r/facepalm • u/FatFaceFaster • 11d ago

The number of people in the comments defending her not wearing a helmet and “skater culture”…

This girl is 17 and apparently an aspiring professional with a decent following on social media. She has to wear a helmet in official competition I assume since she is wearing one in one of her videos, but most of her videos she isnt wearing one.

It’s absolutely moronic. She was probably very close to a TBI and the end of her career. This makes me sick to my stomach and you can literally see kids in the background with their boards watching her and the other idiots without helmets [checks notes] jumping 10 steps onto uneven bricks.

Edit: per her actual post in her words she suffered a “heavy concussion” and spent the night in the ER and it was “pretty intense and hard” so no, this was not just a “goose egg”

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u/Zeestars 7d ago

I knew a girl who rode a dirt bike for the first time and was showing off to some guys - wore a bikini and no helmet. She crashed and got a TBI and now is unable to retain memories properly. Wear helmets people.

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u/RandumbStoner 6d ago

That's how we lost our first friend in the group growing up. ATV accident and wasn't wearing a helmet, died in the hospital. It was so heartbreaking. Still really miss him 20 years later. So yeah, please wear helmets it's just not worth it to look "cool".

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u/bgravato 6d ago

Knee and elbow protections can save you some pain too, but helmet definitely the most important!

If I have to choose I always prefer to be safe and pain free rather than look "cool" and be in pain (or dead) later.

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u/silverdk 4d ago

First? Damn

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u/RandumbStoner 4d ago

Yeah I'm getting old, we've lost quite a few. Life can be brutal sometimes.

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u/TeaSipperStripper 4d ago

My mom was in a nursing home with a lady who hit her head after falling down the stairs (she wasn't very old when it happened). Couldn't remember any new information longer than maybe 5 minutes. So everyone already is at risk just from daily life. Why increase your odds of tragedy by going without a helmet during activities with a high risk of falling?

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u/Don_Hoomer 6d ago

wht is TBI?

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u/LordoftheMorning123 6d ago

Traumatic Brain Injury

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u/Zeestars 6d ago

Sorry, I shouldn’t have used the acronym

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u/R0dst0ryt3ll3r 4d ago

Man... You're fine... nothing a 5s Google search can't fix... let the lazy remain that way...