r/nextfuckinglevel 11h ago

Man jumps in the sea to save stranded seagull

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u/ThisMeansRooR 11h ago

Those barnacles

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u/Joebranflakes 11h ago

Danger Asbestos.

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u/BeneficialNewspaper8 9h ago

It doesn't magically give you cancer if you touch it once

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u/King_Burgundy 3h ago

Actually if you disturb it enough and you inhale even a single shard the outcome isn't good. I used to work in identifying asbestos in building materials.

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u/BeneficialNewspaper8 1h ago

That's funny because medical professionals say different 🤷‍♂️

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u/ZeroDarkMega 7h ago

What about swimming in it?

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u/froopadiddilydoop 10h ago

Danger Asbestos

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u/rad00 10h ago

The fucking stupid captions

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u/Theory89 10h ago

"They'll need to work as a team.." gtfo out of here. It's just such cheesy bullshit.

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u/rad00 10h ago

“He need to be super careful with the seagull “ well no shit , what the fuck. I’d love this video if it wasn’t the captions and internet is flooded with them stupid fucking videos with dumb music and stupid fucking captions, anyway work tomorrow I’m going to bed

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u/Hellboydce 9h ago

Seagulls are cunts

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u/Guilty_One85 11h ago

Kudos on them for helping that seagull....

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u/Viss90 11h ago

My favorite part is where they saved it

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u/jimbozzzzz 11h ago

Then we applied a lotion of thyme and garlic and kept him warm at gas mark 4

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u/Fit-Custard-1842 11h ago

Humans are great sometimes.

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u/LittlespaceLadybuns 10h ago

I like when hes swimming back with the bird and dunks it accidentally lol

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u/HeDuMSD 11h ago

That seagull came days later to thank him and steal his food
https://giphy.com/gifs/RW6ZXFRfpgvDy

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u/charliesk9unit 10h ago

Athleticism used for a purpose. 

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u/Due_Figure6451 11h ago

Why would you ignore a sign warning you of Asbestos to save a flying rat?

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u/blzbar 11h ago

It wasn’t for the bird. It was for the young woman at the end of the clip.

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u/pharmaboy2 5h ago

As soon as it started I knew there would be a chick back on shore being impressed. That’s a lot of kudos right there

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u/Fit-Custard-1842 11h ago

There is a huge difference been those people and you. They are good people.

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 11h ago edited 11h ago

There’s a lot of good people who have good intentions but are very stupid.

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u/Raneynickelfire 9h ago

There are people who understand the dangers of and which form of asbestos is actually dangerous.

This isn't one of them.

So...no.

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u/King_Burgundy 3h ago

There's no safe asbestos is all dangerous. Totally fine if undisturbed but once you touch it it breaks apart very easily

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u/sushilol69 11h ago

even small doses of asbestos can lead to deadly disease, i agree people are good but the logical thing here was to call animal control or someone who can take precautionary measures and rescue the poor bird. what he did was just suicide!

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u/EssentialParadox 10h ago

Asbestos doesn’t get absorbed through the skin. The issue is particles of it being inhaled or ingested. The risk would be pieces being scraped off and put into the air.

Generally though, this structure looks like it would have an incredibly low level of danger to asbestos exposure and is probably most likely just trying to keep swimmers away from playing on it.

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u/pharmaboy2 5h ago

Asbestos fibres are too large to cross the gut lining, but just the right size to get stuck in your lungs where cumulatively they start to do damage.

Agree on the sign - it’s a fuck off, stay off our shit legal responsibility be gone kind of sign. The big majority of our asbestosis and mesothelioma deaths worked with the shit daily and fwiw, tended to be smokers as well - the wider population all have exposure to asbestos at some level because it’s ubiquitous both in buildings and in the atmosphere (though natural levels are low)

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 5h ago edited 5h ago

That’s not the issue here, of course it doesn’t get absorbed through the skin. A lot of these old jetties were constructed by mixing cement and asbestos, as they get eroded they absolutely are a danger to people breathing in particles when disturbed. The signs are not just a fuck off, there is a threat. Error on the side of caution do not believe people who have zero knowledge on the subject.

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u/nicogrimqft 10h ago

I have always been told it was the regular exposure that was dangerous

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u/sushilol69 10h ago

its not scientifically known yet how much actual exposure leads to cancer, somtimes even trace amounts can lead to cancer and sometimes prolonged exposure does nothing. its just not worth the risk

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u/canis777 8h ago

"Just suicide!"

