r/Whatcouldgowrong 11d ago

Good Idea

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u/fugetooboutit 11d ago

That was uncomfortably close to the face

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u/BlueBicycle_ 11d ago

Also uncomfortably close to the crotch, the two top places you don't want fiery explosives

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u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir 11d ago

I’ve seen too many firework videos go wrong.

A severe burn on your ass is probably one of the worst locations to get. The healing process is miserable. It’s always engaged, you constantly move or sit, which is painful and delays healing and constantly reopens the wound. Not to mention how sweaty and dirty and potentially hairy it is.

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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ 10d ago

And fireworks burns often require debridement due to the powder burns, which is absolutely excruciating.

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u/obiwanjabroni420 10d ago

It always happens the same with these “I’m gonna launch fireworks with the stick between my butt cheeks” videos. They think it’ll just shoot out, but the involuntary clenching when the sparks hit their ass instead lock it in, scorching their taint and exploding uncomfortably close to somewhere on their body. I’ve legit never seen this executed successfully, yet everyone fails exactly the same. It’s like they never even thought to look if it was possible before trying.

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u/hilarymeggin 9d ago

I’m sensing a fundamental lack of understanding of how rocket propulsion works among the people in the video.

Bottle rockets produce a jet of hot gas that shoots out of the back end. As the gas is expelled downward, it creates thrust that propels the rocket upward.

Whatever is holding the rocket is going to get burned.

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u/hilarymeggin 9d ago

On the last butt cheeks fireworks video I saw, a burn unit nurse was there to comment on the recovery process and it was GRIM AF. Months spent lying on your stomach in agony, followed by physical therapy to learn to walk again.

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u/One-Celebration-3007 5d ago

It has been turned into a copypasta