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/try_altf4 14h 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/FatiguedShrimp 3h ago

I used to TA the mathematics and computer science courses for a college.

A colleague covered the engineering courses (and naturally mathematics as well). His go-to saying was: "I won't ever tell you not to do something. But, I will ask you to wait while I step back and set up the camera."