25 Risky Activities People Stepped Away From For Their Own Good

In a world that's constantly changing, so too do the risks and rewards associated with various activities and choices. Recently, a Reddit thread posed the question, “What just isn’t worth the risk nowadays anymore and why?” The responses provided a window into the collective consciousness of people navigating the complexities of modern life. Here are some of the most insightful answers.

#1

Image source: DeadlyToeFunk, Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Variable rate mortgages.

#2

Image source: BobEvansBirthdayClub, Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Flying on a tight schedule. The airlines are not functioning well anymore… I think COVID really damaged air travel.

#3

Image source: wampey, Avan Wathman/Pexels (not the actual photo) Chanel, most luxury items… multiple price increases each year over multiple years….

#4

Image source: chichilover, cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Working yourself to death. Work on seperating your work life and normal life. When I leave work, I don't check emails, text/call about work, nothing.

#5

Image source: WorstLuckChuck, Prabin Sunar/Pexels (not the actual photo) Climbing Mount Everest. Too many people have done it and planted a cr*ppy flag up there that it looks like a beach coast covered in trash.

#6

Image source: Financial_Ocelot_256, Vidal Balielo Jr./Pexels (not the actual photo) Getting a wife and kids in your 20's. It's not like the old times where marriage would be solid, right now one of the two doesn't like the color of the sheets and they are on their way to divorce. It's simply not worth anymore!

#7

Image source: Robby777777, Sherman Trotz/Pexels (not the actual photo) Road Rage. Just not worth responding to anything while driving. Ignore them and stay away. Make no gestures and just ignore them.

#8

Image source: M54dot5, Marco Fischer/Pexels (not the actual photo) Fast food. It isn't fast anymore. Last time I went to taco bell I didn't even get my food before I had to go back to work because I only get 30 minutes for lunch.

#9

Image source: thenorussian, Andrew Neel/Pexels (not the actual photo) Back in 2010 when it was mostly eBay at its height, I used to sell a ton of electronics to buy the newest model (iPhone, game consoles, laptops). did a few sales on facebook around 2013. Nowadays there's way too many sites, scams, s****y buyers trying to talk you down on price, I don't ever feel like it's worth the hassle.

#10

Image source: Somanycatsinhere, Andre Moura/Pexels (not the actual photo) Having children while having anxiety/depression - there’s no community/village structure to raise them in, schools are failing in the US, cost of living just keeps increasing. The guidelines for raising kids and being a gentle parent have changed so much since I’ve grown - I don’t even know where to start. Everything is frowned upon - “a fed baby is a happy baby but don’t you dare use formula, red dye #40, only buy organic, is that processed?!”. I’ve come to acknowledge if I want any chance at retirement, we have to be child free.

#11

Image source: CherryManhattan, Peaton Hugo/Pexels (not the actual photo) State lotteries. It’s a tax for poor people.

#12

Image source: ZenoSalts, Monica Silvestre/Pexels (not the actual photo) Casual sex.

#13

Image source: brain_fog_expert, ira dulger/Pexels (not the actual photo) Giving out your phone number. People can find out a lot of your info.

#14

Image source: Upstairs-Corgi-640, Germán TR/Pexels (not the actual photo) Having children. The money, time, effort, energy it requires for the rest of your life. No time for yourself and your own aspirations. It's just not worth it. Plus, we could use some reduction in terms of world population.

#15

Image source: TheRealOcsiban, Alexa LaSpisa/Flickr (not the actual photo) Answering the door when someone unexpected rings the doorbell. It's always a salesman. I don't need solar, pest control, meat, a hard water treatment system, satellite TV, or any other damn thing they're selling, and I have no interest in dealing with them not taking No for an answer. Get off my lawn.

#16

Image source: TheTrueGoldenboy, Tirachard Kumtanom/Pexels (not the actual photo) Dating. While I could make this a whole rant and get all the "You're just dating the wrong type of people" comments... let's just make it easy. There are enough people that are selfish, entitled, and deluded enough to where it isn't worth the trouble.

#17

Image source: uvaspina1, energepic.com/Pexels (not the actual photo) Drinking and driving. Never was but especially not anymore. Get an Uber people.

#18

Image source: Xero_Daymo, Tim Douglas/Pexels (not the actual photo) Consumerism, save your money and think about your future.

#19

Image source: FewTrainer4636, oceangate (not the actual photo) Going in a homemade billionaire submarine.

#20

Image source: anon, Christina Morillo/Pexels (not the actual photo) Answering a call not in your contacts. Bridgebrain: Ugh yes. And that you can't even trust the "legitimate" types of calls now. Scams dressed up as surveys, calls that just hang up because they're checking if you exist, even wrong numbers could be someone trying to record your voice to make an AI model to call family and pretend to be you. I set my voicemail message to say that I screen all calls now due to spam, and it barely helps.