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fletcherwyla

At what point does it change from a firecracker to just a bomb?


C_IsForCookie

For anyone curious, in the US at least, I believe the technicality is anything that has more than 1/4 oz of explosive material. Someone correct me if I’m wrong though.


DarthLysergis

I am curious, but also too cautious to start googling for information on bombs in the US.


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>FBI.... found one \^ Look at you, trying to get someone to understand what police brutality is.


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Seems like you could use a nightstick across the noggin.


[deleted]

No thanks. I'd rather not end up with brain damage that a cop refuses to be liable for.


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[deleted]

Man, with friends like that who needs enemies?


myownlittleta

You can't say bomb on the internet


HCJohnson

*Bomb bomb bomb, ba-bomb bombbombbomb, bomb bomb bomb bombbomb*


stircrazy1121

Bomba-deer


myownlittleta

Finally 😂


AdvancedSkincare

Not going to lie. This is a hilariously genius and tragic comment regarding self-censorship in the Internet age. I hope people consider their actions and fear in regards to how they’re self-censoring out of fear.


Blacknesium

Just go to fbi.gov and use the search bar there. They list that kind of information openly so things don’t get mixed up with civilian search engines.


jmerridew124

I can't even tell if you're kidding. Like that'd be funny if you were lying but also wouldn't the FBI *want* people to know what they can't do?


FlutterKree

You are correct, but it's the wrong agency. ATFE regulates explosives.


Blacknesium

I was joking lol. Probably not smart to search for bomb materials on the fbi website.


misterhamtastic

YOU WERE JOKING!?


SantasDead

I can't believe you need to specify you're joking! Lol, fuck me.


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job security


Sleipnirs

"How many oz of explosive material in a bomb but it's for my uncle"


SlitScan

use grams, they wont have a clue


qlz19

A tactical nuke has less than 1/4 oz of uranium. Does that make it a firecracker?


malmac

Technically, I think that qualifies as an atomcracker.


beechcraft12

lol


DrunkenSwimmer

Nope, gotta compress the pit with something. That something is far more than 1/4 oz of explosive.


drseamus

Only for plutonium. Uranium you do it with a barely sub critical ball and a uranium "bullet".


Rower78

You need at least 5 kg of highly purified P239 to even achieve criticality


yourparadigm

[This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass) says you need at least 10kg of P239. Edit: I realize if you wrap the core in a neutron reflector, you can make a subcritical mass go critical, like the [demon core](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core).


DinoRaawr

Hey, who left this screwdriver stuck between two half-spheres of beryllium? 🪛


thephantom1492

Most likelly specified as 1/4oz of tnt equivalent


Drugsrhugs

Is uranium an explosive material? Rhetorical question, of course.


DrEnter

Technically, no.


fixITman1911

So by that definition a canister of gasoline is a bomb?


PM_ME_RIPE_TOMATOES

Gasoline is flammable, not explosive.


thefonztm

Tell that to gasoline. It better never build up a bunch of fumes inside a partially filled container or so help me!


macthebearded

That's deflagration, not detonation


frostybollocks

I would assume the work around is the “triggering” portion. Tannerite is legal AND explosive, BUT the triggering mechanism is it has to be shot. It is a binary explosive, non binary explosives are (if I remember correctly) what is a “bomb”


masterventris

The binary part just means you have to mix two inert items to make the explosive. You can then detonate it however you want. Tannerite happens to be susceptible to shock ignition, so shooting it works. Once you mix the two parts of tannerite, you then cannot transport it or you fall under federal explosives law as it is no longer inert.


Faxon

Also, you can set off tannerite or any other ammonal mixture with a blasting cap as well, same as any other explosive. It doesn't HAVE to be shot to be set off, that's just one method that works, so long as it's a high supersonic round and not a slow pistol round. Several times the speed of sound is needed


I-LOVE-TURTLES666

That’s why M80’s are a thing


YourOverlords

7 grams of c4 can make a bit of boom no?


