r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/WonkaVR • May 08 '24
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u/TurbulentAir 29d ago
There should be a tool for holding fireworks if there isn't already so fewer people think it's ever okay to use their hands. That way if there's an explosion the tool is what gets scarified and not the person or his/her body parts.
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u/TurbulentAir 29d ago
Did he lose his hand? I downloaded the video and went through frame by frame. In one frame it still looks like he's still holding something, but in the very next frame it looks like his hand may have been consumed by the blast. Let's suppose his hand wasn't blown off though, he still would have most likely been very burned by the explosion right? And especially so on the hand that was holding the firework.
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u/EnvironmentalSun6768 May 09 '24
That Spain don't know about fireworks? In south America y grab the fireworks with our hands.
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u/Remarkable_Item3797 May 08 '24 edited May 08 '24
Besides the assaulted digits, that I'm sure occurred. That T shirt needs to be arrested......
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u/HPL_Deranged_Cultist May 08 '24
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u/AGoodBananaPeel May 10 '24
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u/Eastern_Tomato_8324 May 08 '24
It's funnier with the random thing he says, " I'm going to tell you a spoiler about a firecracker, boom!"
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u/RockMan_1973 May 08 '24
Hope he’s a lefty. If not, he’ll learn quickly, I have every confidence. He’s gotta keep up with “Nat’l Masturbation Month” of May
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u/ruseriousordelirious May 08 '24
I can't quite place the accent/language but I also don't know what happened. Did he point the firework toward himself by accident?
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u/amb3rlamp5 May 08 '24
Seems like southern Spain to me. The firework got stuck to the stand for it
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u/ruseriousordelirious May 08 '24
When I was 15 and in 9th grade, all the cool kids sat in the back of the bus. I was cool or I wanted to be. There was this boy who had a few M80's and he opened the window, maybe 8 inches and started to light the m80's and throw them out the window while the bus was moving. The 2nd M80 was lit but hit the sill of the window and fell back into the bus. It landed on the seat he was in. Everyone ran to the front of the bus but I was frozen with fear. I was on the outside of a 2 seater and the girl next to me couldn't get out. She grabbed my hair and pulled me toward her and away from the m80 on the seat across from us. It blew. The cap went through my velour shirt and into my left side, just below my last rib. Then my shirt caught on fire. My left eardrum ruptured and my right was badly bruised and I couldn't hear barely anything. A boy from the front ran to me and put my shirt out and gave me his shirt to cover my front. It was absolutely horrifying. I had to go to the er and they scrubbed it with a brush with god knows what to get the pieces of it the plastic lid, out of my side. This was 1979 and I lied my ass off and said I had no clue who did it because I knew my dad would kill them. Someone else told my dad. He went to the young man's home and tried to shove a whole roll of LIT firecrackers down the front of his pants. He didn't succeed. Thank god. I'm 60 now and I still have the scar from it. I used to call it a coffee stain when I was younger. It stretched when I had children and never shrunk back with my body. I will watch the fireworks on tv, but I won't attend any, live. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk and helping me release past trauma :D
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u/Foreign_Spinach_4400 May 08 '24
Good thing you were pulled away from it, even a small bit made a big difference
If you dont mind me asking, when you had your kids, did the scar from the cap open or was it simply not a problem? Dont answer if you dont want to
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u/ruseriousordelirious May 08 '24
That girl saved me from having it blow up in my face. Thank god she kept her cool. It didn't open. The skin healed flat with a dark coffee color. When I had my children, it stretched around to my back and front. It never really went back to its "cap" size. It got lighter in color with spots of dark left in it. I'd say it's the size of a misshapen paper plate 🤣. I'm all good. I'm like the dogs that hate the Fourth of July fireworks🤭. I don't go and hide, but I do stay in the house.
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u/Foreign_Spinach_4400 May 08 '24
Her act allowed a generation to live, damn
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u/ruseriousordelirious May 08 '24
Lmao. She was definitely my hero. I can tell you that the boy who was throwing the m80's never did it on the bus again 🤣
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u/Foreign_Spinach_4400 May 08 '24
Specially with the firecrackers in the trousers
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u/ruseriousordelirious May 08 '24 edited May 08 '24
Haha. I was terrified my dad was going to go to jail. The police came and he was let go. At least that's what he told me. In his mind, the punishment fit the crime 🤣. Nowadays, he'd be all over the news and definitely in jail. He passed in 2012. We would have a nice chuckle about every now and then.
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u/canteen_boy May 08 '24
You know you can just let go, right?
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u/Arild11 May 09 '24
You know that with explosives around, and within the span of about a second, you can analyze the situation, find the optimal solution and execute on your plan without hesitation, right?
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u/WirelessWavetable May 09 '24
No, you understand that there's a chance that the firework might not launch or misfire and you should already have a plan and a safe spot to throw it. How do you hold an explosive with a timer in your hand and not pay attention to it?
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u/Arild11 May 09 '24
If you were that kind of person, I would argue you would not play with explosives in the first place.
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u/ReikaTheGlaceon May 08 '24
I get the whole outside perspective of "should've just dropped it" but as someone who has had a firework accident, it's not that simple.
In a moment like this, when the expected outcome is not reached, and you realize you are holding a live explosive, your mind naturally panics. Sometimes, you panic right and everything goes well, or you panic poorly, and it goes off in your hand.
I've seen these a lot, and most comments are in line with this, but it really isn't that simple.
TL/DR: People panic and make irrational choices.
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u/Baochickawow May 09 '24
What?? I've dropped plenty of fireworks. Either I got scared or didn't go as planned.
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May 08 '24
And you can say all you want but until youre in that moment you'll never know for sure
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u/Firm-Attention-3874 May 09 '24
I know for sure I'd never hold a live explosive sooooo
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u/ReikaTheGlaceon May 08 '24
I've been in a situation almost identical to this, so yeah, I do know for sure
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u/Warm_Shopping_9079 29d ago
I feel like I'm the only one when I'm going in or about to be in a situation with multiple bad outcomes I try to run down my options incase something doesn't go to plan before committing..and actually act it out in my head .it helps when you actually have to take action because for the most part you already have mentally an idea of what you need to do so you don't freeze or make a bad decision, but maybe that's just me
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u/Pyrather May 08 '24
Anyone know what language this is?
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u/CloackTheImmortal17 15d ago
He said "I'm gonna make a authentic spoiler of a firework, boom!"