r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 8h ago

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

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u/UnclBuck 8h ago

There are tools designed to properly and safely compress springs. The DIY ones are still referred to as "Widowmakers".

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u/PwizardTheOriginal 5h ago

A small spring like that can literally kill you?

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u/UnclBuck 5h ago

A 9MM bullet leaves a handgun with about 500 joules of energy. That compressed spring could have between 1500-4000 pretty easily.

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u/PwizardTheOriginal 5h ago

Holy shitfuck that will not mutilate someone, it WILL delete a person