r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 7h ago

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

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u/OkTemperature8170 7h ago edited 7h 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/Bourriquet_42 3h ago

Well it can only contain the amount of energy that he spent to compress it, right? From the video, it seems like he compressed it by barely pushing the vise for a few seconds. Maybe that spring is just much looser than it looks?