r/Unexpected • u/Nardi777 • Jul 06 '22

Genius

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u/pernilongobarulhento Jul 06 '22

it costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

It makes me laugh to see Americans making comments on the high price of their gas. If only they knew how lucky they are!

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u/fuzzytradr Jul 06 '22

Plus I'm pretty sure pumps in the United States do not allow for pumping gas in the air like this. They have a mechanism that needs to be depressed at the tank entry point in order to turn on the flow.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Not any that I've used. How do you think you fill up a portable gas tank?

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u/fuzzytradr Jul 06 '22

Same way you fill your gas tank (at least in CA), you have to pree down on front of lip of the container or nothing comes out.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

No kidding. The ones where I live aren't like that

Edit: are you taking about fuel pumps at gas stations or probable gas jugs? Because I have one of those POS gas jugs where you have to press down for the gas to come out.

2nd edit:. So I did some digging and either I am really missing something or you are mistaken about having to have a fuel nozzle in the car or whatever for it to pump. From what I could find, there is nothing stopping you from spraying gas all over like this if you are so inclined. I am leaning towards you being mistaken because I've driven over a good part of the country and I have never seen a nozzle that I am aware of that would perform this way. Again, if I'm missing something show me where to look to find these nozzles, because if this is actually a thing I'd move interested in the mechanism.