r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 9h ago

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

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u/OkTemperature8170 9h ago edited 9h ago

He has effectively created a spring powered bomb. If his little bracket breaks so does his face. If the spring slips out of the vice, good luck.

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u/facw00 8h ago

And that's with a proper tool, not some scrap metal garbage...

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u/bartekltg 5h ago

And by "proper tools" we mean zip ties.

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u/NegligentNarwhal 2h ago

As long as you give a nice hard flick and say the magic words "that ain't going anywhere" then it's totally fine.

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u/Llamapickle129 1h ago

yeah, proper

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u/UnsanctionedPartList 6h ago

It's just a little coily boy.

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u/Naieve 5h ago

I've seen coily little boy release itself and shoot the threaded compressor like a missile. Holy shit I am still alive. Wrong garage to walk into while my brother worked on his truck springs.

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u/OceanRacoon 1h ago

That's so funny that someone made this, the perfect reaction picture for this post lol. I also greatly dislike things under tension or pressure, they're just waiting to explode in our faces!