My sister just got me a right handed spatula for Xmas. Am I in danger?
She is trying to kill you, call the cops
Danger? You’re already dead, you just don’t know it yet.
I can’t believe there’s that many deaths on a yearly basis because of that. I’m a leftie but I’ve never had any issues with tools except scissors. Guess I gotta be careful with those from now on.
I’m guessing it’s any death when a leftie is using right handed equipment, even though deaths would have happened anyways. However, if they counted how much higher it is than it would be for righties statistically, I could accept that some dangerous equipment is slightly more dangerous with the wrong handle (like chainsawing).
But also, I remember that texting while driving deaths statistics were inflated because they just included any time a phone had been on within several minutes of an accident, regardless of circumstances.
Honestly from my experience this could be chainsaws alone. They’re by far the worst thing I’ve come across as a lefty and I’m fairly ambi. Most other chiral two handed power tools either don’t matter as much or can trivially be swapped around like angle grinders, trimmers, etc.
I am now scared of you.
Just don’t try to use a right handed jackhammer
Lack of coverage?
You can have insurance and still die.
How many deaths were for covered people who couldn’t:
Afford to seek care and delayed checking symptoms until it was too late.
Couldn’t afford the treatment due to poor coverage or high copay.
Get their treatment approved.
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that “+” is doing some heavy lifting, hope it doesn’t get a hernia
The shark thing always bothers me. Like of course it’s rare to be killed by a shark since most people don’t swim in the ocean.
How likely are you to be killed by a shark if you’re swimming right beside one?
Pretty fucking slim.
I mean of course a full size great white, bull shark, or tiger shark. I’m aware that most species of sharks are much smaller and pretty harmless to humans.
But still more likely than being killed by a cow.
I know the focus here is healthcare. But as an Australian, this is how I feel every time some fuckwit politician orders a shark cull: you farkin’ wanker…
What’s wrong with this comparison is that most people don’t go where sharks are, while most people interact on a daily basis with stairs and beds. To compare apples with apples, we need a statistic of shark deaths in people that go swimming in the ocean.
I really need to move my end table
Okay, but what if you’re on an electric boat?
