“It’s not a survival tip, it’s a plot device.”
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—millennialmonster755 and GrasshopperIvy
"Years ago, when bulletproof vests were a new thing, I saw a local news report where the reporter demonstrated one. He was wearing the vest and talking to the camera, and a hand holding a revolver just appeared from off-screen. The pistol was MAYBE three feet away from the vest when it fired. Hit him right in the vest, the reporter went down screaming obscenities. Immediate cut back to the studio."
Several factors, including the type of vest, the distance from the weapon, the caliber of gun, and where the bullet hits can significantly affect how severe the pain or injury is. Bulletproof vests are made to spread the force of the bullet over a larger surface, and blunt force trauma can occur as a result of that energy being absorbed by the body.
Similarly, "Jumping down onto a pile of garbage bags. I always think about the sharp objects I have thrown away."
"That literally happened to a friend of mine. He was drunk and jumped onto a pile of garbage bags on an NYC curb and then got up with a gaping gash (like, five inches long and very deep to where you could see all the fat) in his back. This was right beside Times Square, and an ambulance was literally parked 100m away. One of the paramedics searched the trash bag to see if he could find what my friend had been stabbed with, but they couldn’t tell. They gave him a tetanus shot and patched him up pretty shoddily at the hospital, and the wound ended up getting infected a few days later, and he had to be hospitalized for IV antibiotics. It also scarred so badly that he ended up getting some sort of plastic surgery revision to it several years later. Would NOT recommend."
"So every time I see a movie with sailors wearing life jackets below decks, I cringe. I also cringe when I see in-flight attendants instruct every passenger to put on their life vest over their neck before exiting a sinking aircraft, if they have to ditch over water. Seawater in a plane, and you have that thing on? You'd better hope the aircraft's flotation is in working order, or you'll drown with your face pressed against the ceiling. Jump in the water with your life vest inflated? You will break your neck.
None of these things are explained, and should be."
"We used to tell our scouts, 'If you get lost, stop and hug a tree.'"
"An old hiker once told me that the first thing to do when you suspect you might be lost is stop and have a snack. It makes it easier to look at the situation in a calm fashion. If you keep going, even upping your pace, you're increasing the circle inside of which you might be."
"I had a minor brain injury, didn't even pass out or lose cognition. It changed my life. I have seizures, a speech disorder, mobility issues, vertigo, etc. You're not going to wake right up and keep running. In fact, once the swelling kicked in, I couldn't walk for a month."
Per the FDA, salmon is a known source of parasites when not flash-frozen before being eaten raw, and has the potential for salmonella, shigella, E. coli, hepatitis A, and norovirus.
"This is a myth that's probably an effect of shipwreck stories being older than motorized aircraft or coordinated monitoring systems. Before the 20th century, unless you were important enough to be searched for, you either built the raft or accepted that you'd be living on the island for a long time."