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Daily random discussion - Aug 6, 2023
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Today’s Ask PHlemmy: How did you almost die?
In my entire existence, I got close calls with lightning strike eight times.
Are you a cat, though? Careful with your last life lol
Damn, Ben Franklin. Do you walk around flying a kite?
On the ferry ride to Cebu, there was a sudden drizzle on our side. We instinctively rose from our seats to avoid getting drenched, making the boat tilt. Good thing it was able to regain balance.
Can I just say that's kind of a dumbass thing to do?
Yes, but it was unconsciously done. We hurried back to our side after the tilt.
sometimes, impulse reactions override logic. kaya nga 'instinctively' raw.
I fell off a moving bus at EDSA. Buti na lang walang bus sa likod nya or I would have been squished.
I think I was around 8 or 9 biking by myself around the subdivision, which wasn't gated then. A car suddenly popped out on my right side and veered towards my direction. If I was a few seconds ahead, I would have been struck.
Vehicular accident, vehicle I was in flipped and went off the side of the road from avoiding a tricycle who suddenly went left with no warning. Car was traveling around 100 kph then. Thankfully everyone (around 8 of us) survived with no casualties or severe injuries.
On that note, it's true that time does seem to slow down when it looks like you're about to die.
Vehicular accident.
Tricycle I was riding got t-boned by allegedly a van (didn't really see in account of us still spinning while the van booked it).
My left ear got wrecked and there was definitely some chest/lung trauma. For a while I got anxious anytime I had to ride a tricycle.
It was nothing compared to the person I was with, though.
She got a collapsed lung that needed draining every so often, pelvis and collarbone broke, as well as a myriad of other injuries out of the ordeal. It took about two months for her to recover.
Gunshot, traffic sa alabang-sucat service road, I fell asleep sa may pinto ng jeep, nagising na lang ako ng biglang may sumigaw na "akin na yang bag mo" startled awake I didn't let go of my bag, nag tug of war kami. Nag give up yung snatcher. After my fellow passengers told me I was lucky he didn't shoot me. Di ko nakita na may baril pala yung snatcher.