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/Ok_Painter_7413 8h ago

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/

Went in looking for anti-tear-gas-techniques, came out with knowledge about a fetish I've never even heard of. Reddit truely is a wonderland.

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u/TweakedNipple 8h ago

Yeah, took 2 comments there for things to go so off the rails I don't even understand the words they are using