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if your hair on your arm or on your head is standing up on one end during a thunderstorm lightning is about to strike you what is a fact that could possibly save your life if you've got two and a half or more days without water and you have to choose between drinking water without any way to sanitize it or not drinking water drink the water if you don't you'll definitely die soon most of the diseases you can get from bad water take a couple days to set in which gives you more time to find help if you encounter a mountain lion do not turn your back on it walk backwards cats are ambush predators they don't want to fight you head-on and will wait for you to turn around to attack there are videos showing this behavior with Tigers at the zoo people will sit in front of the enclosure and as soon as they turn their back to the cat the tiger goes into stock mode they turn around to face the tiger and the tiger goes out of stock mode three minutes without air three days without water three weeks without food lock your doors at night if you've been stabbed in the weapon as left in your body do not remove it same goes for any serious penetrating injury don't pull whatever it is out and to further convince you to lock your doors there was once a serial killer that would let himself into people's homes at night and kill them because he thought an unlocked door was an invitation there's also the recent story of the lady who went into an apartment she thought was hers and shot a dude just chilling on the couch because she thought he was an intruder a tragic death that could have been avoided with a locked door close your bedroom door at night the amount of damage done to a room with a closed door by a fire is significantly less than one with an open door you may have a chance to escape let me piggyback on this if you are trying to escape a burning building and are about to open a closed door be wary that there may be fire built up and trapped on the other side waiting for an opening to burst to the next room if the door opens inwards towards you stand aside while opening the door using the door as a shield so the built up fire doesn't blast you learn to swim you don't have to be Michael Phelps racing a shark just learn the basics and learn to recognize the signs of distress in water and use the buddy system in water over your head my brother was a marine he drowned in a popular swimming hole because no one realized he was having trouble and they were too far away once he went under real drowning doesn't look like the movies humans have an instinct of drowning response that prevents them from shouting or waving they spread out their arms straight at the surface of the water and gasp for air when their mouth Bob's above the surface but they can't get enough air to keep going this way if a friend of yours has fallen through ice into a frozen body of water and you would like to save them lie down on the ice and crawl out to them do not walk out to them standing up this maximizes your surface area and lessens the likelihood that you will fall through the ice as well getting you both messed up if you are the one to fall through the ice the first thing to do is to calm down and fight the effects of shock by taking deep breaths you will do no good spazzing out and hyperventilating after calming down the next step is to army crawl on the ice do not try to lift yourself up on the nearest ice because this will make that ice also fail once army crawling on the ice bring your legs parallel to the surface of the water and kick hard and fast pushing yourself onto the ice this is to minimize stress on the ice by maximizing surface area actual fire spreads shockingly fast we all like to play what's the one thing you've grabbed if your house was on fire but the real right answer is that if it's not alive you should leave it and get the hell out people tend to imagine a fire burning on the floor in a corner somewhere but the reality is often that it's running across the ceiling and circling around the walls just get out fast face arms speech time it's a way to spot a stroke face if you've got an uneven smile or a part of your face is drooping arms if you raise your arms and one of them slumps or can't be raised as high speech slurred or unintelligible speech time is of the essence call 9-1-1 immediately if you're in a borrower club and some a-hole antagonizes you don't let your ego get involved seen so many people get hurt when they could just walk away funny thing is most people think fighting back will defend their pride but to me and a lot of other people you just look insecure be the cool guy who just laughs it off you're sincerely former bartender someone replied the other day I was walking my dog and was slightly walking on a bicycle lane since hardly any cyclists are using it in the first place cyclists approached from behind and it was clear from the start this guy was looking for trouble so he keeps circling around me with his bike and screaming insults at me telling me how he gonna mess me up what a [ __ ] I would be unto like you get the picture feeling somewhat secure since my mean-looking thirty kilograms lab pit mix was with me who loves people but it's not like people know that I first tell him to bugger off but he keeps following me around at this point I get a bit nervous since I have honestly no idea what to do to get rid of this guy again so I look at him and ask him had a bad day mate who and he then instantly is giving me a super angry face but the next second he opens up like what the hell telling me about his problems in his relationship and how his wife pissed him off that day and so on so he slowly is biking next to me telling me about his problems then he's like sorry I didn't want to insult you but you know I was really angry earlier you're cool bro high-fives me cuddles my dog and is driving off met him two times again since every time he happily waved at me and giving me thumbs up not really a fact but someone once told me this if you wouldn't dare to put your genital in there don't put your finger in there neither this is useful especially with big machines and other things with holes you can prevent some serious injuries like this mixing bleach with ammonia both of which are common household cleaning products can release deadly chlorine gas basically don't mix household cleaners unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing don't tailgate don't break check tailgaters you're in charge on a 1 plus ton death machine and you want to play games F right off with that BS and messing with other people's lives someone does love you and they will miss you if you're dead I wanted to speak from my own experience having lost someone who didn't think anyone cared about him but in fact a lot of people cared about him and are now very sad that he's gone my goal was to help interrupt anyone tumbling in the spiral of negative thoughts because it's too late to do that for my person for those folks who commented saying they are alone I want to say that although we have never met I love you I mean that in my heart goes out to anyone suffering you and your life have inherent value despite any thoughts telling you otherwise life is hard but we are here so might as well make the most of it assume other drivers will do the dumbest thing possible and try to have a contingency plan for example riding motorcycles on the highway I try to adjust speed so there's a gap between cars to one side of me so if the car to the other side changes lanes into me I have a safe spot to duck into if someone is trying to abduct you and