You don’t even have to go that far. Just show a child an anatomical cross section of a woman before pregnancy and later into her 9th month. Of course describing some of the things a lot of women go through (like instinctively ripping off their gowns before birth—even though people are in the room…or poop while pushing the baby out) also does a nice job making kids take lots of measures to prevent unplanned pregnancies (including waiting until they are older).
Unfortunately most places don’t use the violent, over dramatised cheesy 80s style horror educational movies anymore. The last time I saw them in the wild was the late 90s.
Frankly, I think the older ones with the fake blood and guts are more interesting and fun to watch. These newer videos just put me to sleep.
I’d like to start collecting those old relics of the past. I have no idea where I’d even begin.
There is nothing like a wood shop teacher with his fingers 1/4” short to make you think safety in not a joke. True story!
I like a wood chisel that you can shave hair with. Everyone else deals with tear-outs and splits, they like them sharp, I like ‘em honed.
My softball coach in HS put his hand under a running lawnmower and cut off most of his ring finger. The drs told him he would need to stay for a day or two for them to fully reattach it. He asked how long he’d have to stay if they just amputated it, because he had a state game to get to the next day. He made it to the game.
The two adverts on the page Side bars today; Certified Pre-Owned
I-CAT NEXT GENERATION Cone Beam x-ray machine for $40,000. and then on the other side; tickets to the Grand Ol’ Opery. This website really is bad at targeting to an audience in my case.
Now, I remember horrible safety videos when I was in kindergarten through second grade which depicted horrible things that happened to kids if they weren’t careful. This included crossing the street, sticking inappropriate metal things in outlets, or playing with trains. They weren’t super gory, but horrifying.
I know a woman who told me she did stick a paperclip in an electric outlet when she was little. The next thing she remembered was sitting against the wall on the other side of the room with her mother leaning over her having hysterics.
She was also the one who discovered that by breathing out a little before swimming underwater she could lie on her back in the deep end of the pool and watch the patterns the sunlight made in the waves up on top.They were very pretty and she was entranced. Then she noticed how her field of vision was shrinking towards the center as her peripheral vision blanked out. Then someone saw where she was and pulled her out.
There are some other things I’m NOT going to tell you about.
Had a shop teacher that used to do this – He was missing the middle finger of his left hand. (He used to joke that this made him ineligible to drive in NYC) Every year he had some new and gorier story about how he lost the finger, usually trying to save other guy from a horrible shop error in which the other guy died or was previously maimed, “but all (he) lost was his finger…” There was a lot of speculation as to how he “really” lost it, because he never said. Years after graduation I ran into him again and got the real story; Turned out he was a Vietnam vet and lost it in combat.
You just reminded me of a great bit from the Dan Akroyd comedy; “Dragnet;” in the film, Friday (Ackroyd), who has been a symbol of careful driving, is in a high speed chase to save the woman he’s fallen in love with. His partner, Streebeck (Tom Hanks) is a little concerned;
Pep Streebeck: Look out for that bump! Don’t you remember those films they showed us in high school? Red Asphalt. Blood on the Highway.
This reminds me of teaching a college freshman chemistry lab (as a graduate teaching assistant). Safety equipment was, of course, provided and required. The potential hazards included such things as concentrated sulfuric acid – the safety instructions amount to ‘go out in the hall to the nearest emergency shower and pull the chain’. Then ‘Do not stop to remove your contact lenses. They can be be replaced. Your eyes can’t.’ (This doesn’t even involve the ‘acid’ factor – it just likes water so much it will destroy carbohydrate molecules to make water, leaving just carbon.)
There is a classic safety video from about 1980 called _Shake Hands with Danger_. It’s well-made; even though I’ll never operate heavy machinery, I think it’s worth watching. It has a few gory scenes that drive home the importance of safety. Also I think the country and western “Shake Hands with Danger” song is pretty catchy.
I showed this video to my wife. After seeing the scene that starts at about 15:10, she remarked “Well, he can’t shake hands with danger anymore.”
Or when they take Sex Ed. Nothing like watching a live birth video makes you want to go celibate
You don’t even have to go that far. Just show a child an anatomical cross section of a woman before pregnancy and later into her 9th month. Of course describing some of the things a lot of women go through (like instinctively ripping off their gowns before birth—even though people are in the room…or poop while pushing the baby out) also does a nice job making kids take lots of measures to prevent unplanned pregnancies (including waiting until they are older).
I’m guessing the 80s classic The Miracle of Life isn’t shown anymore. I got that one and I recall it not pulling any punches.
Or worse, Military Holiday videos. Get both at the same time. In graphic detail.
Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DILjd69C0o
Warning, contains gore.
I KNEW it was the German ad! Thank you.
i knew someone was going to post THAT safety video.
Fun fact about Staplerfahrer Klaus: It’s not actually a real workplace safety video.
It was originally made to parody safety videos, but a lot of workplaces ended up using it genuinely because of how effective it was.
