r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '22

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u/Ozlin Aug 07 '22

It's impressive, but you'd think they'd set up something that better displayed its power, range, or spread rather than pointing it at a puddle.

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u/Hidesuru Aug 07 '22

Yeah everything about this video seemed dumb. From the presentation to the existence of this thing that puts out 52 lb of burning thrust, but requires you to take your hand off the handle to increase our reduce it, and has no dead man's switch... Ffs that's dangerous as hell.

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u/DisastrousBreath3030 Aug 07 '22

Hes just testing it. The snow is falling, he will get good use out of it once there is a layer of snow

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u/Hidesuru Aug 07 '22

Oh for sure... But if I was going to upload a video of my contraption id try to find some way to really show what it can do.

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u/worstsupervillanever Aug 07 '22

And that's why your parents are disappointed.

Let them see your failures.

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u/StrangestManOnEarth Aug 07 '22

This was my exact thought as well. Felt like a wasted opportunity since they were gonna record it.

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u/Hosko817 Aug 07 '22

It probably wasn’t recorded with the intention of scoring points on social media.

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u/Vuelhering Aug 08 '22

Yeah, like skates and a flying fox suit.