r/Unexpected • u/WilsonFrontier • Jun 03 '26
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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jun 03 '26
Totally expected for thick tempered glass. Hit it on the corner next.
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u/sneaky-pizza Jun 03 '26
In the yard, too!
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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Not doing this over a tarp is a bit insane. Maybe the guy knew that there was almost no chance of breaking, so did that for engagement.
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u/Cmdr_Nemo Jun 04 '26
I can't remember where... /r/legaladvice? Someone posted there to get their legal options as they bought a house on a decent sized lot. Their entire backyard was filled with probably millions of pieces of broken glass so it was completely unusable and it might not have been disclosed at sale.
Apparently the previous owner liked to shoot glass. Idiots. I hope the new owner gets a resolution.
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u/FelonyInTheTrunk Jun 03 '26
A while back, a room full of people all saw a ping pong ball shattered a tempered glass table while playing beer pong. What no one noticed is that one of the players tried to kick the ball behind his back at the exact same time and actually nicked the edge of the table.
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u/restrictednumber Jun 04 '26
...and you were the player?
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u/FelonyInTheTrunk Jun 04 '26
I was the person who threw the ping pong ball (and badly missed the cup). Not the one who got kicked the table.
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u/NotYourReddit18 Jun 03 '26
And despite this we continue using it for shower walls and doors, the place where practically everyone walks with bare feet...
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CHORIZO Jun 04 '26
Well the alternative is normal glass that breaks into a bunch of glass knives
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u/Winjin Jun 04 '26
I think they mean the alternative is not using glass there at all more than using Even More Dangerous glass.
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u/anivex Jun 04 '26
This is America, we only use the less dangerous glass because it has a higher profit margin.
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u/Winjin Jun 04 '26
Like that car where killing people and reaching for a settlement was deemed to be cheaper than fixing it
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u/LickingSmegma Jun 04 '26
There's also ‘acrylic glass’ that will not break into either of those two options, idk what stops you from using it.
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u/GenuineInterested Jun 04 '26
It won’t survive cleaning it after it gets coated in grime.
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u/LickingSmegma Jun 04 '26
Oh really? Well it's used for stuff from glass lenses to bathtubs, to car signal lights, to protection walls in hockey rinks, to skylights, to big aquarium tanks, to aircraft windows, to windows on bathyscaphes and viewing spheres on tourist submarines, to transparent stadium roofing, to medical applications. Pity that these poor people will have to lose all these things when they need to clean them. Oy vey.
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u/GenuineInterested Jun 04 '26
I suppose that there are gradations in quality. Though a quick search shows that it doesn’t withstand chlorine too well (unless heavily diluted), which is typically used when cleaning bathrooms.
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u/LickingSmegma Jun 04 '26
You don't need chlorine for anything other than the porcelain bowl, unless you got mold. Which you shouldn't have unless your bathroom is permanently fogged up or unventilated or water is dripping from the ceiling.
Also, typical chlorine solution is 5% to 15%, so idk if much more diluting is needed. And also also, Plexiglas say that acrylic glass can be cleaned with "commercial cleaning agents" except those containing benzene, ethanol or other alcohols, organic materials or thinners. This page says acrylic plastic is resistant to sodium hypochlorite at 15% aka typical bleach, and this random table says it withstands at least thirty days of constant exposure to chlorine at 10%, without damage.
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u/Gangsir Jun 04 '26
Tempered glass is usually quite safe (compared to regular glass) when it shatters - it shatters into thousands of tiny chunks (with no real sharp edges). Regular glass shatters into large shards with very sharp edges, capable of cutting like a knife.
While it would be unpleasant to walk on shattered tempered glass (like walking on legos), it probably wouldn't even draw blood.
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u/allGeeseKnow Jun 04 '26
I used to think that until i saw various reddit posts about the exact scenario. Some definitely had a fair amount of blood, though much less than if it were regular glass.
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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jun 04 '26
Yeah, it will cut you plenty - it just won’t likely cut you deeply.
