• SSTF
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    541 month ago

    Don’t use a .50 cal round as a hammer.

    Don’t ziptie a Claymore to the grill of your truck.

    Don’t eat the C4.

    • @SylvartasOP
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      81 month ago

      Don’t eat the C4.

      What if I wanna taste the forbidden dough

      • pelya
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        241 month ago

        Among field troops in Vietnam it became common knowledge that ingestion of a small amount of C-4 would produce a “high” similar to that of ethanol. Others would ingest C-4, commonly obtained from a Claymore mine, to induce temporary illness in the hope of being sent on sick leave.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-4_(explosive)

          • @pivot_root
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            111 month ago

            Group number 2 was certainly in for an unpleasant time.

            C-4 has toxic effects on humans when ingested. Within a few hours multiple generalized seizures, vomiting, and changes in mental activity occur.

              • @pivot_root
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                41 month ago

                Oh, I’m aware. Much like intentionally losing part of your leg to trenchfoot in a desperate attempt to get out of being mowed down by a barrage of bullets or burned alive by mustard gas or chloramine.

                It’s still not a pleasant time, though.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 month ago

            They might be off about the temporary part and possibly the illness part if that turns into injury instead but other than that spot on.

        • @SylvartasOP
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          41 month ago

          Huh. Not as bad as I expected. Also I am somehow not surprised that this has actually been done enough to be documented

          • SSTF
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            1 month ago

            Documented? They print a warning on the block packaging now.

            • @SylvartasOP
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              1 month ago

              Amazing. I feel like there is a similar story (of the “why would you even do that ?” variety) behind this label as with the MAS-36 bayonet hole

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      Don’t use a .50 cal round as a hammer.

      I mean, if you don’t use the primer as the hammer face, it’ll be ok aside from the fact that they don’t weigh enough to drive in a pin/nail. I’d try the bullet tbh, it’ll be the heaviest part, but you’ll really probably need at least like a, idk, 8oz impliment, and one round of .50bmg is about 1.5oz.