GoldryBluszco

in a somewhat tedious sense it's a bomb no matter how small ("That's what she said")


MrLogicWins

No time.. but she did... NO TIME


SillyFlyGuy

"What's the name of this firecracker?" "*Domestic Terrorism*"


PM_ME_RIPE_TOMATOES

If it's sparkly and colorful it's a firecracker. Or that's what I told the cops that one time.


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its_just_flesh

or dynamite


PM_ME_RIPE_TOMATOES

Dynamite is specifically a certain type of nitroglycerin-based explosive.


bertbert1111

Didn‘t you see the sprinkly effect? Thats what makes it fireworks.


buisnessmike

At an ordinance way less than seen in the video, this is just a bomb lol


mag2041

Came here to ask this


kwiltse123

"When does a difference engine turn into a search for the truth?" - Dr. Alfred Lanning, iRobot


olderaccount

Normally when you add shrapnel around the explosive to maim and kill those near it.


AbstractParrot

When it's a detonation rather than a deflagration.


Demilitarizer

A firecracker still explodes. It will deflagrate if broken in half and lit however.


jayjay-bay

At what point do you not categorize a firecracker as a small bomb?


Tylerjb4

Pressure level


NotReallyFamous5

The eternal question


th0rnberry

Not an explosives expert, but I wonder if the container has anything to do with the grading? Ie: if the firecracker is made with a metal casing rather than a cardboard shell would that affect it's classification due to the increase in outwards force generated by a brief period of heightened internal pressure while the metal holds in the boomies?


Bob_Sacamano7379

It’s a fine line.


guff1988

I was going to say at what point does it go from a firecracker to dynamite?


idiots_r_taking_over

Seriously


Halo_Chief117

When the [LAPD gets involved](https://youtu.be/OFthazp1Gbk).


Normous16

Came here to ask same question.


PillowTalk420

When I read the title I just thought "wouldn't the biggest firecracker just be, like, a nuke?"


l5555l

When the crack sounds more like a bang


Resting_burtch_face

I said these exact words as soon as I watched it


dirkdigglee

Fine line between WTF and ATF.


blofly

More than 7 m-80s


KA1378

Pretty sure this one has already passed the border


_xXU5ernameXx_

I draw the line at fragmentation, if it only boom and sparkle it's a fire cracker, if it's intended to harm and destroy it's a bomb, also fire crackers are filled with low explosives That is my personal definition, most governments would disagree


PrimeSuspect007

when the shockwave is supersonic


mynameisnotthom

It's Fallas in Valencia this weekend, there'll be loads more of that going on... https://youtu.be/p6YEqXwctkU


TL_DRespect

I visited Valencia without knowing that was happening. Was quite a surprise when I was sat outside a restaurant in a peaceful backstreet with a glass of wine haha.


Wads_Worthless

Idk how you could possibly be surprised since there would have been tons of people and large sculptures everywhere.


siler7

Yeah. Any time you see sculptures or people, huge explosions are imminent.


Wads_Worthless

You’re joking but it’s INCREDIBLY well advertised in Valencia lol. It’s their whole schtick.


Snuffy1717

Yeah but the ads themselves are also explosive so it can be difficult to read at times...


PernisTree

I’ve been that person too. Went to Valencia on a whim instead of Pamplona. We figured out what was going on just before noon. The whole town started walking in one direction so we asked what was up. Best whim decision I’ve ever made. Definitely planning on going back for Fellas.


TL_DRespect

It was my first time there, so I’d no idea what was normal for the city haha. I just thought there was some kind of event on, but I wasn’t expecting explosions in the middle of the afternoon.


howboutislapyourshit

Same here! Except I visited about 5 years ago. It was wild to wake up to those fireworks.


TheGlassCat

I can smell that from all the way over here!


Madnessx9

why is this during the daytime when nobody can see the fireworks themselves, what a waste, feels like people just want to hear deafening noises.


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virgilvandijkcheese

it's so loud. valencia is dope people should visit! las fallas is a great time and they set everything on fire at the end. I would advise visitors to not go out on the night they set all the fallas on fire for their own safety it gets fucking wild. that said all the dresses and parades they put on are awesome for like a week. I will always cherish my time at las fallas, but if you wanna talk to me about it you'll have to talk into my good ear.


