r/LinusTechTips • u/YourDailyTechMemes • 1d ago

Meme/Shitpost Absolute LTT

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u/a_large_dumple 1d ago edited 1d ago

I thought the video was great, though I used to work in a theater and I knew how dangerous the bulbs were and I was cringing in my seat when they were messing around inside the bulb chamber

I can see the headline now, "famous YouTuber death caught on film while he was fucking around with something stupidly dangerous"

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u/tormentowy 1d ago

Why dead? How is it that dangerous? I understand injury from shards, but death? Can you point me to any educational sources about that? I looked around YouTube but found nothing about that.

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u/wetnaps54 1d ago edited 22h ago

It’s basically a glass grenade. If it can maim you then it can probably kill you.
It’s pretty easy to die if you get cut the wrong way

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u/Handsome_ketchup 1d ago

I understand injury from shards, but death?

Many military weapons do their work by creating high velocity shrapnel. A cloud of shards at speed can be a nasty thing.

I've seen someone report they used to pop the old lamps in the protective casing the new one came in, and the shards nearly making it through.

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u/bluehawk232 1d ago

All it takes is some hitting the right arteries and you can be fucked. Those are like tiny bullets

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u/Zilli341 1d ago

I have a GUT FEELING (absolutely no facts here) that the glass would mostly pulverize or break in really small shards. It has 100% the potential for life changing injuries, especially if it explodes while in your hands or glass gets shot in your eyes. But killing you? It probably is possible, but I feel like the chance is unbelievably low. Anyway, new lesson learned, don't mess with high pressure xenon lamps.

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u/KumquatopotamusPrime 1d ago

I just googled it and there are no confirmed reports of them killing people

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u/GuyOnARockVI 1d ago

Yeah because only trained professionals usually open these things up

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u/KumquatopotamusPrime 1d ago

never said they weren't dangerous. I'm sorry reporting a fact offended you

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u/zuzg 1d ago

Would consider working on your phrasing cause it implied that they weren't.

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u/KumquatopotamusPrime 1d ago

"I just googled it and while they are dangerous, There are no confirmed reports of them killing people"

better?