Common sense, as it turns out, really isn’t all that common. Whether it’s an honest mistake or just pure confidence, people do some surprisingly wild things without realizing — or caring — how sideways it could go.

That’s basically the entire foundation of r/OopsThatsDeadly, an online corner dedicated to reckless (or brave?) moments.

You’ll see someone casually bare-handing a deadly creature for a quick photo, or a worker tackling a hundred bats using little more than thin plastic gloves. Every single one of these photos captures someone standing just one awkward slip away from a total catastrophe.

They got lucky and lived to tell the tale, but let this list be your friendly reality check: if something looks sketchy, it almost definitely is.

#1 Found Out Why My Dryer Wasn’t Drying

#2 Those Are Five Steps Or More

#3 Not Safe At All

#4 Is This Too Hot ?

#5 That’s A Hai Coral Snake, In The Same Family As Cobras, Extremely Venomous

#6 Using Pressure Treated Lumber To Cook With

#7 Dry Cutting Concrete

#8 Should I Call Someone?

#9 Aio For Telling My BF This Is A Fire Hazard

#10 This Guy On TikTok Using His Thigh As A Surface To Cut Firewood Using A Circular Saw. If Only There Was Some Surface Nearby He Could Use Instead

#11 You Can See The Radiation On The Photos Dude 😭

#12 Not A Great Place To Go Sledding

#13 Officer Is Standing A Little Too Close To A Random Sinkhole That No One Is Quite Sure Of The Cause Yet

#14 Screwing Through The Casing Is Insane

#15 Honda Claymore

#16 100s Of Bats Found Under The Roof Of A House. This Is The Protection They Wore For The Removal

#17 A Couple Enjoys Some Privacy As They Embrace In A Hole In The Sand On A Beach In Santa Monica, California. July 1950

#18 A Company Doing Fiber Install For Verizon Cut Four Holes The Road, Didn’t Put Anything Out To Mark Them, And Left For The Day

#19 Main Building Furnace Died

#20 Noticed This While Driving On The Freeway So I Followed It

I called it in and followed the semi until the operator told me someone was in route… just imagine the damage it could do at that speed

#21 A Friend Sent Me This From Somewhere I Used To Work. I’m Glad I Got Out Of There.(Not Op)

#22 Riding A Motorized Lawn Chair With Rollerskates, Riding Way Too Close To A Truck, In Regular Traffic, In A Fragile “Vehicle” With No Head Protection And No Seatbelt, With AirPods Preventing Him From Hearing His Surroundings. He’s One Popped Tire Or Distracted Driver Away From Disaster

#23 No Way This Is Safe, Right?

#24 That Seems Approved For Outdoor Use

#25 Swimming Across A Busy Boat Channel At Dusk

#26 Hate To Break It To You

Found these weird tunnels under Paris

#27 A Teddy Bear Covered In Years Of Fireplace Soot

#28 “Can I Ignore My Body Rotting?”

It’s their flesh dying (necrosis). And the steps/symptoms before this absolutely would have warranted medical attention.

#29 Well I Guess It’s My Turn To Get Scolded

#30 Nature Jab Backyard “Mad Scientist” Or Neighborhood’s Worst Chemical Hazard?

#31 Op Got Defensive And Deleted Their Account After Being Told What A Bad Idea This Is In The Comments

6 mile biking commute across town with this little one strapped to my back!

#32 This Christian Good Luck Charm Will Make Sure Youll Meet The Lord, Soon!

#33 Man Finds Bat Somewhere And Allows It To Crawl Around On His Bare Hands. Bats Found Indoors Or On The Ground Might Be Sick With Rabies

#34 Marbled Cone Snail

#35 Playing With A Highly Venomous Sea Snake

#36 Redditor Unconcerned About This

#37 Finds Eastern Brown Snake, Picks It Up For ID Photo On Reddit

#38 My Sisters Tires

#39 Insane Hot Tub Deck

#40 Microwave Working But Not Working

#41 The Hotel This Person Is Staying In (Malta) Is Running An Ozone Generator Where People Sleep

#42 Oh Deer

#43 Lava Lamp Recycled Into A Candle

#44 Found This On A Community Page

#45 College Lab Full Of Unmarked Chemical Containers

#46 Someone Should Check In On Miss Lorna Lawrence (Liberty Magazine, Jun 28, 1924)

#47 Another Human Mouse Trap

Along a walking trail popular with kids on scooters and moms pushing strollers. That log weighs hundreds of pounds and is precariously balanced.