Man I know this is taking it to a dark place but it's a memory of mine I can't forget I'll try and spoil it Spoiler: Don't read this My mother was a physician and once during her residency she told me about a case she saw where a father ended up being arrested because his little boy was brought to the ER with serious damage to his penis because the father had been putting rubber bands around the boys penis because he was peeing the bed. Like it was about to fall off completely. I haven't thought of that terrible story in years, but damn that post reminded me of it instantly. Looking back I have no idea why my mother told me that story.
When I was 3 or 4, I put one of those little rubber bands on my dog’s tail and the hair covered it. He almost had to have it amputated. :-(
In middle school this kid put a clothespin on his ear in class and the teacher said he could leave it there the rest of class or get written up and it turned really red and the teachers name was Albert Einstein
When my dad was in residency a patient had passed away, and another doctor was told to go in and pronounce them dead, so the doctor walked in waved his arms around and bellowed, “I now pronounce you dead!” Course the family was still in the room at the time.
My dad's first generation Italian-American. I've pointed this out so much since I was a kid that I notice him start and stop hand motions when he gets passionate about a topic nowadays. It's absolutely genetic, I'm convinced.
Right by Ohare airport where there is tons of trucking/logistics activity there was an overpass that was under construction and shortened it's height of trucks that could fit underneath. There were signs for miles clearly stating such. Truckers did not give a fuck and would hit the overpass every damn day. I think they ended up closing the road altogether because they couldn't finish the work otherwise.
I hate how this idea sorta carries eugenic undertones, but you should have to have a real rudimentary psych eval before you have kids. This shit destroys me. Probably about the least appropriate thread for a feelings dump, but watch me go. Collection of kid's getting really hurt shit in the spoiler dead dove DO NOT EAT: Spoiler Spent a lot of last two years in med school in PICU. Went into medicine thinking I wanted to do peds crit care, as I did some research in the PICU prior to med school and thought it was cool AF. Will never forget having to resuscitate a 1 month old who arrested at home. Sodium levels were lowest I've still ever seen, I think like below 100 even (normal is like 140, 120 would be considered fairly critical). Turns out his parents had been feeding him Mt. Dew instead of formula. They had formula, were on WIC, but "he just seemed to like it more." Had to stabilize another kid, a 9 month old, who drowned because her dad put her in the bathtub and told her 3 year old sister to keep an eye on her while he took a nap. Neither of these cases went well. About a good 1/4th to 1/3rd of kids in the PICU at any given time were there because their parents are the absolute WOAT. I couldn't hack it anymore, so I ditched that career idea. Actually bailed on doing peds altogether even though I absolutely love kids. That was hard on me then, but now that I have a toddler and another on the way, I have some PTSD from all those experiences. And as a parent, a lot of paranoia about the most random shit. Ask me sometime why I don't keep zip ties in the house Spoiler EDIT no actually don't. Just imagine the worst thing that could happen and keep zip ties the fuck away from your kids
Your kid? I just checked my work calendar to see when I had a break between calls so I can go downstairs and do this.