You will never know what life might bring you the next day. Learning from other people’s experiences will help you save yourself.
A user asked the forum, What are some MORE potentially life-saving tips? Here are the top responses.
WEAR EARPLUGS
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The ear is one of the sensitive organs which might easily get damaged when met with dangerous situations. It is good to take good care of it.
“Always wear your safety glasses and earplugs. You damage those organs, and nothing is coming back.”
“Protect your hearing. Wear earplugs to concerts. Set a software limit on your headphones for max volume. Wear earplugs when shooting/hunting.”
“And wear ear protection when using power tools!”
STAY AWAY FROM DOWN POWER LINES
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Electrical elocutions are capable of ruining your life. So, it is important to stray away from down power lines.
“Downed power lines can kill you without you touching them. Don’t go close. If you are close, keep your feet close together and take tiny shuffle steps to get away. If you are on a piece of equipment that has touched a power line, do not get off unless you MUST. If you must, jump off, land as far away as possible, and still land on your feet without touching your hands to the ground. Never touch both the ground and the machine.
Don’t touch a person who’s touching live wiring and needs help to remove themselves. Use something non-conductive to knock them away, lumber/broom handle/etc.”
DO NOT PUT YOUR HAND INSIDE THE SNOW BLOWER
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“If something gets stuck in a snowblower, do NOT put your hand in to get it out.
The pressure of the lodged object creates stored energy in the spinners and will release and chop off whatever’s inside once the object is dislodged.”
TRUST YOUR INTUITIONS
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Intuition safeguards us from being stuck in the wrong situation. When you feel something intense, listen to it and take action accordingly.
“Don’t doubt your gut, man. Intuition is a lifesaver in and of itself.”
“100% this. It’s a survival instinct. Your subconscious picks up on a lot more than you realize. You may not see the danger yourself, but your brain does. Trust it.”
NEVER TAKE THE HEALTH LIGHTLY
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Nothing matters more than health. Being healthy will open doors to achieving great heights in life.
“If you have concerns about your health, get it checked out. Don’t wait if you can avoid it.”
“I was chatting with an older guy at my pool. He told me how he had recently recovered from bowel cancer. He might have had a big scar, which started the conversation.
One day he noticed blood in his stool. Didn’t think much of it. A few days later, he happened to mention it to his daughter. She was a nurse and basically made him, right then and there, make an appointment to see his doctor like she wouldn’t let him leave the table until he had rung his doctor.
The oncologist told him that had he put it off, even for a few months, it would have been too late, and he would have died. Both he and his daughter knew what he would have done had she not insisted.
Nothing. Go get checked out.”
CHECK BEFORE YOU DRIVE AWAY YOUR CAR
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“If you have children or children who play in your neighborhood, ALWAYS double-check the area around your car before driving away. Just because they were standing in one place when you got in the vehicle does not mean they are still there.”
“I once managed to drive 30 miles without realizing that my neighbor’s kid was hiding under a tarp in the back of my pickup truck. They had been playing hide and seek, and he picked the bed of my truck as his hiding place. I pulled into the liquor store parking lot, and the kid popped up, tapped on the back window, and asked if I could take him home. Now I check the bed every time. If he had decided to stand up while I was on the highway, it could have gone really badly.”
LEARN THE BASIC RULES OF GUN SAFETY
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“The basic rules of gun safety:
- Every gun is always loaded. It doesn’t matter if you just unloaded it; it’s loaded. It’s not “treat it as if it’s loaded”; IT IS LOADED. Never break that mentality.
- Never aim a gun at something you aren’t willing to entirely obliterate. And never at a person or animal.
- Finger off the trigger until you are about to shoot.
- Know definitively what your target is and what is behind it.
5- this is one I’ve added to the list. Blanks are not safe, either. Do not be fooled into thinking that they are. They can still be incredibly powerful and dangerous.”
DO NOT FIGHT
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“Do not fight people.
If you lose, you could end up dead, permanently disabled, badly injured, and/or broke from the medical bills.
If you “win,” you could kill someone and end up in prison, or get arrested and go through years of legal troubles and screw up your life even if you get acquitted, or get sued and owe a fortune and end up permanently disabled or badly injured, and broke from the medical bills, and/or have people after you for revenge.
There is no winning when it comes to fighting. Only do it when you have done everything you can to avoid it, including talking, apologizing, being super humble, and even running away as fast as you can, and have somehow still gotten cornered and grabbed and attacked.”
DO NOT TOUCH INSECTS
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We may easily get attracted to beautiful insects, but they are not safe to touch most of the time.
“If you’re in Africa and you see a beautiful insect, don’t touch it; if it’s a snake, stay well away.”
LISTEN TO YOUR BODY
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Staying connected to our own body and carrying on daily activities according to it will make your life much easier.
“When your body is tired, LISTEN TO IT! The closest to death I’ve ever come was when I was working with a chainsaw, and my body was starting to wear out, but I thought, “There isn’t much more to do; I’ll tough through it”; without going into the almost gory details, it’s a good thing I was wearing steel-toed boots and chainsaw safety chaps.”
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