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[–] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Blech, I've heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:

Radiation
Methanol fires
Supercritical steam jets

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

It seems you need to learn more about prions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Predators with cloaking devices

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation...filling your boots etc.