Today, I found out that just because you collapse from dehydration on the sidewalk, it doesn't mean people are going to stop driving to see if you're okay, even if they saw you fall. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after rolling my car on the highway, I witnessed several people stop and get out of their cars to take pictures. No one asked if I was okay, and I was the one who had to call 911 for myself. FML
Today, I was walking to my mailbox when I fell down and couldn't get up. My neighbor walked by with his dog, took one look at me struggling, said, "What is wrong with kids these days, drunk at 9 a.m.?" and continued on. I couldn't get up because I'm still healing from a stress fracture in my hip. FML
Today, it was a hot day and a woman walking in front of me collapsed. I helped her up, and I called an ambulance while she laid down. While we waited, two teenage girls walked past and I heard one say to the other, "I love how this city just lets people tan wherever". FML
Today, while at school, I slipped on a wet patch in the hall and fell over, smacking my head against the floor. I laid there for a good five minutes in agonizing pain while people literally walked over me. Not a single person bothered to help me up or ask if I was okay. FML
Today, I was walking down the street, when I slipped and fell on a patch of ice. It wasn't all that embarrassing, until I walked two more feet and slipped again. The second time, a man pulled over and loudly asked if I was drunk. FML
Today, as I was crossing the slush covered street to catch the bus, I slipped and fell right in the middle of the road. A woman in a car rolled down her window. She didn't ask if I was okay but just laughed and took a picture of me covered in cold, wet slush. FML
Today, as I was walking home, I felt my feet slip out from under me and I face-planted in the slushy, dirty, melting snow. I rolled over, completely soaked, and attempted to get up, thinking no one saw me. A mail-man then passed me without offering to help, and said, "I've seen worse." FML
Today, I fainted on the sidewalk. When I woke up, I was still lying on the sidewalk, people were stepping over me and my purse was gone. FML
Today, I tripped and fell on the sidewalk. As I did, a car that was passing by stopped, made a U-turn, and then came back so the people inside could laugh at me. When they were done taunting me, they made another U-turn and continued back in their original direction. FML
Today, I was hit by a car speeding through an intersection after the light had already turned red. Still partly blacked out, I crawled onto the sidewalk and I sat down. The woman rolled down her car window and yelled, "Watch where you're going!" as she drove by. FML
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Twidragon1000 0
Well someone helped you, because you got online. Now I hope nothing serious happened, and your all right.
McA513M 0
Ah, the wonders of society...
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JayXL14 0
Seriously how does one collapse from dehydration? (Unless of course, you have medical condition, in which case I understand) Otherwise, if you're short of breath or something, get a bite or a drink.. Whats so hard?
indian_goddess 0
seriously? you DO collapse from dehydration and staying out in the texas heat for a while. you start feeling dizzy and faint and then just fall on the ground. anyways, looks like there's a shortage of good samaritans these days.
Finnboghi 0
Everything we drink hydrates us. Why? Because a milkshake (pretty much the thickest thing you can drink) is 75% water. Fruit juice? 85-88% (depending on the water content of the fruit). Pop (Soda for Americans, fizzy drinks for Brits and Aussies)? 90%. Yes, that's right, pop has a higher water content than fruit juice. It is true that water is the best purely for hydration. But it is absolutely not the only thing you can drink to get hydrated. The caffeine has a miniscule effect. The sugar is slightly worse, because dihydrogen monoxide is required in the processing from glucose to fat, but it's also released when the process is reversed. In short, the people who say pop doesn't hydrate you (or worse, dehydrates you) have incorrect information. Likely spread through rumors intended to stop people consuming soft drinks. Water is the best hydrator (considering 'hydration' is the level of water in a system), but by no means is it the only one.
sockmonkey560 0
You should probably carry a water bottle around with you... Or is that too much to ask?
CupidSparrow 0
Drink more water. This will prevent further whining about people driving by you falling, probably thinking you just tripped over your own two feet. YDI.
sockmonkey560 0
Yes! What CupidSparrow Said!!!
tronstar 0
Seriously, if you live in Texas you should know better. You do not collapse from dehydration just from being out in the heat. Drink some ****** water. And I would never expect someone driving to stop and help me if I fell because people in cars probably just thought you tripped and fell. Dumb as ****.
google_fml 3
Your life sucks. :(
drimpossible 0
letitbe56... I am not saying Coke is as good as water. I am saying you can get adequately hydrated drinking only coke. It would murder your teeth, but that is a separate issue.
Nakedsquirrel 5
Clicked both because while someone collapsing is serious in itself and ignoring that is callous, being dehydrated enough to collapse is ******* retarded and entirely your fault. Perhaps now you'll have a little more common sense, enough to offset the lack of compassion in others, mm? I also strongly recommend driving cautiously, not using a cellphone while doing so and wearing a seatbelt, lest you find that people also won't call for help when you're thrown through your windshield and trapped beneath the splintered tree you managed to hit. I have many more tidbits that would save you a lot of trouble (and help avoid the reliance on good samaritanism) that are probably not part of your lifestyle, if you'd like to hear them.
xxXChiiXxx 2
. . .bystander effect. -__- FYL. At least you're okay?