What's the worst you ever hurt yourself as a kid? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, I think it was when I was playing in the yard, and saw one of my mom's pots of dirt for her garden, and I thought "yeah this would be good to dump on my lap"

It was full of fire ants. Big, angry, north carolinian fire ants.

I was covered in red welts and all I remember is screaming at the top of my lungs while my mom sprayed me down with a hose

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[-] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Launched the biggest rock I could lift with my little 6 year old arms above my head in a completely vertical trajectory for reasons unknown. I don't remember the rest, but my dad took me to the ER and was really nervous because he thought they'd accuse him of violence or something. He just turned around for five seconds and I was a stupid kid throwing rocks at tin cans for fun.

Edit: clarity

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm confused, what was the injury? Did you launch the rock into the air and it came straight back down?

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I assumed he dropped it on his head or something

[-] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 1 points 3 weeks ago

Totally

[-] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's usually how it works, I hit my head with the rock

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