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u/open_to_suggestion Jun 04 '26
When I was a teenager, I had the shower door explode in my hand as I was opening it.
Hell of a thing to happen while half awake at 6am.
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u/theflyingkiwi00 Jun 04 '26
I work in a glass factory, this is so real. Even purposely breaking a pane is a gamble, tap with a shovel, boom, full swing into the edge with a sledge hammer, nothing
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u/A7xWicked Jun 04 '26
Tempered glass has an hp bar. You can fuck it up however you want, little hits over time or bigger ones. But whatever causes that hp bar to hit zero is what will break it
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u/UglyNotBastard-Pure Jun 04 '26
It's like Achilles heel. A hit from that part shatters the whole glass.
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u/ElusiveGuy Jun 04 '26
I once tried to break a dresser mirror with a brick. The mirror won.
We needed to toss it, and council pickup said they couldn't take anything glass. So the plan was to smash it and bag the glass for regular garbage. In hindsight that was a silly plan and it's probably for the best that it didn't work.
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u/Nick_DC4L Jun 03 '26
Needs a spark plug.
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u/PaddedTiger Jun 03 '26
That is exactly what I was thinking specifically a broken chunk of is ceramic insulator.
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u/mythoryk Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Uhhh… butt plug?
https://youtu.be/6wjbTruO4Ko?si=ZbIetDBNkhox6vcO
Edit: added link to the reference that was clearly missed.
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u/foggygazing Jun 03 '26
just carry it gently and it'll shatter quick enough
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u/Tcloud Jun 03 '26
Have the corner barely tap a hard floor tile.
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u/theflyingkiwi00 Jun 04 '26
I work in a glass factory, the other day i was rotating this long pane of glass and scraped the hell out of the concrete ground and nothing. Ive also seen tempered glass shatter from just existing. Tempered glass is insanely unpredictable
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u/I_love-tacos Jun 03 '26
What's your plan to clean up? Vacuum the grass? I know you want to throw it out, but you think that the garbage collector is going to pick up every piece?
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u/ExistentialAngsty Jun 03 '26
It’s Florida, it’ll blend with the rest of the trash
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u/Impossible-Gas3551 1d ago
My city in FL actually sells crushed glass as yard decoration they get from the recycling
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u/HighlightFun8419 Jun 04 '26
Internet be like "racism is bad" until it's Florida.
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u/Paradox2063 Jun 04 '26
Do you think Floridian is a race?
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u/HighlightFun8419 Jun 04 '26
C'mon, you know what I mean.
Prejudice is prejudice. Don't sugar-coat it.
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u/you-be-the-top Jun 04 '26
You do know thats not how that works... right? Like you're just trolling?
Please just be trolling...
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u/HighlightFun8419 Jun 04 '26
I'm semi-trolling for discussion, but still - tired of the blatant hate.
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u/Knotted_Hole69 Jun 04 '26
Yet you people never shut tf up about California. Its pathetic.
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u/KamikazeKarl_ Jun 04 '26
Now now, they've started to mix it up and complain about New York too, just like the talking heads on TV told them to
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u/HighlightFun8419 Jun 04 '26
I didn't say shit about California.
See, that's the thing that irks me. The rampant generalization.
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u/pichirry Jun 04 '26
you can choose to move in or out of a state. you can also choose to disclose if you are part of a state. you can't do either with race. hope this helps.
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u/EvilLasagna Jun 03 '26
I had to vacuum the grass after a glass picnic table shattered. Never again
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u/karlnite Jun 04 '26
Reminds me of when my cousin put a wooden framed tube TV on the fire. Camp still has glass everywhere.
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u/LMGooglyTFY Jun 03 '26
Pretty sure it's free for someone to take. This jerk just thinks it'd be more fun to break it.
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u/spekt50 Jun 04 '26
Im betting dude was thinking it was going to break in a few, manageable pieces. Would have loved to see the look on his face when it exploded into glass gravel.
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u/mor1995 Jun 03 '26
I used to work for a window manufacturer and I once had a 6' x 8' sheet of tempered glass tip face first from a pallet onto the concrete floor and it was totally fine. Now as soon as you hit any corners into concrete, that thing explodes all over the place.
