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15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 11:51am On Jul 11, 2021
I'll go straight to how you could get killed today .
Not just in Nigeria ,EVERYONE




THE HOSPITAL

THE FEAR: Being in the hospital exposes you to more—and more virulent—bacteria.

Being in the hospital does increase your risk of catching something, says Dr. Amesh Adalja at the Infectious Diseases Society of Medicine . But microorganisms are everywhere, he says, and the increased risk of visiting noncontagious patients is negligible. "The world teems with bacteria," Adalja says. "There's really no way to avoid them." Patients, however, should be cautious. There were an estimated 722,000 healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospitals in 2011 (the most recent data), resulting in an estimated 75,000 deaths. Surgeries gone wrong, wrong injection given, Serial killing doctors.

ODDS OF DEATH: RARE BUT CERTAIN

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 11:57am On Jul 11, 2021
CELLPHONES

THE FEAR: The radiation from cellphones might cause cancer. May Spontaneously blow up especially here in Nigeria
We can't even charge and use earpiece to listen to songs

Like microwaves, cellphones give off nonionizing radiation—the safe kind. Although it doesn't have the protective metal mesh that keeps microwaves from escaping, your phone gives off less than 1 watt of energy compared to 2,000 to 3,000 with a microwave.

ODDS OF DEATH:we still don't trust them.

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 12:02pm On Jul 11, 2021
SOLAR FLARES

THE FEAR: Bursts of electromagnetic radiation that emanate from the sun during solar flares will take down the power grid

Standard-issue solar flares are too small and too far away to have any noticeable effect on Earth. But coronal mass ejections, a separate phenomenon, can drive geomagnetic storms, which can temporarily interfere with high-frequency communications and could also affect the power grid. According to Bob Rutledge of the Space Weather Forecast Office at the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, significant CMEs occur sporadically. The most recent big events were recorded in 1859, 1921, and 1989. Repairs to the grid would be arduous and costly but, as for physical risk, it's minimal. Specialists monitor space weather closely. Because a CME can take a day or more to reach Earth, there'll be ample time to redirect power loads, get airplanes back on the tarmac, and download enough podcasts to get you through it.

ODDS OF DEATH: You'll be fine. it'll give you a chance to read a book, but you'll be dead .

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 12:07pm On Jul 11, 2021
DRIVING IN HEELS

THE FEAR: Loose shoes impede your ability to use the pedals.

There are plenty of possible issues: Your shoe can get caught in the brake pedal or fall off and get stuck behind it. Your wife can catch you. Flip-flops are just as bad. If you can, avoid wearing any kind of loose shoe while driving. Or go barefoot its safe

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheWolfen(m): 1:08pm On Jul 11, 2021
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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 1:13pm On Jul 11, 2021
Getting Punched in the nose



Wow this MF is so inevitable today

THE FEAR: The right angle can send bone fragments into your brain.

Although the American Academy of Family Physicians reports that approximately 40 percent of facial trauma injuries are broken noses, very few, if any, of those result in death. The nasal bone is short and relatively far from the brain. Driving it into the brain would essentially require caving in the entire front of someone's skull, and most human fists can't do that. What can kill you are complications from a broken nose, such as a septal hematoma—a collection of blood within the septum that could become infected—or damage to the cribriform plate that separates the nasal cavity from the skull and is very thin, which can result in an infection in your brain.

ODDS OF DEATH: Very high , very very high. Stay safe .

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 1:21pm On Jul 11, 2021
GETTING HIT BY A CAR

THE FEAR: When cars battle people, the cars always win.

Well this is true , Bikemen , Cabs ,random truck explosions, Timber falling off timber trucks( Wrong turn ish)

The pursuit of automotive autonomy has been a boon for safety, and has led to features such as automatic braking and lane-departure warnings becoming common, even in less expensive cars. Along with driver safety, manufacturers are focused on making collisions with pedestrians less lethal. Which is good, considering that, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2013, 4,735 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents, and another 66,000 were injured. New safety features include rounded edges, sloping hoods, a lack of hood ornaments, and the following.
There will be at least 8 car-bike accidents in each of the states today alone .

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 1:54pm On Jul 11, 2021
LIGHTNING

THE FEAR: Being struck by lightning will kill you.

According to the National Weather Service, over the 30-year period from 1986 to 2015, only 10 percent of the people struck by lightning in the U.S. died. That's an average of 48 lightning fatalities each year. If you're stuck outside during a storm, crouch low to the ground with your heels touching and your head between your knees. You want to become as small a target as possible. Its sudden, its quick ,lightning is everywhere even In space, as if not causing wildfires is not enough.

ODDS OF DEATH: medium to moderate

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by Theesourcerer: 2:17pm On Jul 11, 2021
ACCIDENTAL STABBING




THE FEAR: Any knife could end up being the one that kills you.

