r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

Video Coal mining

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u/WaffleDonkey23 8d ago

I experienced this so much. "Cant take a little noise? Haha."

Like dude I've been to your house, your TV is on volume 55 at all times. Anyone can take the noise. It doesn't protect your ears if you are tough. I tried to explain to them things like "I put on sun screen, because if I don't, the sun will fuck up my skin. You put oil in your truck because heat will fuck up your truck. Why are you letting your shit get fucked up?"

"Cause I'm not a bitch"

He later had to have a piece of his forehead peeled back and sewn to his nose due to skin cancer. Cool guy otherwise though.

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u/georgie336 8d ago

I usually just ask them if they're tougher than the sun and tell them I'm not.

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u/Talking_Head 8d ago

I work with a couple of these guys. One dude shamed me a few years ago for stepping aside at a break and reapplying sunscreen. Hahaha, afraid of the light?

Dude just had a mohs surgery on his cheek. Probably cost our insurance company thousands of dollars. My bottle of sunscreen cost $10.