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Very gently, I’m sure

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨purplepeas@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fun fact: PVC doesn’t show up on x-rays. So when this thing turns into shrapnel and embeds itself in your abdomen; doctors get to just hunt around and hope they get all the pieces.

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    • turtlesareneat@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Microplastics are bad, now macroplastics are bad, I feel like you’re just very anti-plastic at this point and hard to please.

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        My opinions themselves are plastic; constantly changing.

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    • snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      so what you’re saying is that I can sneak this onto a plane

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      • FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Looks a bit long for sneaking, depends on your anatomy I guess

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    • ChillPill@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ve only ever seen potato “holders” made out of ABS, not PVC. Not sure that ABS is any more resistant to er- rapid unscheduled disassemblies.

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      • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        In the firework industry we use ABS in our mortars because they will stretch and rip if a firework explodes in the tube rather than shatter and turn into shrapnel.

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      • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        ABS would be better in that regard, it has a higher plasticity and less likely to fragment. But the one in the OP is PVC. ABS pipe is black.

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      • cfi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store

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    • musubibreakfast@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      But PVC does melt unlike schrapnel, so there’s no problem if they set your abdomen on fire.

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      • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Very human

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    • dbtng@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I appreciate knowing this. If I’m dying from consuming high velocity plastic shrapnel, I won’t expect xrays to help.

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      • krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The word consuming is deeply unsettling in this context. More so than high velocity plastic shrapnel, which is surprising

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    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That was a fun fact 🥰

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    • Hyphlosion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Wolverine must have a cousin with a PVC bone structure out there somewhere…

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    • Gronk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nothing a lead paint job can’t fix

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      • krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Asbestos gauze

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    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What about an MRI? Too slow maybe?

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  • Mr_Fish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Another name could be “rapid potato transport device”

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    • WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Potato re-allocator

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      • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        irish keepaway device

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    • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Potatoportation

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Potato masher.

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  • Ste41th@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The picture is split in half?

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    • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      OP forgot to turn on vsync

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    • protist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The picture is split in half.

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      • HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Wrong. It’s split into 1/3 and 2/3.

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    • yogurtwrong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      GOD FUCKING DAMMIT PROPRIETARY NOVIDYA BULLSHIT DRIVERS AAARGGGH

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  • elvith@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is my temporary potato holder. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My temporary potato holder is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my temporary potato holder is useless. Without my temporary potato holder, I am useless. I must fire my temporary potato holder true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will … My temporary potato holder and I know that what counts in war is not the potatoes we launch, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit … My temporary potato holder is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my temporary potato holder clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will … Before God, I swear this creed. My temporary potato holder and I are the defenders of my yard. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!

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    • LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nice pasta you have there

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Came here to post this. Shut up and take my upvote.

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    • goldfndr@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Please, more “sets the potato down” and “push a button” substitutions.

      This is my temporary potato holder. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My temporary potato holder is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my temporary potato holder is useless. Without my temporary potato holder, I am useless. I must push a button on my temporary potato holder true. I must set the potato down straighter than my enemy who is trying to set a potato down on me. I must set the potato down on him before he sets a potato down on me. I will …
      My temporary potato holder and I know that what counts in setting potatoes down is not the potatoes we launch, the noise of our button pushes, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the anywhere you want that counts. We will hit …
      My temporary potato holder is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my temporary potato holder clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will …
      Before God, I swear this creed. My temporary potato holder and I are the defenders of my yard. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
      So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!

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  • FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ABS (black) fails by ripping open. PVC (white) fails like a grenade.

    If you’re in the market for a “potato holder” don’t get the white one.

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  • Hyphlosion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I wonder if this person is also into punkin chuckin?

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s trebuchets

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      • Hyphlosion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That “pumpkin relocation assistant.”

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  • caboose2006@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In Washington state potatoes cannons were legal as long as you classified them a “line throwing device”. I.e. something to throw a rope from ship to ship if you like lose an engine or something. So when you go to the lake to play bring a rope and a nail to stick the rope in the potato if the cops come and ask questions.

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  • peetabix@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A Spudgun www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCzJnIbj6Wc

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  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That reminds me I wanted to build a firecracker shotgun. Still haven’t figured out a sleek way to ignite them though.

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    • _druid@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m sure an internal striker could be engineered with some metal bits, maybe a 3D printer, and parts of a zippo lighter. Just shooting from the hip, but I bet there is someone with the knowledge and the time, if you brought the idea up to the correct forums.

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      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        My idea was glueing some copper wire to the bottom of the fuse and using a battery powered ignition mechanism but maybe I’m overthinking it 😅

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I made a firecracker gun out of lego technics when i was young. The munition was a firecracker too, was pretty fun.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Very rich fuel air mixture and a spark igniter?

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      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Safer and less fun way, heating element.

        Yeah that’s what I’ve been considering now. Not just because of safety but also because it’s reliable since nothing needs to be directly fitted into the chamber. Also more resistant to sutt buildup. Maybe I can repurpose an old vape.

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  • swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Good ol spud gun. Made one back in the day. My buddy went overboard and had one manufactured out of steel and used ether as a propellant. Was pretty wild compared to the pvc version.

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  • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    the broom stick is for checking if it’s loaded, call it a cleaning rod

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  • hopesdead@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What if I wanted a specific broom?

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  • obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    To be fair it will be about as gental as it’s terminal volocity. Which is hard but like not that bad.

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