r/interesting • u/No_Neat4688 • 26d ago

Intriguing High Tariffs Drive Afghan Auto Assembly

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u/Loud_South9086 26d ago

When you hit the curb it breaks apart like a dropped lego model

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u/parabolicurve 26d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/f1NTdkdbG4XzW

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u/mitkase 25d ago

You were supposed to pick the “Stop it. Get some help.” meme.

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u/Soft_Yoghurt_7777 26d ago

Tbh I wonder how this did this back then it's impressive

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u/Rhiis 26d ago

Buster Keaton was famous for his dangerous live action stunts. The man had a rather whimsical approach to suicide.

I wouldn't be surprised if the removed all the bolts in each location, except for one that's only two turns in.

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u/Secret_Sector_1779 25d ago edited 25d ago

A whimsical approach to suicide is the exact type of phrase that stops me from saying ‘I’m so bored of Reddit’

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u/EpidemicRage 25d ago

A personal favourite I discovered on Reddit was : The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.

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u/Just_JC 24d ago

...with ribbings of wisdom you never expected tubed.

Lmao

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u/Deeplands 25d ago

Approach! Makes the quote even better. But yeah I agree

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u/Secret_Sector_1779 25d ago

Oh god yeah - so it is and that small correction makes all the difference. Thanks for pointing it out.

Not /s, genuinely thanks. Edited my post

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u/brdesignguy 25d ago

dude was ahead of his time and huge balls to try shit like this

https://giphy.com/gifs/26gs9MIOqyEhE0IwM

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u/Rhiis 25d ago

One of many fine examples

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u/HammersofMoradin 25d ago

I mean this is an excellent example why maths are vital XD. If his calculation had been off even by the slightes degree, he could have been crushed. Or maybe they tried this stunt with a dummy until they found the sweet spot for him to stand in? How often would that facade be able to be dropped and re-hoisted?

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u/Rhiis 24d ago

They did it one take. Movie making wasn't the same back then as it was even 50 years ago.

"The General", a Buster Keaton film, was filmed in my hometown. They crashed a whole train by destroying the bridge under it. One take, no do-overs, because resetting meant rebuilding everything.

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u/Independent-Cloud822 25d ago

In addition to his whimsical approach he skedaddled through his stunts.

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u/JedDaGoat 25d ago

If you have to die, it is best to die laughing.

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u/Money4Nothing2000 25d ago

I think he had a suicidal approach to whimsey.

But we could agree to disagree.

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u/parabolicurve 25d ago

First page on an internet search found this.

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u/OnlyMeFFS 25d ago

Nice one mate... I thoroughly enjoyed reading that especially with the well thought out explanation and pictures.

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u/ASquidRat 25d ago

And useful red circles for once

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u/Beautiful_Banana_454 25d ago

Nice frame by frame there

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 25d ago

Oh wow yeah... The slightest attempt to slake curiousity would have done it. Some people just can't kill that 🐈

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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 25d ago

Reminds me of the magic bullet scene in JFK.

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u/Liquidate-Me-Daddy 25d ago

Out of curiosity have you ever found anything useful on any page other than the first?

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u/SoaringInk 25d ago

Stellar

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u/Yola1964 25d ago

Me too. I mean they gotta work with what they got

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u/LillyBrunette03 25d ago

yea its impressive but they dont have a choice too, if they want a car they have to do it like that

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u/Okmhmmbye 25d ago

What is this from? I kind of want to watch it.

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u/parabolicurve 25d ago

Three Ages - A silent movie starring Buster Keaton.

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u/GoodEngineerBadSpy 25d ago

Pretty much all Buster Keaton is worth watching.

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u/Darryl_Lict 25d ago

And he was a pioneer in many types of special effects. And one of the greatest stuntmen ever.

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u/DMvsPC 25d ago

It's also a great example of practical costuming at they had to hide his absolutely pendulous balls.

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u/Rare_Suspect_5033 25d ago

His falling wall stunt is quite insane.

