What most mundane thing you understood by horrific means?

[Tempokai]

When I was 6, I remember watching a tv. Some detective thriller was being played and watched it out of sheer boredom.

And then killer had thrown body into a salt and buried inside the giant machine where salt was held. The detectives were searching for the culprit few weeks later, and I understood that salt can be used to preserve meat and make mummies. The end.

 

[Corty]

Iron is hot. And I mean the device. Damn, English is weird. Anyway, I learned that it is extremely hot. And that it leaves a mark.

 

[Syringe]

Water is powerful. Had an incident with a rip as a kid. As well as multiple lost sand castles I'll never see again, along with thongs and all kinds of footwear.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Meth suppresses the appetite. I found out when my ex-boyfriend came home not wanting dinner and making me feel like shit for even offering such a thing. He eventually admitted that he was on meth, and several months after I moved back in with my parents, I realized he was indulging in meth every time I went to visit my parents because there was always rotten food in the fridge when I came home.

 

[BlackKnightX]

When I was 9, I discovered some videos on the internet make my body feels funny.

 

[Gryphon]

Measuring tapes rewinding at high speeds essentially turns them into razor blades. Figured that out when I saw a video of a dude nearly cutting his finger off, which I guess you can understand how.

 

[Viator]

Learned that other people might interpret what you say differently from how you meant it and to be careful and deliberate with your words. A piece of flippant advice I gave to a friend is a pre-teen caused him to make a decision leaving to him overdosing on a drug but thankfully not dying.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Measuring tapes rewinding at high speeds essentially turns them into razor blades. Figured that out when I saw a video of a dude nearly cutting his finger off, which I guess you can understand how.

yep, thats how blades work in general. All that force concentrated on such a small area rips and tears when its dragged along a surface. You can press your finger atop the edge of a knife and it wont cut but once you slide your finger over it, you get blood everywhere. Measuring tape is pretty dull, so it musta been going FAST to cut a guy like that. Smh this is why ya gotta wear some good leather gloves

 

[Agentt]

Water is powerful. Had an incident with a rip as a kid. As well as multiple lost sand castles I'll never see again, along with thongs and all kinds of footwear.

Oh, an Aussie!

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Learned that other people might interpret what you say differently from how you meant it and to be careful and deliberate with your words. A piece of flippant advice I gave to a friend is a pre-teen caused him to make a decision leaving to him overdosing on a drug but thankfully not dying.

what'd you say?

Oh, an Aussie!

i remember i once thought that was slang for a person with autism. It still makes sense, too.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

6yo: How the car cigarette lighter works. When you press your thumb against it, it makes an @ sign that lasts three years.

 

[Beeteetee]

That the most scariest face is the one that doesn't change any expressions. My uncle was visiting us, This was the first time I met him at the age of ten, which was odd considering my parents followed the adage of family being the most important thing in life.

Anyhow, my uncle, me and my brother were going along the interstate where a car went past the median and nearly collided with us but instead hit another as it swerved.

We immediately pulled over, he just said stay in the car as if he's going to a store, no idea exactly what happened because we couldn't see much. my brother was about to get out of the car when I was trying to convince him to stay cause it's already freaky enough, I didn't want to be alone.

Right at that point, my uncle comes back in the car, blood on his sleeves and collar, says we need to find a phone, and we get off the next exit to the gas station.

Even to this day, I know a lot happened and he talked to some people and there was driving back and forth, even talking the police but my brother and I had to stay in the car, all I could think about his face and voice never ever changed much - like he wasn't really... there.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Ain't nobody gonna ask me why I burned my thumb with a car cigarette lighter?

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

Ain't nobody gonna ask me why I burned my thumb with a car cigarette lighter?

It obvious: you wanted to get lit.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

It obvious: you wanted to get lit.

No. I thought that considering my father used it to light cigarettes, it would taste bad, so I didn't lick it.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

6yo: How the car cigarette lighter works. When you press your thumb against it, it makes an @ sign that lasts three years.

early 90s kids problems lol. I was born late enough where most new cars didnt have those anymore.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

1950 Oldsmobile with all steel exterior. Drove like gas was water, but it was a tank. Got hit by a compact from a woman running a red-light. Dented the bumper. Scraped the paint.

Her car ceased being car.

 

[gaylolis]

this video probably sums it all

 

[J_Chemist]

> "Keep your hands in the ride at all times."
Watched someone lose a hand on an amusement park ride.

- Learned that bleach is highly acidic and you need gloves when handling it after it melted my skin off as a youngin. (No, I did not read the label.)

- When using power tools to tighten nuts and bolts, the machine will always be stronger than your arm and grip. So if you try to hold a wrench to keep the bolt in place, let go before the nut is snug.

- If there is tension, when you release the tension the object will come back at you. Do not leave anything in the way that you don't want smacked. As a dude, this includes your nuts.

- Safety glasses protect your face not from just small shavings but also tools that turn into projectiles. This includes wrenches.

- Exhaust air is generally very hot. Don't stick your hand in front of an exhaust vent.

- Don't stick your hand in a place where you can't see where it's going unless you are 100% certain there are zero moving parts within the space.
--Also; do not stick a limb into a place when wearing baggy clothes. It will get snagged. You will get stuck. If it pulls, you will get pulled in and you won't get out.

- If it can get tangled, it will.

- If it needs to be braced, brace it twice.

- If it needs to be lifted and you have to get under it, put something underneath that will keep it off you when it falls. Not if. When.

Time as a mechanic, working in a shop, and being around construction has made me privy to a lot of those basic and common sense warnings we all laugh and joke about. It's all fun and games until someone loses a limb or a jack fails.