I gotta naysay here. Seatbelts do a LOT of harm. Not everyone can wear one and not everyone wants to risk it. Just among my own friends and people I know in general; 4 females had a breast cut completely or partially off due to a seat belt. 6 people had their throats cut, to an obviously non-lethal degree. 2 had their stomach’s cut open to a horrifying degree that I won’t elaborate on.
Not even counting the uncomfortably awkward belt locations for particularly large, small, fat, skinny people. Females with large breasts get the joy of holding the belt in place or adjusting it every couple seconds.
They’re awkward, uncomfortable, painful, and can often cause the injuries in an accident. Sometimes it’s just better to forgo the belt.
Those injuries caused by seat belts more than very likely would have been deadly had they not been wearing them. To have enough force to cut skin or cut off a breast in an accident is far more than enough to cause someone to go flying through the windshield of a car, to slam them into the steering column, or through a window resulting in deadly injuries or causing an even bigger accident for other drivers now that your body is in the road along with your crashed car. Are you really going to risk being a smear of ground meat on the pavement because your seat belt was a little uncomfortable or it might cut you? Then I got good news for you, there’s a wide variety of devices made specifically to make seat belts more comfortable and reduce that risk.
These make it so that your seat belt won’t cut your neck, a simple sleeve of padded fabric that velcros around it, meaning you can put it anywhere on the belt.
This one does something similar, by readjusting the positioning of the seat belt to move it farther away from your neck and hey, helps a bit with having boobs in the way.
They even make ones for children too.
Boobs still in the way? While it’s pretty silly looking, this helps keep the seat belt in place so you don’t have to keep adjusting it.
And if you’re overweight, they make seat belt extenders so you can still be safe.
But maybe you’re still unsure, then listen to the CDC and all of their sources.
“More than half of the people killed in car crashes were not restrained at the time of the crash.1 Wearing a seat belt is the most effective way to prevent death and serious injury in a crash.Seat belt use is on the rise. Laws, education, and technology have increased seat belt use from 11% in 19812 to nearly 85% in 20103, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. “
“Most drivers and passengers killed in crashes are unrestrained. 53% of drivers and passengers killed in car crashes in 2009 were not wearing restraints.1Seat belts dramatically reduce risk of death and serious injury. Among drivers and front-seat passengers, seat belts reduce the risk of death by 45%, and cut the risk of serious injury by 50%.4Seat belts prevent drivers and passengers from being ejected during a crash. People not wearing a seat belt are 30 times more likely to be ejected from a vehicle during a crash. More than 3 out of 4 people who are ejected during a fatal crash die from their injuries.5Seat belts save thousands of lives each year, and increasing use would save thousands more. Seat belts saved almost 13,000 lives in 2009. If all drivers and passengers had worn seat belts that year, almost 4,000 more people would be alive today”
The number of those who escaped injury [by wearing a seat belt] increased by 40% and those with mild and moderate injuries decreased by 35% after seatbelt legislation. There was a significant reduction in soft tissue injuries to the head. Only whiplash injuries to the neck showed a significant increase.”
Fifty-five percent of those killed in passenger vehicle occupant crashes in 2008 were not wearing a seat belt…”
“Wearing a seat belt reduces the risk of fatal injury by almost 50%. For children, the risk of fatal injury is reduced by 71% with the use of child safety seats.“
“Of those thrown completely out of a vehicle in a car crash, 75% died. Only one percent of people totally ejected from their cars had on a seat belt during the crash. Over 30% were not wearing seat belts.“
Conclusion? Wear your fucking seat belt. Tell your kids to wear their fucking seat belt. Tell your friends and family to wear their fucking seat belts. Time and time again it’s been proven that you are significantly more likely to survive a crash if you’re wearing one. Most people think they’re uncomfortable, but when you’re in a crash it can save your life. I’d rather be mildly injured than dead.
Wear your seat belt.
“uwu dont wear seatbelts bc some people got injured by them”
THEY SURVIVED. which is much better than dying bc you flew through the damn windshield!! fucking dumbass.
My absolute favourite cat ever. This is a manul, or pallas cat. Found in the Afghan mountains, they’re one of the oldest pure-blood cousins of our own goggies.
Fun fact: Though being gay in the 40s sucked, being gay in the military was easier, and pretty common. There were apparently, at one point in time time so many lesbians in the military that when they tried to crack down on it, the girls wrote back and said “Look I can give you the names, but you’ll lose some of your best officers, and half your nurses and secretaries.” And they pretty much shut up about it unless you were especially bad at subtlety. (Source: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers. A good source for gay history from 1900s onwards.)
Sergeant Phelps worked for General Eisenhower. Four decades after Eisenhower had defeated the Axis powers, Phelps recalled an extraordinary event. One day the general told her, “I’m giving you an order to ferret those lesbians out.’ We’re going to get rid of them.”
“I looked at him and then I looked at his secretary. who was standing next to me, and I said, ‘Well, sir, if the general pleases, sir, I’ll be happy to do this investigation for you. But you have to know that the first name on the list will be mine.’