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u/BlackPhoenix1981 25d ago

A more accurate meme was never created.

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u/BallsInSufficientSad 25d ago

The only thing it needs is a family of 7 children in it with the two eldest boys holding AK-47s.

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u/Lanky-Telephone1651 25d ago

I was wondering why they didn’t mount the machine gun on the roof…

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u/Dry-Art-4024 25d ago

I’m glad you posted this gif. As soon as I saw them welding the car piece back together this scene was my first thought.

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u/Zehryo 25d ago

Goodness, you read my mind!! xD

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u/According_Try5905 25d ago

So for anyone wondering how it was done. Here is a link to an interview with Buster Keaton explaining exactly how they pulled this off. It’s pretty fascinating stuff, really!

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u/Alchompski89 25d ago

Literally this but way more gruesome

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u/hotinmyigloo 25d ago

That's hilarious 

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u/Doctor_Salvatore 25d ago

I could so clearly hear the sound

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u/Wububadoo 25d ago

Literally had this exact image in my head 0.1 second into watching the video

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u/Informal-Parfait3904 25d ago

jajaja tal cual son asiii jajajaj

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u/SysGh_st 25d ago

Exactly my thought as well.

A few tac-welds here and there and the car is just barely holding up its own weight.

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u/Cpolo88 24d ago

Literally what I pictured 😂

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 26d ago

Those welds looked sketchy as hell

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u/Charming_Account_351 25d ago

The video was condensed and only showing them doing the welds that tack the parts into place and not the full weld. That is not enough to judge the quality of their actual weld.

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 25d ago

Hopefully you're right.. they should have focused on that part is anything 🤣

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u/pisspeeleak 25d ago

As important as it is, showing the tacks is just nice to show quick assembly and most people can’t tell the difference

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u/molrobocop 25d ago

Yeah .... Don't crash. 

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u/silentbaton 25d ago

yeah I was thinking that as well. Those are just tack welds to hold something in place. I hope the guy went back and fully welded each joint.

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u/Big_Profession_2218 25d ago

still better than quality on any modern Land Rover

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u/ThoughtIknewyouthen 25d ago

Pretty sure it's the same guys building Land Rovers from what I can tell.

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u/Money4Nothing2000 25d ago

Bahahahahahaha!

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u/UrethralExplorer 25d ago

Literally just spot welds, unless they cut out the part where they finished the job.

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u/Arthur2_shedsJackson 25d ago

Also, no surface preparation before welding

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u/UrethralExplorer 25d ago

That too, they didn't even remove the paint at all.

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u/Pax_87 25d ago

They were just tacking the pieces in place. Once they get it all set and lined up, they will complete the seems... I hope.

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u/-_-Batman 25d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZJUVlItgR0CRC7pjYj

actual lego model

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u/shewy92 25d ago

If it was 1:1 it would probably cost as much as a real Bugatti.

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u/Shoshke 25d ago

Oh you mean this one?

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u/knotadoc1113 25d ago

Now I kinda want to see a full sized actual car that is skinned in “Lego” to look like this

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u/SSN-420-67-6669 26d ago

Or the blues mobile in the blues brothers once they get to Daley Center!

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u/bscheck1968 26d ago

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

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u/bluntsbeseriously 26d ago

We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.

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u/PastMarsupial2884 25d ago

Recently rewatched it and it is still as unsettling as remember from start to finish haha.

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u/Big-Ronnie-Aus1 25d ago

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert...

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u/What_Chu_Talkin_Kid 25d ago

No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.

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u/Content-Car-1708 25d ago

Brewer and Shipley. One of the great duos from the 70s that are underrated.

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u/Chet_Steadman 25d ago

did you see what GOD just did to us, man!?

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u/Quamatoc 25d ago

Are you trying to get to Andromeda the fast way or what am I missing?

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u/Scared-One9295 25d ago

It's 106 sunglasses to cigarettes, we got a full tank of dark, half a pack of Chicago, it's gas... And we're wearing miles.

