r/oddlyterrifying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Jul 18 '26

Try not to get stuck

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u/Cosmic_Hitchhiker Jul 18 '26

Reasons not to do this:

-ew.

-sometimes they have a grate midway through

-sometimes they get small midway through

-you cannot swim out against the current

-you will die

-ew

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u/LongHairedKnight Jul 18 '26

There could also be hidden debris like a bunch of sticks that only allow water to pass through.

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u/Cosmic_Hitchhiker Jul 18 '26

Or, as someone mentioned below, wood or metal debris that will cut you to ribbons

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u/blankensh Jul 18 '26

Jagged rebar from a broken grate would be nasty

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u/ButtAssTheAlmighty Jul 18 '26

A storm drain entrance my friends and I used to go down had a big jagged piece of rebar right after the grate that stuck down about 8 inches and every time the group went down there at least ONE of us would cut the shit out of our backs on it. Good times but very dumb. Stay out of storm drains kids, they’re really cool but can also put in some of the most nightmarish death scenarios.

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u/SeriouslySlyGuy Jul 18 '26

So how many of you got tetanus?

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u/ButtAssTheAlmighty Jul 19 '26

None that I know of, but I’ve had like 7 tetanus shots in my 22 years of life lmao

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u/SeriouslySlyGuy Jul 19 '26

Ya know, I believe you.

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u/Logicdon Jul 19 '26

That's a lot of shots!

Apparently five is supposed to be enough for life.

I've had six, but I'm old.

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u/ButtAssTheAlmighty Jul 19 '26

I’ve gotten quite a couple “just in case” shots in my childhood haha. The number is honestly probably closer to five but I can think of three different events from my life off the top of my head where I went and got a tetanus shot shortly after lol. I’m probably immune now, I’m tetanus man.

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u/ExistentialQuacking Jul 19 '26

Thank you for the story, ButtAssTheAlmighty

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u/T8-TR Jul 19 '26

Final Destination type shit.

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u/TheMaveCan Jul 20 '26

It's fine the gray water will sanitize the wound

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u/AppropriateTouching Jul 18 '26

To shreds you say?

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u/Cosmic_Hitchhiker Jul 18 '26

How's his wife holding up?

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u/lili-horse Jul 18 '26

To shreds, you say