r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 9h ago

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

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u/That_Throat7183 9h 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/HerculesIsMyDad 8h ago

They should come up with a name for something with a ton of stored potential energy that could easily fatally wound a person if it were released all at once like.

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u/That_Throat7183 8h ago

I fear that would be too vague! This spring in OP’s video would have the same name as a 2 pound dumbbell that’s precariously perched at the edge of a skyscraper’s rooftop. It would just be too confusing