• @[email protected]
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    They’re self rising Pillsbury biscuits (or similar). Not what Americans call cookies that Brits call biscuits

    And yeah, they come in a tube. The plastic/papery wrap is structural to keeping the pressure on them. It’s pretty neat packaging design. This is the first I’ve heard of the little pop being considered scary though

    • @MutilationWave
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      Hyper sensitive people can be terrified of them. It’s kind of funny in a mean way, like tossing a firecracker at an unsuspecting friend.

      • @lolrightythen
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        138 days ago

        Tossing a lit firecracker at an unsuspecting friend is a bit beyond mean.

        And the biscuit tube is frightening. Sometimes, I chase my girlfriend around with a half-peeled one.

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          Surely that attachment is significantly stronger than the sidewall. Even if you tried I think you’d just split the sides along the spiral impression and couldn’t launch the top

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              I always wondered why the instructions were so emphatic that it specifically be opened by pressing a spoon against the side of the seam and today I learned its because this guy keeps trying to lose an eye and they don’t want to be held liable for that.

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          Sounds fun to me. I would laugh if it happened to me.

    • aviationeast
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      People with broken flight or fight responses (usually due to trauma, not always involving loud noises) hawe issues with the loud pop, even when you know its coming causes the flight or fight response and takes a lot of effort to calm yourself down.

      Its not scary per se, its aggravating a broken somatic response.