#wear the damn helmet

[ravynfyre]

So, story time, chilluns.

Helmets will save your life. I don't care what you are doing, if the safety gear includes a helmet, FUCKING WEAR ONE. I mean, things like being a motorcycle cop or a construction worker are pretty simple. It's part of the uniform. You don't use the helmet? You don't get to work.

But let's talk about other things. Like skateboarding. Or bike riding. Or *riding a fucking horse*. Rock climbing. Motorcycling period. Or *riding a fucking horse*.

I do not give one fucking shit if it is "not cool". Wear the fucking helmet.

This past ten days, I was away at a camp in the bowels of hell in the midwest, literally sleeping in a tent and riding equines all day. Rather, I *should* have been riding equines all day... But on day 2 of this 10 day trip, the mule I was riding (not mine, but a reliable mule borrowed from a friend) tripped while trying to climb out of an 18 inch deep creek. She went down to both front knees, then began to scramble to get her feet back under herself, and somewhere in that scramble, around about 3 seconds in, and 30 feet of rodeo bullshit, I came off her back.

I hit the ground *hard*. My entire right side, starting with my bad shoulder, then rolling to my *head*, and then my hip and knee slammed into the earth. Granted, it was only a fall from roughly six feet in the air, but it was at speed with velocity, and I have mass. I am not kidding when I say I hit *hard*. I genuinely was not certain if I had died for a few seconds, and that was fucking scary. And then for another *minute*, I had to try and remember hot to breathe again.

See, I'm not sure if I have ever come right out and explained this here before, but I *used* to be a firefighter. I did the job for 12 years, and was set to do another 12 years before I retired. But while on duty one day, I was injured severely enough that I could no longer safely do the job anymore, and that was all she wrote. Severe nerve damage to my cervical spine, right shoulder, right elbow, and all the way down into my right wrist and hand. (Yes, I am right handed. I used to draw and sketch and paint and carve, and losing the dexterity I lost really. fucking. *sucked*.)

Hitting the ground in the ass end of literally nowhere, I landed on that shoulder *first*. I didn't break anything, but I feel pretty confident in saying that I at least partially dislocated it. I sprained or tore muscles in my hip, and I am honestly not sure what all I did to my knee.

The one part I'm not worried about, however, is my head. Because, yes, I hit my head just as hard as I hit my shoulder. (pretty sure I bounced off a tree or two while I was still in the saddle, too. at least, that's what the bruises and scrapes seem to indicate. I honestly do not remember.) See, I was wearing a helmet. A dorky, english style, ugly, stupid looking riding helmet, instead of my usual baseball cap with my "Queer and Angry" pin on it, or my crushed up cowboy hat with the rainbow ribbons as a hatband. It was honestly the first time I had ever worn a *helmet* while riding, even though I had bought one a couple years ago. They're stupid looking. It's not *cowboy*. I'd look like an idiot... or a coward.

But the person I was riding with wore theirs (although, unfairly, their helmet actually looked like a cowboy hat, so I was feeling all sorts of put out about that) but since they wore theirs, I sucked it up and decided that this wasn't MY mule, and, what the fuck. who would even see me out in the ass end of nowhere wearing a brain bucket anyway? I wore the damn helmet.

The helmet that I now have to replace, because it took that hard of a hit that I would not consider it safe to count on, really, anymore. The helmet that probably saved me from a massive concussion last week. Maybe worse.

All I know is that when that bitch of a mule came trotting back after a couple minutes, I was able to slowly climb back into the saddle and ride my way out of a place where there was literally *nowhere* emergency services could have landed or driven to retrieve me. It took another 30 minutes of riding to even GET to a place that would have been accessible to anyone NOT on horseback. I was able to climb on, hold on, and ride out safely, if in excruciating amounts of pain, because that helmet saved my life. If the mule hadn't returned, if I hadn't decided that fashion wasn't as important as safety for the first fucking time... at the very least, they would have had to send a literal horseback posse into the backwoods of a river valley in a national forest, with no access for even so much as a four wheeler, and *hope* that I hadn't hurt myself enough that I would bleed out in my head during the HOURS LONG ORDEAL retrieving me would have been.

You know, AFTER my friend would have had to leave me there and ride for help, since there was also literally NO phone coverage either.

So, here I am today, everything along the right side of my body is stiff as shit and feels like it's been through a meat grinder. I haven't had more than two consecutive hours of sleep (maximum of four a night) in a week because of pain, but I am here to tell you all:

Wear. The fucking. Helmet.

#stupid firefighter tricks #stupid cowboy tricks #good mule #wear the damn helmet #backwoods emergency #yeeeeehaw!

[yukipri]

Fordo wants to show you his General!

