People have been sharing the things they’ve learned never, ever to mess with – 23 nailed on no-nos

Here’s a handy list of things you should never mess with, no matter how tempted (or stupid) you might one day be feeling.

It’s a whole bunch of nailed on no-nos that people came up with after someone called ViolatingBadgers – sounds like another no-no right there – asked this of their fellow Redditors.

‘What, due to experience, do you know not to f-ck with?’

And the answers came pouring in. We’ve read them all – well, quite a few of them – so you don’t have to – and these 23 hollered ‘NO!’ loudest.

1.

‘Intuition. If something feels wrong stop.

‘It doesn’t matter if it’s stepping out onto a snow-covered slope, pulling up to a sketchy gas station, or putting too small of a piece of wood in a table router, listen when your brain tells you “This is a bad idea.”
5hiphappens

‘I read an article that intuition is your subconscious brain picking up on cues that you are unaware of. After I read that article I pay more attention to it.’
CCrabtree

2.

‘If someone at work tries to badmouth someone else and they ask you about what you think about that person, JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.’
Kororo_chan

3.

‘Fridays. In the IT world we call it “read-only friday”. Don’t change anything!!’
TheRogueMoose

4.

‘Ladders.

‘I worked in an ED at a major trauma center and the number of otherwise healthy people who came in paralyzed or soon-to-be-dead from falling off ladders was eye-opening.’
StrebLab

5.

‘Drowsy driving.’
i_am_invictus

6.

‘Mandolins. (The kitchen gadgets not instrument.)’
facemesouth

7.

‘My health. Getting older you rediscover all those old hurts. When I was 20 I hyperextended both elbows playing volleyball. 15 years later my elbows started aching in the winter 🙁

‘Also my teeth. It falls under health, but not everyone thinks about the dentist when they think about health. If you are reading this please floss. Its a small thing that can make a huge difference later. Trust me.’
kongwasframed

8.

‘Never never trust a trench or a hole over your shoulders deep. You will die a horrible death. Yes at the beach too.’
CorvinRobot

9.

‘Heat.

‘Your sanity is the first thing to go in heat stroke. You aren’t even aware anything is wrong. You just know you’re pissed, there’s a weird buzzing sensation in your head/chest, and the world doesn’t feel right.

‘And then you’re a zombie looking for anything to cool off with, and shortly after that, you’re unconscious.

‘It escalated too quickly for half a dozen rational adults to notice before exhaustion set in. Heat will kill you quicker than you think.’
MikkelandDime

10.
‘Vibrating logs in the forest.

‘Don’t investigate.

‘Don’t kick it.

‘Don’t throw things at it.

‘It is always hornets.’
tricularia

11.

‘Newby body surfer, misjudged a six foot wave and nearly drowned.’
OlderMan42

12.

‘Electricity.’
oilman300

‘While working at a hydro dam I wittnessed a main power line detach from the generator and arc across the floor for about 10 seconds, withering like a snake.

‘It gouged/melted a deep trench in solid concrete.’
Ever_Mythrain