Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Well that explains the "Hey this kills fish, stupid" graphic. I wonder how many geniuses try to keep their fishtanks clean by pouring chlorine into it.

Mustached Demon posted:

Dead fish picture means environmental pollutant/hazard. So obviously it's only optional in the USA.

Animal-Mother posted:

Gotta' nuke something.

Harveygod posted:

MattO posted:

I've had this sign since the 80's, no idea where it came from.

Say Nothing posted:

"Mah laser sights ain't working!"

Baronjutter posted:

This guy is delightful
God drat this stupid bastard catching his jacob's sparkler. It's like my poor friend who had a big soldering iron and it tipped over so he caught it and ended up pretty much burning his palm off. Automatic reactions...

Poldarn posted:

At least this idiot's partner (range safety officer?) immediately spins the gun to point down range.

Harveygod posted:

Sue Eastside posted:

It's been awhile since my last tattoo, hmmm I'm thinkin like a trampstamp...

Sentient Data posted:

Here's hoping none of those gain new meaning in the future, rip those who had biohazard tattoos

quote:

It has been adopted by many in the gay and HIV+ communities to identify people with HIV/AIDS to their potential sexual partners.

Sentient Data posted:

Here's hoping none of those gain new meaning in the future, rip those who had biohazard tattoos

evil_bunnY posted:

I'm sure that'll be a great consolation to their 3YO

Lime Tonics posted:

https://zippy.gfycat.com/HotWildAstrangiacoral.webm

someone on Reddit posted:

TIFU Stepping into an Acid Cloud

This actually happened several years ago. We had a problem with the scrubber on an hydrochloric acid (HCl) tank. The scrubber neutralizes fumes from the tank to allow expansion within the tank without leaking HCl fumes. For some reason it would go bad after 2-3 days and had to be replaced. The consequence was an acid cloud that would sink to the nearby road.

The person responsible was our health and safety manager, who for some reason would not fix it. He was not local, but would visit the plant once a month or so. The guys knew to stay away from the tank, but one day the wind was right and it blew the cloud to a more active area. One of the guys said it was like those gaseous clouds in Star Trek trying to chase him down.

So I confronted the health and safety manager, said someone would get hurt if they didn't fix it. He told me he'd fix it when he got to it so I told him I'd talk to his boss. He was 6'6, maybe 275# heavy weight lifter and an academy graduate, so he wasn't used to people threatening him in any manner. He got really mad but he did finally bring in an engineering firm to fix the problem. We fixed the scrubber again in the morning that they arrived, he asked me to show them the scrubber.

So I went to the walkway above the tanks, opened the door above the hydrochloric tank and stepped out. My lungs instantly froze when I began to breathe in the fumes. I turned around to waved my hands to try and stop the health and safety manager from going out since I couldn't talk as my lungs had seized, but he tried to go around me. I put my hands on his chest to try and stop him and he starts pushing me like I was trying to pick a fight. So I let him step out and stopped the 2 engineers from going out, who looked confused as to what was happening.

I'm bent over, wondering if this is how I die and the health and safety manager comes back in. He's right across from me with a scared look on his face, watching me. My lungs started to work after maybe a minute so I got behind him and patted him on the back to try and get his to work as well. Which they do and we both are coughing. I told him that was why I was so concerned about the situation. He gets a look on his face like he came to a realization and said oh, you were trying to stop me from going out there. I pointed out, did he really think I'd suddenly turn around and start a fight?

tl;dr Safety feature on an acid tank failed and I stepped into an acid cloud. Lungs seized for a while.

EDIT: Wow, more than doubled my post karma. I should do one about the time I almost died from breathing cyanide next :p.

RyokoTK posted:

TIFU = Today I hosed Up?

Lou Takki posted:

These loss.jpg edits are getting ridiculous.

Memento posted:

Yeah, that and JustRolledIntoTheShop are two of the better Reddit pages for cautionary tales and material.

SniperWoreConverse posted:

A lot of times the chemical spill can be harder on the dead tree than on the dead fish

Lime Tonics posted:

https://zippy.gfycat.com/HotWildAstrangiacoral.webm

Hexyflexy posted:

He's a pro engineer. Spotting where he's going to put the explosions in his video's has been a hobby of mine for years.

FCKGW posted:

Also DIWhy.

Which Is where I found this






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5r7rrR_Mg&t=13s

DrBouvenstein posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVH7pytOBuc

How he not dead?

Anta posted:

It's survivorship bias, we only see the youtubers that survive for long enough to post the video.

When they start livestreaming these things, though.

Lime Tonics posted:

https://zippy.gfycat.com/HotWildAstrangiacoral.webm

ruddiger posted:

Is the guy on the table watching the game too?

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

They mostly seem to die from cancer or suicide but we've also started seeing them get murdered by crazed fans
http://youtube.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Deceased_YouTubers

There was also that crazy Bjork fan who livestreamed his suicide, plus I think at least one other.
Edit: the Bjork guy was Ricardo López and it looks like he just recorded his suicide, it wasn't livestreamed. The footage is still out there though, some guys made a documentary about him and got hold of the tape.

hanales posted:

There are some really sad stories on there

Lime Tonics posted:

https://zippy.gfycat.com/HotWildAstrangiacoral.webm

The_end posted:

This is grounds to have all their licenses pulled and possible criminal charges pressed.