It can still be traumatic.

No worries sir. Did not happen to me, I just happened to drive by after it happened to someone else.

In my defence, one isn’t the same as “a lot”. Im sorry that happened to you though.

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I am incapable of either. I know too much about what I’ve been doing

You mean the instructions you didn’t read and threw away was silent on the matter? Huh.

You mean a smoke detector aka fire alarm, or a carbon monoxide detector aka a broken fireplace/furnace/water heater alarm? For the former, have a fire evacuation plan, call 911, turn off the gas if you can, have a meet up point, emergency kit, and a nearby freinds house to go to. For the latter, just get outside reasonably quickly (not necessarily jump out window speed), and turn off the gas line if you can, and call the fire department to make sure its all OK in there, and then [edit] have a professional [/edit] fix whatever was releasing the CO. If you feel at all lightheaded on your way out, its time to start rushing.

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A portable CO2 detector isn't a bad thing in the age of COVID. It's nice to know when you're entering a building with absolutely shit ventilation and breathing in a lot of other people's exhalations.

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You mean a CO detector. Ironically, what you'll want to do is find some O (oxygen). Open windows, and/or go outside.

I dont talk about that. I have never ever talked about having a CO2 detector. Stop putting words in my mouth you coward

I think it’s simpler than that, OP is pointing out the structure of the word and how it’s expected that pro “should” = good, while in this case it doesn’t necessarily.

CO2 is carbon dioxide, average people don’t have CO2 detectors in their home, usually places like fast food restaurants that use CO2 to carbonate fountain beverages have them.

CO is carbon monoxide. If your CO detector goes off, go outside to fresh air and call emergency services.

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Go outside IMMEDIATELY and call your gas company. They should send someone out asap.

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False: I did see one drive into a lake shortly after he purchased it. Should have read the manual that it was not a boat.

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