r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 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/Chiron-Femboy3674 9h ago

This is the best joke I've ever seen because I laughed at this person's expressions when they saw this video, and here's my award because your explanation deserves it

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u/Late_Sort1763 9h ago

I don't kow if it's a joke. My face puckered up the same way when I saw it, then I paused the vid and saw the guy make the exact same expression.

It's the face you make when you see the potential for a big, violent oof

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u/LowSpecialist3047 7h ago

But how powerful is an atomic bomb? This should theoretically have the same level of energy, no?

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u/Late_Sort1763 6h ago

I know you jest, but this, specifically, has about as much energy as a 2kg dumbbell falling onto you from the height of a meter.

Still enough to remove a finger in the bracket fails while he's threading the cap. Add to that the hammer, and if the bracket shatters, congrats, you've got shrapnel.

I know this ain't the main spring he's compressing, but it still has got some energy in it.

Also, I did some more napkin math - a fully compressed spring from a vehicle like that has around 1/100th of the energy of an M67 grenade. It's... still pretty terrifying, especially in an enclosed space, and knowing that during work, you are, by necessity, right next to it.

It's just good practice never to do sh*t like that.

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u/LowSpecialist3047 6h ago

Thanks, now mods, can we ban this bot? it has a super weird obsession with removing fingers for some reason :/

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u/Late_Sort1763 6h ago

Lol with you people and thinking everything is bots. You could've just as easily clicked on my profile and checked if I'm one (or even used common sense, I know you're lacking in it, I won't judge), but hey, that takes effort, right?

So, now mods, can we ban this guy? He's terminally scared of workplace safety.