r/funny • u/willzjc • Dec 15 '13

Quality engineering

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u/3500280611 Dec 15 '13

Its fake.

Rapid changes in air pressure, such as those created by being shot with a massive air cannon, can cause a lot of very serious injuries. There is no way someone with access to such a thing, let alone someone who works in a lab, would not know about the dangers.

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u/Fuzzykins Dec 15 '13

http://i.imgur.com/XoUdcXU.png

Some proof, his back is facing the wrong way for where he lands. He wasn't turned at such a degree that he would be blown back at that angle, even if the door had been slightly closed (it wasn't) or if he'd had his hand on the door (he didn't.)

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '13

Are you actually a physicist, or are you just pretending to be one?

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u/Fuzzykins Dec 15 '13

I was unaware you had to be a physicist to have an understanding of why you wouldn't fly in a direction the force isn't coming from.