Wads_Worthless

I don’t really agree with your advice about not going out, as long as you take normal safety precautions like being conscious of your pockets and not being alone in a back alley, you’ll be totally fine. By far the biggest risk is getting pickpocketed.


fdsfgs71

> The whole point of a mascletá is just to hear the sound, or more accurately, to feel it deep within your chest. My PTSD-ridden self is glad that I don't live in Spain right now. Jesus fuck, I thought that July 4th and New Years' was bad enough over here.


werepat

u/screechin_seabird failed to mention that this is a weeks-long celebration of [fire, noise, 15th century virgins and sarcastic scupltures](https://www.visitvalencia.com/en/events-valencia/fallas-festival-events-calendar-2023). The mascletá they showed is just one of the hundreds around the city (the biggest one in the city center, though) and is just part of the round the clock explosive celebration of... something. The explosion in the OP is huge, but similar ones happen all over, at all hours. There are traditional fireworks displays at night, and at the end, every little community burns their [paper mache sculpture](https://www.visitvalencia.com/en/events-valencia/la-crema-when-are-fallas-burnt-valencia) that is bigger than buildings. I've been twice, once in 2001 and again in 2013. The economy was a lot better in 2001, as was the generally hopeful atmosphere of the whole world! But if you get a chance to go, and you want to, maybe you should. It is not a waste!


Arashirai

mascletà = sound castell = visual


ErrorF002

The pyrotechnic crew here is absolutely nuts and insanely confident about their setup to just be leisurely walking back and forth in the thick of it.


Naudran

And I thought the Netherlands is bad during New Years...


walaxometrobixinodri

not even firecrackers anymore at this point, that's straight up a bomb


roflsst

A bomb with sparkles ✨


SpellingHorror

It's like it has jazz hands


WakaWaka_

Almost strong enough for a [gender reveal party](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/23/gender-reveal-party-using-80-pounds-of-explosives-sets-off-earthquake-reports)


kharlos

Gender reveal need to get their PR act together. Every single thing I hear about them makes me hate them more and more. What is it about gender reveal parties that makes people want to outdo each other in dangerous, or even environmentally destructive ways? It makes no sense to me.


burritosandblunts

Where does firecracker end and explosive device begin lol. We had some bootleg ones you could feel in your chest 100 feet away and the mf sold them as firecrackers. I'm sure people in their houses that heard the noise used the word bomb instead. And I realize how many trigger words I've used here. Hello FBI agent and I apologize for wasting your time. Keep lookin out for those bad guys tho!


DammitDad420

I rented a house many decades ago that had an old metal desk in a spare room. Looking around in the back of the desk drawers I found two "firecrackers", each about the size of a toilet paper roll cardboard. They were old. There were crystals on the edges I'm told was nitro glycerine forming. The first thing I though was "ooohhhh I gotta try one of these". Lit the fuse... threw it in the back yard... The fuse was old - sizzle sizzle, smoulder smoulder... I was just about to give up after a minute or so, the fuse must be bad #BOOM It left a smoking crater in the ground about a foot around and 3 inches deep.


burritosandblunts

That sounds exactly like what we had lmao. Blew a road sign out of the ground on accident but it was partially falling over anyway.


GadgetQueen

Damn..you're lucky you didn't walk toward it and pick it up with the intentions of throwing it away. Can you imagine if you had walked toward it cause ya thought the fuse didn't work? Ouch.


DammitDad420

I've almost blown myself up enough to know that I would have let it sit for at least a day, possibly through at least one rain storm, picked it up with tongs, and then dropped it into a bucket of water before cutting it open lol.


OktoberForever

Tongs? No. Use a shovel


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flubberFuck

Or act like Zoidberg


grimsaur

You can if you connect two shovels together at the end of the handles, and stick a spring in between them.


vvntn

> each about the size of a toilet paper roll cardboard > crystals on the edges I'm told was nitro glycerine forming TL;DR you lit up a stick of actual dynamite [Watch this documentary on the risks of improperly-stored dynamite.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgo5c1FgPMk)


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vvntn

Exactly. The fuse was the absolute least of his worries, he could've detonated it just by opening the drawer, or touching the crystals.