Yea it says in the description. 😀
Another fun fact, they got the dude who voiced all the actual workplace safety vids in germany at the time to do the narration for extra authenticity.
God damn that was a wild ride.
Unfortunately most places don’t use the violent, over dramatised cheesy 80s style horror educational movies anymore. The last time I saw them in the wild was the late 90s.
Frankly, I think the older ones with the fake blood and guts are more interesting and fun to watch. These newer videos just put me to sleep.
I’d like to start collecting those old relics of the past. I have no idea where I’d even begin.
Over in Germany it’s customary for industrial workplaces to use actual workplace accident photos to instruct their staff.
One of my brothers is a machine operator and their instruction had images of what happens when you screw up while operating a turning machine.
Our school didn’t do those. They showed real photos of accidents. The faces were blocked out and they did not show *everything*, but it was enough.
Some mental scars are useful.
Just one or two degloving pictures will make them take it seriously
I regret learning about that injury. Came across it when I read Gerald’s Game and holy good god…
DO NOT WEAR JEWELRY WHEN HANDLING LINE
There is nothing like a wood shop teacher with his fingers 1/4” short to make you think safety in not a joke. True story!
I like a wood chisel that you can shave hair with. Everyone else deals with tear-outs and splits, they like them sharp, I like ‘em honed.
My softball coach in HS put his hand under a running lawnmower and cut off most of his ring finger. The drs told him he would need to stay for a day or two for them to fully reattach it. He asked how long he’d have to stay if they just amputated it, because he had a state game to get to the next day. He made it to the game.
The two adverts on the page Side bars today; Certified Pre-Owned
I-CAT NEXT GENERATION Cone Beam x-ray machine for $40,000. and then on the other side; tickets to the Grand Ol’ Opery. This website really is bad at targeting to an audience in my case.
Now, I remember horrible safety videos when I was in kindergarten through second grade which depicted horrible things that happened to kids if they weren’t careful. This included crossing the street, sticking inappropriate metal things in outlets, or playing with trains. They weren’t super gory, but horrifying.
I know a woman who told me she did stick a paperclip in an electric outlet when she was little. The next thing she remembered was sitting against the wall on the other side of the room with her mother leaning over her having hysterics.
She was also the one who discovered that by breathing out a little before swimming underwater she could lie on her back in the deep end of the pool and watch the patterns the sunlight made in the waves up on top.They were very pretty and she was entranced. Then she noticed how her field of vision was shrinking towards the center as her peripheral vision blanked out. Then someone saw where she was and pulled her out.
There are some other things I’m NOT going to tell you about.
Had a shop teacher that used to do this – He was missing the middle finger of his left hand. (He used to joke that this made him ineligible to drive in NYC) Every year he had some new and gorier story about how he lost the finger, usually trying to save other guy from a horrible shop error in which the other guy died or was previously maimed, “but all (he) lost was his finger…” There was a lot of speculation as to how he “really” lost it, because he never said. Years after graduation I ran into him again and got the real story; Turned out he was a Vietnam vet and lost it in combat.
I heartily approve of the driving joke.
I will *never* forget “Blood on the Highway” fro. Driver’s Ed (circa 1985 for me).
The girl with the broken jaw still haunts my nightmares and makes me a safer – albeit traumatized – driver.
You just reminded me of a great bit from the Dan Akroyd comedy; “Dragnet;” in the film, Friday (Ackroyd), who has been a symbol of careful driving, is in a high speed chase to save the woman he’s fallen in love with. His partner, Streebeck (Tom Hanks) is a little concerned;
Pep Streebeck: Look out for that bump! Don’t you remember those films they showed us in high school? Red Asphalt. Blood on the Highway.
Joe Friday: You picked two of my favorites.
Watch the MST’ed shorts, they’re a riot.
“Sir? Could you identify this bucket of your brother?”
This reminds me of teaching a college freshman chemistry lab (as a graduate teaching assistant). Safety equipment was, of course, provided and required. The potential hazards included such things as concentrated sulfuric acid – the safety instructions amount to ‘go out in the hall to the nearest emergency shower and pull the chain’. Then ‘Do not stop to remove your contact lenses. They can be be replaced. Your eyes can’t.’ (This doesn’t even involve the ‘acid’ factor – it just likes water so much it will destroy carbohydrate molecules to make water, leaving just carbon.)
There is a classic safety video from about 1980 called _Shake Hands with Danger_. It’s well-made; even though I’ll never operate heavy machinery, I think it’s worth watching. It has a few gory scenes that drive home the importance of safety. Also I think the country and western “Shake Hands with Danger” song is pretty catchy.
I showed this video to my wife. After seeing the scene that starts at about 15:10, she remarked “Well, he can’t shake hands with danger anymore.”
https://youtu.be/1BxD66YRpVw
A lesson you only have to teach ONCE is a good lesson.