“The only thing I impressed was the grass with my faceprint.”
Well,u/Ill-Helicpter8recently askedr/AskReddit, “What is the dumbest way you’ve been hurt?”
and we thought we’d share some of the best responses.

“I tried punching the thing where you get a amount of points if you hit it.
I punched the metal part and needed to go to the hospital.”
u/ThatQueenn_
2.

“Tried to impress someone by doing a flip on a trampoline.
Landed on the edge, bounced off, and met the ground.
The only thing I impressed was the grass with my faceprint.”

u/Hairy_Macaroon1180
3.
“Stabbed myself in the hand pretending a pencil was a rocket ship.
It was my first tattoo and I still have it 30 years later.”

u/Theolaxx
4.
“I was seeing if a goat would bite my finger.
I have a scar.”

u/GuyMansworth
5.
It was one cm away from severing the tendon."
u/Sourflow
6.

“I went flying off a treadmill…”
u/Vivid-Amount-3507
8.
Had two perfect helix pieces of skin come up the flutes of the drill.
Really felt stupid!"

u/Marcomatic70
9.
“I tried to punch my brother as hard as I could.
In defence, he put the pair of scissors he was holding in front.
I still have the cut marks.”
u/Motor_Masterpiece_88
10.
“Cracked a rib sneezing.
u/handandfoot8099
11.
High school was crazy.”
u/ItstheAsianOccasion
12.
I lost my towel at the first step…
It was humiliating and stupid."
u/b0ngm4nn
13.
“As a young teen I thought carving a rubber bouncy ball with a knife was a good idea.
I got three stitches in the bottom of my left palm.
The same nurse from the first time was on shift in triage and found it quite funny.
Sadly, we didn’t make it an annual thing in the following years.”
u/jesuswantsbrains
14.
“Was at the gym and there was a cute guy who was always on the treadmills.
Occasionally I would try match his speed on the treadmills.
It was worth it though!
Been dating now for a year and a half.”
u/wheezingsloth
15.
“Threw out my back putting tator tots in the oven.”
u/Joba7474
16.
It was the whitest and nerdiest injury I’ve ever had at a concert."
u/Fifth_Wall0666
17.
“I licked a cactus…”
u/Dragon_ball97
HT tou/Ill-Helicpter8andr/AskRedditfor having the discussion!
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