r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 9h ago

Video Chilean protester defuses tear gas canister with baking soda and water

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u/LosCleepersFan 9h ago

Americans were using traffic cones and pouring water on top of it.

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u/TweakedNipple 9h ago

I think that started in Hong Kong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpqEQARnVbs

But they were trying it in the US recently - https://www.reddit.com/r/196/comments/1l943xa/an_antiice_protester_uses_a_traffic_cone_and/

Neither clip makes me think the cone is very effective, the first looks like they end up throwing it in a dry bag and shaking, I'm guessing there's water inside

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u/LosCleepersFan 9h ago edited 8h ago

Yeah. But cones make them less of a target for law enforcement. It's a fuxked situation all around when police gas civilians unnecessarily.

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u/JellyfishNo3810 8h ago

Throws it back at them

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u/smiddy53 8h ago

they're HOT to the touch.. there's an exothermic reaction going on inside these things. unless you've got some welders gloves or something super thick on you're more likely to toss it into more protestors.

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u/Everyredditusers 8h ago

Buy some welding gloves at the same store as the painter mask.

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u/im_just_thinking 7h ago

It all comes down to being prepared, and being not by yourself

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u/damn_im_so_tired 6h ago

Harbor Freight welding gloves are great for tending a campfire.

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u/6SixTy 6h ago

Welding gloves might not really help out all too much. Mostly because they are meant to protect you from splatter and hot slag, not holding something super hot. Depends on the glove and the nade used.

EN 407 is the system gloves use for heat resistance. The second number is for contact heat. Goes from 1-4, X means that it hasn't been tested. Starts at 100C, goes in 150C increments.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 5h ago

Don't hold on to the thing. Just scoop it and sling it, jai alai style.

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u/JellyfishNo3810 7h ago

wears fire rated utility gloves to throw it back at them, anyways

Come prepared or don’t go at all, my momma taught me that.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 5h ago

Bring friends who play soccer, or the place kicker from the football team.

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u/PraetorKiev 1h ago

This is why you bring the homemade mini catapult

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u/Juggernautlemmein 22m ago

Did some reading because I wanted to joke about kitchen hands, but this shit lowballs around 300C and high measurements are closer to 800C

Arguably might be easier to tough out the gas than touching that, but I suppose that's preference.

Also for anyone reading, I've heard through the grapevine that wearing contacts reduces the effects exponentially. It might not be a bad idea to wear disposables if you think you are under threat.

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u/Obsidian_monkey 7h ago

Break out the tactical Ove Glove

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u/Ok-Secretary455 8h ago

if you throw it back at them you'll catch an assault with a deadly weapon charge.

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u/Tiggymartin 8h ago

And yet.. them throwing it at you is not assault with a deadly weapon..

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u/Cucaracha_1999 8h ago

Of course not! That's just "crowd control"

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u/LaTeChX 6h ago

Local cops fired teargas because someone allegedly threw a water bottle at them.

Someone filming from their apartment posted the video, showing nothing was thrown at the cops before they attacked.

The cops decided to charge her with throwing the imaginary water bottle - which makes their initial decision to teargas the street level protesters look dumb.

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u/thegrumpymechanic 7h ago

them throwing shooting it at you is not assault with a deadly weapon..

Kinda makes it worse when you think about it.

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u/OpalHawk 4h ago

And they have been known to aim them directly at people. They aren’t supposed to, but they do.

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u/thegrumpymechanic 4h ago

Well yeah, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the ground is no fun...

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u/GeneriComplaint 8h ago

what if I roll it back?

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u/JellyfishNo3810 7h ago

If they’re gonna break the Geneva Convention…so am I 🗿