Transcript:

[showerthoughtsofficial]: When medication says “do not operate heavy machinery” they’re probably mainly referring to cars, but my mind always goes to forklift.

[sauntervaguelydownward]: It has honestly never occured to me that this warning was about cars and not construction equipment

  • Io Sapsai 🌱@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    In my language that section of the leaflet always reads “Driving and working with heavy machinery”. So forklifts and industrial machinery do indeed fit.

  • Square Singer@feddit.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    I really like that you put the transcript right into the post text so the helpful human doesn’t have to do it.

  • cmbabul@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    I mean it is definitely both, but cars are the heavy machinery most likely to be operated by the average person on a regular basis

  • Flax@feddit.uk
    11·
    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t they specify cars? I think some medication does say “do not drive”