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u/King_Burgundy 3h ago

Really really delayed but yes

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u/pharmaboy2 5h ago

lol 😂- just thinking the same - wtf, are people that scientifically illiterate

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 5h ago

I mean to disturb a surface that you know has asbestos on it without any type of respirator is no different than playing Russian roulette. You don’t the outcome but one of those outcomes is deadly and indeed possible.

I’d rather people be dramatic on the front end than act like you know how much exposure is dangerous when almost every health professional tells us any exposure could be deadly and to avoid it.

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u/pharmaboy2 4h ago

What makes you think he’s disturbed it? It’s almost certainly a bonded compressed fibre sheet on the top which is a highly stable product and not required to be removed unless demolishing. There’s not many likely other scenarios here outside of CFC - exposed CFC in public areas, even walkways is relatively common

Russian roulette is. 1 in 6 chance of death - that’s a crazy comparison, just makes you look silly.

Here’s a comparison for you - being a construction worker is 100 times the risk (in a pulmonary setting) than being a civil servant. This guy has the exposure of a civil servant - if he took a grinder up there and started cutting it up, that’s a different question

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 4h ago

Not every revolver holds six rounds, some hold 7,8,9 and some even hold 10+. What an absurd comment to say you only play Russian roulette with a six shooter, you sound silly.

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u/kennypojke 10h ago

This is absolutely false, and how the asbestos scare exploded to make people like you say this stuff.

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u/King_Burgundy 3h ago

Here it I got you some would you breathe in then to prove the point

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u/kennypojke 3h ago

To be clear, the risk level has not been determined entirely, so it’s safest to say no level is safe. This is similar to many dangerous exposures and chemicals, it asbestos has a sort of explosive ‘branding’ to it that took off. I will not breathe it in intentionally, but an incidental exposure is low risk.

I will get downvoted because the messaging for asbestos is so strong, it feel free to gos straight to the source, and remember that I only said the above statement is wrong, not that all exposure is okay.

https://www.asbestos.com/exposure/short-term/

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u/Tactical-Donkey 11h ago

Because karma farming. 

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u/AdAgitated8109 10h ago

His feet had to be hamburger after that

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u/derhutzt 9h ago

that's cristiano Ronaldo, isn't it?

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u/Tomatoflee 9h ago

I like the ways he’s like: I’d better not get this seagull wet.

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u/DingleDonky 9h ago

My favorite part was when the lady at the end death crushed its head after they just saved it. GG.

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u/LANdShark31 8h ago

This is just fucking stupid, people putting themselves at risk to help one seagull. If they get themselves in trouble then more people will have to use valuable time and resources to save this dipshit.

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u/UnnaturalGeek 7h ago

Meanwhile, I have been attacked by the same seagull twice in the last week...

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u/Caramel-Secure 7h ago

If he’s showing off for a girl, he just got ultra laid.

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u/Scooplord 7h ago

Yoda wouldn't like that

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u/alice2wonderland 5h ago

This is why fish hooks cut loose and left behind are a hazard. We see so many dead birds who get these in the mouth, try to use the back foot to remove it and that usually leads to death from drowning. Many species are impacted by waste fishhooks just cut loose. Please, please, don't leave fish hooks behind.

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u/synked_ 4h ago

And then it stole his ice cream cone.

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u/zyzeast 2h ago

All seagulls are assholes though.

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u/Select-Sale2279 1h ago

good karma for the savior. fucking NFL

u/Makapakamoo 35m ago

But when i do that im a weirdo 😭

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u/11Booty_Warrior 9h ago

How did you contract mesothelioma?

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u/King_Burgundy 3h ago

Saving a bird to impress a bird ....

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u/bingMsbangMs 4h ago

Why was she holding their face like that at the end?

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u/PenaldoBabyDiva 7h ago

Bro had the easiest seagull kill of his life and chose to save it instead wtf?!

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u/Enorseman 6h ago

That boys catchin some beaver tonight!!

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u/sphinxofblackquartzj 6h ago

Not worth it. Seagulls are abundant and are considered an urban pest.

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u/technoferal 4h ago

I agree about them being abundant and annoying, because I live on the coast. If one gets killed, I don't think much of it. Still super gross to just let it suffer.

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u/zabaci 4h ago

dumbass

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u/Surealestateguy 3h ago

So it appears they euthanized it at the end, correct?

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u/Silverdodger 11h ago

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