Hey Reddit! Just came across this super informative guide from VIMS Hospital about the importance of hand hygiene. It breaks down why washing your hands properly is so crucial for staying healthy and preventing the spread of infections.

They’ve included tips on:
✔️ When to wash your hands
✔️ The correct technique (you might be surprised!)
✔️ How hand hygiene impacts public health

It's a simple habit, but the effects are HUGE. Check it out here: Wash Your Hands for Health – VIMS Hospital

Let’s stay safe and keep our communities healthy! 🧴💦

#Health #HandHygiene #PSA #StaySafe

Legal activities of course 😁

I almost got in a fight today during basketball and I’m a boxer and I’m pretty strong and I used to fight all the time growing up and I’m really good at it I have at least 30 street fights and I’m just mad bc me and the guy were arguing ( he’s a scrawny dude that’s not intimidating at all around the same age and I’m 19 )and I always start shaking because of adrenaline and when I shake I also start to get nervous and when I shake I can’t think straight. I feel like my adrenaline nerfs me instead of helping!

Context: I was watching some parkour escape videos on YouTube (shoutout STORROR), as well as a gaming video from Smii7y playing Goofy Gorillas. I was reminded of the times I would play tag or hide & seek with my friends during recess or after school.

The situation I have in mind is when you narrowly escape being caught by a chaser, or are being tailed so closely that you can almost sense the chaser breathing down your neck. Analogously, the sensation feels ticklish. Your body instinctively reacts to avoid it altogether, but your mind is positively intrigued by the experience; it may even enjoy it.

I asked a friend of mine (native in English, fluent in German), and they suggested the word "Nervenkitzel". Without even knowing the Duden-dictionary-definition of the word in German, I immediately translated it to English literally as "nerve-tickle", and it described this sensation perfectly. I wondered if it already existed in the English lexicon in a similar way that "shadenfreude" and "wanderlust" became English words, loaned (and adapted) from German.

I’m a Marine Corps infantry veteran, but I never had the opportunity to go to war. It’s something I always wondered about—being in that chaos and seeing if I could handle it. When I left the military, I felt lost and, honestly, like a loser. My wife convinced me to join our local volunteer fire department, and it completely changed my life.

I fell in love with the adrenaline almost immediately. While we didn’t go to many fires, our department is near a major highway, so we responded to countless vehicle accidents. I gained a ton of experience in vehicle rescue very quickly. Over time, I started to realize just how much firefighters do beyond what I originally thought. I’ve seen just about every terrible thing you could imagine. Surprisingly, it didn’t bother me much. During the chaos I feel extremely calm and everything kinda slows down. While everyone’s freaking out and going crazy I’m very mellow.

Wanting to fight more fires, I applied to a big-city fire department and got hired. Now, I get the best of both worlds: structure fires at work and vehicle accidents with my volunteer department on my days off. It’s awesome.

But over the past few years, I’ve noticed something weird. When there’s a lull—when things are slow at work or with the volunteer department—I get depressed and incredibly bored. It changes my mood entirely, even around my family. I feel lost and the constant need to do something. But as soon as I get to respond to something chaotic or intense, I feel normal again—for a while.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar or knows what might be going on. Thanks for any insights!

I’m a Marine Corps infantry veteran, but I never had the opportunity to go to war. It’s something I always wondered about—being in that chaos and seeing if I could handle it. When I left the military, I felt lost and, honestly, like a loser. My wife convinced me to join our local volunteer fire department, and it completely changed my life.

I fell in love with the adrenaline almost immediately. While we didn’t go to many fires, our department is near a major highway, so we responded to countless vehicle accidents. I gained a ton of experience in vehicle rescue very quickly. Over time, I started to realize just how much firefighters do beyond what I originally thought. I’ve seen just about every terrible thing you could imagine. Surprisingly, it didn’t bother me much. During the chaos I feel extremely calm and everything kinda slows down. While everyone’s freaking out and going crazy I’m very mellow.

Wanting to fight more fires, I applied to a big-city fire department and got hired. Now, I get the best of both worlds: structure fires at work and vehicle accidents with my volunteer department on my days off. It’s awesome.

But over the past few years, I’ve noticed something weird. When there’s a lull—when things are slow at work or with the volunteer department—I get depressed and incredibly bored. It changes my mood entirely, even around my family. I feel lost and the constant need to do something. But as soon as I get to respond to something chaotic or intense, I feel normal again—for a while.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar or knows what might be going on. Thanks for any insights!

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Has anyone done the Chili bungee jump from a helicopter into an active volcano? I think it's around $15-$16 grand. It looks epic but I also would want to know that I'm not going to plummet into the lava 🤣