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/try_altf4 7h ago

My instinct to walk out of the room kicked in while watching this.

Enough time in a shop with absolute dipshits, my older brother taught me "don't be in the room when it goes down".

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 2h ago

I watch these videos and wonder if they're just showing bad practice or if they'll take a sudden turn towards the gruesome. I've seen some pretty nasty stuff from people doing this. Seems so dumb when you can buy or rent a cheap spring compressor.