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There is a stereotype in the rest of the world that, in Australia, everything there is out to kill you. But how often have you actually come into contact with something there that could've killed you? (lemm.ee)
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[–] shads@lemy.lol 0 points 10 months ago

Honestly, every brush with death in my life has been a result of my own actions.

  • Almost picked up a snake when out on a school bushwalk; because I assumed one of the other boys had left a fake one in such an obvious spot to scare the girls. I was left with an outstretched hand a couple of centimeters from where it had been before it fled.
  • Stepped in a funnel web spiders nest/trap that I knew was there.
  • Existed as a teenager who jumped into the car of a teenager who should never have been allowed behind the wheel or under the bonnet. You get the idea.