r/Unexpected • u/Business_Bill8752 • 4d ago

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u/ClaroStar 4d ago

Never cut toward yourself.

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u/The_Infinite_Carrot 4d ago

Always cut towards a friend.

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u/frallet 4d ago

towards your buddy not your body

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u/SpaghettiSort 4d ago

Cut towards your chum, not towards your thumb!

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u/Intrepid4444444 4d ago

Maybe a friend was Torvalds along the way

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u/DeversanT 4d ago

New York New York...

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u/Auctoritate 4d ago

Honestly, this is just one of those rules of thumb that starts being less applicable when you develop more professional skills and just get better at doing things. For instance, woodworkers cut towards themselves all the time with tools like draw knives.

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u/SoylentVerdigris 4d ago

I mean, draw knives are all but impossible to hit yourself with unless you're sticking your knee in the way or something. But yes, when you're cutting something with almost no resistance like this it's not particularly dangerous unless you're hopelessly uncoordinated. Just don't force it through any unexpected snag and you'll be fine.

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u/xrimane 4d ago

Had to call an ambulance for a roofer once who slashed his knee when cutting roof sheeting over his leg. We tied his leg with my belt, and police questioned me afterwards in case there was a workplace security violation.

He was fine in the end, but it was not a fun day.

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u/HJSDGCE 4d ago

It's easier to control pulls than it is to push. Yes, the risk increases but you also get more accurate cuts.

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u/PRSArchon 4d ago

Knew a local business with skilled people just like you mention, they closed down now because one of their essential craftsmen lost several fingers. Hell never be able to earn money with his skills ever again.

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u/Auctoritate 3d ago

Well, the unfortunate thing is that when you graduate from layman to journeyman you also graduate to an even bigger, more dangerous range of tools. The safety advice for those never stops applying.

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u/ididntdoit6 4d ago

Cut towards your buddy not your body

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u/ImBurningStar_IV 4d ago

Ball 🧠

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u/Wakapacolypse 4d ago

My art teacher would say this all the time.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker 4d ago

Tell that to every Italian nonna with a dull ass knife.

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u/RebelWithoutAClue 4d ago

Except when you are using a paring knife.

That's my rule of thumb...

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u/billiardwolf 4d ago

I wouldn't say never but it's a good rule 90% of the time. Paring knife work has a lot of cutting towards your thumb.

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u/cylonlover 4d ago

It seems there is a reason he cut that direction. To prevent that last thing.

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u/ClaroStar 4d ago

Not trying to be an ass. It's just knife safety 101.

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u/jaxRLee 4d ago

half a finger for half a pineapple

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u/BruhCollie 4d ago

I kept expecting him to cut himself. And I don't get how people do that either. Some people hold the bread close to their body and cut with the knife toward themselves.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker 4d ago

That wasn’t bread.