random promo shirt on a laundry day.”

8. Creepy.

“The kids clothes are hyper gendered before they have even gone through puberty and in many cases are smaller and slimmer fit for girls, s**ualizing them at as young as baby age.

Let’s let the kids dress like the mother loving kids that they are!!”

9. Where’s the back?

“Women’s sweaters that are completely normal in the front but the back is nonexistent.

Either a super deep v, or connected at the neck and wide open the rest of the way down.

Why would I choose a sweater, but want my entire back exposed???”

10. Think of your future!

“Excessive face tattoos.

Call me old, but since Trap music became a thing, the face tattoos seem to have exploded.”

11. Cheap knock-offs.

“Women’s sports apparel thats not just a smaller version of the men’s (i.e. smaller hockey jerseys), but a tight fake looking version.

Or the ones with weird colors or frigging rhinestones.”

12. Oh yuck.

“Sweaters with a hoodie but short sleeves.

They’re popular but I really don’t like them.

Why wear a sweater if you’re not going to cover your entire upper body?”

13. Come on, guys!

“I’m disappointed that at some point in the last 30 years, bright colors were suddenly not something guys wanted.

It’s so hard to find any clothes that aren’t grey, black or some muted color.

While women get to strut around in real yellows, pinks and blues, I’m over here wondering which shade of grey I should wear out to dinner.”

14. No middle ground.

“Women’s fashion is either ‘young teen, perfect body’ or ‘middle aged mum/office worker’.

As a 27 year old I find it SO difficult to find an outfit I like where I don’t look like I’m either dressed completely inappropriately or in something from my mom’s wardrobe!”

Do you really dislike some fashion trends?

If so, tell us all about it in the comments.

We can’t wait!

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July 5, 2021

People Talk About the Advertisements That Made Them Not Want to Buy Products

There’s a recent commercial I’ve seen several times lately that I really, REALLY don’t like.

It’s a Kraft cheese commercial with a close-up of a grilled cheese sandwich in a frying pan and some guy singing a stupid little song about wanting to eat it.

Really? You had millions of dollars for advertising and that’s what you came up with?

Well, now you’ve annoyed me!

Which advertisements made you actually avoid buying a product?

People on AskReddit answered that question.

1. Not realistic.

“Baby commercials where the dad is just a bumbling idiot.

I can have the diaper off, cleaned, and new diaper on before baby even knows I’m changing them.”

2. Getting old…

“All the Liberty Insurance ads.

It’s been played out too long.”

3. Better be careful…

“Manscaped.

Their ads about how if you use their competitors you’ll cut your d**k off.

Didn’t make me afraid of their competitors, they just made me associate Manscaped with severe genital trauma.

Good going, fellas.”

4. What’s he up to?

“Mr. Clean sniffing around that housewife.

I won’t let my wife buy their products for fear that creep is gonna sneak into my house and put the moves on her.”

5. No thank you.

“Quiznos ran a series of radio spots many years ago in which it would open with something along the lines of “when you’re hungry, trying to resist a Quiznos sub is like” and there would be an absurd no-competition comparison with apt sound effects.

One of the spots was (I may be misremembering but was along lines of), “trying to resist a Quiznos sub is like a puppy taking on an alligator.” You then heard a bunch of yipping sounds ending with a big chomp.

That one spot turned me off ever being a customer of that restaurant.”

6. For macho men.

“Dr. Squatch soap.

It’s just obnoxious, macho-man, “natural is better”, “oh no, chemicals!” bulls**t. I don’t even care if the soap’s good, their advertisements have ruined the brand for me. Come to think of it, any brand that targets insecure men through their advertising. There was a supplement company with a probiotic promising to make your balls bigger.

Looked into the research, it was a single, small study on rats, which is… barely evidence, and definitely not enough to launch a product.”

7. Tone deaf.

“The completely tone deaf Cascade Platinum commercial where they try to claim that running your dishwasher every night will somehow save you water because it uses less water than a sink.

How the f**k does that make sense? You think I’m looking at my half empty dishwasher every night and saying “oh s**t. Better take all of these dishes out and wash them by hand or else the dish fairy is going to k**l me in my sleep”?

Of f**king course not. I’m going to wait until it’s full because I’m a grown adult with enough kitchenware to last me a full load in the dishwasher. It’s just a blatant “f**k the environment. Just use our product more so we can sell more s**t.””

8. Brain poison?

“I already don’t smoke ci**rettes, but those anti-s**king ads that refer to nicotine as a “brain poison” just sounds stupid to me.

It’s a drug, just call it what it is.”

9. Enough with the slurping.

“Beverage radio commercials that use lots of slurping or soda can popping sound effects.

Gave me another reason to avoid Dr Pepper and light beer.”

10. Not working.

“Morningstar Farms selling vegetarian burger patties. “If I’m a kid and I like it…” has the opposite effect they intended.

You know what kids like? Ketchup sandwiches. Spoonfuls of sugar stolen from the bowl. Taking a bite out of a stick of butter. Plain cheese pizza. Burgers with no toppings.

