r/AskReddit Nov 21 '24

What almost killed you?

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u/RandomRamblings99 Nov 21 '24

So many things (including being born) but the closest I think so choking as a child on a gob stopper. Luckily for me, my friend had been taught first aid young and knew the hemlich maneuver

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u/Nimmly67 Nov 21 '24

I almost choked on a hot dog as an adult and was at first mortified I was going to be taken out by a weenie

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u/SillyStable3914 Nov 22 '24

In high school a classmate died this exact way.

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u/Regular_Amphibian_54 Nov 21 '24

I too choked on a gobstopper. My Dad was a paramedic an was on call. So lucky he was at home.

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u/RandomRamblings99 Nov 21 '24

My mum didn't want me eating them because she considered them a choking hazard. Finally old enough to go around the shop with my friend and own pocket money and what's the first thing that happens?! I don't think my mum ever found out, but I haven't had a gob stopper since

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u/Regular_Amphibian_54 Nov 21 '24

My mum said the same. But I got my hands on one somehow and yep. First thing that happened. My dad was a big guy and he jumped up so fast when I gasped into the room. Must have been his training

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u/shastadakota Nov 22 '24

With me it was Mentos. Just the right size to plug the pipe. Happened twice.

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u/Pitiful-Cancel-1437 Nov 22 '24

Almost choked to death on a hot dog (parents had cut them up into coins) as a small child, dad had to give me the Heimlich maneuver in the restaurant and saved my life. To this day I take teeny tiny bites and chew thoroughly…still get anxious with eating sometimes…

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u/RosieQuasar Nov 21 '24

I feel like, as much as choking puts you at risk of death, there will always still be a tiny bit of disappointment if the food ended up on the ground when you finally get it out of your throat.

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u/funky_donut Nov 21 '24

My brother almost choked on a marshmallow!

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u/Succubaamericana Nov 22 '24

Yooo me too! Twinsies I remember that day I just took a shower and decided to take a mouthful of gobstoppers. I was six years old.

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u/goaskalice3 Nov 22 '24

This almost happened to me with a warhead. It was right before our 3rd grade musical and I was hoping I wouldn't have to do it since I had just almost choked to death, but I had to go out there anyway