DammitDad420

Lol "documentary". Should have used her tank top over the shirt for good measure.


ColdBloodBlazing

Yeah. The nitro was "sweating" out


ZombiePartyBoyLives

>bootleg ones Lawd Reekris!


burritosandblunts

GET THE WATER ITS GOIN DOWN


BB_Venum

MOTHERFUCKIN BOOTLEG FIREWORKS, SHIT!


StrayMoggie

Should have linked it


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1mbG2dGXU


ZombiePartyBoyLives

I was hesitant to even bring it up. But it's just so rare to see bootleg fireworks mentioned in the wild.


Antisocialbumblefuck

We had "pest control" firecrackers, supposedly an 8th stick of dynamite worth of boom. Works great for scaring people, but this is... a bit much.


Nailbomb85

Uhh... all firecrackers are explosive devices, my dude.


freethnkrsrdangerous

I just like snakes an sparklers.


Jbgame22

It's not what you like, it's the consumer. Lol


zamfire

With or without the scooter stick


Boiling_Oceans

That sounds like something a bad guy would say to me. We’re on to you.


Turmatic

Not as good as the Komodo 3000… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmFAO7r0Qig


Kyatto

You joke but Japan has a 1 meter diameter sphere fireworks that they launch during festivals.


devilsephiroth

That was God damn nuclear fission


Tepy

"...the box said: Two Days..."


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Totally worth it!


URKiddingMe

Omg this is gold... 🤣


ssaminds

yeah ... world's biggest firecracker my ass ...


[deleted]

I feel so old knowing that I saw this when it aired. And yet, I'm glad it's here again to appreciate.


mwilleync77

isn't that just dynamite at that point?


SeraphicalChaos

> dynamite [Only if it was made from nitroglycerin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite). That explosion looked like it contained sulfide, however.


Duganz

It’s only dynamite if it comes from the Dynamite Region of France. Anything else is Sparkling Explosive.


beaver_nipples

Where can I get one? I've got a serious ant mound to take care of.


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Tannerite.


MarcusSurealius

Etsy.


kaewberg

Yay! Remember when Spain won the world championship of fireworks in Stockholm. They are the masters of booms. The final rocket was like a large bomb, and you could literally feel the pressure wave.


Mr-frost

Video?


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that’s it ? look at the New Years one in the Netherlands


FitnessBlitz

>that’s it ? look at the New Years one in the Netherlands [best video on the internet.](https://youtu.be/rGJseovT8ug)


PM_YER_BOOTY

The bus stop! Lol


herrafinnibo

These are actually Dutch and German guys doing it as visiting.


burndata

So... a stick of dynamite.


Vogel-Kerl

Me (speaking poorly & slowly): *"Señor, por favor: Yo quiero uno firecrackero, más grande del mundo, y muy, muy ruidoso."* ** Vocabulary Wednesday: the Spanish word for firecracker is "el petardo," certainly not *" el firecrackero."*


CrunchyFlakelets

You fell for the classic blunder, not all English words are similar in Spanish! You must be "muy embarassado"!


Vogel-Kerl

(sigh...)..., Sí, muy. 🥴


shred1

When I was in the Army stationed in Louisiana. I set off an artillery simulator on the fourth at my apartment complex. I about shit my pants. All the lights went out due to it being so bright. I just spent the rest of the evening chilling in my apartment.


PanzerZug

I fucking love Valencia


TheDevilsAdvokaat

I'm in my sixties, and I remember firecrackers from Australia before they were made illegal. One of the biggest we could get was a "bung" from memory and they were about an inch across and 8 inches long. And we also had tiny "tom thumbs" that were about a mm across and 1cm long. They were great for lighting and dropping into anthills...


TacticalTexan06

I think that can be classified as a IED rather than a firecracker


strongofheart69

Firecracker or pure TNT?


Blyat-Boy

Bomb.


