These mostly made me laugh

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
07/03/2019 at 18:37 • Filed to: None

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Who’s making home-made fireworks?

Don’t blow yourself up this weekend. That would be Tragically hilarious .

DISCUSSION (18)

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 18:45

Lot’s of people make their own fireworks. In most cases, you do not even need a special license to do so (under a certain equivalent amount of black powder, if I remember correctly). I used to dabble back in college. Here is a very good resour ce: https://www.skylighter.com/

As always, use a safety first mindset and read up on best practices before embarking on any inherently dangerous hobby or activity.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 18:56

Wait, #4 said “Never look down a mortar tube. ”

I was legitimately concerned that some US citizens had the really explodey, Band of Brothers kind of mortars.

I am also stupid from time to time ( some of you may wonder how I have the intelligence to live at all ) and it took me a minute to realize that fireworks use mortar tubes.

Anyway , I hope all of my American o ppos enjoy themselves over your holiday, hopefully you get Friday off as well since a four day weekend feels so good.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 18:57

Those were worse than Ronny Dahl’s.

AestheticsInMotion > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 18:58

I’m not saying I’ve made sparkler bombs the size of an old metal trash can b efore. And they definitely didn’t produce a conclusive blast that you could feel from 300 ft away, and light up the night sky like day.

HammerheadFistpunch > gin-san - shitpost specialist
07/03/2019 at 18:59

Even if they aren’t military mortars...its seems the kind of thing that doesn’t need to be said. But then again, the 5 firework deaths last year were from trying to launch a mortar off a body so...

HammerheadFistpunch > AestheticsInMotion
07/03/2019 at 19:00

I mean...who hasn’t right?

WilliamsSW > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 19:02

Pro tip - if you’re going to aim fireworks at people, use Roman candles. They don’t travel as fast and are easier to dodge.

Er, um, so I’ve heard.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 19:03

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 19:24

I also laughed at all of these.

MrDakka > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 19:51

Ammonium perchlorate and some aluminum powder for some fun time

OPPOsaurus WRX > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 21:06

The WCGR (what could go wrong) page of Reddit h as a lot of those and others. It’s hours or laughs

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 21:50

Oh how times have changed. 40 years ago, I remember making skyrocket guns for shooting our fellow students with, in high school metalwork class!

Nixon's Back > HammerheadFistpunch
07/03/2019 at 22:44

Welp I'm inspired. Time to go dumpster diving for mannequins at Sears.

Chinny Raccoon > HammerheadFistpunch
07/04/2019 at 00:52

I have a children’s book from the 50s/60s that teaches you how to make your own.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch
07/07/2019 at 20:22

Don’t look down the fireworks tube? Srsly?

I had to answer questions to register my first firearm in California and they were questions like, “True or False: It’s a good idea to shoot a gun in the air to celebrate because you’re not pointing at anybody.”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AestheticsInMotion
07/07/2019 at 20:26

I didn’t do something rowdier than you didn’t do: when I wasn’t in the Army, stationed in Louisiana, I didn’t pull ammo dump guard duty with a guy who was not my best friend one night. And I did not empty out half a dozen 50-cal rounds into an empty ammo can and I did not light it on fire. And when the impending 30-foot pillar of flame did not light the tree on fire, if any of this really had happened, I’d have been very fortunate indeed. Now, the truth of all this is that when you pulled ammo dump guard duty, merely having a match or a lighter inside the perimeter was enough to get you court-marshalled and sent to military prison. So I’d have never done anything this dumb.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch
07/07/2019 at 20:26

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/these-mostly-made-me-laugh-1836090107

AestheticsInMotion > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/07/2019 at 21:32

Some of the best stories I've heard have been things that didn't happen in the army. Definitely not