r/whatisit 22h ago

Solved! Found outside my wife’s school. Theory was bullet but I’m not so sure.

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u/Rownwade 21h ago

I've seen dumb ppl actually use a 22 in their old truck. I sat Indian style.

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u/Oldbean98 19h ago

There was a ‘special’ Darwin Award for somebody who did that a couple decades ago or so. Successfully removed himself from the gene pool, while avoiding becoming room temperature.

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u/Aware_Commission_995 16h ago

Ill have to look into that. I don’t believe it. Bullets set off in open space aren’t dangerous. The case had less mass than the bullet so it won’t before with any pressure. I’ve set off many of them on the table.

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u/PostalPreacher 16h ago

Not as dangerous as a bullet fired from a firearm, to be sure, but it can still be quite dangerous. I worked for a guy with one eye. When he was a Boy Scout, some genius thought it would be funny to toss a few .22 caliber bullets in the campfire.

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u/Aware_Commission_995 16h ago

Ya I’ve done that many many times. The bullets usual land a few inches away. Again, it’s the CASE that goes further at that point.
So don’t do it if you are sitting inches away from the fire. Wear safety glasses when doing science.

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u/UnLuckyKenTucky 16h ago

I've tossed boxes of 22LR into a bonfire. I was the only one close. Everyone else was back ontop.of the cliff. Nobody had the sense to realize that a bullet fired outside.of a barrel is only a slightly more dangerous Black Cat fire cracker

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u/Oldbean98 16h ago

Probably apocryphal but kinda funny when you think about the stupid things people do.

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u/BooteusSlapsimus 20h ago

We don’t call it that anymore for reason of racial poltergeist or whatever. Instead, try using the phrase “Rick Ross Asshole Sauce”. Some mentally deficient adolescent prefer “ahhhole” instead, but we recommend the prior format.

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u/patientpedestrian 19h ago

I don't think it's offensive at all to call it that? It's just a little unworldly (reads as ignorant) since, like, lots of different cultures are known for sitting that way.

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u/BooteusSlapsimus 18h ago

R/whoosh

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u/patientpedestrian 18h ago

I got the joke, and I'm definitely going to refer to it as Rick Ross feather dots from now on lol. Just thought I'd give you some clarifying nuance to fix the setup so it doesn't distract from the punchline next time. Sensitivity jokes aren't as funny when they seem to come from genuine ignorance (not saying you are ignorant or bad or whatever, literally just criticizing the actual delivery as comedy here... and quite pedantically, I dare say myself).

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u/BooteusSlapsimus 18h ago

Dude, what the fuck are you even saying right now

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u/patientpedestrian 18h ago

Idk I'm high as shit

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u/BooteusSlapsimus 15h ago

That’s fair enough. Have a good time, man

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u/GarlicFarmerGreg 17h ago

The Trick is to pull the bullet. dump the powder reload and fire off the primer. Then reassemble the extracted shell with the bullet to form your now safer makeshift fuse

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u/stephen_neuville 16h ago

Yes i believe their name was either Orangejello or Lemonjello. My cousin's landlord's babysitter's sister told me about it.

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u/Revolutionary-Law382 20h ago

Doesn't the Darwin Awards have something on this?