People sure do silly things in the heat of a moment.
Some wild activities can be spurred on by peer pressure, while other times, people are inspired by the vitality of life to seize the day.
Either way, these spontaneous decisions are made on the fly without properly assessing the consequences until it's too late.
Curious to hear some examples of this online, Redditor saebyoekishotfr asked:
"What's the 'wait, that's illegal' moment in your life?"
These incidences revolved around illegal substances.
Fungus Among Us
"In Canada, cannabis is legal. An adult student of mine, at the end of the course, gave me a baggie of 'magic mushrooms' as a thank you gift. Surprise gift!"
"I thought they were legal, too."
– loveandrubyshoes
The Mini-Meth Lab
"Yesterday actually. My little brother was out in the woods and found a mobile meth lab tied up in a tree (basically a bunch of supplies to cook/smoke meth all shoved in a bucket) and for some reason he brought it back to the house. I called the sheriff's department to come pick it up because wtf am I supposed to do with that, right?"
"Well two deputies came out to my house, wouldnt touch the thing, so finally I put on gloves and opened it up so they could see what was in it. They took a little case full of pipes and told me to just figure something out with the rest of it because they didnt want it in their car. The solution they finally came up with was for me to transport a bucket of methamphetamine in my personal vehicle (because I drive a pickup truck) to the closest gas station and dump it illegally in their dumpster. So yeah that was sick."
– thecoolvaletguy
Work places have a lots of rules, but these questionable violations were conveniently overlooked.
Just Sign Here
"My manager signed off on a bunch of made in China security access controls and optical sensors for a Made In America construction contract."
"At an airforce base."
– RedCascadian
Skeptical Boss
"I worked at a company for 3.5 years and while working there I lost one of my parents unexpectedly. I was in terrible condition emotionally after the fact. I asked for a leave of absence for 1 month to get my sh*t together. The boss 1st said they didn't believe me - so I gave him her death certificate.."
"Then he said 'Don't you think your family needs money more than anything right now?' So, I politely got up and went to my locker and packed my sh*t and have never looked back. The betrayal of the company on top of the loss put me into severe depression. Lost my house and struggled for years to be get back on my feet. About 2.5 years later I found out that him denying me that time off was grounds for a lawsuit but I was outside my statute of limitations.."
– DamageParty101
Legal Transformation
"I worked in aerospace, which uses a lot of EDM oil that is delivered in 55 gallon metal barrels. When the barrel is empty it’s considered hazardous waste, unless you cut off both ends, then it magically becomes a pipe that can be thrown away in a regular dumpster."
"Hell of a loophole."
– Jaws_V_The_Return
Working While Sick
"Everytime my wife's company denies her sick leave and tells her she needs to come in. I really wish she'd just stand her ground, go get her doctor's note, and just wait to see they have no ground to stand on."
– Codmando
When it comes to animals and laws pertaining to them, these Redditors had anxiety.
Nautical Visitor
"I was snorkelling in Hawaii and a sea turtle swam up from underneath me like flat against my stomach. It was very cool, but I panicked because if you touch them there is a huge fine. I kept trying to push it away from me but it kept bumping into me, I was like 10, I was convinced I was going to jail."
– EmperorJJ
Hero Or Criminal?
"Technically I have committed a felony....by moving a turtle. It was in the road but legally this species of turtle are not allowed to be touched and moved because it's an invasive species in my state as well as it's an endangered species in general. So there's that."
– Desperate_Estate7674
Sick Bird
"There is a bird dicease in my country, which makes it illegal for pet birds to walk around outside because they might spread the dicease. But our chickens got so old, and now we only have one left. I let her out today, it broke my heart seeing her all alone in there, confused of being alone and not being let out."
– FlamingoJames
Others shared their miscellaneous experiences about forgetting what was illegal.
Visibility
"In Washington, it's legal to drive a vehicle without a windshield as long as you have goggles but it's still illegal if the vehicle doesn't have windshield wipers."
