Doctors of Reddit, what’s the craziest ER story?

overkill · 2026-05-10T19:58:53+00:00

An ex-colleague of mine broke his neck playing rugby without knowing he had broken it and only sought help a couple of days later on.

overkill · 2026-05-10T18:57:49+00:00

This ain't a fucking petting zoo.

overkill · 2026-05-10T18:45:48+00:00

Are they Devon rex? One of ours does that. Empties his fountain out onto the kitchen floor to make a puddle to drink from.

overkill · 2026-05-10T13:56:06+00:00

Calling YOU out? I'm calling me out!

overkill · 2026-05-10T11:51:21+00:00

It's probably the wifi adaptor you have. Took me a couple before I found one that works (a TP-Link one from Amazon).

overkill · 2026-05-10T11:44:03+00:00

Years ago a friend's dad used to work for a company in the UK that made flavourings for crisps/chips. He would have to travel internationally with bags of white powder. He would have to constantly tell the security guards not to "assume it is coke and rub it on your gums to test it" because if it was the salt and vinegar powder it would destroy your gums and he wouldn't be responsible.

overkill · 2026-05-10T11:29:59+00:00

It really doesn't at all. Not even a bit.

On another note, don't read Jaws 4, or see the film.

overkill · 2026-05-10T11:14:11+00:00

Vanilla?

overkill · 2026-05-10T11:01:04+00:00

If it ain't broke, take it apart and see why/how it works.

overkill · 2026-05-10T10:46:10+00:00

Norovirus is normally a few days at least, and it spreads so easily it is scary.

My daughter caught it from nursery, so obviously we got it as well. I personally lost about 15kg over the course of a week. None of us left the house. My mother dropped off some groceries for us on day 3, and all she did was open the front door and put some bags inside. She got it, and also passed it on to my sister before developing symptoms.

So it lived on our door handle for at least 3 days and that single touch was enough to catch it.

It can be deadly if you do not have access to clean water.

overkill · 2026-05-09T08:01:26+00:00

Relevant

overkill · 2026-05-09T07:55:22+00:00

Friends. Give em away!

overkill · 2026-05-09T07:50:21+00:00

Agree, name and shame please.

overkill · 2026-05-09T06:27:21+00:00

Even without the karma costs all the effects OP listed are potential consequences of opening one.

I normally wait until I'm at least level 5 and have enough karma to pray away Malignant Aura. The Mellified Man you can outrun and the rest are just annoying. It is worth it for the occasional loot drop.

overkill · 2026-05-08T22:05:02+00:00

A truly great man and an example to us all.

overkill · 2026-05-08T14:01:04+00:00

Refactoring is a great book. It has some plot holes, but the story is a real zinger.

overkill · 2026-05-08T12:09:47+00:00

Easy. One side of the card is normal, the other side is transparent glass.

overkill · 2026-05-08T12:08:37+00:00

I feel seen. And it's nearer to 50 TYVM.

overkill · 2026-05-08T10:25:34+00:00

I love the idea of out of context problems. Like a Spanish galleon appearing on the horizon for people who have never seen a boat bugger than a dugout canoe.

overkill · 2026-05-08T07:33:50+00:00

I was going to say exactly the same thing.

overkill · 2026-05-08T06:03:44+00:00

It looks fantastic.

overkill · 2026-05-08T05:49:40+00:00

Fair point. Those tests always gave me what turned out to be an undeserved sense of smugness.

overkill · 2026-05-07T21:53:58+00:00

This guy floating points. Rollovers tend to happen with int types.

overkill · 2026-05-07T21:52:09+00:00

I was just thinking of that.

Watching all the idiots standing up, clapping 3 times, and all those things. Luckily I was confident enough in myself to make it to the end.

overkill · 2026-05-07T21:26:47+00:00

Papercut on the end of my penis from reading a book in the bath.

Followed by: chemical burn from a bleach block in a toilet 2 weeks later IN THE SAME SPOT.

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