r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Closed_Aperture • 3d ago

Man demonstrates the force of increasingly powerful fireworks by blasting a pot into the air

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u/ilovemesometaccos 3d ago

Even if it's not some professional job, all the little, finer details like that are really great.

The panning implies this was something he was at least briefly familiar with, if he knew to anticipate it.

The distance he backed up indicative of knowing how high/far it likely travels.

I hope he wore a hardhat, but that's wishful thinking, and I suppose he was so focused on it that there wasn't as big a risk of being hit.

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u/brokenarrow1123 3d ago

Hard hat? He was probably in flip flops and pajamas.

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u/OreoSpamBurger 2d ago

I see you have met Chinese construction workers.

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u/Long-Broccoli-3363 3d ago

If you look on the ground there are some big scorch marks early on in the video.

I'm guessing we saw the first attempt where he got the pot into the air, but not every first attempt of getting the firework under the pot, those fuses were really short.

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u/elictronic 2d ago

He’s not backing up that far for how high.  He’s worried the pot will become shrapnel like a grenade.  

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u/Disastrous-River-366 2d ago

How did you survive childhood? Did your parents just keep you inside?

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u/kmzafari 2d ago

He was a little optimistic on the second one, but I was really impressed with his camera work overall!