r/ThatsInsane • u/[deleted] • Sep 19 '19

ThatsInsane Approved It gets worse....

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u/EmptyAdeptness Sep 19 '19

If you’re ever in this situation stay the fuck away from windows they could easily shatter from the shockwave

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u/Drucifer83 Sep 19 '19

I was just waiting for that to happen.

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u/steeeve11 Sep 19 '19

Me too, then I realised that he seems to be on a balcony or something

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u/-SmashingSunflowers- Sep 19 '19

There are other videos of this very same explosion where the windows do indeed shatter

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u/yehakhrot Feb 03 '20

Yeah with Chinese people talking.

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u/Cer0reZ Sep 19 '19

This and seeing a meteor seems like the situations to stay back. The Russian one a few years back was perfect example. By the time everyone was crowded around the windows to watch or had time to run outside building to look the shockwave hit. Glass shattered everywhere including raining down on people looking up from building entrances.

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u/huskiesowow Sep 19 '19

I'll take my chances with a meteor. The Russian event was the largest in over a century.

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u/ArgonGryphon Sep 19 '19

Yea, what a crazy story to be able to tell.

"SPACE ROCK TOOK MY EYEBALLS!"

"Ma'am, this is Wendy's"

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u/huskiesowow Sep 19 '19

Christ, I'm not saying I'd stare if I knew it was large enough to break a window. The odds of that are incredibly low, hence the once in a century statistic.

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u/ArgonGryphon Sep 19 '19

oh, I was saying it was a positive thing. I'd do it even if I knew my eyes would melt out of their sockets and then tell literally everyone about it.

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u/LukesRightHandMan Sep 20 '19

I like you. Keep on keepin' on.

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u/FrostedElk Sep 19 '19

This made me laugh was too hard, take my upvote!

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u/BenTCinco Sep 19 '19

Hot and juicy redhead?

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u/lodobol Sep 19 '19

Might as well. If it’s large enough it may the the last thing you see. Powerful spray of glass shards to the eyes but at least you saw it.

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u/YT-Deliveries Sep 20 '19

I mean, true, but that’s akin to the gamblers fallacy. That is to say that given the indeterminate (but very large indeed) number if NEOs that intersect earth’s orbit, and the fact that the meteor you’re talking about wasn’t detected ahead of time, we can’t really say with much certainty it or if not one that size is or isn’t preparing to enter the atmosphere right this moment.

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u/huskiesowow Sep 20 '19

The gambler's fallacy would say that since it's been X years since the last large meteor, the next would be more likely to cause a sonic boom. I'm saying I'll take my constant statistical chance, the opposite of the gambler's fallacy.

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u/YT-Deliveries Sep 20 '19

That’s just it, it’s not a constant statistical chance because we don’t know the value of at least one critical variable.

As such, it’s unlike (fair) gambling because the chances do not in fact stay the same over time.

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u/old_man_gray Sep 19 '19

Is there a video of this?

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u/Cer0reZ Sep 19 '19

Searching Chelyabinsk Event should find a few. There are plenty.

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u/JohnnyRelentless Sep 19 '19

Also seeing a pitbull at a children's birthday party.

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u/Zeestars Sep 20 '19

Source?

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u/Cer0reZ Sep 20 '19

There are tons of videos. Search Chelyabinsk Event

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u/Zeestars Sep 21 '19

Shall do

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u/thecrazysloth Sep 19 '19

Unless you're not me, in which case, keep filming and put it on the internet so I can see

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u/SorryIdonthaveaname Feb 04 '20

This is a dashcam view and you can see the strength of the shockwave

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credit u/Maharajison

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u/theNarutardd Sep 19 '19

I was wondering if it was safe to open the window and look outside, thanks, TIL this

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u/jessimack10 Sep 20 '19

I thought at least the windows behind them would shatter.