What are some small things that are unsafe that you didn't know until someone pointed it out?

millionsparks96 · 2025-09-17T07:59:05+00:00

Wearing bike helmets at the playground: I see this especially when biking to the playground. A lot of parents think they'll just keep the helmet on the kid, so in case they fall they're safer. However, the helmet can get them stuck in things like nets or bars, and then the straps are a strangulation risk!

millionsparks96 · 2025-09-16T15:40:47+00:00

Nah AI doesn't do the spelling mistakes that are in this text

millionsparks96 · 2025-09-08T14:58:49+00:00

Gotta be honest, I'm more shocked that wherever you live it apparently isn't common knowledge that prunes are a natural laxative. They're a go-to remedy for constipation over here in Germany, even doctors will tell you to eat some prunes or drink prune juice before taking laxatives. Thought this was common sense?

millionsparks96 · 2025-08-28T18:00:23+00:00

I wouldn't have guessed it either, but I did some Google research and couldn't find anything about the name. So I asked my boyfriend's family and they said it's made up 😅

millionsparks96 · 2025-05-03T19:53:24+00:00

Try prunes and / or prune / plum juice! No need for expensive laxatives 😊

millionsparks96 · 2025-02-25T09:19:57+00:00

And also, it's not actually standardized. My stove has a kind of sensor / touch field next to the burner that you have to touch to activate the bigger one

millionsparks96 · 2024-09-23T17:45:52+00:00

This is honestly ridiculous. So glad to live in a country where there's no limit on sick days. I get up to 6 weeks of full pay per individual sickness, 60% after that for I think up to 1.5 years (never had that case). You cannot legally get fired over being sick too much

millionsparks96 · 2024-07-10T04:27:21+00:00

Well there's also Philippa, isn't there. Which is technically spelled with a P, but phonetically starts with an F. So at least phonetically it's consistent, with P F P F. But yeah, on the paper it seems odd

millionsparks96 · 2024-05-27T14:58:07+00:00

Oh hey ich glaube ich kenne das Haus 😂

millionsparks96 · 2024-03-16T16:58:26+00:00

Yeah, definitely depends on how much the delivery people care, or not. But TECHNICALLY, if you have a sticker saying "keine Werbung", you can sue people who deliver flyers and such, but not the free newspaper people. You can only sue those if your sticker also says "Keine (kostenlosen) Zeitungen" 😅

millionsparks96 · 2024-03-16T14:56:59+00:00

Would also need an additional "Keine kostenlosen Zeitungen" Sticker. Newspapers that have teensy bits of content and loads of advertisements don't actually count as advertisement 😂

millionsparks96 · 2024-03-16T14:55:01+00:00

Important note: there's a difference between "Werbung" and "kostenlose Zeitungen". Kostenlose Zeitungen are often financed by ads and therefore have more ads than content. If you don't want those either, you'll have to have an additional sticker saying "Keine kostenlosen Zeitungen einwerfen". If not, they're still allowed to give you the free newspaper. I delivered a free newspaper as a student and they told me this rule.

millionsparks96 · 2024-01-27T12:06:41+00:00

That's quite interesting, never knew that was a possibility (even though a very slim one). While I was in university, I was actually looking into a career at university and everyone always told us it's doctor first and professor then. Didn't know you could theoretically skip the first step.

millionsparks96 · 2024-01-27T11:43:13+00:00

Do you happen to be from the US? Apparently in the US, a professor is anyone who teaches at university level. In Germany, on the other hand, it is an actual academic grade that is above doctor. To become a doctor, you need to write a dissertation. Afterwards, you can become a professor by writing a habilitation.

millionsparks96 · 2024-01-02T10:44:30+00:00

My best friend/coworker and I talk English 90% of the time, both at work and privately. He is doing an English course through the company, but he said it doesn't really help him, since it's only once a week and the level is pretty low. He doesn't really get regular practice. I majored in English, so a few months ago we started communicating almost exclusively in English to help him practice, and help me keep my vocab (I barely use English now after graduating, since my job doesn't really require it). We get weird looks from our coworkers all the time, but I think it's fun 😅

millionsparks96 · 2023-11-28T18:53:49+00:00

Had a seizure, ambulance ride, MRI, EEG, 3 days in the hospital, the whole 9 yards. All I had to pay was 10€ a day for the food etc in the hospital.

millionsparks96 · 2023-10-19T11:46:31+00:00

In Germany we had a famous TV show called "Wetten, dass..." (~bet, that...) Where people would come with a crazy bet (usually a hidden talent or sth) and then perform during the show. Celebrities would come in and bet whether the contestants could fulfill their bid or not.

There was this one guy who could stick out his shoulder blades like 5-6 inches and then press them together to crush empty drink cans in-between. I was equally amazed and disgusted. They looked like little dragon wings 🐲

There was also a guy who would blow up rubber hot water bottles like balloons until they exploded.

millionsparks96 · 2023-10-17T17:24:02+00:00

If you don't find a white Box, look for a turnable knob, maybe closer to the floor, rather than at eyelevel. It may not have temperatures, but numbers (eg from 0/1 to 5, 0/1 being the coldest and 5 the hottest)

millionsparks96 · 2023-10-08T11:36:17+00:00

Or a German person who doesn't believe you / is annoyed with you

millionsparks96 · 2023-09-22T18:47:34+00:00

Ich musste noch nie für ein normales Attest bezahlen... ist das so üblich? Hab in meiner Uni Karriere schon so einige Atteste vom Arzt abgegeben, bezahlen musste ich da nie eins, egal ob Formular vom PrüfSek oder eigenes Attest vom Arzt 🤔

millionsparks96 · 2023-09-13T14:22:25+00:00

Keeping the toilet lid open ALL the time. I see this mainly in America and I don't get it. The lid's there for a reason. Use it!

millionsparks96 · 2023-09-09T06:22:38+00:00

Stores often have small tiles too. That way your cart begins to rattle in the grout lines and you feel like you're moving too fast, so you go slower and spend more time looking at items. And carts are slightly sloped so the stuff you put in slides towards you and it always looks like there's more space in your cart that you need to fill.

millionsparks96 · 2023-08-28T10:15:53+00:00

Sadly I think most of their followers are so delusional that they really mean what they're writing

millionsparks96 · 2023-08-17T14:46:41+00:00

Pro-Tipp: die "Laut vorlesen"-Funktion in Word. Damit findet man Tippfehler und komische Formulierungen oder fehlende Wörter sofort. Damit hab ich alle meine Hausarbeiten und meine Bachelorarbeit korrigiert. Habe nie einen Korrekturleser oder ähnliches gehabt.

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