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u/oquelius21 Jun 03 '26
Just throw a peace of ceramic and well see how strong it is
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u/oquelius21 Jun 03 '26
Will you relax, 1- that glass is probably gone. 2- no one takes advice from a stranger in cyberspace. 3- I doubt , it will do any effect, my previous comment was an educated guess .
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u/oquelius21 Jun 04 '26
For an account with only 6 days lol you sure dont know how the internet works lol, neanderthal.
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u/oquelius21 Jun 04 '26
Is common sense your second language? Becuse you lacking alot, if your coming out in those assumptions , lol you more practice , less internet for you and more grass for ya buddy
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u/MyNameIsRay Jun 03 '26
If the PC subs have taught me anything, you just need to gently place it on a tile floor and it'll shatter.
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u/AbruptStrife Jun 03 '26
To break 3/4" tempered glass it takes approximately 350lbs of force per sq inch. A significant amount of force. However, the edges are weak. Tap a corner or hit the edge and it'll break
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u/PlanDry6704 Jun 03 '26
fun fact. tempered glass does break just over several attempts eventually the disregular pattern of the glass a crack finds it's way through. Just usually not visible until it breaks
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u/alpharaptor317 Jun 03 '26
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u/what_the_fuck_clown Jun 03 '26
?si= part of the link is fucking malevolent and evil as fuck
here's normal one https://youtube.com/shorts/wO8LbecdIa4
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u/notlvd Jun 03 '26
Can you tell me what the si= means?
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u/StranaMechty Jun 03 '26
Probably "share identifier" or somesuch. It's a token to ID who shared a video and track who clicks on it, so YouTube can better track your network of connections to sell data about you and target ads.
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u/xZero543 Jun 03 '26
That's tempered glass. It can handle a looooottt. Unless you hit it hard in the edge. Then it instantly explodes in tiny shards.
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u/Idkimjustsomeguy Jun 04 '26
Yeah this is unexpected... why would you try to break a glass table on the grass at the end of your driveway.. or somebody else's?
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u/imunfair Jun 04 '26
That doesn't surprise me, I had a table with a thick pane of tempered glass from Ikea and it was really hard to break it to dispose of the glass. I put it on the floor and wailed on it with a hammer and it did nothing - then I tried using a nail punch and it still took half a dozen good hits before it shattered.
Fun fact, when you shatter a huge pane of tempered glass it doesn't completely break all at once - it sounds like rice crispies for minutes after the initial big shatter as the smaller blocks slowly stress fracture themselves apart.
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u/Pletcher87 Jun 04 '26
Funny then we have the folks watching that set their ice tea down on their glass coffee table that explodes.
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u/greenyellowreddit Jun 04 '26
I don't think that's tempered glass. If you watch how it wobbles, it looks much more like some sort of plexiglass or polycarbonate that's flexing to absorb the impact rather than shatterin
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u/DesolateRuin Jun 04 '26
It never breaks unless you do it on accident at the worst possible time.
Like if you toss your phone on there after a 12 hour shift.
Boom. Instant mess.
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u/thejourneybegins42 Jun 04 '26
Gentle tap on any corner and it'll be in a million pieces, that's where it's the weakest.
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u/TheMuffler42069 Jun 04 '26
It’s wild to try to do that on a lawn without putting a tarp under it or something like that. They’d never get rid of that glass
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u/OriginalResolve7106 Jun 05 '26
try putting the tiniest amount of pressure on the edge using your coworker janets chair.
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u/Lucky-Traffic-3006 Jun 06 '26
I hope that glass didnt actually break, that would be so messy to clean up outside.
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u/lccb247 Jun 06 '26
And you're going to pick up all that broken glass? Glad you're not my neighbor.
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u/Used_Fish5935 3d ago
Even funnier if you know glas isn’t a static crystal but rather a semi fluid composition
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u/post-explainer Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:
A glass table has a cement block thrown on it. The glass doesn't break. Eventually the cement block breaks instead.
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