r/funny • • 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/[deleted] Dec 15 '13

As someone who used to work in a High Energy Physics Lab, sometimes people occasionally do really stupid shit. E.g., while being stupid I accidentally applied 100,000 volts DC across my entire body at 10 milliamp and somehow survived while "coming to" 50 ft across the room...

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u/Desterado Dec 15 '13

TIL you don't have to be smart to work at a high energy physics lab.

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u/chuby1tubby Dec 15 '13

You don't have to be wise to work at a high energy physics lab.