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How did you hurt yourself in a very stupid way? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Merlu@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was running for my train. After entering in the station airlock, for a reason i still can't explain, i turned right instead of continuing straight ahead and BAM, i hit a glass with my face. Now i have a little scar, fortunately hidden behind my eyebrow.

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[–] rikudou 1 points 3 months ago

A long time ago I accidentally switched the brakes on my bicycle. They were also all worn out so I had to actually press both brakes really hard to actually slow down.

Well, after a year or so I finally decided to fix it and in the process I also switched the brakes to their correct places. The brakes worked really great, just pressing on them a little made the bike stop.

You can probably see where this is going, but anyway, one day I was riding the bike very fast and last second decided I was riding too fast to manage to drive that bridge without crashing. Since this was a last second panic decision, my brain kinda skipped the part which always made sure I remember I've switched the brake positions (but not the brain part that remembered I don't have to press both brakes anymore, curiously) and I pressed the front wheel brake the way I was used to before, by slamming it all the way down.

The flight over the front wheel was spectacular, though it also hurt like hell.