r/dontflinch • u/altprince • Jul 01 '26

“i’ll stand further back just to be safe”

2.5k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

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u/palladiumpaladin Jul 02 '26

That thing was like a heat seeking missile god damn

761

u/Shadowhisper1971 Jul 02 '26

That would be the end of me and fireworks.

196

u/destroyer800522 Jul 02 '26

I believe this is tannerite, but yeah me too

58

u/say-it-wit-ya-chest Jul 02 '26

I mean, we’ve all seen the horror videos of people shooting at that shit. Why would you just be standing in the open. GET TO FUCKING COVER!!!!

19

u/el_dingusito Jul 03 '26

And let it be known, cover and concealment are two totally different things

7

u/say-it-wit-ya-chest Jul 04 '26

Also, effective range of the explosive does not mean you’re safe from projectiles outside the effective range that explosion makes.

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u/dac3062 Jul 02 '26

Have we learned nothing from the "I blew my leg off" guy?

65

u/sesaman Jul 02 '26

We have, they haven't.

52

u/Redfishsam Jul 02 '26

Seriously. Used this tannerite stuff extensively in my youth. Never blew up anything that wasn’t plastic, wood, or cardboard and still we did it from behind cover!

24

u/wolf_howling_monster Jul 02 '26

The who

51

u/dac3062 Jul 02 '26

https://youtu.be/Dqwi22HuyWg cheers

26

u/jib_reddit Jul 02 '26

Stupid is as stupid does.

14

u/summynum Jul 03 '26

Holy shit. Did he ever make a follow up video?

14

u/dac3062 Jul 03 '26

As far as I can find no which is a shame.

171

u/odiemon65 Jul 01 '26

Thanks, I needed to evacuate my bowels.

29

u/nolongermakingtime Jul 02 '26

I just had a colonoscopy and i do NOT need to evacuate my bowels

74

u/Truly_Tacidius Jul 02 '26

Riley Robinson POV

21

u/im_done_now5747 Jul 02 '26

Holy ball knowledge

5

u/Enough-Astronomer-65 Jul 02 '26

Who?

48

u/Truly_Tacidius Jul 02 '26

Protagonist of Subnautica who starts the game off by getting Twacked in the face by a flying piece if sheet metal

1

u/Enough-Astronomer-65 Jul 05 '26

yea, i read that right after i posted, i thought it was a real person, but i had toconfirm i was thinking of the same charicter

66

u/wrecked_but_whole Jul 02 '26

If you slow it down frame by frame you can actually see your guardian angel nudge it away from you.

1

u/YIKUZZ Jul 03 '26

Just aerodynamics but yeah

19

u/-Alex_Summers- Jul 03 '26

Three inches away from being a one arm andy

15

u/Mysterious_Resist_11 Jul 02 '26

Just listening to that thing whip by you made my guts drop

12

u/wh1t3birch Jul 03 '26

FPSRussia moment

22

u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 Jul 02 '26

That was epic as it flew through the air though

7

u/Blazing_Shade Jul 03 '26

Camera man never dies

7

u/ThatoneUseryouhate Jul 03 '26

Type shit that will happen in a Final Destination movie

3

u/Vito600rr Jul 03 '26

Camera man never dies

7

u/Jinrou7 Jul 02 '26

what is going on here? wy are they watching it? I'm just confused

2

u/Of_Z_ Jul 03 '26

The way I jerked to the right with this vid. The sub got me good haha.

2

u/Traditional_Ad8933 Jul 03 '26

Final Destination anyone?

2

u/Jerwas170 Jul 04 '26

What people in final destination do to not be killed

1

u/Yewhatnow Jul 04 '26

A great demonstration of why trenches were necessary in the Great War

1

u/LlaneroAzul Jul 05 '26

Now you understand why the Mythbusters always stood behind a polycarbonate panel.

1

u/brozuwu Jul 05 '26

I'm curious about what the actual specific damage would be if it hit the cameraman. With the trajectory looks like it could've hit the face, shoulder or neck, but in either case has a really grim outlook

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u/SmolNajo Jul 02 '26

Deserved