My family and I were waterskiing and camping off this little island on the lake. We did it all the time, since my uncle had a speedboat.
My mom was about to take her turn, and I was sitting in the boat behind my uncles seat, facing the back to watch her ski. When my uncle tried to start the boat, it faltered. Made a rut-rut-rut noise but wouldn’t start. After try three or four, I smelled something awful, and pinched my nose. The last thing I remember is my mom asking me if I smelled something bad, and I nodded.
The engine exploded into a ball of fire and engulfed me.
The next thing I know, I’m under water and bobbing to the surface (wear your life-vests, kids). My mom is screaming and my cousin is swimming to me and drags me to shore. My uncle (just outside the blast radius) had reached into the fire to grab me and thrown me into the water.
I was… calm. I felt nothing. We had to hail a passing boat to take us off the island to get to a hospital. I remember my mom asking me if I hurt, and shaking my head.
If i looked at my arms and legs and saw what I looked like at that point, I can’t remember at all, but I was covered in third-degree burns. I was in the hospital for a while, and then was in a wheelchair for a bit while my legs were wrapped. I had to have water therapy for my burns. I do remember the oblong, black boils that developed over my burns in the months that followed. For a long period of time, I couldn’t be in the sun, and had to wear a bonnet when I went to school.
My skin healed beautifully though. I’ve only got one long-lasting scar from it on my shoulder. The doctor said that my uncle throwing me into the cold lake water is what most-likely saved my skin from being permanently damaged. I’m sure being 6 years old helped immensely, too.
Yes, i love my job. I design substations. I feel like my work matters, and I get a thrill that I have a hand in bringing our electricity power grid to life.
I use 1440, which sums up daily news in a fact-based way and leaves out all opinion. It’s magical. It takes 10 minutes to read and I’m not bombarded by why “libtards are destroying america” or why “this ties back to trump destroying democracy” somehow.
I got lost and almost stuck out on a hiking trail in the desert after dark. It was raining, I was soaked through, and so was my dog. It wasn’t supposed to rain, and I’d taken this hike before. Granted, never by myself, but still.
Luckily I found my way back to the trail head just as it was getting pitch black, but I was seriously scared there for a bit. I kept apologizing to my dog for being so fucking stupid to go on a two hour hike in the late afternoon with no emergency gear and no “just in case” rain protection.
…this happened 5 hour ago, btw, I can’t sleep, I think I’m still in shock a bit at how close I came to possibly dying. And for bringing my dog down with me.
I did this. I’m currently in Phoenix. Yes, it gets hot, but it’s really not a deterrent. There’s certainly still affordable housing here too, especially if you’re okay with manufactured housing.
The cat dialed back pressure through its crushing jaws, and the friend was able to pull away, fellow cyclists said in an interview one month after the incident east of Seattle....
It’s not going to be a fix for everyone, but if you feel like this guy, you should check to see if you’ve got the rare form of the MTHFR Gene, which means you’ll be up to 80% deficient of methylfolate.
Methylfolate is what our body turns folic acid into. It’s a base element that our bodies use to function properly. If you’ve got an extreme deficiency, well, things just aren’t functioning properly. People affected with this will have lived with these issues their whole lives.
Now, up to 60% of the population has a mild form of MTHFR, so the gene itself isn’t uncommon, it’s the rare form you’ll be looking for.
Anyway, getting on a high dose of methylfolate changed my life, life from night to day, I’m not kidding. I still take medication for anxiety and depression, but the methylfolate helps them to function like they’re supposed to.
Again, it’s not a fix for everyone, but on the off chance you have it, I’d check it out.
I actually really like this. I suffer heavily from Imposter Syndrom, and one of the biggest realizations I had was that my new project manager manages to keep his job despite being absolutely horrible at it.
Flush. Your basic water usage is absolutely miniscule compared to what major companies use. I’ll start not-flushing the day they start doing things to minimize their own water waste. I’m taking my hour-long hot shower, too.
And I’m a woman with very thick, long hair. I wash it, condition it, mask it. I scrub the budding calluses on my feet and moisturize, then I shave most of my body.
Granted, hour-long showers only happen once a week, because I only wash my hair once a week, so my everyday showers are more like 30 min, but you’ll rip those hour-long ones away over my dead body.
Yeah, I’m a woman fascinated by true crime. Watching/listening/reading about it just helps me to feel more… aware of how shit can go down. For example, a couple was murdered after a man snuck in behind their car as they pulled into their garage. He was caught on servalience camera, dressed in all black with his face covered. You can watch him very clearly as he easily slips in before the garage door closes. Once that door closed, that couple were goners.
You bet your ass I make damn sure no one has snuck into my garage before I close the door.
Like, obviously you’ll never be able to catch everything, or be so watchful that nothing ever happens to you, but I just feel a lot better knowing what to look out for.
I also love watching interrogation breakdowns, because if I’m ever in a situation where I’m being interrogated, I want to make damn sure I know how to protect myself.
She labeled herself supermayor as a serious title and the press ran with it because she’s so goddamn corrupt and bad at her job(s).
Seriously, you should look into the shit she’s caused for that town. She didn’t pay the bill for the city’s leased cop cars, so they might all get repo’d. She hired out private security from the police force to do things like walk around her small town and hand out water bottles door-to-door on a hot day. She’s taken first class flights to Vegas and stayed in 5-star hotels on the city’s dime. She leased herself a 90k SUV also on the city’s dime. She tricked people would showed up for a meeting concerning her performance in a basement so they wouldn’t be able to speak at the meeting. She refused buisness and alcohol licenses to local buisness owners who spoke out against her or declined to donate to her.
…she may have put a hit out on another local politician she doesn’t like.
What's the closest thing you have to a life story/occurrence that would be the kind of story they'd tell on Untold Stories of the ER?
What's a candy that's practically crack for you?
Is your job fulfilling?
Is everybody just phoning it in for a boss that just needs you to do busy work?
What are some of the most insuffereable moments in your life?
Where is the weirdest place you have lost a pair of sunglasses?
The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse (www.vox.com)
Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.
What’s the last thing you’ve done that’s made you ask “Am I stupid?”
What's your best "right place, right time" personal story?
Where is a good place to move to?
I currently live in California, but it’s literally impossible to afford to buy a house....
Women pinned cougar during 'hand-to-hand combat' to save friend trapped in its jaws (www.nbcnews.com)
The cat dialed back pressure through its crushing jaws, and the friend was able to pull away, fellow cyclists said in an interview one month after the incident east of Seattle....
Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher, 1756 (lemmy.world)
A chore is a chore is a chore (lemmy.world)
An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed by some of the biggest names in evangelical circles, is mapping the names and addresses of immigrants and non-Christians. (newrepublic.com)
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Knowledge (mander.xyz)
Totally selected the wrong meme for the old title, but here we are.
What are your arguments for or against letting it mellow if it is yellow?
And if you somehow disagree with flushing it down if it is brown, I suppose I would like to hear about that as well.
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What are some underrated careers/jobs?
What careers don’t get enough credit for being fulfilling, acceptable pay and a good work life balance?
Why is Dolton (Illinois) mayor Tiffany Henyard frequently referred to as "supermayor"
I legit don’t get it