The first is dependent on where it stabbed and what stabbed it. The one about fighting is kinda true but very dependent on what the attack is attacking you with. If you are being attacked by someone that has no weapon this is far more useful advice than if they have a knife.
I always forget encounters with bears are a reality in some countries and it always feels weird to be reminded of that. But the rhyme will stuck in my head for a while.
This is really dangerous advice on the "Always trust your instincts." Your brain does have good instincts, but they are very faulty. It's just an instinctive thing that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones. Your instincts can indeed tell you if someone is looking to hurt you, but they aren't 100%. The cute person smiling at you who you trust absolutely could be pick-pocketing you. They also fail when you get away from humans and into science. We have monkey brains. Our brains were made to find food on the plains of Africa. They weren't made to understand that we live on a big ball known as Earth.
If your instincts ever tell you that someone may not be good, then go ahead and trust them. If your instincts try to talk about science or reason, then tell them to shut up because our instincts are terrible at math and science.
I'm reminded of a story where a man walked into a store. He then left and called the cops. He just had an instinctual feeling that something was wrong and trusted it. Later, he realized he remembered certain things. Like the car parked too close to the door. The blank face of the usually very friendly cashier. The lack of any customers when there was that same car parked too close to the entrance. The store was being robbed, and he had a feeling that it was that he couldn't quite understand at the time. Your brain is always looking for threats and will warn you of these threats even if you don't understand what it's telling you.
I like this list. A couple things - identifying individuals works really well asking for help and also if you have to control a bunch of people. Emptying out a bar at closing time is so much easier when you yell things like, "You with the red fez, get out now or I'll hit you with this mop handle!" or "You with the big beard, I'm coming for you right now. Get out!" They'll think you're insane, but they'll disperse pretty quickly.
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Also, definitely fight dirty if someone is coming at you. But then bolt right away. You're not looking to disable someone. You're just buying seconds to get out the front door or out of the alley or whatever. Decide where you're going and then punch an ear (hard), slap a crotch (medium force, not as hard as you can) and you have a few golden seconds to bounce.
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I don't mean to come on too crazy but it's good to think about situations like these before you're in them!
If you find yourself in quicksand, like between the water and shore on a beach, and you cannot get out, relax. Try to assume a spread-eagle/starfish position and float. The water will eventually carry you and you can swim to shore.
Is it weird that I totally would try to relax and have fun? Polar bears are my favourite animal, and if I was in a situation where one wanted to kill me my thought would be "what a way to die".
I'm terrified of bears because of several encounters I've had. For me, the scariest part about a bear is that unlike big cats, such as lions, tigers, leopards, ocelots, and cheetahs, bears do not kill you before they start eating. Big cats deliver a swift and powerful bite to the neck that will kill you quickly. But bears...bears will just start eating you. Doesn't matter how hard you fight. Unless you distract or manage to SEVERELY injure it (by some miracle, that is), it's not going to let go until it wants to. Bears are terrifying
I'm frankly not sure about the tampon tip... I read somewhere that tampons were indeed originally used to plug bullet holes (although I'm not sure if that's true, after all I just read it on some internet post) but today's tampons are so incredibly absorbent and can puff up to over twice their girth. Wouldn't that just painfully stretch the flesh around the wound and make it hard to get the tampon out? I mean, tampons work so well with vaginas because those are stretchy and you can get it out even after it puffs up. With other kinds of flesh, though, I'm not so sure. I know nothing about bullet wounds or really any kind of wounds though so I hope somebody smarter than me can clarify.
it would put pressure on the wound from every angle. That's the point in it being super absorbent is that it will expand to fill the space that it is in which will hopefully put enough pressure on the wound to help it.
Please never put a tampon in a wound. I’ve heard so many guys say this. It’s sounds like a good idea but the reason tampons work for woman is they double in size to soak up stuff. And I doubt shoving a firm cylindrical object that doubles in size into your wound is going to be helpful.
I mean, it depends. It swelling inside the wound could be helpful. It would stop the bleeding which is usually the big deal with open wounds ignoring infection - which tampons are generally sterile too. You should definitely call emergency services of course, but using a tampon is a valid thing to do here. Everything about a tampon makes it ideal for a wound. Legend goes that tampons were made to stop bullet wounds. There are actually things that are similar to tampons that were developed with the sole purpose of being able to absorb blood and expand to seal the wound that were essentially specialized tampons.
Please don't tell people to not do something that you don't actually understand the function behind because you felt a sudden "logical" reason why it wouldn't work. Especially when that is literally why its the thing that would be the reason it might help
whether or not there are better options matters not in a situation where you are shot seeing with that fact that rarely are people prepared to be shot before hand. You use what you have and you bitch about it after you aren't dying
If your instincts ever tell you that someone may not be good, then go ahead and trust them. If your instincts try to talk about science or reason, then tell them to shut up because our instincts are terrible at math and science.
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Also, definitely fight dirty if someone is coming at you. But then bolt right away. You're not looking to disable someone. You're just buying seconds to get out the front door or out of the alley or whatever. Decide where you're going and then punch an ear (hard), slap a crotch (medium force, not as hard as you can) and you have a few golden seconds to bounce.
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I don't mean to come on too crazy but it's good to think about situations like these before you're in them!
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampons-to-the-rescue/
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