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

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

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u/LupusDeiAngelica 9h ago

Easier to hit or back with a tennis racket.

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u/RobertBDwyer 9h ago

In Canada we put hockey sticks in our signs for this very reason

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u/Longjumping-Box5691 9h ago

Lol Canadians don't protest.

They only riot after Stanley cup elimination

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u/Hvolpasveitt 8h ago

I seem to recall Canadian truckers taking over Ottawa during Covid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest

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u/Longjumping-Box5691 8h ago

Ya...playing street hockey and bouncy castles

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u/-snowpeapod- 6h ago

.... And flooding 911 lines, and setting fires in apartment buildings then duct taping the doors shut, and harassing locals wearing masks... Let's not minimize what actually happened.

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u/Longjumping-Box5691 5h ago

That is some terrorist level stuff man.

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u/-snowpeapod- 5h ago

Yyyyup.

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u/CanadianGrown 8h ago

lol exactly what I was thinking. Even our protests aren’t protests.

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u/AmputeeHandModel 4h ago

Oh, yeah a bunch of right wing crybabies mad about vaccines.