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Seems like this calls for some chainsaw safety tips. Note: If you yourself are a chainsaw, tips may not apply🧵
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Correct. Person made of chainsaws would not. Similar to that plant someone gave a machete the other day.
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Quinn the Quarantine Fox, please let the people know…
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Fly now, blue check. You’re free 🦋
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We know this sounds simple, but when people get desperate they stop thinking clearly. They take risks that can have deadly consequences. If you know someone who is thinking about bringing a container not meant for fuel to get gas, please let them know it's dangerous.
It's hot. Stay safe.
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If you're frying your turkey this year, make sure it is thawed. Follow the manufacturer instructions for using your fryer. Only fry a turkey outside and away from your home. Never use turkey fryers in the garage or on the porch, Turkey America!
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This is as close to an example of why we exist as you can probably get.
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Use only containers approved for fuel.
Just because you're escaping from the supernatural, doesn't mean you sacrifice safety.
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Flame jetting is a sudden and possibly violent flash fire that can occur when pouring flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame or other ignition source.
NEVER pour flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame.
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Leave you all?
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In this, your greatest hour of need?
[more home fires on thanksgiving than any other day of the year]
Never.
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In 2021, there were an estimated 21,162 chainsaw-related emergency room injuries in the US. These injuries included, but were not limited to lacerations to hands, legs, fingers, and other body parts, as well as eye injuries from debris.
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Sometimes when we put out a safety message like this people use it as a way to look down on others. We ask that instead you use this as an opportunity to reflect on safety in your own life.
Thank you, Great Baby. Until we meet again #BabySafetyMonth
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Might never recover from this.
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USCPSC sounds like pspspsps
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Sorry, but this is nature and it is a wonder.
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Wild Animals United for Human Safety - Go!
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Follow the gas canister manufacturer instructions for storing and transporting gasoline.
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He wears a little turkey hat and everything. It's great, you guys.
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Carefully inspect your chainsaw or other power tools before use, and do not use if damaged -- worn wiring, motors, or other electrical parts can pose a shock or fire hazard.
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Drop the beat, not the turkey.
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When using a gas canister, never pour gasoline over or near an open flame.
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Every year, our international followers use this video as an opportunity to dunk on Americans. This is the way of things.
In the spirit of togetherness, this year we ask - what extreme cooking technique would a CPSC-like agency warn about in your country?
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Welcome new followers from Skeleton Twitter, Metal Twitter, and "Why do I find this skeleton attractive?" Twitter (Is the skeleton attractive or are they just 6ft, friend.)
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Plug corded power tools into a ground fault circuit protected receptacle or a portable GFCI and avoid using corded power tools in wet or damp conditions. Never carry power tools by the cord and protect cords from damage.
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Never cut over your head (kickback can land the chainsaw into your face or shoulder). Read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions on safe use.
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In 2019, we found out some of our oldest PSAs, many unseen for decades, would not be saved permanently in the National Archives. We had a choice - save them or send them to a lonely landfill somewhere.
We saved them all.
Now, we're publishing them online for the first time. 🧵
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Always clear your lawn of objects and bystanders before mowing and May the 4th be with you!
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Always have a working fire extinguisher in your home.
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As always, if you think you've found an unsafe chainsaw or power tool (unsafe outside of its normal use), report it to CPSC on SaferProducts.gov. /end
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When using battery-powered tools, only use the battery and charger provided by the manufacturer. Protect yourself, wear snug clothing, and remove jewelry that could get caught in tools.
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Are your smoke alarms working? Do you have a working fire extinguisher in your kitchen? If you have kids, is your furniture anchored to the wall? Are your window coverings cordless? Do you have working carbon monoxide alarms on every floor of your home and outside sleeping areas?
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“I never encounter the supernatural while biking.”
Well, that’s lucky for you, but this is a big country and we need to consider everyone’s safety.
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In addition, wear the appropriate eye protection (safety goggles, glasses, and face shields) to protect your eyes from flying debris. Always keep hands away from moving parts. Extreme caution is required when operating a chainsaw.
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They're going home.
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Nature.
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Deep in your heart, you are a pigeon on a journey.
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Couple of people asking what these turkeys look like after this demo. Disgusting. Like a Rob Bottin creature. We never even bother to take pictures of them, because we don't want the nightmares.
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How is this not real.
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gm and welcome new followers.
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If birds aren't real explain this.
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*GENTLY closes laptop shut until Tuesday*
A while ago, we noticed there weren't many stock pictures of Americans with disabilities using common home safety devices like smoke/carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers, or even flashlights.
Respecting your rate limit by only sharing high quality posts.
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QUINN THE QUARANTINE FOX: Cleaning products are poisonous, America! Make sure you keep those cleaning products in their original bottles and locked up out of sight and out of reach of kids!
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Are you signed up to get emails about recalls? cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Subsc
We know it's easy to gawk at the lack of safety in someone else's life. Skip that part. Reflect on the amount of safety in your own instead.
Relevant again.
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Good morning. Choose cake.
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Thank you for coming. This has been a government PSA about a government website called SaferProducts.gov
Stay safe while staying cool this weekend.
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Hey. None of this goodbye stuff. There’s posting to be done. Cooking fires to be prevented, sentient objects to be made, lives to be saved. There’s a job to do (edit a picture of a turkey on horseback with a fire extinguisher). Let’s go.
Can confirm Greg is reading the comments.
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That's Greg.
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Tomorrow there will be 3x more home fires in the United States than any other day of the year. Turkey fryers will not be the primary cause. No. Unattended cooking is the #1 cause of home fires. What causes unattended cooking? Dozens of normal things...
