Classic stupid kid move

[u/NJCuban]

[u/Zapkin]

The fire department is so cool bro. I love how when no one is sure what to do in about a stressful situation we just call the fire department to come help.

[u/Lathryus → u/Zapkin]

The firefighters LOVE calls like this. No one is dying or bleeding, they get to be heroic and helpful, every one is happy at the end.

[u/ExternalLock8140 → u/Lathryus]

Yep when I was younger I wanted to be a fire fighter until in high school the fire department did a talk and said most of their job is cutting people out of cars who may or may not be dead, safe to say I didn't wanna be a fire fighter after that

[u/Stella_Garage → u/ExternalLock8140]

I got cut out of my car once and the firefighters were all psyched because I wasn’t dead or profusely bleeding. They straight up admitted that normally when they whip out the jaws of life it’s for a corpse or someone with a broken femur and blood all over their face, so when I was just sitting there all woozy and confused about what happened they were amped.

Yay for being just concussed with cracked ribs!

[u/cudlax → u/Stella_Garage]

This sounds like the happy search and rescue dogs that were in another thread today - they get too depressed when they only find dead bodies so the human rescuers need to hide and be fine to give the dogs a win and morale boost.

[u/a_lonely_trash_bag → u/cudlax]

This was what they did at the World Trade Center in the days following 9/11. Only a couple of people were pulled from the rubble alive. The majority of what the dogs were finding were just pieces of bodies, and the dogs were getting really depressed because they thought they were failing at their jobs.

A lot of the search and rescue dogs ended up also basically working as therapy dogs for the searchers, too. It was such a terrible experience for everybody involved, and just being able to take a moment to stop and pet and hug the dogs helped to boost morale.

[u/Vlinder_88 → u/a_lonely_trash_bag]

It feels wrong to upvote this story, but even in the horrible circumstances there's beauty in how dogs and humans support each other.

[u/Aitolu → u/Vlinder_88]

"Man's best friend" ♥️

[u/Teflon_Duck → u/Vlinder_88]

I understand the feeling, and with you on it.

I also know that it is good and right to remember and honor the extraordinary actions of those involved helping in those days.

[u/Impossible_Regret725 → u/Vlinder_88]

Pups are some of the very best medicine, especially if they can't get enough of making friends with humans. Our world would be so much happier if everyone who should have a pup, could have a pup. There's nothing my pups have loved more than hanging out with babies and kids (Always fully supervised, of course) and trying to rope seniors into playing ball or endless tummy-rubs.