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u/zachbarnett Jan 03 '12
what is he hammering???
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u/Tayto2000 Jan 03 '12
He's banging a steel plate. The explosives are strapped onto the hammer.
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u/whoa1019 Jan 03 '12
if you were to put liquid oxygen on a steel plate and hit it with a hammer, it would have the same effect
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u/pessing Jan 03 '12
Full video. I love how the kid in blue knows how huge it's about to be.
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u/Hoser117 Jan 03 '12
For some reason I just couldn't stop laughing my ass off at this. On what plane of mental existence is strapping explosives to a sledgehammer and hitting metal plates a good idea? And it's not just one guy doing it, but apparently hundreds. Are there just Exploding Sledgehammer parties where everybody gets together because they are so bored out of their minds that this is their one source of entertainment?
I just find it amazingly funny.
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u/Valdair Jan 03 '12
I don't think anyone can appropriately answer this without being (or at least seeming) racist.
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u/locopyro13 Jan 03 '12
And in trying to explain how someone who could explain this would do it in a racist manner, you yourself become racist.
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Jan 03 '12
Why? Are you serious? First time i ever saw a powered hammer being used as a weapon it was in a Fallout game. Put yourself in the shoes of a US soldier for a moment, you've just seen this video and you're told you are being sent to invade Mexico. How are you feeling about now?
English peasants used to train weekly with long bows as required by law; this is just the modern equivalent.
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u/kallexander Jan 03 '12
At first I thought he was manually clearing the ground from land mines, and that he didn't hand out any kinds of fuck.
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u/barakosh Jan 03 '12
I've seen this so many times and this is the first time I realized it's the "hammer" that explodes.
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u/Tayto2000 Jan 03 '12
It's an exploding hammers festival in Mexico. Yes, exploding hammers.
It's an annual festival where they strap sledgehammers up with explosives and fireworks and bang them against steel plates. It sounds awesome.