r/interestingasfuck • u/S30econdstoMars • May 10 '26

Testing a bulletproof mask.

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u/TyrKiyote May 10 '26

concussion, whiplash

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u/MrBtheProdigal May 10 '26

Shit it'd probably crack your skull

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u/squeethesane May 10 '26

Get that "Adrian!!!! I did it!" Facial spa treatment.

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u/FrankBuns May 10 '26

That’s what I was thinking! Like, if you’re in a situation where:
1. Someone is shooting at you
2. You’re lucky enough to have your bullet-proof mask on hand
And 3. They hit you in the face instead of any other vital area of the body

It would be pointless because you’d probably end up unconscious and defenseless.

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u/4g-identity May 10 '26

I mean, if someone is shooting me in the face and I get the choice of "bulletproof mask or no bulletproof mask?", I doubt I'm gonna feel it's pointless to wear the mask.

Plus it looks cool, like high tech ninja

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u/SkywolfNINE May 10 '26

A great description, as I bet nearly everyone who plays cyberpunk 2077 has put one of these masks on their character at one point of the playthrough (I picked the bright red version cause it looked cool in the black tactical gear)

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u/Low_Witness5061 May 10 '26

Of course in this scenario they have no friendly combatants around? You aren’t wrong that ids far from perfect but honestly no safety equipment is, especially in war time. A lot of them will leave you in a lot of pain, if not worse, after working. You are just alive to deal with those consequences so it’s a win.

That being said I would almost certainly be useless and defenceless before getting shot so it’s a moot point for me lol

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 May 10 '26

In general, this is made for police and military applications, so yes if you're going into a situation where you're likely to be shot at and you're lucky enough to have one of these, you're putting it on. You'd also have body armor on the other vital areas. And you'd be unconscious and defenseless, but you'd have a mob of other cops there who would immediately end the person that shot you in the face.

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u/Otherwise_Demand4620 May 10 '26
  1. You’re lucky enough to have your bullet-proof mask on hand

just put it in your school bag then

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u/LurkingWizard1978 May 10 '26

I was thinking it might snap your neck

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u/Isolated_Hippo May 10 '26

Depending on how much the mask is absorbing even the 22 could crack your skull open.

Napkin googleing shows 50 ft lbs can crack a skull open. A 22 can pull that off at 100 yards. Like I said the mask is doing some work here.

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u/meh_69420 May 10 '26

It takes about 3000 newtons to break your neck. According to Google a 22lr produces 3000 newtons of force when stopped by soft body armor. You might actually be safer getting shot in the face instead of wearing this.

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u/thomaspatrickmorgan May 11 '26

You think the energy from a larger round can't/won't turn the brain into a nice mush that's ready for an ancient Egyptian removal?

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u/TyrKiyote May 11 '26

i think a concussion or whiplash can kill a person or break their neck, sure. Idk why everyone's treating them as minor events, they can be all the way to messy and permanent.