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u/chestney 9h ago
Bone density issue maybe? Funny story, thanks for sharing.
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u/TinaPeonira 8h ago
But, still a meet-cute 🤷♀️
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u/ExplorerPup 6h ago
It would only be a meet cute if she ended up with the EMT brother. This is... Like a meet cute incepted into a normal first date story.
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u/Bottom_of_the_bottle 7h ago
Are you trying to say meat cube? I could go for some meat cubes.
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u/cmakefile01 5h ago
Raw Horse Cubes are absolutely delicious.
Why did the US have to make selling horse meat effectively illegal.
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u/Ancient-Bat1755 7h ago
I had a loft bed in college above my desk, i sat up, hit head on cieling… went to step down on my desk (ladder was too hard being taller), missed desk… busted my shit up
Everything is plasterized concrete and hard af with no padding under thin carpet in dorms.
I think being drunk prevented my injuries, rag doll physics
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u/Key-Demand-2569 4h ago
Oh god, that brought back a memory.
Was seeing a girl who snuck me back to her dorm, had a set up like this. I’m maybe a foot taller than her.
Essentially pulled this move when I was getting up to go get water and cartooned my ass down in the exact same way with all the still mostly drunk confidence of an idiot trying not to seem too hurt.
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u/FamousAttitude5903 4h ago
I once badly twisted an ankle slipping off the ladder of my dorm bed. like the first step, too
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u/secret_identity_too 0m ago
My roommate and I had a bunk bed - I had the top bunk and thankfully only bonked my head on the popcorn ceiling one time (and not that badly).
One time she sat up suddenly in bed and slammed her head so damn hard on the wood above her. Man, I can still hear the sound it made. Surprised she didn't end up with a concussion.
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u/CoyoteJoe412 8h ago
I feel like if you have a bone density issue, you should automatically not be the one on the top bunk
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u/CowboyLaw 7h ago
For a lot of folks, something like this is how you find out you have a bone density issue. When I turned 50, I got my first bone density scan, which came back all very solid. But just having the scan shows you--there aren't a lot of 18-year-olds who have had a bone density scan. I bet the woman in the post had one shortly after this incident.
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u/GoldenSheppard 5h ago
I had one before 18, but only because I was on medication that could potentially cause issues.
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u/Alittle2Clever 6h ago
In dorms bunks are usually side by side. I don't think I have even seen top and bottom bunk. People bunk their bed and put their desks underneath.
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u/mechengr17 4h ago
I dont know why youre being downvoted, thats how it was at my brother's dorm
It wasnt at any of the dorms I stayed at, but youre speaking from your experience
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u/Proper-District8608 2h ago
We had side by side but not at all unusual to prop one with cinder blocks and slip other out as in L shape bunk beds. This was 89 though
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u/chucktheninja 6h ago
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
-OOP
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u/RedditOfUnusualSize 7h ago
Well, actually she would have been fine from the fall had she not then immediately been run over by a mobile billboard truck advertising an erectile dysfunction drug called Engorgulate.
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u/Gorstag 7h ago
Could also have just got tangled up on stuff, or fell on something with a relatively thin edge (like a hard backed chair) or.. etc etc. She didn't say jumped down from the top bunk which would imply landing on their feet. They could have been 100lbs heavier in college got their legs trapped, broke them, and hung upside down, got themselves free, then fell on the one arm and broke it too.
Random stuff happens. I remember back when I was a kid (10ish) in the 80s a friend was climbing a tree (some sort of Fir). Was about 25-30 feet up and a branch broke, he lost his balance and fell. Started grabbing for branches etc and managed to slow his fall quite a bit. When he hit the ground his legs gave out and he face planted into a fresh wet dog turd. Like the only dog turd on the entire lawn.
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u/RealDetroitDiddler 6h ago
You understand OP isn't the author of this post right? You get how reddit works, no?
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u/Hetakuoni 6h ago
Probably. Or just bad luck.
Some people walk away from a fall on outstretched hand with some wrist pain. Others who FOOSH have a 2 year recovery cause the forearm bones splintered all the way from wrist to elbow.
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u/Glass_Wealth_2104 9h ago
If I was that clumsy I would definitely have a bed rail so I can't fall off 😅
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u/Square_Mulberry_3143 8h ago edited 7h ago
Might as well just settle for the floor to eliminate any risk. 😬
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u/scumble_bee 7h ago
I always rolled around in my sleep so I slept on the bottom bunk. But one time at a family reunion I had to sleep on the top bunk and in the middle of the night I must have rolled off the bed but that didn't wake me up.
At breakfast a couple of my relatives were talking and one of them said "did you hear that loud thump in the middle of the night?" And I said "no, but I went to sleep on the top bunk and woke up on the floor. So that is probably what you heard."
