Ways We Almost Died as Children - Safety Third 47

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Safety Third is a weekly show hosted by William Osman, NileRed, The Backyard Scientist, Allen Pan, and a couple other YouTube "Scientists". Sometimes we have guests, sometimes it's just us, but always: safety is our number three priority.

[SatanSupimpa]

Nigel has stories I would expect from Kevin, the Florida man.

[ranndomundead]

if ive learned anything over the years, its that everyone overestimates the strength of plywood

[ElPoopacabra]

This podcast gave me the courage to finally try drugs! Thanks Safety Third!!!

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In our little town, we had a huge drainage ditch that we used as a sort of short-cut between neighborhoods. It became a bit of a tribal scene - straight out of Lord of the Flies, with groups forming and fracturing as we grew older. At various times, different groups of kids held control of different portions of the ditch as a sort of way to maintain control of the little hang-out spots they'd created. One year, a group that controlled the junction with another portion of the ditch decided to set booby traps and set in motion a series of ridiculous playground guerilla tactics; spears, logs, tripwire alarms - you get the picture. Some psychopath hung a massive rock from a tree and wired it to a tripwire aimed to swing into the "intruder." The kid that triggered it got a concussion and needed seven stitches, because he was new to the neighborhood and was riding his bike down the ditch.

[AlexssandroMeneses]

Another podcast with Nigel, and new entrances to his exquisite lore!

[madsringswaldegan]

I love the silly little giggle Nigel does every time he recounts a near-death experience

[djHVNTER]

Story Time: When I was around 13 years old my grandpa surprised me with a trip to skateboard camp. This camp was held at a resort in the mountains in New Hampshire / Vermont. I was a large child, rapidly approaching 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. I was not a gifted skateboarder, I considered myself a strong beginner at best. The skate camp offered daily afternoon activities that weren't skateboarding, such a going to the pool, mountain biking, tubing, and other cool things. I decided to go mountain biking on one of these afternoons, and was given the biggest rental bike they had available. Remember, this mountain biking in the mountains, meaning I am literally going up a ski lift with my bike (the lift had hooks to put the bikes on while you went up), and while most of the main hill-bomb type trails were closed, the vast majority of cross-country trails and similar "woods trails" were available. We all went down the same back trails as a group, with me almost completely at the back., I will never forget seeing the whole group do this small but fun looking jump, the only risk being a medium sized tree in the general landing zone. Every single person hit the jump, no one fell. I had confidence, I hit the jump with a good amount of speed, went up.... and landed perfectly. However.... I dragged to a halt immediately, almost falling over the handlebars. I get off the bike and a counselor stops to help... and it turns out I landed hard enough mess up the rear wheels lock-in mechanism, so the wheel just popped out of the frame, letting the back of the frame drag into the ground. I had to borrow the counselors bike while he patched mine back together to try and ride back. The bike rental guy laughed his ass off when I told him.

I was SO embarrassed. As a large child, I was mortified. I still think about it sometimes. Skate camp was pretty cool though.

[silverdragon]

Studying for my midterm tonight and I've been binging these in the background. Perfect timing for a new one!

[DRakeTRofKBam]

I was surprised to how knowledgable Nigel is about drugs, but then I realised he's a chemist...

[SnoopxShdy]

Kevin always has the best shirts. Please bring back the Drip Tee.

[saawysorenson]

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I like episodes like this one a lot more than some of the more elaborate ones, no guests, no fancy locations, just some tech guys talking about that time their fingers almost blew up. Feels like home.

[amberfaux]

William: *asmr*
Kevin: SUP NERDS
I relate to this because I'm all calm and relaxed until YouTube interrupts my zen with "HEY NERD, WATCH THIS!" So, here I am.

[BeanerMan]

I am glad I survived my childhood, so that you could all survive your childhoods and make this podcast after surviving your adulthoods.
Thanks guys!

[tylersage]

So Nigel's bike story is VERY similar to a story I have. I had this training bike that technically had back and front breaks, but the back breaks were the only ones that worked. I was riding down this hill and lossed control of the bike and was thrown into my neighbor's house. It was the worst concussion I've ever had.

[Vincent]

Will talking about firing a phone though plywood or his roof just made me think of ididathing with his rocket hammer

[jackalslab]

I wonder what new lore we’re going to unlock today…

[mattl]

you mentioned the top speed of someone running down a steep hill. theres a great example of that activity in the Cheese Rolling race in Gloucestershire and the people chasing it look to be reaching at least half the speed of cheese which has been known to hit 70mph.

[Norweeg]

Back in high school for me when DARE was really being pushed, the only kids wearing the shirts were the drug users to be ironic.

[Idontknowmaybejohnsmith]

William was actually in my dream last night. Shit was weird. He took me out to Disneyland Orlando and insisted on paying for everything.

[britchin]

Nigel’s theory that kids don’t get hurt doesn’t seem very sound