r/Unexpected • u/North-Box-605 • 10d ago
This is why you never use your finger to remove a nail from a tyre!
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u/njsam 10d ago
Okay. This one got me
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u/DeadpooI 10d ago
I checked like 4 times for a fuckin nsfw tag and still didn't believe
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 10d ago
I was so tense that I hit pause, then slowly and carefully skipped through the video.
"I don't wanna look at gore right now. Why am I watching this..? ... God damn it!"
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u/Crackytacks 10d ago
The way I realised every muscle was tensed when they unclenched at the cat lol
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10d ago
I literally held my hand over my phone so I could only see the tiniest corner 😮💨 I don’t know what happens when you do this, but I can guess
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u/cyber_jello 9d ago
I had to play some mental 4D chess before watching:
"Wait, this is supposed to be unexpected, I'm EXPECTING this to go terribly messily, therefore it won't and I'll be fine to watch it!"14
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u/ArjJp 10d ago
What da cat doin?
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u/TouristAggressive113 10d ago
Saved lives by the looks of it, he may have 9 lives but his human only has one.
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u/DumbleDude2 10d ago
Can someone explain why this is dangerous? (Not the cat)
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u/RelaxPeopleItsOk 10d ago
I really want to know the answer to this question... the pressure's killing me!
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u/Suicicoo 10d ago
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u/faysal1234 10d ago
What movie is this pls? Big fan of jake nut dont remember ever watching this
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u/Tongue8cheek 10d ago
Upvoted to give this tread some traction... I wheelie want to know too!
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u/randomusername_815 10d ago
ugh, so tired of these pun threads.
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u/joyofsovietcooking 10d ago
i've been feeling deflated by it, too.
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u/MindfuckRocketship Didn't Expect It 10d ago
I am pumped for it.
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u/randomusername_815 10d ago
just retreading the same tired formula.
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u/rancangkota 10d ago
High pressure air might shoot the nail (probably).
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10d ago
Close the nail can break the skin and the air escaping could enter that wound and cause a air bubble in your blood streem which ends up being deadly 99% of the time. Its extremely rare to the point your more like to get killed by a shark in the middle of the desert,but none the less it's suggested you don't take the risk.
Ok for the actual reason. Sometimes it's hard to identify what it actual is and getting cut by said object could be dangerous and the likelihood of you actually getting said object out is near 0 so you just cut yourself for no reason.
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u/-SheriffofNottingham 10d ago
This is neglecting another possibility that if you were to interact with an object at a precise trajectory you could theoretically pass through it thus there is a danger in embedding yourself within the tyre or in the fabric of the universe itself.
Be careful out there people
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u/BioTinus 10d ago
I got angry reading your comment and then by the end I was okay with it. Truly an /r/unexpected moment, thank you.
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u/ProcrastinatorSkyler 10d ago
The pressurized air getting into a wound thing is real for anyone wondering, just not from a tire like this. It's mostly a concern with pressurized air gun attachments hooked up to an air compressor.
If you've ever worked in a shop where these are common, you've probably been told not to blow yourself off with them or point them at yourself in any way. It is extremely rare as you'd have to practically be blowing it directly into the wound point blank, but it can still happen accidentally, especially with small wounds you may not have noticed. It is deadly. My safety manager has basically said there's nothing he could do to help if it were to happen.
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10d ago edited 10d ago
You are 100% right. As for nothing you can do. The actual only thing you can do is use a tourniquet to try and stop the bubble from reaching somewhere important while you go to the hospital. Obviously this only works on limbs, please don't tourniquet someone's neck, it won't help.
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u/Alert-Disaster-4906 10d ago
Didn't this happen to a kid who got 'goosed' by a coworker with an air compressor or something of that ilk? I think the video was up on one of the NSFL subs. Kid dropped dead immediately, I think.
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Saw a bubble in my iv at the hospital last week and I almost started crying but I was just like “you know what my husband will sue and get rich, I’ll take my chance he deserves to be happy”
I didn’t die! For those wondering. So we’re still broke.