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Inspired by the Hot Toys new design for General Kenobi:

#YukiPri art #Fordo #Captain Fordo #Obi-Wan Kenobi #FordoWan #General Kenobi #TCW #the Clone Wars #Hot Toys #OP/Artist comment: because see this figure has Obi-Wan with a clone helmet #Obi-Wan ONLY wears a clone helmet when during the Battle of Muunilist #a battle depicted in the 2003 Tartakovsky Clone Wars #in which Fordo is the main clone #which means that clone helmet Obi-Wan = Fordo's Obi-Wan #was the logic my brain followed here #should note that while this is not particularly supported in any official media my version of Alpha clones are 7ft tall walls of muscle #so yeah Fordo's holding Obi-Wan like a cat here and Obi-Wan's feet are a danglin' in the air #Fordo is not the most outwardly expressive guy but he is beaming inside here ok he is so proud of his General #for finally putting on the damn armor #Fordo is the only clone to successfully get Obi-Wan to armor up to that extent and he is right to be proud

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

motorcycle sketch featuring cross!! >:)

#art #illustration #utmv #xtale #xtale sans #cross sans #cross!sans #cross #sorry about the empty space at the side hh xD that's where my references were #i mixed so many different motorcycle poses and parts and honestly? i'm so happy with this!!! #i got inspired by a guy riding his (full leather jacket- sleek black helmet and leather pants) in the city and idk it looked so PRETTY!!! #it was the type you see in movies it was so impressive! but he also stood out cause who wears black (LEATHER) jackets in SUMMER?? #i was dying in my t-shirt and jeans but i guess the wind blowing while driving would negate the stifling warmth hhh x) #so when i decided to make it i knew i didn't wanna color the piece- nor spend ungodly amounts of time drawing clean-ish lineart #for a machine with sooo many details like damn xD so i went the sketch-y route! comic book style hehehe >;) #if alex sees this then i was also inspired by your killer drawing!! i finally understand how satisfying your sketching method is waa<3333 #i would tag you but i'm always unsure if i should unless the au belongs to them/it's fanart so aaa hope you read the tags? muah ty again!! #(btw cross is human here- fem or not is up to interpretation; but then i realized it could kinda be interpreted as a skeleton too soo #just forget the skele knuckles and you have all versions in one piece!! >B) #i couldn't pick which one of the two end results was my fav so you get both versions >;) <333 #and not using blurs or effects this times makes me love it even more waa >:'D the only thing i used a layer option for was the watermark!! #like goshh this was so fun to draw hhh hopefully you guys like it too :D <3333

[criticalrolo]

some new little character designs for The Rough Ones!

#monk #bard #aasimar #dhampir #ranger #imagine getting bit by a vampire and shes wearing that helmet #god damn #dnd #my art

[freebooter4ever]

too exhausted from last nights panic attack to do much drawing today so have this turn around of geno's almost complete head instead (sorry for the poor quality video - it takes two hands to navigate the program so my phone was tucked under my arm lol)

#jrnlsht #im using mostly photos of 2009 geno for hair ref btw #its the most fun to sculpt #he cuts it so short normally and that seemed boring #the fun thing will be making a squashed second version for when he is wearing the helmet 🤣 #anyway i am finally proficient enough in z*modeler that this is actually fun now #so its like an addiction i want to just keep working on it till im done #also im so slow with hair if i let myself i will sit here sculpting his hair for a whole damn week #its just fun making little whimsical whisps and clumps of hair

[nerosdayinanime]

"Im worried what people would think of you then, that you're just a personal whore or something- i don't want to ruin your reputation.."

"Are you kidding? 'My dick was so good i got promoted-' Thats the biggest flex i can think of!"

"Well, you're certaintly enthusiastic about this."