When I was a kid I once dumped a packet of Gushers into a bowl of cereal and happily ate it. Morningstar Farms, the fact that some little girl likes to eat your fake meat means nothing to me.”

11. Not appetizing.

“A few years ago Dominos had a commercial campaign where they said things like “People told us our sauce tasted like ketchup and our crust was like cardboard. We listened and we changed the recipe!”

Those ads sure didn’t give me an appetite for pizza.”

12. Weird.

“Dr. Pepper Ten.

Its ad campaign was literally “Not for Women”.

Normally I’m a huge Dr. Pepper fan, but I found that entire campaign so f**king stupid and aggravating that I swore I would never drink it.”

13. Cringeworthy.

“That Grubhub commercial with those disgusting looking 3D characters dancing in a really cringe manner.

It makes me embarrassed on behalf of those people who don’t even actually exist.”

14. Calm down…

“F**k Flo from Progressive, and all her sh**ty friends.

They’re bad and annoying, but I’m not sure that Progressive has realized that their “spokesperson” is a f**king terrible, obsessive, aggressive psycho.

She’s so nosy, and the commercial where she c**kblocks two young people in the laundromat made me wish they threw her into an industrial washer.

“Oh tell me more about bundling insurance, Flo! We’d never flirt with each other when there’s insurance to be discussed, but you’ve only got another 30 seconds before the rinse and spin, and I just don’t think you’ll be able to talk during that! Or after.””

15. Over the top.

“Jimmy Dean frozen breakfast sandwich commercials only had the discordant rooster-sounding riff at the end.

Now it’s every couple of seconds throughout the entire commercial.

It’s like a knife in my ears. “

Are there any ads that really make you not want to buy certain products?

If so, talk to us in the comments.

Thanks a lot!

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July 5, 2021

People Share Why Modern Conveniences Trump the Decadence of the Past Every Time

When we look back on history, it can be tempting to see the good parts. The things that seem better than they are now, especially for those who were well off in one way or another.

The times we live in are great, but when you’re living in it every single day, the bad parts tend to shine a little brighter.

That said, when someone on Reddit asked whether or not people would trade our modern comforts for an elevated position in the past, pretty much no one said yes.

15. We have a few questions.

Depends, do I keep everything else?

Knowledge, vaccines I already got (ie immunity) – can I choose where to go back to and prepare? If yes I’d definitely go back and jump start a lot of inventions.

Everyone here is only thinking about how their life would be negatively affected (I do too by making sure I wouldn’t just get sick and die) but no one thinks about how much you could help literally everyone alive right now, the more back you go, the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward.

Staying in the present is the best choice for you, going back could be the best thing for humanity, ever.

14. If you could take your knowledge with you…

I would take a tiny step up for a tiny step back. Industrialist family in the early 1900s instead of a broke family in the early 2000s… I could invest with amazing results…

13. That went downhill fast.

Yes. Go back to 1870 and rob a fucking train with no repercussions.

Other than getting shot without a trial.

Or hung with a trial. Come to think of it, law back then was a lot less law and a lot more like murder.

12. We really do have it pretty good.

No. Never. No matter how much todays society sucks and has it’s flaws, it’s still astronomically better than for example the middle ages.

11. Things weren’t exactly safe.

I’d prefer to be a commoner in the 2020’s rather than a king in the 1020’s
I can still live a long and happy life now vs constantly being at war against disease, the french, and conspirators.

But worst of all…the French.

Also, hello my Kiwi neighbour.

10. It’s just the hard facts.

Hard pass. A average person in a poor country lives better than a Roman emperor. Eradicated disease, vaccine, hygiene, internet…

9. You’ll hear this again and again.

Heck no. As a woman, I have rights in this time.

In the past, even in the recent past, I would be completely at the mercy of men. I don’t care how high up I would be in status, I would still be susceptible to legalized domestic violence and rape with no means of getting a divorce.

Time traveling is not for women or minorities.

8. Who you are definitely factors in.

Hell no. I’m gay, female, Jewish, chronically ill, and a fan of indoor plumbing, electricity, and modern medicine. I’ll stay right here, thank you.

None of those things would go down well in the past. They still don’t go down well for a lot of people today even

Plus netflix!

7. There are a lot of downsides.

Definitely not, women were basically property of men, they were literally second class citizens, gay rights weren’t that great either, and I could go on mentioning racial segregation, etc. Things are not perfect now either, but they used to be way worse, unless you were a straight, white man… This is just from the culture/society point of view, but medicine etc wasn’t that advanced either.

Yeah and talking about how unadvanced medicine was they literally thought in the 80s that babies didn’t feel pain like adults do. So they would do insane stuff like open heart surgery, circumcisions, and other surgery with no anesthesia. No wonder some 80s babies are so messed up mentally they essentially were tortured when they came out the womb.

