New a guy who did that, well had his foot out the window of his truck, rolled it, shattered and crushed his leg. He sued to truck company.... And won. (Or at least settled)
And then he bought trucks for his family. Yes from the same company.
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Is it the story about trucks, or spelling "knew" as "new"?
Or the story about a lawsuit that only makes sense when you reframe it as a florida man headline in your mind
exactly this "florida man hit himself in the head with a hammer, sued the hammer company and won a bazillion dollars" stuff
Frivolous lawsuits are mostly a fake thing McDonald's convinced the public of so they wouldn't have to pay medical bill for someone after serving coffee that was way too hot. The reason for most big payouts for injuries is because the medical system is broken.
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Ha, thank you phone autocorrect. Keeping it there though.
Sure. I am physically, morally, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually superior to everyone from anywhere else in the world.
How the fuck do you win that lawsuit? I really want to hear their arguments.
Did he win or did they settle?
It's been almost two decades, I'm pretty sure it was a settlement though.
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Better than having your kneecaps in your teeth.
Don't fucking kick your legs up in a car what the fuck you're in a high speed vehicle that can crash at any moment resting legs near an air bag????
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It can literally Kill you! Even a lower speed accident. I took care of a patient who's leg was shattered and it cut her femoral artery into a couple pieces.
DEAD! Just by hanging her bare feet outside the front passenger window across the edge of the dashboard. Air bag deployed. The END.
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Of the many broken bones I've had, a snapped femur is one. The damage it did means I'm never walking without a limp or running at nearly the pace I could. All it did was compound above the knee. This is permanent massive life changing damage. That bone absolutely destroys all the critical muscle groups, blood vessels, and massive nervous system that flows down to your lower half.
The hip bones attached to the..... Oh, sorry about that....
Looks like the taint bone...
Taint nothing wrong with dat
Oh look. They pooped their femur!
Just dab it with some bacitracin, take some ibuprofen, and get some sleep. You'll be fiiiiiine.
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Gently apply warm water on the affected area
I can't even conceptualise what happened based on this xray, all I know is it looks fucking painful.
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Meanwhile I see kids doing this all the time while mom or dad looks at their phone behind the wheel. I do live in a redneck area*, though.
*the USA.
Whenever anyone does this in my car I check if I'm clear of other cars and slam on my brakes sending then under the dash.
They always get the message.
And I will keep doing it.
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So they've broken their pelvis straight through about half way up, popped their right femur out of the socket, and split the left femur straight through near the top.... yeah... that sucks
Yup, but you forgot the part when the tip of the right femur went out through their butthole...
If I recall from seeing the original article, it actually made a new butthole.
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Holy crap, I didn’t even notice the broken pelvis and left femur break, gah!
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Hell, I bruised my hip bone once at a martial arts seminar. The next-level pain I felt from just that make me worry for when I'm dumber/older and need a replacement.
Looking at trending, it's 50-50 I'll be fine into my 80s or be 4-joints-bionic by 70. Nothing in-between.
Oh jesus fucking christ that actually made me wince. Do they make full-body cups that I can wear so this absolutely never happens to me?
Basically its the application of an airbag upon a human body positioned in a way no vehicle was ever designed to accommodate forcing the body to bend in half in ways it shouldn't. Basically, never put your legs over the airbags while in a moving car and you'll probably never suffer injuries like this
You could start by just listening to the advice above the image. It's a good start.
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Not to be all prudish or anything, but this made my stomach turn seeing it. IDK if tagging it would help but at least I would have been mentally braced for it.
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No fixing stupid. Seeing this every now and then.
If this is someone born male, they hip checked themselves in the nuts. Ow ow ow!
White indicates density and that white bit above the ball of their femur is let's say plausibly a whangdoodle.
Was.
This is one of those things where my 6+ ft height is a privilege.
I have never even dreamed of putting my feet on the dash.
If you look at their sacrum you can see their soul crying (it kinda looks like a face in agony)
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I bet that black circle in the upper left is a pre-fart.
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