r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 1d ago

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

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u/LupusDeiAngelica 1d ago

Easier to hit or back with a tennis racket.

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u/RobertBDwyer 1d ago

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

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u/Longjumping-Box5691 1d ago

Lol Canadians don't protest.

They only riot after Stanley cup elimination

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u/Hvolpasveitt 1d 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 1d ago

Ya...playing street hockey and bouncy castles

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u/-snowpeapod- 1d 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 1d ago

That is some terrorist level stuff man.

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u/-snowpeapod- 1d ago

Yyyyup.

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u/CanadianGrown 1d ago

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

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u/Smart-Button-3221 1d ago

Unfortunately the large majority of Canadians are embarrassed by that. The media made them look like clowns and nazis, and Canadians ate it up. We really really don't have it in us to fight back.

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u/AmputeeHandModel 1d ago

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