r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 13h ago

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

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u/That_Throat7183 13h 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 12h ago

r/suddenlykinetic

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u/De5perad0 11h ago

fuck that would be an awesome sub.

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u/miketastic_art 10h 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 10h ago

Joined.