– KeyProtection7
Publicly Drinking
"I lived in Asia for a long time where drinking in public or inside a convenience isn’t illegal."
"Back in the USA, however I was buying a beer at a 7-11 and didn’t even think twice about cracking it open right after paying for it. The clerk immediately shouted, 'what are you doing?'”
"At first, I thought it was a payment issue and I told him that he just saw me pay for it, so what’s the problem?"
"He whipped out a brown paper bag and tossed it to me. Thats when I figured it out"– AgentCC
Are these case naughty or innocent? These Redditors had a gut feeling it was the former.
Questionable Photos
"15 year old me taking a picture of my then 14 year old gf nude. Forgetting about it, finding an old phone 10+ years later, scrolling through old photos... I see that one. Given that her and I were together 11+ years at that point my instinct was just to think 'wow she looks so young here'... few seconds go by... wait this ia tehcnically chi... frantically deletes photo."
– Daramun
Revealing Search History
"Oh God that reminds me when I first started trying to find porn. I wanted kids my age and welp.... Ya that sh*t was illegal."
"Glad I never found any. Cringe at the search history back then now tho. My poor parents....."
– BooksAndStarsLover
NSFW Archives
"i was just hanging out with my best friend a couple weeks ago and we were talking about our past relationships and hook ups. she then goes on to tell that some guy she did some stuff with when she was 15 and he was 17, took photos of her. She said that she completely forgot about them until he reconnected with her over discord as a 24 and a 26 year old. He was like 'i still have those photos of you by the way ;) wanna see them??? ;)' I look at her and i’m like uummmmmmmm you realize that’s child porn right? like you understand that this person has literal child porn of you that he probably looks at a regular basis or at least has it easily accessible?? that was f'ked up to find out."
– ma1645300
So are you the kind of person that "conveniently forgot" about an activity being illegal, or were you in a situation where you weren't thinking and made an innocent mistake?
We'd love to hear of your momentary lapses in judgment.
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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.
Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?
But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.
It would be so great to be sure there is something else.
But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.
Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:
"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"
Sensations
Happy Good Vibes GIF by Major League SoccerGiphy"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."
PeachesnPain
Recovery
"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."
"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."
"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."
good_golly99
Take Me Back
"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."
"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."
rayrayrayray
Free
The Light Minnie GIF by (G)I-DLEGiphy"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."
TooReDTooHigh
This is why I hate surgery.
You just never know.
Shocked
Giphy"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."
Admirable_Buyer6528
The SOB
"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."
"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”
1-cupcake-at-a-time
Colors
"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"
Hannah_LL7
"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"
huntokarrr
The Fog
"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."
"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."
Fluffy-Hotel-5184
Through the Walls
"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."
"She's quite alive and well today."
Hot-Refrigerator6583
Well let's all be happy to be alive.
It seems to be all we have.
Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.
The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.
Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.
Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:
"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"
Redditors didn't see these coming.
Shiver Me Timbers
"I’m always cold now!"
– Telrom_1
"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."
– r7ndom
"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."
– mr_remy
Drawing Concern
"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."
– dee-fondy
"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"
"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."
– LizardofDeath
Unleashing Insults
"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”
"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."
– alanamablamaspama
Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight
"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."
– KeltarCentauri
"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."
– KatMagic1977
"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."
– Jaew96
These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.
Shopping
"I can buy clothes in any store I want."
– WaySavvyD
"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."
– ganache98012
No More Symptoms
"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."
– colleennicole93
Expanding Capabilities
"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."
– Ramblonius
People Change Their Tune
"How much nicer people are to you."
"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"
– LiZZygsu
"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"
"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"
– awholedamngarden
It's gonna take some getting used to.
Bones Everywhere
"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."
– Princess-Pancake-97
"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."
– bekastrange
Knee Pillow
"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."
– snic2030
"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."
– Strongbad23
More Mobility
"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."
"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."
– dma1965
People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.
But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.
That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.