Here is a sobering thought: we are all a lot more physically fragile than we think! Our bodies can do plenty of amazing things, but it only takes a split second of bad luck or poor decision making for something to happen that will affect us physically for the rest of our lives. Also, it is pretty much inevitable that all of us are going to hurt ourselves at one point or another. 

When we’re younger, most of us have a tendency to think that we’re more indestructible than we actually are. It can make for some very silly mistakes, as recently outlined in one Twitter thread. Receiving an injury for dumb reasons is an extremely common occurrence, but it’s not always the case that it’s worth telling a story about it. All of these examples are interesting enough to make them worth more than a half listened to cautionary tale.