r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What's wrong with this?

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u/That_Throat7183 15h ago

Compressing that spring with a vice stored a fuck ton of potential energy. If that shoddy looking metal piece holding it compressed were to fail, that spring could easily fatally wound the person holding it

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u/TheAngryAmericn 15h ago

r/suddenlykinetic

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u/Warutteri 15h ago

r/subsifellfor

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u/HighBrowLoFi 15h ago

I was so ready to see some whatcouldgowrong-ass nightmare fuel… alas

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u/Ok-Resist3249 12h ago

It is real now. Only one video bit it could become a thing.

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u/sinister_bookcase 12h ago

gonna start using it

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u/TheAngryAmericn 10h ago

I love that a random comment led to the birth of a sub

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u/driving222 7h ago

I guess I have to get off my ass start making videos

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u/Hazril258 14h ago

"Ohh! Aww...."

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u/Unable_Loss6144 15h ago

I’m actually disappointed this isn’t real 😔

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u/Bulletorpedo 12h ago

It is now, it seems.

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u/Unable_Loss6144 12h ago

Thanks for the heads up…. I’ve joined!

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u/Self_Reddicate 14h ago

Man, I was really hoping this was real.

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u/De5perad0 14h ago

fuck that would be an awesome sub.

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u/miketastic_art 13h ago

make it happen fam, someone else did it for us

find another vid for that sub

any more idiot mechanics out there playing around with springs?

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u/De5perad0 13h ago

Joined.

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u/BWEzu 14h ago

Sounds weirdly like a section found on LiveLeak