fighting back or yelling for help doesn't work then pretend to faint or vomit on them if those tactics don't work then take the chance of getting stabbed or shot to escape once you get in the vehicle with an abductor your odds of surviving are less than if injured in public if you ever come into contact with a gorilla especially a male stay low and quiet and no sudden moves don't look them in the eyes either they take loud noises and movement as a challenge and they'll crush you like a soda can if someone is holding you at gunpoint make eye contact say you don't have to do this humanize this person as if they will have feelings and be vulnerable use that to your advantage my contact will form a connection they will be less likely to kill you the same strategy applies to serial killers that intend to kill you you basically have three minutes to humanize yourself make eye contact tell them about your kids even if you don't have any tell them about taking care of your elderly parents tell them how much you love your spouse anything to evoke an emotional response from them Brown grizzly bears are an absolute unit and you won't win a fight with one so your best bet is to play dead black black bears generally don't want to fight in our timid if you come across one make yourself big make lots of noise and you should scare it off they're not too big to so you should be able to defend yourself white polar bears are known to hunt humans and are the largest of all bears if one's coming after you you're in trouble unless you have a gun if you happen to someday find yourself on a sinking boat and it goes underwater and you're somehow able to get free beware once the air neutralizes if you're far down enough water pressure will kill you and collapse your lungs to avoid this scream all the way to the top no joke while you swim up scream it'll keep the pressure from killing you don't be too proud to ask for help life has this odd habit of throwing us curveballs every now and then it can be difficult to overcome it on your own so don't be alone open up confide in people you trust seek professional help and be patient it takes time just don't keep it all in you and fight it alone that's a recipe for real damage to your mental health and happiness if your hair on your arm or on your head is standing up on one end during a thunderstorm lightning is about to strike you if there is not a building or a car nearby crouch down immediately this force is lightning to find the next shortest distance possible it can strike since lighting strikes the tallest thing in its area in an emergency situation if you need help for yourself or someone else don't just yell help or call 9-1-1 you specifics instead say something like you in the blue shirt help unless called out personally people have a tendency to walk on by assuming someone else will help using a personal detail gets them involved if your car is submerged in water you won't be able to open the door against the weight of the water on the outside pushing it closed if the car is completely filled with water though the pressure on either side is equal and the door can be opened that's the worst-case scenario though and that should be the last thing you try the first thing to try to do is roll up or smash the windows and jump out you have less than a minute to do this do not waste any precious time calling 9-1-1 until you get the hell out of that car if you ever find yourself caught in a Riptide swim parallel to the shoreline until you get out of the Riptide swimming directly back to the shore while caught in one won't get you anywhere and it'll only exhaust you making it extremely dangerous to do so if you find yourself being a lot I mean just an inordinate amount you find yourself tired thirsty and hungry all the time you find yourself paradoxically losing weight diabetes every head injury no matter how minor has the potential to be fatal always treat a firearm as if it is loaded if you are unfamiliar with the weapon and you must move it point the barrel down at the ground keep it away from your feet and keep your finger off the trigger turn into a skid this is the way it was taught to me turning into a skid means the difference of going into a ditch and going into a ditch upside down if you're ever in an active shooter scenario remember this acronym a avoid D deny D defend avoid this is the most obvious one just avoid the shooter if you can call 9-1-1 if it's safe to do so and run like hell out of where the shooter is deny if you can't escape from the threat go into a room where you can hide from the threat make a barrier if the door doesn't have a lock turn off the lights and grab something that you can defend yourself with defend when you can't avoid or deny fight back and defend yourself the carotid artery when you see someone whose neck was slashed or cut and is bleeding out profusely reach for his carotid artery and then pinch it so he'd stop bleeding out my uncle was saved because of this some drunk slashed his neck with a broken bottle his friend reached for his carotid artery so he stopped bleeding out until they reached the ER get proper sleep you need it in life do your best to get more or less the hours you need every night a bad night will not kill you however over a longer period lack of sleep may cause a series of conditions heart failure blood pressure problems early Alzheimer's etc perhaps it will kill you in traffic due to you being stressed or not focused or will make you less able to deal with problems in relationships and might lead to depression you will likely make very bad decisions decisions that could damage you and possibly the people around you for years to come in the modern world where everyone stares at their phones 24/7 practice situational awareness never walk anywhere while on your phone you become a prime target for muggings and getting yourself hurt for God's sake please don't look at your phone while crossing the street narrowing your view to a small screen also creates tunnel vision that disables you from reading the body language of suspicious people when you're in any place always look for where the exits are or where you could make one consider your surroundings and always have some sort of ready to go makeshift weapon on your person situational awareness is a huge problem for a crime and even school shootings where people not paying attention could have saved lives if they actually paid attention in their day to day activities a sad but too real example is Columbine High School where the students killed in the library could have escaped if they actually went through the alternative exits this is not paranoia it is you actually paying attention to your surroundings and the people around you if you're at a borrower Club and need to pee get a new drink when you return if your drink tastes salty that means it's spiked get a new one and don't leave alone don't get into an unlicensed cab learn self-defense carry pepper spray this goes for everyone also don't assume someone will step in during an altercation or attack in public this is the genevese effect named after a kitty Genovese who was killed while people watched an assumption that another person would step in never assumed if you think that the person needs help or that the situation will escalate step in never ever assume someone else will thanks for listening to radio TTS hit the subscribe button and activate the notification bell for more life-saving videos click the right box for the reddit FAQs playlist share your own life-saving facts in the comments below

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Published: Thu Dec 19 2019