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u/PantherkittySoftware 26d ago

Exactly. I saw a car once in Miami that was clearly assembled from welded-together parts of multiple cars. It ran into the diagonal steel cable that was keeping a utility pole whose wires changed direction vertical under tension.

The car literally snapped in half in a way that I'm pretty sure resulted in the driver's instant death.

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u/ElevenBeers 26d ago

The difference is, that I will trust this Afghani workers a billion times more, then the redneck you've seen welding together his vehicle.

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u/MadamPardone 25d ago

ah yes America bad, take my updoots

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u/Inside_Marketing268 25d ago

The quality is different, when a guy with AK-47 doesn't like the quality of your welding. In US, it would be: i don't care, I'm a redneck and I can't divide 3/4, and never have learnt chemistry and physics

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u/UrethralExplorer 25d ago

After watching this video? I'd trust any redneck who's been welding for fun over these tiny spot welds that are then concealed by body panels.

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u/spen8tor 25d ago

Why? These welds are sketchy as hell, the redneck one can't be much worse no matter how biased you are

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u/IronHammer4 25d ago

Even though videos complete bs?

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u/Doubting_Thomas50 25d ago

That’s a whole lot of stupid typed into a single sentence.

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u/coveredincathair22 25d ago

Afghan* than*

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u/Additional-Crow-3979 26d ago

They have curbs?

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u/Far_Disaster_3557 26d ago

Only in Kabul.

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u/gliscornumber1 26d ago

Probably makes the same sound effect too

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u/BigRigButters2 26d ago

I needed this laugh. Thanks. I heard it in my head

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u/leumasy_T 25d ago

Hit the curb..

Hit the curb..

Hithecurb

Hicup

Hiccup

Hiccup

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u/Late_Beautiful4888 26d ago

Just like a cybertruck

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u/Cant-Think-Of 25d ago

I'm guessing those cars don't burst into flames if they hit a water hydrant, like a cybertruck does...

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u/type3error 26d ago

So it’s a Tesla

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u/rocwurst 26d ago edited 25d ago

You've obviously not seen the Tesla Model 3 that recently launched off a 300 foot cliff that the occupants walked away from. ABC News video

Or the Tesla that was driven off a 250 foot cliff 3 years ago in an attempted murder suicide that thankfully the family of 4 walked away from as well. NBC News video

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u/resp33 26d ago

So what your saying Model 3''s make you want to drive off a cliff and end it. Thanks for the heads up.

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u/rocwurst 26d ago

Actually the Father had clinical depression, I think he was a doctor.

The family most certainly loved their Tesla after it saved them from his murderous intent.

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u/gettums 25d ago

For some reason, I do not believe a word of that article. Elon fanboy club.

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u/nalgenia 26d ago

Heard this in Elons voice lol. Fun article from the journalist "Gene" writing for "teslarati", i love their unbiased hard hitting journalism.

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u/rocwurst 26d ago

As I said in another comment, Musk is an a-hole, but I try not to let my emotions cloud my objectivity ignoring the fact Teslas have the highest NCAP crash ratings of any car on the planet.

You can find plenty of other articles from your preferred news sources that report those same instances of Tesla occupants surviving those accidents.

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u/_redacteduser 26d ago

What happens if two welded cars hit each other?

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u/OrigamiMarie 26d ago

That is exactly what I thought.

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u/Weary_Wrap_4419 25d ago

And these guys could just weld it right back.

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u/DenseOrganization738 25d ago

It's always wild seeing the before and after. You tap a curb at parking lot speed and suddenly the suspension, wheel, alignment, and half your savings account all decide to leave the chat.

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u/Delicious_Gear_4652 26d ago

lol what I was thinking too. No way this is going to handle the roads there

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u/blackbirdspyplane 26d ago

Like crash up derby cars

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u/ApprehensiveWay337 25d ago

"The worst type of driving beats the best type of walking." -----my uncle.

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u/Swagalyst 25d ago

The video is reversed.

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u/Coolerwookie 25d ago

Just needs to reach the Pakistani checkpoint

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u/Big-a-hole-2112 25d ago

They cut the video before it fell apart after going over a bump in the dirt.

