17 Things To Never Mess With, Just In Case You Were Going To
by Benjamin Dzialdowski · BuzzFeedu/Spektakles882 recently asked r/AskReddit, 'What is something you should never, ever, mess around with?' And here are some of the best responses:
1. "Knee-deep flood waters can pick up a car and move it. Don't try to drive through water if you can't see the bottom."
2. "Trains, forklifts, and the people that prepare and serve your food."
3. "As a former lift operator, do not fuck with a lift with damaged hydraulic lines on the boom/mast. Refuse. That fluid is under enough pressure to shoot through your skin."
4. "If you don't know what you are doing, electrical wiring. There is a lot of powers in those wires, and humans are very conductive."
5. "Any rotary saw (skillsaw, tablesaw, mitresaw). Honorable mention: chainsaw."
6. "'Get Rich Quick' schemes. It is either a scam, of questionable legality, or carries extremely high physical/mental/emotional/financial risk. The adage 'if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' applies."
7. "Mushrooms…. If you don’t know which one is which, don’t. Just don’t. Some of those are a painful way to die. So I hear."
8. "Wild animals. Leave them alone. Yes, including feeding them. Yes, including the 'cute' ones."
9. "Garage door springs."
"This is the realest of answers. The only thing under more tension is me at my in-laws."
10. "Bleach as a household cleaner. Mixed with the wrong stuff and you’re dead."
11. "Felling trees by yourself that are in range of your home or other property."
12. "Fireworks. I can't unsee the video of a kids hand turning into high velocity sausage meat."
13. "Fractal wood burning. Just don't."
14. "Horses. They will kick you back to Valhalla"
15. "Rotating machinery when you are wearing long, open hair or long and/or loose clothing."
16. "Pizza rolling machines. Get your finger in the wrong spot, and they'll rip it right off without even slowing down."
17. "Stone fish. I have experienced some phenomenal pain in my life but that sting will be burned into my psyche for the rest of my life."
H/T to u/Spektakles882 and r/AskReddit for having the discussion!
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