You say that now but just wait until you hit a banana peel or get knocked off course by a koopa shell. Next thing you know, you’ve fallen into a pit of lava.

It’s like Britney driving with the baby in her lap. “We’re country!”

There is no way to keep gators out of freshwater in Florida. The incident at Disney happened in a large lake with some natural borders, not a “pond.” They are a threatened species - the alligator population is not “out of control.”

I worked with patients with spinal cord injuries for years and three things I steer clear of (and warn others about) are motorcycles, ATV’S, and trampolines. ATV’s are probably the worst, though because they seem ‘safe’ so people do stupid things on them and it isn’t hard to really hurt yourself. Really hope their…

but honestly at the end of the day, peoplec said that shit about the poor parents who watched an alligator snatch their child at Disney.

They are not safer than trampolines. While your chance of breaking a bone may be slightly higher on a trampoline, there have only been 6 trampoline-related deaths since 1990. There are hundreds of atv deaths every single year. It’s not even remotely comparable.

You don’t drive a trampoline. You’re more like it’s hapless victim.

I agree. Unfortunately, here in the rural South, where there’s not too much else to do, ATVing is super common. Our state government (I live in Kentucky) has spent many years just trying to get parents to strap their kids in and have them wear helmets, because accidents where kids are thrown free of the ATV or it…

I HATE them. I live in the sort of place where everybody has them and kids get their own in kindergarten and I just can’t bring myself to get on board. So many accidents. There was one a couple years ago here where little girl was out with her dad and his flipped and killed him. She then had to get out of the bush and…

They crash and roll regularly, so seat belts “help” prevent massive injury in these scenarios. ATVs are basically horrible in every conceivable way.

Yup. I know so many people who have had serious injuries driving them. I wouldn’t try to stop an adult from driving one, as it’s their right to do something that reckless if they wish to, but it makes me super fucking angry when I hear about adults let their kids drive (or even buy them their own!). There are…

i’m not entirely sure either of those things were a conscious decision on her part.

Oh...that would piss me off. If your parents took chances with you, fine. If you took chances with your own kids and they all go out alive, fine. But do NOT take chances with my kid without my permission.

Kids, no. Drunk ass adults, no.

I’m blaming the fuck out of her family. What kind of morons let an 8 year old drive an ATV? Unless it’s a child’s “My first ATV” type of thing

I don’t understand why it would have a seat belt. In what senario is there, other than maybe running straight on into a tree, where you better being strapped to it than just being thrown off it. I saw a plastic snow sled a few weeks ago that had a seatbelt and that also seems like a bad idea.

This Meghan Markle/Harry thing is like watching paint dry, so boring, good lord.

Poor Lady Gaga. I also rescued a calico (my first ever!) this summer. Her story is not as bad. Her former owners threw her out because she is vicious. Possibly also some sort of abuse with toilet paper/paper towel rolls. The truth is that their child is vicious and deserved whatever she gave him. She likes to sleep…

She’s doing better. She’s actually starting to bully her sister Stormeggdon the Dark Lord of All. And I’m starting to let her go naked when I’m home. So, be happy for Lady Gaga the cat!

Actually, you should feel bad for Lady Gaga the cat. She over grooms because her previous owner was killed by her boyfriend over the summer. Then Lady Gaga had to go to a foster home where the other cats bullied her. Then she had to move to another state to live with me. Immediately after the move she was fixed. She…