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How did you hurt yourself in a very stupid way? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Merlu@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was running for my train. After entering in the station airlock, for a reason i still can't explain, i turned right instead of continuing straight ahead and BAM, i hit a glass with my face. Now i have a little scar, fortunately hidden behind my eyebrow.

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[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Many ways. in order from first to last the ones that I remember and qualify as stupid are:

When I was very young i put a toy into a coal fire, regretted my decision and tried to retrieve the molten plastic.

I tried to carry a pan of boiling chickpeas over my shoulder and ended up spilling it down my back

I tried cycling down a steep hill while holding an ice-cream and hurt my nuts on the stem of the handlebars when I had to stop.

Went down a steep hill on a scooter and stopped on my head (this one required stitches).

Worked on a boat without a helmet and got slapped in the side of the head with a crane hook.

Tried jumping over a Wheely bin while rat-arsed and face planted on the pavement.

There are plenty more accidents that were just shitty luck, but these are the avoidable ones.

Edit: I also managed to slice open my finger with a kitchen knife while removing the seed from a mango.

[–] moopet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

As a child, I pretended to be superman and launched myself off an armchair and landed hands-first in the embers of our open fire. I relate.