OT: NYE PSA

JohnInCarolina

Gravity y'all.  Don't forget about gravity.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article123543304.html

bgebrent

We had a youngster die forum this idiocy a couple years ago in Atlanta.

JohnInCarolina

bgebrent said:

We had a youngster die forum this idiocy a couple years ago in Atlanta.

Unreal that people need to be told that bullets fired into the air will eventually come back to Earth, but there you have it.

caliking

Sadly, this is common in parts of India. Especially at weddings. 

caliking

Google "celebratory gunfire India"

JohnInCarolina

caliking said:

Sadly, this is common in parts of India. Especially at weddings. 

Brazil too.  Whenever the football team wins.  Or loses.

SemolinaPilchard

Mythbusters did a segment that "proved" that bullets fired in the air can not kill you. The problem is, they dropped the bullet from a balloon, and showed that a bullet coming down at terminally velocity is going too slow to harm you. If someone fires a bullet straight up, they're correct. But we all know that is seldom the case. I wonder how many people saw that and now figure it is safe to fire into the air?

JohnInCarolina

SemolinaPilchard said:

Mythbusters did a segment that "proved" that bullets fired in the air can not kill you. The problem is, they dropped the bullet from a balloon, and showed that a bullet coming down at terminally velocity is going too slow to harm you. If someone fires a bullet straight up, they're correct. But we all know that is seldom the case. I wonder how many people saw that and now figure it is safe to fire into the air?

I'm guessing the intersection between the set of people who watch "Mythbusters" and those who would think to shoot a gun off into the air in the first place is pretty friggin close to zero.  In fact, it might just be you.

Happy New Year!

JustineCaseyFeldown

They also CLEARLY stated that a ballistic trajectory is the big issue. And that bullets are rarely fired straight up


they never said a bullet fired in the air wouldn't kill you. 

theyolksonyou

I'm gonna go on record with a bullet to the top of the head at terminal velocity is going to fûcking hurt. 

SemolinaPilchard

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

They also CLEARLY stated that a ballistic trajectory is the big issue. And that bullets are rarely fired straight up


they never said a bullet fired in the air wouldn't kill you. 

True, but new people are tuning into the show the all the time, plus some are not paying full attention. No doubt many viewers came away thinking that it is ok to shoot firearms in the air. Yes, the show said everything they needed to say, I just believe it added to the problem. 

bgebrent

It would leave a mark Jason for sure.  That would show on your head

Botch

Just party with protection.
 

 

SemolinaPilchard

JohnInCarolina said:

I'm guessing the intersection between the set of people who watch "Mythbusters" and those who would think to shoot a gun off into the air in the first place is pretty friggin close to zero.  In fact, it might just be you.

Happy New Year!

I have to say, I get a big kick out of seeing how eaten up with it you are.
Happy New Year.

JohnInCarolina

SemolinaPilchard said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I'm guessing the intersection between the set of people who watch "Mythbusters" and those who would think to shoot a gun off into the air in the first place is pretty friggin close to zero.  In fact, it might just be you.

Happy New Year!

I have to say, I get a big kick out of seeing how eaten up with it you are.
Happy New Year.

You're right.  It totally eats me up that folks can be this sofa king we Todd it.

nolaegghead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire

30 cal terminal velocity of a bullet fired straight up is 300 feet per second.  About what a cheap pellet gun fires, except the kinetic energy is much higher because of the higher mass.  Shot between 0 and 45 degrees, it can be much higher.

Don't be an **** and fire into the air.

nolaegghead

SemolinaPilchard said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I'm guessing the intersection between the set of people who watch "Mythbusters" and those who would think to shoot a gun off into the air in the first place is pretty friggin close to zero.  In fact, it might just be you.

Happy New Year!

I have to say, I get a big kick out of seeing how eaten up with it you are.
Happy New Year.

Yeah, John seems pretty eaten up.  Not!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

caliking said:

Sadly, this is common in parts of India. Especially at weddings. 

And Texas.

nolaegghead

SemolinaPilchard said:

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

They also CLEARLY stated that a ballistic trajectory is the big issue. And that bullets are rarely fired straight up


they never said a bullet fired in the air wouldn't kill you. 

