I broke my hip bone a month ago and have to be robocop for the rest of my life... Can't imagine the pain this person felt.
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Did he win or did they settle?
That's the real question.
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You could start by just listening to the advice above the image. It's a good start.
Yeah fair suggestion
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Did he win or did they settle?
It's been almost two decades, I'm pretty sure it was a settlement though.
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Is it the story about trucks, or spelling "knew" as "new"?
Ha, thank you phone autocorrect. Keeping it there though.
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Just dab it with some bacitracin, take some ibuprofen, and get some sleep. You'll be fiiiiiine.
I didn't know my GP was on Lemmy
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As horrific as this is, it feels a bit over cautious. There's quite many horrific accident pics to be found that could be used to say 'never in your life get into a car'.
In the many years that I've been driving I've never collided with another car. The amount of time I've sat in a car with my legs on the dashboard is even smaller, as it's not particularly comfortable.That doesn't mean accidents don't happen, but the statistical risk of this particular incident happening is rather small.
There's really a lot more things that are statistically more dangerous than this, that people still do on a daily basis like standing on a ladder or playing sports.
What are you talking about?
"I've never got into a crash, so go ahead and put your feet up on the dash if you like because people get injured from ladder falls and sports."
First of all, and this is an issue I'm trying to impress on my 7 year old too, no one intends to have an accident, that's why it's called and accident. Just because you've never been in a car collision doesn't mean it won't happen.
Then, in the event that a collision does happen, you really don't want your feet up because it will be worse. What may have been some heavy bruising to your face and chest turned into one shattered femur and one ripped right out of your hip.
That's the lesson, and it's not "over cautious". It's absolutely an appropriate level of caution.
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If this is someone born male, they hip checked themselves in the nuts. Ow ow ow!
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What are you talking about?
"I've never got into a crash, so go ahead and put your feet up on the dash if you like because people get injured from ladder falls and sports."
First of all, and this is an issue I'm trying to impress on my 7 year old too, no one intends to have an accident, that's why it's called and accident. Just because you've never been in a car collision doesn't mean it won't happen.
Then, in the event that a collision does happen, you really don't want your feet up because it will be worse. What may have been some heavy bruising to your face and chest turned into one shattered femur and one ripped right out of your hip.
That's the lesson, and it's not "over cautious". It's absolutely an appropriate level of caution.
Statistically how realistic is the scenario, though?
My point is that there's more urgent dangers to worry about.
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Statistically how realistic is the scenario, though?
My point is that there's more urgent dangers to worry about.
I still don't understand.
It sounds like you're saying we should not be concerned with putting our feet up on the dash because we could fall off a ladder.
Don't put your feet up on the dashboard because an unlikely crash could shatter your hips.
Don't step on the top of a step ladder because a less unlikely fall could break your spine.
Why are we comparing them like it's incompatible to practice basic safety for both? Absolutely, there are many other more common dangers in the world you should guard yourself against. But not putting yourself in a position to severely worsen your injuries in the event of a car collision is one of them!
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As horrific as this is, it feels a bit over cautious. There's quite many horrific accident pics to be found that could be used to say 'never in your life get into a car'.
In the many years that I've been driving I've never collided with another car. The amount of time I've sat in a car with my legs on the dashboard is even smaller, as it's not particularly comfortable.That doesn't mean accidents don't happen, but the statistical risk of this particular incident happening is rather small.
There's really a lot more things that are statistically more dangerous than this, that people still do on a daily basis like standing on a ladder or playing sports.
wrote last edited by [email protected]It's more the tone of the commenters saying "how stupid of them!" rather than "That's terrible and unfortunate". Guarantee each person saying that has done something like this at one point in their life.
But I think it's also more anticar: "Driving cars is stupid", which tracks for Lemmy.
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I still don't understand.
It sounds like you're saying we should not be concerned with putting our feet up on the dash because we could fall off a ladder.
Don't put your feet up on the dashboard because an unlikely crash could shatter your hips.
Don't step on the top of a step ladder because a less unlikely fall could break your spine.
Why are we comparing them like it's incompatible to practice basic safety for both? Absolutely, there are many other more common dangers in the world you should guard yourself against. But not putting yourself in a position to severely worsen your injuries in the event of a car collision is one of them!
Oh I do agree that practicing basic safety is essential. Only in this case the horrible effect after the crash takes center stage over the likelihood of it happening.
This is a very common psychological effect that we are more scared the more horrendous something is, instead of how likely it is to happen.
I wonder if there even statistics on the amount of crashes involving people with their feet on the dash. But in this thread it's talked about it putting ones get in the dash is as reckless behavior, which is not really. There barely more risk of an accident putting your feet there.
There are statistics on where most accidents happen and it's most often around the house.
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Just dab it with some bacitracin, take some ibuprofen, and get some sleep. You'll be fiiiiiine.
Lol its like you were in the ER with me. After getting a $5 sling for $130 and 50¢ Tylenol for $50 they sent me home and referred me to a doctor on the far side of town who wasn't in my network. Its almost been a month since I broke my collarbone, only abt a month of sling time left! And $617 dollars in med debt later
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If this is someone born male, they hip checked themselves in the nuts. Ow ow ow!
White indicates density and that white bit above the ball of their femur is let's say plausibly a whangdoodle.
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It can literally Kill you! Even a lower speed accident. I took care of a patient who's leg was shattered and it cut her femoral artery into a couple pieces.
DEAD! Just by hanging her bare feet outside the front passenger window across the edge of the dashboard. Air bag deployed. The END.
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Meanwhile I see kids doing this all the time while mom or dad looks at their phone behind the wheel. I do live in a redneck area*, though.
*the USA.
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If you look at their sacrum you can see their soul crying (it kinda looks like a face in agony)
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Ohhhhh jeez... I didn't even consider that
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The hip bones attached to the..... Oh, sorry about that....
Looks like the taint bone...
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exactly this "florida man hit himself in the head with a hammer, sued the hammer company and won a bazillion dollars" stuff
Frivolous lawsuits are mostly a fake thing McDonald's convinced the public of so they wouldn't have to pay medical bill for someone after serving coffee that was way too hot. The reason for most big payouts for injuries is because the medical system is broken.