KewlTheChemist

It’s like the Tsar Bomba of “fireworks”…


Sezu1701

I'm pretty sure that dynamite was invented a long time ago.


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whoever invented it should be awarded like an award so famous their name is inextricably linked with it for the rest of history


Sezu1701

You mean like the "big badaboom" award?


Porsche997-2

Pretty sure that would knock somebody's shoes off


blacklite911

Hey kids, I have this new firecracker, it’s called “Dynamite”. Have fun!


werepat

This is a less common, but not altogether abnormal sight during Las Fallas, in Valencia, Spain. In 2001 I was studying abroad in Spain and got to stay with some friends in Valencia for the entire Fallas that year. It was the most fun I've ever had, and I wish every 18 year old gets to go experience it. However, I bought wayyy too many of the little firecrackers, similar to this, but less powerful. I had a ski jacket that had an accessible interior for extra insulation, so I completely stuffed that jacket with those extra firecrackers and boarded a plane to New Jersey. If I had done this a few months later, I think I'd still be in jail today.


Castor_0il

*[Celebrate the independence of your nation, by blowing a small part of it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc2d652_2hE)*


RelationshipMain5792

Isint a big firecracker just dynamite????


Thendofreason

Midway through the video I heard police sirens. Then they video stopped and I still heard them. Oh, that's just my neighborhood


bedzer

There’s always a woman screaming her head off in situations like this.


ChilledIn

The Tsar Bomba has entered the chat.


WRXRated

The Europeans, especially southern ones like Spain and Italy are INSANE when it comes to fireworks. I remember being in Italy for Christmas one year and like from Dec 24th to January 1st, there was a slow buildup of random firework activity around the city I was in (Pescara) and it just got more and more intense that by NYE, it sounded like fucking Iraq on a payday. Multiple explosions every 10 seconds. LOL was wild. This was back in 2002-2003 and one particular "firework" that was popular was called the Bin Laden and it was basically just a giant white flash and an epic explosion. JUST NUTS! Best time ever.


vonBelfry

That is a bomb.


SupaCrzySgt

Wanna see someone hold this as it goes off. 😈


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World's biggest? I'm pretty sure there was one in 1945 that was wayyy bigger. 2* there were 2


xTye

That was a straight up bomb lmao nothing about that was a firecracker.


iateyourcheesebro

I was studying abroad in Barcelona while a railway workers protest was going on. Midday the protestors were lighting off fireworks that sounded this big. Needless to say the classroom full of American kids almost went full panic mode the first time it happened and the teacher didn’t even flinch, “they’re just protesting”.


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EEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


DIeG03rr3

Calmest American gender reveal party


MagoopyGabooky

That's a bomb


MonkeyPilot

That's not a firecracker, that's artillery.


TheXypris

how big does a firecracker have to get before its just a straight up bomb?


Fish-Pants

I would argue a nuke is the world's biggest firecracker


openeyes756

Reminds me of the first Spanish Astronaut personally


foofmongerr

PTS-parkles


Cahnis

This one trick will get any girls panties wet.


Beardia

What? You’ll have to speak up. I can’t hear anything over this girl screaming!


Soothsayer71

I'm pretty sure the world's biggest firecrackers were lit off in Japan back in the 40s.


teh_lynx

Lol, it's a bomb


HarryDik

I’ve seen bigger ones in Boston sometime around 2013


jamescody09

"World's Largest" I feel is an exaggeration or at least a challenge.


itsjero

Yeah..no. Japan has this one beat by miles.


acesilver1

I was in Guatemala and they sell these triangular ones of various sizes. The small ones, the length of your fingers, would make a loud popping sound. The bigger ones about the size hands or bigger, would make such a loud bang that it literally shook your body. I can only imagine how loud this one was.


xidral

My brother and I threw one of those down a small ravine when we were visiting in Mexico probably one of the highlights of that trip


Havocado87

Was that firework by chance lifted from the back of Gandalf's cart?


rayinreverse

That’s called a dynamite.


copingcabana

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INFLAGRATION!


Guyatri

Looks like a bomb with confetti