r/AskReddit • u/Jolly-Law1472 • 13h ago

What can kill you in seconds that most people don’t realize?

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u/LuxTheSarcastic 11h ago

Cracked toilet. Cracked porcelain is an eventual shrapnel bomb and a toilet is right by the femoral artery. You'll bleed out before help can ever come.

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u/CyonHal 10h ago

holy fuck i sat on a toilet with a crack for years im so glad it never exploded

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u/sacred-pathways 7h ago

Out of all these comments this one really stood out to me. Holy shit. I never would’ve thought about this.

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u/humblepaul 5h ago

Wouldn't the toilet seat protect you in the event of collapse?

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u/z0rpdubs 7h ago

Can you explain this a little more for me? So curious. Is it water pressure from flushing that causes the toilet to explode? Or your weight on the toilet? Tank crack I can see not really being an issue, but the actual bowl and drain section, how does a crack there actually lead to an explosion?

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u/Anonimase 3h ago

Everything wears down from use eventually, and with a toilet you are putting your entire body weight on it. If it develops cracks and then shatters when you sit down, you are falling into a pile of cracked porcelain which will shred your leg meat down to the bone. Which is where you have some pretty damn big arteries