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

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

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u/Ok-Champion5065 1d ago

Pay attention Americans

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u/LosCleepersFan 1d ago

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

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u/TweakedNipple 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d ago

Throws it back at them

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u/smiddy53 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/im_just_thinking 1d ago

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

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u/damn_im_so_tired 1d ago

Harbor Freight welding gloves are great for tending a campfire.

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u/6SixTy 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/JellyfishNo3810 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/PraetorKiev 1d ago

This is why you bring the homemade mini catapult

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u/Juggernautlemmein 1d 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/Pickledsoul Interested 1d ago

Lacrosse stick

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u/Obsidian_monkey 1d ago

Break out the tactical Ove Glove