most cones are slightly elevated and the water would just run out.
i think the large bucket was the preferred containment
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I watched a live stream from NJ yesterday. The homies were quick to throw a cone on a canister, and 2-3 liters of water were quickly applied. It did not seem to make any difference. I would guess there is a difference between what is being deployed by feds in the US and whatever they were using in HK. Leaf blowers or leather gloves for returning them to the sender are probably more effective options for us.
Kerosene, if we burn you burn with us!
Is there nothing VLC can't deal with??
HDR if you are into that, idk I am more of an mpv person nowadays
My head, you are in it. Also in danger. But that comes with the territory.
That last frame looks like the cone blew its load after getting smoke up its ass.
What a terrible day to be literate.
Someone get that cone a cigarette, stat
Smoke up yo ass isn't the problem the man says it is. One generally can't achieve enough pressure with human lungs and lips alone. really, you end up blowing a seal before you pop a tire
I am not a doctor I'm just talking out my ass so go nuts really.
Or is that the smoke that is coming out of it?
I wonder if just carrying the cone upside down with a water balloon already inside and then dumping it overtop would work.
I think they tend to get hot so would probably pop water balloon quickly to smother with the water.
Nah, same like you can't light a rolled paper filled with water but cook the water instead. The water equalizes the temperature before the sueface gets too hot.
Could work. I'd be worried that it would pop prematurely
(Okay, yeah. This method is less likely to be successful, I suppose. But it's a lot more fun.)
Forget tennis. Think lacrosse.
Yes, but you gotta be careful if you're going to pick one up and then use this technique. Those things get burning hot. You'd need thick gloves, or you'd need to hit it first shot.
This is something I learned from the Hong Kong protests over the 2018 national security act. Of course I had to learn it by watching footage of the brave people having to do it live.
Oven mitt and a water bucket. you can fit multiple in the bucket and it is faster.
Easier to carry traffic cones
Also there might even just be…be some hanging around…
Even still, the bucket and all is cool too! Nice to have options, for flexibility. :3
All an oven mitt is doing to these is melting them into your flesh. These things get to more than 1200° F. Hotter than any glove you can buy is rated for sustained contact with. Welding gloves are just enough protection to guarantee you never use your hands again, but they probably won’t have to be surgically removed.
Standard tear gas canisters cannot be extinguished with water either. Pouring water into an enclosed space with a small opening is only going to create superheated steam jetting from the top.
This post is purpose built to get people horrifically injured.
Welding gloves should work fine, tho, esp. given the time period is rather short
I'm sorry, but your understanding of physics is incorrect. Water has a very high heat capacity. A tear gas canister is made of thin metal. It won't flash more than a few drops of that bottle of water to steam before cooling down.
Also, if it did, traffic cones aren't nailed down, are they? It would explode out the sides.
Thirdly, I have personally seen people with gloves grab tear gas canisters and throw em back. They don't keep hold of them for very long, and their gloves aren't damaged.
Leaf blowers can also be used
Idk, wouldnt they just end up getting confiscated?
Not effectively. The amount of dispersed chemicals is going to spread far beyond what a leaf blower could push back. Even an entire front row of leaf blowers isn't going to be effective, because they don't just launch these in front of you. Are you going to leaf blow the gas towards the back of the crowd when you turn around?
THROW THEM BACK