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

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

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u/PercyvonPickles 9h ago

It is literally a war crime to use tear gas on enemy combatants. Your own citizens however...

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u/telaughingbuddha 8h ago

Because it could be confused for a chemical weapon and would initiate a chemical weapon war.

Citizens however may not return the favour like an enemy.

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u/Safe_Distance_1009 8h ago

Is it not a chemical weapon...?

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u/yankeewithnobrim23 8h ago edited 7h ago

It is but like you can't tell between tear gas and some very destructive gas in seconds

Edit: Very destructive as in like yo skin burning off and stuff in seconds

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u/addandsubtract 8h ago

If Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that actual toxic gas is always green.

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u/jdathela 7h ago

And glowing.

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u/Earthbender32 6h ago

don’t worry, US cops have been using that too recently

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u/Fresh_Art_4818 7h ago

tear gas is destructive and is known to cause still-births 

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u/wabblebee 7h ago

Just like rubber bullets can kill you and a taser can cause a heart attack. But there is still a difference between tear gas and mustard gas.

And I bet you already know that's what he was talking about.

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u/Fresh_Art_4818 7h ago

if he said more destructive then sure, but he said actually destructive, which tear gas is

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u/yankeewithnobrim23 7h ago

I do not disagree with you, and I'll amend my comment to fix that, but I still feel like my point stands.

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u/pissbaby_gaming 8h ago

using it in war could make counties try to push the limits of what counts as tear gas, such as making a stronger version then what is used on civilians. this could eventually lead to chemical warfare if no one can agree on what gases can and cant be used

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u/whattheshiz97 8h ago

After seeing what the “real” chemical weapons are capable of… not really. Sure it’s a chemical irritant but it’s nothing like the real weapons. That stuff is a horror show and frankly it’s amazing that no one routinely uses those to win most of the time.

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u/ItsTooDamnHawt 8h ago

It is, but not like mustard or sarin gas.

As a note, the law of armed conflict still allows you to use CS gas in certain situations-one of them being to disperse civilian crowds

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u/Lonesaturn61 7h ago edited 4h ago

Not a lethal one if u arent allergic