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I hurt myself today (thelemmy.club)

I did a stupid and want to say thanks to the NHS who patched me up. Ask me about the stupid, it's pretty stupid.

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 166 points 3 weeks ago
[-] schwim@piefed.zip 105 points 3 weeks ago
[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 103 points 3 weeks ago

The only thing that's real

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 71 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Sergio@piefed.social 63 points 3 weeks ago
[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 42 points 3 weeks ago

But I remember .. everything.

[-] neonchaos@piefed.social 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago
[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

Everyone I know, goes away in the end.

[-] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 weeks ago
[-] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 30 points 3 weeks ago
[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 27 points 3 weeks ago
[-] sicarius@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago
[-] oozynozh@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 weeks ago
[-] egrets@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

SpoilerI normally hate crass jokes like this, but this was genuinely unexpected and perfectly placed. Johnny Cash had already sung "I will make you squirt" in my head before I even know what was happening. Bravo.

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[-] ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

What a ride! That's what she said.

[-] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 102 points 3 weeks ago

And you could have it all,

My empire of dirt.

[-] jrs100000@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Or was it an empire of shit?

We need to know if you wanted Jesus or heroin.

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 10 points 3 weeks ago

It was dirt. In all versions. The "shit" change was elsewhere in the song.

Original:

I wear this crown of shit

Abomination:

I wear this crown of thorns

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[-] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Empire of dirt.

The shit was "crown of shit" in Trent Reznor's original. In Johnny Cash's cover he changed it to "crown of thorns".

[-] MrSelfDestruct@piefed.zip 57 points 3 weeks ago

My sweetest friend ?

[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago

The same, but with an index finger that now and forever won't point straight.

[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 44 points 3 weeks ago

What did you do to get the injury?

[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 68 points 3 weeks ago

So...you know how sometimes vehicles sound a bit rough, and you think " I'll look at YouTube" and youtube says maybe it the wheel bearing, and you jack it up and spin the wheel and listen and see if it is the wheel bearing? What youtube (and common sense) doesn't say is don't put your finger in the rim to spin it, because there's a caliper there. Trust, you do not want your finger in between a wheel and a caliper when you are trying to spin the drive wheel as hard as you can.

[-] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 30 points 3 weeks ago
[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago

...ly fucking stupid. I am stunned at my own idiocy.

[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 3 weeks ago

You shouldn't be so hard on yourself, even from an injury like this.

[-] gid@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

You'd be surprised at how many intelligent people do incredibly stupid things.

I bet you won't stick your finger in there again. As long as you've learned that lesson, I wouldn't be hard on yourself if I were you.

[-] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

And here I thought I was stupid for constantly burning my hand on the exhaust cause I don''t let it cool off before working on it

[-] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thank you for sharing, glad you still have ten digits.

[-] Bunitonito@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Your finger good tho right? If you go knuckle first it's usually losing skin and a learning lesson. I don't talk about the other way

[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, might be a bit wonky. Thought about leaving it, cover with a bandage and hope for the best, but went to hospital just in case. Glad I did, open fracture and stitches required. Nurses and doctors were great, glad I did.

[-] Bunitonito@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, I'm hoping for a swift recovery, I was hoping you just lost all the skin off your knuckle

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[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yikes!

Two recent finger injuries to make you feel better!

I sliced my thumb open vertically with a pocket knife trying to cut a zip tie off of something. My thumb looked like a snakes tongue, and now I have a scar that makes my thumb look like a dick head.

Same thumb, just post healing, I was helping a friend move, grabbed a bicycle by the wheel to put it on top of the truck. Wheel spun, bike frame spun the opposite direction, the spoke cut into my thumb, and had my buddy not reacted quickly (or if he had simply grabbed the bike and pulled instead of just stabilizing it), I likely would have lost the thumb entirely. Broke the bone, spoke cut all the way to the bone. It suuuuuucked.

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[-] azureskypirate@lemmy.zip 32 points 3 weeks ago

I hurt myself today

to see if I still feel.

I focus on the pain

the only thing that's real...

[-] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 12 points 3 weeks ago

Lol that's the first thing I thought of when I read the title.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 28 points 3 weeks ago

I hurt myself today

To see if you still feel?

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 25 points 3 weeks ago

Did the needle tear a hole?

[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

I know this is a NIN reference but no, the doctor decided the stitches would hurt less than the lidocaine injection. But yes, did get a tenanus shot.

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stop posting here, you should focus on the pain.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

The only thing that's real.

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

Same

I did mine two days ago, took a chunk of finger tip out while cutting a loaf of bread on a cutting board which was not on a non-slip surface. People talk about how nice sourdough is, but never how dangerous. Worth it.

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[-] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

to see if you still feel the pain ? right

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 11 points 3 weeks ago

you prolly shouldnt do that. it can be painful.

[-] KingGordon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no, brother! Hope it heals quickly.

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