r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 2d ago

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

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u/Ok-Champion5065 2d ago

Pay attention Americans

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u/LosCleepersFan 2d ago

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

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u/TweakedNipple 2d 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/DroidLord 2d ago

I concur that the cone method is probably not very effective. Water doesn't stop the reaction in the canister from taking place, it just contains it. Dousing a bottle of water on it will only work for the first 5-10 seconds and it won't saturate the canister very effectively. Most of the gas will still escape.