• Deconceptualist@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    This reminds me of 5th grade when a friend had a sledding accident and damaged his skull from a tree impact. He had to get a helicopter rescue to the ER and everything. Our thoughtful teacher got the class to make “get well” cards. Mine had a crappy kid drawing of the blood and wreckage with the words “I hope the sled is okay!”

    The teacher was quite unhappy with me over that. But I knew my friend and when he got back from the hospital he said my card was his favorite and it cracked him up <3

  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Ok but seriously are there any sources citing anyone ever committing s*icide via toaster in bathtub? What is the origin of this trope?

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      10 months ago

      It’s nearly impossible with modern electric installations, fuses and what not. In the olden times it happened quite often as an accident, most often with hair dryers used when still sitting in the bath. (Don’t ask me why people were so dumb.)

      I suppose death by toaster always was a suicide as drying your hair with a toaster is very, very impractical.