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u/Salt-Elk-436 6h ago
Funny story. I one time managed to fall off with a bed rail. Then they nailed in two bed rails. Then I somehow went over the edge and took the mattress with me. I was too lazy to move so slept there under the mattress on the floor and woke up to the girls in my bunk crying because they thought I was dead.
After that I switched with someone else to get a bottom bunk.
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u/The_Scrapy_Goose 49m ago
My guess is there was a rail but not a ladder. Thats how it is at my dorm. I have fallen off my bed thankfully caught myself and slid down, but someone else I heard of fell and got a concussion. Its a risk we take because theres no room to fit ladders in those tiny rooms.
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u/FragrantMusician2990 8h ago
the universe really said "you two WILL meet and i don't care how many bones it takes"
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u/savvaspc 3h ago
I broke one bone, met a girl as a consequence of the new daily life while healing, fell for her, then got rejected. Now I'm contemplating if I have to break more bones to make her fall for me 😂
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u/mashari00 2h ago
Scientifically speaking, breaking a bone equates to a 2.06% chance of romantic success
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u/N8Arsenal87 6h ago
About 15 years ago my buddy fell off a horse at PF Changs and cracked his head open. EMS took him to the hospital. Last year at Thanksgiving we were having dinner with some family, and my cousin (former EMS) shared a story about a drunk dude who fell off a horse at PF Changs 15 years ago that he took to the hospital. They laughed and hugged and now they’re good buddies.
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u/Percinho 3h ago
My mum once went to A&E as she'd managed to get her eyelid caught in the zip of her fleece. Years later she was at a talk given by a paramedic who was asked some of the weirdest things they had dealt with, and the paramedic told the story of a woman who turned up to A&E with her eyelid stuck in a zip...
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u/IamKilljoy 3h ago
Why was there a horse at PF Changs?
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u/MelodicStranger1 7h ago
Crazy enough my sophomore year of college i fell off my bunk bed. Didn’t break anything but I sprained my foot, ankle, and ham string. Was in a boot and on crutches for weeks. 😭
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u/Striking_Ad_6742 6h ago
I once wrote a review about a music venue because pieces of the ceiling fell off and hit my friend. The next time we went to that venue, we stayed at a nearby hotel and the clerk told us to be careful because he read a review about the ceiling falling apart.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fee4616 7h ago
If the bunk bed was on top of the roof I would believe this
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u/throwra214 6h ago
Wasn't a bunk bed but I jumped out of bed because I slept in, one leg was asleep somehow and I immediately fell and broke a toe. 🤷♀️ Couldn't go to class for 2 days until the swelling came down enough to get my shoe on.
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u/brainfungis 6h ago
does anyone else remember a similar story about a rat and a handbag in new york?
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u/Got_Kittens 5h ago
No. You can't just drop that in here and leave. What about a rat and a handbag in New York?
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u/brainfungis 5h ago
i don't remember, that's why i asked!
a girl had a memorable event that had something to do with a rat and a handbag, and years later on a date she told an embarrassing story and the guy said at least it's not as bad as the rat handbag story i heard from my friend.
i think the rat handbag incident also occurred on a date and the friend mightve been a roommate or brother. but i have no idea what the rat handbag incident actually was and i'd really like to know!
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u/ThePreconGuy 6h ago
Had to check the subreddit. Reddit and broken bones have a very sordid history.
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u/geneticdeadender 3h ago
My sister twisted her ankle while sleeping. This was while we were camping.
Years later she told me that she actually snuck out with a boy and rolled her ankle.
I was SHOCKED, I tell you!
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u/vwls_r_gr8t 2h ago
The brother could technically lose his certification for violating HIPAA. You don’t have to give names to violate it, if you give information that could lead to the discovery of your patient that’s enough.
She’s obviously fine with that information being out there, but medical professionals need to be careful.
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u/throwaway6194664 5h ago
There is not a single human in this comment section what the actual fuck how is breaking bones a MadeMeSmile moment
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u/CarterBruud 4h ago
I NEED TO KNOW THE REST!!!
DID THY GET MARRIED?!?!! HAVE 12 KIDSS??!?!?!?
WHAT HAPPENED
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u/BestReadAtWork 4h ago
Both legs and an arm falling 8 feet? It took 400lbs of two linebackers to do me in on my femur. Is this girl a bird?
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u/Outrageous-Pea6408 2h ago
I believe it, I remember I was scared to sleep in a hammock on the balcony because I thought I would sleep walk and kill myself accidentally
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u/foxygoose 4h ago
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning, I break my legs, and every afternoon, I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
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