6. Women have more reasons than most.

Hard no! For one main reason: periods. They’re a nightmare today, so going back to before pads, tampons, diva cups, etc. were invented is a terrible idea.

Also, the whole “women are property/lesser citizens” thing is also a huge detractor.

5. We do have it pretty good.

There are lot things wrong with the world right now but this is the best time to be alive. Better to live in an uncertain future than a terrible past.

No. We never had it as good as today but some people dont see that. Would maybe go back to 2018-2019 before the pandemic

4. Maybe if you didn’t have to go back so far?

If I could go back to the 1990s then yes.

Life was fun and optimistic, limited media was a shared experience across the country and home use of the internet was relatively rare.

People had a better sense of humour and there was no social media to cocoon minority echo-chambers.

3. It wasn’t all bad.

I don’t need to be in a better societal position. Give me a homestead in the Midwest circa 1800 outside a town, and I’d be happier than a pig in shit. I wouldn’t be alienated from my labor. I’d work less and be self sufficient. Communities were stronger. Taylorism hadn’t been invented yet. The industrial revolution and all its consequences had only just begun. Police didn’t exist. No robber barons.

Capitalism was just an idea some guy named Adam Smith wrote about. The climate was stable. Nuclear weapons, predator drones, and Raytheon knife missiles hadn’t been constructed yet. Mass surveillance was impossible. You could build and heat your home with your own two hands and a hatchet.

Basically, what I’m trying to say is, if you ignore the mass murder, the Unabomber had some decent points about industrial society. Not novel ones, mind you — Marx wrote similar things 150 years prior to his deranged killing spree. But perhaps society was better when it was simpler, if you ignore the slavery and lack of plumbing and all that other horrible stuff.

2. We just wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Very few people living in the western world today would be able to handle the loss of modern conveniences.

We live in a world were most people not only do not know hot to fix anything but also don’t know that things can be fixed.

1. Hard pass.

No. Even though I’m working class, life is exponentially better for someone in my position today than even just 150-200 years ago. But to be in a higher class and go back 30-40 years, definitely. I think, financially speaking, that’s what most of us today really want, the security our parents (or maybe grandparents) had.

There was an economist who said all society benefited from innovations of the prior generation. Going back wd erase those innovations. Meaning no travel by plane or car, so basically limited movement. No smart phones or phones for that matter. No television, radio. If you want to hear music basically has to be live. No antibiotics and vaccines, or even aspirin. So minor ailments can’t be treated. No electricity or indoor plumbing. No fridge or microwave. No kindle or access to millions of books.

Not even Alexander the Great who conquered half the known territory lived as well as I do right now. Or, cleopatra. Or, Elizabeth 1st. They got ill w things like consumption. Except for the homeless, even the poor in this country live better than royalty two hundred years ago or more.

I agree with all of these folks, especially as a woman!

Would you go? Stay? Tell us why in the comments!

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1. Keep your eyes open.

2. Jeez.

3. Ouch!

4. Gotta follow directions.

5. Be careful.

6. Wow.

7. Pretty scary.

8. Know your flowers.

9. No way I’m doing this.

10. Gotta do it.

11. I didn’t know that.

12. Could be very harmful.

1. Ugh.

2. Not my fault.

3. So rude.

4. Gross.

5. I’m pretty sure that’s on you.

6. Jeez…

7. No touching.

8. LOL.

9. Follow the rules…

10. Out of our hands.

11. From a pilot.

12. The straight dope.

1. Heads up.

2. Jeez!

3. Keep your feet down.

4. Cat scratch fever.

5. Surround yourself with good people.

6. FYI.

7. Water dangers.

8. Changing lanes.

9. Just don’t do it.

10. Didn’t know about this.

11. Don’t get close.

12. Wrap it up.

13. Dangerous.

14. Protect your head!

1. Wouldn’t that be nice?

2. Only a few guys can pull it off.

3. This is a miracle.

4. Let’s move into our new dream house!

5. You turn to butter.

6. Don’t ever touch me again.

7. Oh, it’s on, brother!

8. What do you see?

9. They really had no idea.

10. This is just too much.

11. You look like you’re doing great.

12. Yeah, pretty much.

1. A sad story.

2. Never knew that.

3. Boxing great.

4. Hail to the king.

5. Ancient history.

6. Not a monster.

7. African leader.

8. Unfair.

9. Notable women.

10. A big one.

11. Yup.

12. A French icon.

1. Insensitive comments abound

2. Sometimes they do know it’s rude

3. You are constantly the victim of assumptions

4. Authority figures don’t give you the benefit of the doubt

5. You’re impacted by arbitrary rules

6. People are afraid of you without provocation

7. People take liberties with your body

8. You get accused of kidnapping

9. It’s not unusual to experience trauma at a young age

10. Children are the worst, except when they’re not

11. Sometimes, it’s like you’re invisible

12. It’s not a uniquely American experience

1. It’s a twister.

2. Higher ground.

3. Dangerous.

4. Big warning.

5. Don’t go there.

6. Camp elsewhere.