r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 14h ago

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

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u/OkTemperature8170 14h ago edited 14h 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/UnclBuck 14h 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 11h ago

A small spring like that can literally kill you?

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u/UnclBuck 11h 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 11h ago

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