As a kid, I was afraid that I'd die in one of three ways: car crash, werewolf attack, or accidental stabbing. The first is justified, the second, probably not, but it was the third for which people mocked me. When I saw a knife, I always thought, That could go into my stomach and kill me. Even now, when my wife twirls around kitchen knives and I keep a wide berth, she says, "Why are you so afraid?"

Ordinary people get stabbed accidentally all the time. In 2014, an Oklahoma man fell out of a hammock while whittling and stabbed his beloved four-year-old nephew. In 2010, an Alabama woman accidentally stabbed and killed her brother while she was doing dishes.


As a man who lives in permanent knife-terror, I will never whittle for fun, so getting stabbed in the hammock probably won't happen. But I do the dishes every day. So I just want to say to my wife, the steak-knife cavalier: Be mindful, and always hand me the knife handle first while I'm emptying and loading the dishwasher. That way, I can safely assume I'll survive another day. Assuming there's not a full moon.—Neal Pollack

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 2:36pm On Jul 11, 2021
PLUGGING IN AN APPLIANCE WHILE YOUR HANDS ARE WET OR DRY

THE FEAR: Moisture will transfer the current from the plug to you, and random shocks too pass of current through dry hands and feet

Each year, an estimated 500 to 1,000 deaths are caused by electrical injuries. Since most water contains impurities and conducts electricity extremely well, and electric currents tend to flow where there is the least resistance, they will usually go through that water—and into you—if the opportunity presents itself. Plus, wet skin has a lower resistance than dry skin. You could get a fatal shock to your heart.

ODDS OF DEATH: Dry or die.

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by NewDelhi(m): 4:34pm On Jul 11, 2021
Of all the good things to think of in this life na die dey your own head.
Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 5:16pm On Jul 11, 2021
NewDelhi:
Of all the good things to think of in this life na die dey your own head.
I will die, you will die , infact statistics shows a hundred percentage of people alive now will die so yes its in my head, should I should not have to apologize for this .

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by starbuck(f): 5:34pm On Jul 11, 2021
Two days ago, a friend called me after I drove past his house asking if I kept a duplicate life somewhere upon i was driving through a street.. Honestly it hit me so hard that I had to self reflect on it..

He is a Nairalander though, I am really grateful for some people in my life

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by thesicilian: 6:21pm On Jul 11, 2021
In Nigeria more than 99.95% are merely just existing, not actually living

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by Topzee109: 6:42pm On Jul 11, 2021
Why will you be thinking of death instead of you to us how to prevent these cases
Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by Hypemanshuga: 6:50pm On Jul 11, 2021
TheSourcerer:
Getting Punched in the nose



Wow this MF is so inevitable today

THE FEAR: The right angle can send bone fragments into your brain.

Although the American Academy of Family Physicians reports that approximately 40 percent of facial trauma injuries are broken noses, very few, if any, of those result in death. The nasal bone is short and relatively far from the brain. Driving it into the brain would essentially require caving in the entire front of someone's skull, and most human fists can't do that. What can kill you are complications from a broken nose, such as a septal hematoma—a collection of blood within the septum that could become infected—or damage to the cribriform plate that separates the nasal cavity from the skull and is very thin, which can result in an infection in your brain.

ODDS OF DEATH: Very high , very very high. Stay safe .
Blunt face truma


Chidinma ojukwu

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by Hypemanshuga: 6:51pm On Jul 11, 2021
Topzee109:
Why will you be thinking of death instead of you to us how to prevent these cases
You don't even need to think about it, when it's time,, it will just come

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by SKhanmi: 8:12pm On Jul 11, 2021
Been thrown across the kitchen by a faulty electric appliance before. And lightening? It once entered our apartment and laid everyone flat like armed robbers dodging police fire. Not experiences I would like to experience again

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by XXXXTENTACION: 9:16pm On Jul 11, 2021
Topzee109:
Why will you be thinking of death instead of you to us how to prevent these cases
you cannot prevent death.
death comes to us all undecided

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by SkengRay: 10:15pm On Jul 11, 2021
The fact that I have gone through 11 ways out of 15 makes me feel semi-mortal lol grin

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by Gadafii: 8:37am On Jul 12, 2021
16 Being a Nigerian living in Nigeria

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 8:46am On Jul 12, 2021
starbuck:
Two days ago, a friend called me after I drove past his house asking if I kept a duplicate life somewhere upon i was driving through a street.. Honestly it hit me so hard that I had to self reflect on it..

He is a Nairalander though, I am really grateful for some people in my life
thats because youre awesome , good attracts good .

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 8:47am On Jul 12, 2021
Topzee109:
Why will you be thinking of death instead of you to us how to prevent these cases
hmm good question ,maybe because eventually every one of us will die ,even though you dont like hearing but its fact ,we will all die at some point.
Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TheSourcerer: 7:14pm On Jul 13, 2021
SkengRay:
The fact that I have gone through 11 ways out of 15 makes me feel semi-mortal lol grin
definatly a lucky one.

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Re: 15 Ways You Could Die Today by TA4TA4: 8:46am On Jul 22, 2021

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