True, but new people are tuning into the show the all the time, plus some are not paying full attention. No doubt many viewers came away thinking that it is ok to shoot firearms in the air. Yes, the show said everything they needed to say, I just believe it added to the problem. 

Sad!

JohnInCarolina

Botch said:

Just party with protection.
 

 

Not sure what to think about Rosie O'Donnell being the only one not wearing a hard hat.   Guess she figured she didn't have anything to lose.

JustineCaseyFeldown

SemolinaPilchard said:

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

They also CLEARLY stated that a ballistic trajectory is the big issue. And that bullets are rarely fired straight up


they never said a bullet fired in the air wouldn't kill you. 

True, but new people are tuning into the show the all the time, plus some are not paying full attention. No doubt many viewers came away thinking that it is ok to shoot firearms in the air. Yes, the show said everything they needed to say, I just believe it added to the problem. 

So a show that explains what the danger is, and why, *adds* to the problem?

at no point did they ever say it was safe to fire a gun in the air. 

A person must actively decide to ignore what they said AND inore their conclusion, in order to come away with that. 

active willful ignorance

and those are the same people who would casually shoot a gun in the air anyway

The Cen-Tex Smoker

JohnInCarolina said:

SemolinaPilchard said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I'm guessing the intersection between the set of people who watch "Mythbusters" and those who would think to shoot a gun off into the air in the first place is pretty friggin close to zero.  In fact, it might just be you.

Happy New Year!

I have to say, I get a big kick out of seeing how eaten up with it you are.
Happy New Year.

You're right.  It totally eats me up that folks can be this sofa king we Todd it.

There was a fun band in Dallas in the early 90's named "Sofa Kingdom" Say it real slow).

they had stickers made that had a Red Cross and said "Santized by Sofa Kingdom".  people stuck them in dive bar bathrooms everywhere that were clearly not sanitized by anyone. 

JohnInCarolina

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

SemolinaPilchard said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I'm guessing the intersection between the set of people who watch "Mythbusters" and those who would think to shoot a gun off into the air in the first place is pretty friggin close to zero.  In fact, it might just be you.

Happy New Year!

I have to say, I get a big kick out of seeing how eaten up with it you are.
Happy New Year.

You're right.  It totally eats me up that folks can be this sofa king we Todd it.

There was a fun band in Dallas in the early 90's named "Sofa Kingdom" Say it real slow).

they had stickers made that had a Red Cross and said "Santized by Sofa Kingdom".  people stuck them in dive bar bathrooms everywhere that were clearly not sanitized by anyone. 

This is fine.

stlcharcoal

It's also big in weddings in Saudi Arabia.  Those are out in the desert and they usually shoot a AK into the air......not much to hit out there. 

We have used to have a big problem with it here in STL.  The police chief would be all over the radio and TV with the slogan of "Fun without Gun."  Not sure if it worked, or just gave people the idea to do it--but those commercials/PSAs stopped long ago.

When I was an air ambulance pilot, I would usually have to work New Years Eve night, and I was always refuse to fly into STL if the ETA would put us arriving between 2330-0030.  If we got there early, we would sit for at least 0100, or we would go to Columbia or Springfield instead (maintaining a really high cruise altitude even for night time.)  Never got hit with a bullet, but I did get hit with a large bottle rocket around 4th of July about 15 yrs ago.......I had the doors off and the rotor blade hit it about 3ft to the right of me with "whack!" as it passed through the arc.

SemolinaPilchard

@JustineCaseyFeldown everything you said was true. You said "A person must actively decide to ignore what they said AND inore their conclusion, in order to come away with that." All true, assuming they heard everything, that was my point.

JustineCaseyFeldown

Sorry i am so late on sending out my secret santa present. @littlesteven, i hope someone will be home to sign for it. 

JohnInCarolina

LOL

bgebrent

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

Sorry i am so late on sending out my secret santa present. @littlesteven, i hope someone will be home to sign for it. 

I was hoping for a vacuum cleaner this year

JustineCaseyFeldown

M*A*S*H's Father Patrick Mulcahey (William Christopher) died a half hour ago. 

"Jocularity! Jocularity!"

rip

Botch

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

M*A*S*H's Father Patrick Mulcahey (William Christopher) died a half hour ago. 

"Jocularity! Jocularity!"

rip

2016 is slicing until the last minute...  

henapple

I thought it was "center of mass"?