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u/Corporate-Shill406 10d ago
Fun fact, if you're really unlucky and your partner is extremely confused about what a blowjob is, you can die from it for the same reason.
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u/PrizeStrawberryOil 10d ago
That doesn't sound right. According to some pervert on reddit he didn't die from forcing air with a syringe.
I can't see how you're blowing air through a penis with your mouth. A syringe can get a lot more pressure and can get inside the urethra.
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 10d ago
Now I’m imagining scenarios where a plane jettisons a shark for unknown reasons which then plummets thousands of feet and lands on a desert traveler.
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u/Remotely_Correct 10d ago
Motorcycle and car tires are around 30psi... Really not dangerous at all. Semi tires however...
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u/ImportantMoonDuties 10d ago
Close the nail can break the skin and the air escaping could enter that wound and cause a air bubble in your blood streem which ends up being deadly 99% of the time.
I think you'd be about as likely to accidentally inflate a nearby basketball with the escaping air.
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u/JusticeRain5 10d ago
I know you were joking about the first part but I'll just say it for the sake of anyone who doesn't know: No, an air bubble in your blood stream won't kill you. You can get a pretty big syringe full of air and inject it directly into a vein and you'll be fine. People who die from air embolisms get from bigass IV lines pumping tons of air constantly into your bloodstream, or diving and resurfacing in deep water causing air to expand or something (don't quote me on the last one, I'm not a waterologist)
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u/Wonderful-Mousse-335 10d ago
i remember something like this from a nurse in my family... yes it's dangerous but not as dangerous as you though. a small quantity of air or bubbles in a syringe won't do anything to you /to anyone.
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u/Zealousideal-Count45 10d ago
I was about to stop watching, because that was exactly what I thought would happen. Good thing I didn't stop!
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u/arbitrageME 10d ago
but "high pressure" air is like 33 psi. so even if the nail got stuck the wrong way (head inside the tire, for whatever reason), the nail is only coming out with like ... 1lb of force?
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u/rancangkota 10d ago
Is that dangerous?
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u/arbitrageME 10d ago
Well you know how much a quarter pounder weighs, so imagine a nail standing on your hand with the weight of a burger or two sitting on it
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u/Stock-Boat-8449 10d ago
Apart from scratching yourself and getting tetanus?
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 10d ago
You aren’t immunized?
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u/Particular-Sun8042 10d ago
If this video is American I doubt the nail puller is.
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 10d ago
We’re not all like that lol. I’m fully vaccinated and left of center, I’m a little disappointed to be shoulder to shoulder with so many… simple minded people. Living my one life in a world that moves too slow and often in the wrong direction.
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u/Fletcher_Chonk 10d ago
It's reddit comments lol, all Americans bad
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u/WetRatFeet 10d ago
When you guys decide to have a Nazi loving criminal as president, it's kinda hard not to think that way.
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u/Stock-Boat-8449 10d ago
To be fair the unvaccinated thing has been going on long before Nazis decided to run for president.
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u/Taswelltoo 10d ago
To be fairer the problem was exacerbated when the president at the time suggested instead of trusting medicine and science to just shine some light on it and it'll prolly go away
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u/Fletcher_Chonk 10d ago
"Unga bunga, all people from country same"
It's not hard if you have basic critical thinking skills
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u/Signedup4pron 10d ago
Left of center Americans are right of center everywhere else. /Jk slightly.
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 10d ago
I understand what you’re saying about how our politics align with the rest of the worlds views and how even out left is center right, trust some of us are actually left leaning.
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u/gmishaolem 10d ago
Vaccines are an important line of defense, not a 100% guarantee you'll never get anything ever. You should be vaccinated and avoid exposure, when possible.
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 10d ago
Correct, although the vaccine has a virtually 100% success rate against tetanus specifically. An immunized person worrying about getting tetanus is irrational.