#ive been thinking of the au from @planethoneybee's tags in that writing prompts post #on the topic of giyuu wanting sabito to have political power in case something happens or someone tries to pull shit- #him & shinobu debating the pros and cons of giving him title of concubine before giyuu brings up the social aspect #so shino calls sab in to get his thoughts on the matter directly and it made me laugh #another bit w sanemi- theyre at a meeting talking abt finances and theyre talking of cutting sanemi's beetle funding- #G: i can pay for it /Sane: what? /G: keep as much funding to the project as possible- i'll finance the rest of it out of my #own allowance. that works doesnt it? /Shino: i suppose. ..but you'd do that for beetles? /G: i see importance in it. /Shino: very well- #sanemi doesnt thank him or even mention it but he definitly looks at giyuu differently after that- he used his own shit to keep #the project going full blast? damn. he did that for sanemi's beetles. man. #somethn somethn giyuu bringing up the idea for shinobu to have a personal guard(/helper) as well #shinobu 'i know what you are' @ giyuu before he hurriedly explains he doesnt mean get a side hoe hes genuinely just #offering to find her a trusted guard/helper whos sole purpose is to do errands n shit specifically for her 'oh! that sounds nice actually' #'sab has someone in mind for you- says shes one of the best in the forces and a pleasant personality' 'ill see that for myself first' #'okay [thumbs up]' #im imaginging a mix between european kingdoms & east asian/chinese/japanese empires except i dont know shit about either #only thing i vaguely know is theres advisors & like sub-royalty & in traditional japanese more (/complex) layers of clothing = rich/royal #the 'sub royalty' has a name im p sure. i forgor. fuckiinnn. #nope its just not there. oh well. giyuu w the fingerless sleeve-gloves my FUCKING beloved #also vague thought of sabito & mitsuri wearing helmets that utilize their pink hair as fuckin. yk the european knights #w the stupid ponytail thing/romans w the gold helm/red mohawk thing. somethn like that #they wouldnt wear like full Heavy Armor like knights do their fighting styles & w the close-quarters they wouldnt need it #but like for Show at Fancy Pantsy Time theyd dress up similarly #loserboy giyuu posting #loverboy sabito posting #sabigiyuu #of all the shit i have for this au THATS the scene that gets front page. dick joke funniee #(in case its not clear text goes Giyuu-Sabito-Shinobu talking)

[3gremlins]

ngl it bums me out how fast everyone hopped off masks not just for covid/communicable diseases but just the concept of revisiting personal safety equipment in general.

long post i guess

I've been taking a 5 week pottery workshop on wheel throwing (it's neat!) and we got up to glazing last week. When you glaze pots, the glaze starts as a a thick liquid and then dries really quick into a powdery form (on your clay piece). I was asking my instructor about clean up and she was like "oh you can just rub off the excess carefully, but try not to get dust in the air as it's a little toxic. obviously you're wearing a mask but the rest of us aren't"

(my partner and i wear masks b/c it's inside and that's just what we still do. it sucks but it's better than covid and also now inhaling dust/fumes)

I kinda wanted to respond "maybe we should all be wearing masks??" like if not for covid concerns, at least for the semi-toxic powder we're all just handling/some folks are breathing in O.O

(i didn't b/c tbh i'm still a little on edge with the going out/doing stuff in public thing/esp indoors and people misgender me/mispronounce my name constantly and honestly sometimes you just want to do ceramics and not fight with people. it also just didn't feel winnable)

I feel like there's so many things like that that people just disregard as a risk that don't need to be, but as a society (US at least), we just never wanted to have that conversation (it was at best, begrudging, at the height of government awareness of covid and now it's completely gone by the wayside). At this point people either respond negatively or aggressively to any suggestion of it.

But like we've all had that one art teacher/professor who was a little bit off b/c they'd just been inhaling toxic paint fumes their whole career and it was always written off as just a quirk/part of the job (maybe things are better now? new art students feel free to chime in) and not something that could have been mitigated.

idk, it just makes me sad that we never got to even have the conversation about how so many jobs/hobbies should use more personal safety equipment than they do (either b/c people feel inconvenienced by it or don't know).

(tangent but i remain appalled at how many people i see riding bikes/etc around here that don't wear helmets! it's fucking wild to me, like we had the "wear a helmet or your head will be shattered like an egg" demonstrations as early as elementary school in massachusetts. Like it's just silly not to, and yet so many people in cali are like "a helmet? i don't know her". Also adults will agree that children should, but they shouldnt?!? wear a helmet for biking/skating/etc is the hill i will die on, esp on pavement)

#text post #masks #safety equipment #anyway you should mask up both for diseases and handling toxic chemicals or things that produce toxic dust #stares at cosplayers cutting/drilling/heating up pvc/foam without masking #obvs there's different sorts of masks so do some research into what you need #but like you only generally get one pair of lungs #covid also still a thing #and the flu and other stuff #so still good to mask indoors #and wear a god damn helmet #rant i guess :) #pottery #also a lot of the glues people use for cosplay etc are toxic af #be ware of oil paints too (they make water soluable ones that are slightly safer) #lots of art disciplines use unsafe chemicals which people just don't realize i think? #my favorite “off” professor would compare human muscles to slabs of beef and go on at length about how he loved to go buy meat to paint #he was also an oil painter so def been inhaling the fumes #i took another life drawing class with a different professor and that guy clocked me as having taken meat guy's class immediately lol #meat professor had a unique way of teaching figure drawing

[vayneoc]

#cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cyberpunk photomode #cyberpunk v #fem v #oc: vayne #yes she has the helmet in hands. no she doesnt have it while riding. no logic yes photomode magic. piss off. #so much time for making a pose and placing the helmet just so amm goes shit in photomode and your v is 200 fucking miles away in T pose #otw to arasaka estate #hc: hanako likes bikes #hc: she hates helmets #hc: bc every time she makes her hair v makes her take all the pointy golden stuff out of it and wear the damn helmet #hc: damn all these images of v teaching hanako to drive a bike are now filling my head #shits good #damn now it's hanako's tag cameo #as it should be #fem v friday #cyberpunk oc #my stuff #my stuff: vp

