Common sense, as it turns out, really isn’t all that common. Whether it’s an honest mistake or just pure confidence, people do some surprisingly wild things without realizing — or caring — how sideways it could go.
That’s basically the entire foundation of r/OopsThatsDeadly, an online corner dedicated to reckless (or brave?) moments.
You’ll see someone casually bare-handing a deadly creature for a quick photo, or a worker tackling a hundred bats using little more than thin plastic gloves. Every single one of these photos captures someone standing just one awkward slip away from a total catastrophe.