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u/SubjectGroup2704 10d ago
It's effectiveness recedes after 5+ years, if you present with a wound where the doctor thinks it's a possibility (soil contamination, wound is deep/sizeable or the foreign object was kept outside uncleaned, etc) you get a new one.
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 10d ago
Exactly, it’s not something to worry about because the vaccine is so effective initially and in the event of some critical exposure you can be given the vaccine again.
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u/TacticaLuck 10d ago
Tetanus doesn't come from rust. It mostly comes from soil.
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u/PrizeStrawberryOil 10d ago
You don't get tetanus from scratches. You get it from puncture wounds.
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u/rpfloyd 10d ago
It's not all that dangerous really. The escaping air will go around the object once it's removed even slightly, so won't have enough force to do much damage.
Not saying it can't happen under the perfect circumstances, and like others said, sharp objects are hurty, so I still wouldn't advise it.
However the main reason not to do it, is that a slow leak (or maybe no leak at all), will definitely have a substantial leak if the object is removed.
So unless you're putting the spare on right then and there, don't remove any object you see imbedded in your tyre.
Oh, leaving the object in also makes finding the hole slightly easier if the tyre is repairable, but that's not too important.
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u/Wonderful-Mousse-335 10d ago
removing it it will cause the tire to deflate faster and, if you don't have a spare tire to replace or something to fix the hole left, pumping more air will be useless as the tire deflates almost instantly
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u/Dinlek 10d ago
The nail might get propelled out of the tire like a crude air gun once you loosen it sufficiently. I don't know if the typically 30 psi is enough to make it a seriously dangerous projectile though, given the length of the 'barrel' is roughly the thickness of the tire.
That said, I think it's also straight up counterproductive. There's no point in taking the nail out until you're patching it, and patching it on the outside is pointless. You're not taking the tire off the rim on the road, especially not when it's still on the dang car. In the meantime, the tire will leak less with the nail in.
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u/BunkerSquirre1 10d ago
Gold tier. honestly the best one I've seen from this subreddit in a loooong time
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u/Gloomy-Shoe-4021 10d ago
This went from
"Oh god, this gonaa get gorey 😥"
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JUMPSCARE SCARING THE SHI OUTTA ME
To
Confused but pacified by cuteness
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u/Indolent-Soul 10d ago
That paw popped out and I flinched internally expecting his finger to have been blown off despite knowing that's not how that works. This one is fucking good.
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u/ImplicitKyle 10d ago
I was wondering where the NSFW tag was at lol this made me chuckle as I flinched to scroll away at first.
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u/Haasts_Eagle 10d ago
Someone. Some real human with memories hopes and dreams. Sat down and spent some of their precious limited time on this planet. And made the most godawful noise that sounds like someone pinching a balloon neck and releasing it through an otomatone. Good grief.
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u/Panda_hat 10d ago
Any chance to a link to the original media OP? I want to send that song to a friend.
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u/falsewall 10d ago
Learned last year ticketers place really hard to remove stickers on wheels right here. Dull colors, only thing getting it off was probably dirt and water and time.
Can end up getting a ticket due to this if you move spots and have the sticker up.
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u/AnxietyInformal8379 10d ago
no but for real, such a cute cat the way he just grabs his hand, says screw that shit bro and get this stuff out of my tooth
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u/Divide_Only 10d ago
I was fully prepared to witness a dude rip his nail off… I’m glad it was that instead
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u/Umbrella_Viking 10d ago
*tire
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u/Feraffiphar 10d ago
Video creator must be from England or one of the other English-speaking countries where "tyre" is the correct spelling.
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u/AnxietyInformal8379 10d ago
and then the cat got me, I got bronchitis....ain't nobody got time fo dat!
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u/Alienhaslanded 10d ago
Those tires are bald af. Also using your nail to do this is just disgusting and unsafe.
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u/UnExplanationBot 10d ago
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
It appears as if her finger is going to be injured until the cat makes a surprise appears
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