[clericofshadows]

thinking of ash and kaidan in my guardian armors... dangerous thoughts to have while knee deep in antibiotic hell and prepping for tests on said antibiotics

#cleric's convos #oh man them all rocking the omni mark #wearing shadow broker and vakarian far better.... #except ill probably give them different helmets for asari/vakarian because lmao #but damn

[karimac]

Of course I had to go outside earlier in the week to cut and pull down vines. I wore long sleeves! I wore gloves! I did not touch my face!

So how on Earth did I wind up with poison sumac welts on my face?

I am so over cutting down the brush around my house!

#please be careful when you garden #I hate wearing long sleeve shirts and long legged pants in the heat #do i need to dress like a beekeeper now with a helmet? #i am so damned sick of itching!

[vulcanette]

Law covering his face and Hawkins recognizing his tattoos and his DF ability immediately… 😔 my boyfriend is so stupid… his Jolly Roger is embroidered on his chest…I—

#Kat watches one piece #also law wearing his damn hat under the helmet lmao give it a rest !!!!! #(I understand the hat is v important to him but. still lmao. )

[naturally-dazed]

avoiding spiders & bonding instead lol

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #astarion #tav #wyll #also my tav finally wearing something cool lmao #realized i can hide the helmet #how far tech has come #damn

[lexicals]

I forgot to write this down on sunday as well but keo scored the most absolutely ridiculous crit last session - we followed a nasty little ghoulie into a cave and it ended up dropping from the ceiling and starting to strangle our healer, at which point keo turns around, rages, casts gravity weapon, and instantly crits it

For those unfamiliar with pathfinder crits, you double everything, including attack bonuses and extra effects. This was already ridiculous, however just as I was starting to add up these numbers, our GM says, "hey, don't you want to roll on the crit table?"

I'm like sure why not. I roll triple damage. This means that I roll three damage dice (3d8) on top of this weapon already having the fatal d8 trait (add another d8 on a crit) (which I actually think I may have forgotten to do come to think of it), followed by tripling my strength bonus (+3×4=12), tripling my rage bonus (which is extra bc keo uses a giant weapon, 3×6=18), and tripling the extra damage from gravity weapon (3×2=6). For those keeping track, that's 4d8 + 12 + 18 + 6, or 4d8 + 36. The grand total on this was 49 points of damage. In one hit. At lv3. She took the thing's head clean fucking off

#wastepaper basket #Pathfinder crits are always a lot but I was adding up these numbers and losing my damn mind #mammoth mauler campaign #As I said at the time: gollum CAN strangle orcs not wearing a helmet #But he is not immune to angry barbarians wielding giant glaives

[transfaggot]

Cannot believe the most recent tumblr discourse is abt Europeans not wearing helmets while biking 🤦🏽

#y’all are soooooo dumb just stfu and wear your damn helmet 😤😤😤😤 #literally one of my second cousins was in the hospital + rehab for almost a full year after getting a TBI from not wearing a helmet #you are not immune just because you’re white and European lmfao

[stilltoolazy]

I, uhh. I watched the rest of Clone Wars. So I’m crying about clones. Again. Send help?

#the clone wars #Star Wars #star wars: the clone wars #uhm. I don’t wanna tag all of them because there’s… well. there’s a lot of them. #but… I don’t even know where to start. #just. he was crying. Rex was crying when they first got the Order. #he was probably crying the whole damn time under than helmet #(so was I; except I’m not wearing a helmet so I was just crying into my weighted blanket) #and they buried them. all of them. and they were all basically wearing her face and. FUCK! #idek what happens to maul it’s been so long since I’ve seen anything Star Wars that wasn’t tcw or tbb #but honestly I don’t care #what’s that quote about the story of the clones being the saddest of all? #I’m really feeling that right now #I’m gonna go cry myself to sleep I think #and then probably use the is as an excuse to start a rewatch of tbb tomorrow #*this as an

[royalbstrd]

Where Cullen stands in the Gallows is so much more strategic than just being his post. Yes it is good vantage to keep an eye on everyone there but also consider he stays by the wall with his back to it, less chance of anybody or anything sneaking up on him. There's sunlight hitting the ground like 5 feet away but he keeps his ass in the shade cause who wants to stand there for hours in metal armor baking in the sun? Just the general fact it is a nice open space so feeling trapped and claustrophobic aren't big concerns.

#the templar {cullen} #honestly not feeling trapped and claustrophobic is probably a big reason that boy never wears his damn helmet either #literally all the other templars helping you fight have theirs on but nope not your local knight captain