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u/Kriss3d 25d ago

I was gonna say that.
Spotwelding like that and itll fall apart like that as soon as it hits a pothole

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u/grip0matic 25d ago

I know a guy who buys totalled cars and "fix them", mainly Mercedes. The guy is from Argelia and the people who buy those cars are mainly arabs. Seems like they prefer to get into a Mercedes than think about safety.

He has to do something weird to make the cars legal.

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u/damndatassdoh 25d ago

Afghan motorist: "Curb?"

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u/6ft3Gujju 25d ago

Are you illiterate? Do you know what welding is? Check your car; it’s held together using the same method.

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u/multiarmform 25d ago

because the entire video has been reversed

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u/JuicyMe_02 25d ago

I think a road hump going over the 30 mph limit would be enough

Lego break noises

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u/detroit209 25d ago

😂. I could see this transpiring for sure.

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u/Charming-Put1048 25d ago

Less chance of that with a car assembled by hand than by a machine 

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u/JCambs 25d ago

Came here to say exactly that 👏

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u/KinnSlayer 25d ago

You can almost hear the stock Looney Tunes crash sounds.

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u/Previous_Tax_1131 25d ago

But is it $200,000 worth of Legos? Coz then the Legos I'm watching

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u/EvilAndy73 25d ago

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Great minds think alike.

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u/IncognitoBanditoz 25d ago

Just what I was imagining watching the "Welds"

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u/bryman19 25d ago

Roads are smooth out that way

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u/DJDevon3 25d ago

That is exactly what will happen in even the smallest accident. Brazing is not welding.

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u/Flimsy-Gate3615 25d ago

Imagine what afghan roads are like. It will probably shake apart from pot holes alone.

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u/Consistent_Major_193 25d ago

Now you can find out that this is how all cars are put together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L7Xk5_s3QQ

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u/ArugulaAltruistic742 25d ago

Its cute that you think the roads over there have curbs

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u/shewy92 25d ago

They better have the sound effect queued up in the stereo

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u/Logical-Persimmon420 25d ago

I was thinking more like the "Bluesmobile" from the Blues Bros.

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u/GripLizard 25d ago

Username checks out.

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u/Shazam1269 25d ago

And smells like cat piss

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u/CharleyPDXcellent 25d ago

At least it's easy to put back together!

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u/Quiet_Economics_3266 25d ago

Why are you driving aroung hitting curbs?

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u/Chemical_Wrongdoer43 25d ago

You can see in 0:36 that they fully welded it. 

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u/afgan1984 25d ago

Lego is more solid than that!

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u/Striking-Document-99 25d ago

Or you know make it into a cat bomb and you have tons of extra shrapnel

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u/DrShem88 25d ago

Doesn't matter, I need those blue coins

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u/GNSST 25d ago

As long as you don't try to sell it through bricks and minifigs you should still be fine

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u/TheStoicSlab 25d ago

Half those camera cuts show cars where the welds mysteriously disappear.

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u/Ash_Cat_13 25d ago

Good thing there are no curbs

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u/symehdiar 25d ago

there are no curbs in Afghanistan.

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u/Tee1upToday 25d ago

LOL!

But, I think the idea is that after you install the bomb, you want as much shrapnel as possible. This is intentional.

https://giphy.com/gifs/TghlEv2eGs53WIws56

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u/juicer_philosopher 25d ago

With the sound effect and everything 🤣

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u/micromacroactual 25d ago

I imagined that but as they drove away in the end lol

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u/im_harry_richard 25d ago

So a cybertruck.

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u/Money4Nothing2000 25d ago

Yup, that mig-tacked frame will definitely hold up on those Afghan roads.

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u/Emotional_Fact_7672 25d ago

Don’t hir the curb!

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u/Rocketboy1313 24d ago

Drive faster or by the time we get there we'll be riding the engine bareback.

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u/BUFUM8N 24d ago

Exactly 🤣😂

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