“And he kind of was taken aback a bit. And then this woman standing next to me said, ‘Sir, if the general pleases, you must be aware that Sergeant Phelps’s name may be second, but mine will be first.’
“Then I looked at him, and I said, ‘Sir, you’re right. They’re lesbians in the WAC battalion. And if the general is prepared to replace all the file clerks, all the section commanders, all of the drivers—every woman in the WAC detachment—and there were about nine hundred and eighty something of us—then I’ll be happy to make the list. But I think the general should be aware that among those women are the most highly decorated women in the war. There have been no cases of illegal pregnancies. There have been no cases of AWOL. There have been no cases of misconduct. And as a matter of fact, every six months since we’ve been here, sir, the general has awarded us a commendation for meritorious service.’
“And he said, ‘Forget the order.’
– The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America
I’ve reblogged this before but it didn’t have these comments and HOLY HOT DAMN DID IT NEED THEM.
So, when someone sits down to write a fiction about Women commandos, and a Dudebro steps in to say “Huh, that is so unrealistic huh.”
Harold… oh, Harold…sit down, shut up, and stay out of our way.
History is infinitely gayer than a lot of people want to admit ❤
A smattering of memes making fun of student athletes
Finishing song lyrics and that picture of Meryl Streep shouting
“yeah can I get a fucking uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
“some people??? [do things]??? to cope?????”
The shutdown of Club Penguin
Tumblr’s April Fool’s joke this year was just a horse tamogatchi and people seemed to genuinely enjoy it
A sudden call to arms to make McDonalds bring back some sort of Szechuan dipping sauce
“Come visit the Jungle we’ve got [weird names for stuff]” powerpoint slide thing
Those ditty.it videos where you type in a phrase and a robot voice sings it to you
“Bitch I lived”
? Do fidget spinners count as a meme?
Editing panels from Erica Moen comics (e.g. the infamous Cuck Comic)
“In case you haven’t noticed, i’m WEIRD. I’m a weirdo. i don’t fit in. and I don’t WANT to fit in. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That’s weird.”
Bone-hurting juice
“I confessed to my crush through a Spotify playlist”
Wendy’s mascot as a smug anime girl
Fyre Festival
thanks! I hate it
Okay we’re literally FIVE WHOLE MONTHS into 2017 and I still see so much talk about vore on my dash. Seriously? Why y’all gotta be so fixated on vore? It’s ruining my health and needs to end
“thrussy”
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okay nvm I preferred the vore
Regular People vs. Creative People
Bill Wurtz back at it again with the history of the world
Mocking people with the Spongebob chicken image
“[X] is dead and replaced with a lookalike: a conspiracy thread” (more of a twitter thing)
mood & big mood
“sir you’ve been in a coma for [X] years”
“do you take constructive criticism on your posts”
respecting women
a post stopping mid-sentence and somebody else comments “[X] killed them before they finished”
cracking open a cold one with the boys….or something
BEGONE, THOT
covfefe
Saying you love [X] by saying “I’m love [X]”
I keep seeing this CGI anime girl with a pink bow and a pink streak in her hair and I have no idea who she is
The Babadook as a gay icon
“This Post Can Be Reblogged by Anyone” (also, “[X] do not interact”)
A cat photo with a caption in Russian, which someone else then plugs into Google Translate
“The floor is [X]”
Nothing but respect for MY president
Some sort of Woody the Cowboy rp collective that takes over old accounts of toxic people??
Tumblr fucking things up with their “““Safe Mode”””
“How to Talk to Short People” comic but it’s been altered
Crash Bandicoot goes “WWOOOWOWOWOOWO”
“Swear Jar” vs. “[X] Jar” that has more coins in it
“she protec but she also attac”
Powder that makes you say [X]
A bunch of memes heralding the sudden revival of Owl City’s “Fireflies” (most notably the ‘you would not believe your [X]’ meme)
A 3×3 grid of (usually anime) characters with a “thank you” message written over them except the one in the middle usually says “not you”
“Sometimes…things that are expensive…are worse”
oh worm?
Something about……piss in jello….?
just the phrase “piss yourself” in general has become very popular
Using cutesy language like “hewwo”
Pennywise in the sewer
Textposts made with a weird cursive font (I still don’t know how to do that)
I know the “Who would win?” meme predates 2017 but an honorable mention to its revival
Not really a meme but everyone banding together to combat the hurricanes/other freakish natural disasters was so uplifting
that guy who’s with his girlfriend but ogling the girl in the foreground
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty
While we’re on it, turns out the whole Szechuan thing was a Rick & Morty stunt and it didn’t end nicely
“then perish”
Neo Yokio
Overlaying a picture of a monkey getting its hair cut on photos
Mario and Luigi walking into places?
that’s pussy, babe!
kin drama
Edits of the Griffin McElroy Roundabout vine (“I don’t understand [X] and at this point I’m too afraid to ask”)
The overwhelming urge to eat detergent pods
Screaming seagull
“My bike got stolen recently. I was pretty bummed about it“
incels and chads
“omae wa mou shindeiru”/ “I diagnose you with dead“
haiku bot
People reacting to outrageous comments in a double-take-style “you WHAT”
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