So on Monday we should be expecting some more EX-F1 slo-mo goodness, I take it?

TVGenius

Ive been shooting slowmo fireworks all week, been posting them here [view.break.com] did jumping jacks, firecrackers, etc

other fun slowmo footage under my name there too

TheDude06

This video is a gruesome look at the dangers sparklers pose. Children are so distracted by sparkling objects that they will often stand motionless and transfixed when sparklers are applied to their clothes and skin.

dinobuddy

i love gizmodo. more acurately i love places i can see shit blow up. and here I don't get in trouble...

kzooguy

Really? Those look nothing comparable to the M-2000's I have. Whatever that was (quarter stick?) made my stuff look like a freakin' cap gun.

shenanigans61

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: @FredicvsMaximvs: [croak] Honey, can you call 911 on that there cellumaphone? I'm gonna try an find mah thumb now. Oh, and pass me mah beer"....

Mandatory_Field

@FredicvsMaximvs: Ooh I know! "Famous last words".....did I get it right?

jayhawk11

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: "Hey, honey! Hold mah beer and watch this!"

FredicvsMaximvs

@chizelord: And real women get drunk and watch real men blow themselves up.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

Heh, by 9pm and the amount of beer I plan on consuming that'll be my bladder.

More seriously, every time I see a shot like that i think about the RoboCop scene with the guys head and the bat.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@jackfrost132: I agree, real men blow stuff up.

chizelord

I remember watching this done on C-Span many moons ago.

Git Em SteveDave seeks Lego build buddy. How about you?

But blowing up things with other things is an ancient tradition. Why if I were to stop that, I might as well just move to a third world country and live in an opium den.. On a side note, blackcats inside tangerines equal awesome.

jackfrost132

You can use powerful fireworks completely safely. It's just dumbass kids that try to have wars with them or blow up their pet hamster. I refuse to go along with the pussification of America. I for one still have my balls attached.

Kevin1a

i find it fascinating that these fireworks i have never go out. i can throw them in the river/lake and they will still blow. Hazard?

Ryanraven

@dinobuddy: I am somewhat horrified by them too. At a show I once witnessed an adult get seriously hurt by one and then to watch the kids in my neighborhood fire them up... I go out of the way to make sure my cig lighters(fighting to quit smoking) are hidden and out of the way of the destructive force I call 'my daughter'.

I'm not a total wimp, I mean my uncle who has children my daughters age taught his children at 7 to properly handle a rifle (not my daughter, she'd shoot me over my outfit choice), but yeah... saw too many people hurt from them, and too many sparklers burnt out on nearby vehicles.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

i think my driveway has a few permanent smokebomb stains.

kzooguy

@Mandatory_Field: Sowwy, I drank it when I saw your finger fly off.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

LOL, you might just be onto something.

Pixlmonkey

@Pixlmonkey: I represent that remark.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

'tis a shame we can't bar weirdos from having children.

Pixlmonkey

I just love the tourist in the background watching the entire demonstration with a "WTF?" expression on his face. I can't believe they chose the National Mall, a public area where plenty of people can get hit with watermelony projectiles, as the location for this demonstration. Well done, CPSC.

Obligatory Simpsons quote about fireworks: "Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it!"

loudguitars

Leave it to the CPSC to try to convince you not to use dangerous products by demonstrating some of the awesome shit you can do with them. Nobody watched that video and said, "Holy shit, that watermelon represents my head." We all said, "God damn it, where can I get an M-1000, a large piece of fruit, and a high frame rate camera by tomorrow night?" Your tax dollars at work.

superbad

@Elliuotatar: +1

Seems to me like they mix just fine...

SpyderMS

I'm ashamed of you Giz. Exploding watermelons are AWESOME.

+ Watch video

Elliuotatar

Piccolo Pete bombs anyone?

Razoso

Spike the watermelom with vodka and blow up your brother.
(Have a safe 4th.)

Curves

@superbad: I said to myself, "I could make a bigger explosion."

This isn't a warning, this is a competition and their entry is weak.

Metkis

Gallagher's Jericho FTW

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

I sold stuff to two different guys yesterday that would let them "get a little further away" from their fun!

I didn't ask, but it sounded fun. :)

Happy 4th of July everybody!

strider_mt2k

Nothing is so ironic as the government trying to protect us from ourselves as we celebrate our independence. Thanks CPSC, for confirming that the revolution is over.

Boulderlaw

WTB 1200 FPS.

That slo-mo wasn't even cool.

TaitRT

@jackfrost132: dont like the third world comment...
i live in a third world country...
and i definativaly don´t live in a opium den...
but blowing up shit is fun...
always...
btw, now im getting in a destructive mood...

vinchbr

@Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!: I think it would be kind of funny to see one of Gallagher's watermelons booby-trapped (can I still say that here?) with an M-1000 and a pressure switch. That would be good for some laughs. As opposed to most of his act.

ps61318

@vinchbr: i don't know if you used enough ellipses

@Kevin1a: this man speaks the truth

lol123

Remember...

If you use illegal fireworks or
use legal fireworks incorrectly,
the terrorists will have won.

LOVE,
The Gub'mint

DustyButt

@Kevin1a:

"I for one still have my balls attached."

Keep playing with fireworks and that might change....

Just kidding! Well actually it's true, but I agree, removing the idiot factor from a situation in the long run goes farther to make things safe than taking away fireworks. You can injure yourself with a stick or a freakin' glass of water if you're stupid enough.

And now that I think about it, I've got 9 or 10 'firecrackers' left over from the days when I was a sad neglected and angry young man with nothing better to do than gnaw on teen angst and make explosives. I never lit them off because they were getting both highly powerful and highly unpredictable (I started adding things like solid rocket engines and such...never knew if they'd simply go BOOM with smoke or blast fire and flaming debris about 50' from both ends...). Now I don't even remember what's in each one....

OddManOut

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog:

"saw too many people hurt from them, and too many sparklers burnt out on nearby vehicles"

i've never so quickly gone from caring about people's wellbeing to being outraged at automobile abuse.

i dont care how old you are, you leave a burnt out sparkler on my car, and i will hire gangsters to rearrange your face. Explain THAT to the cute girl in your Algebra class, Dickface McCarfuckerupper.

nutbastard

blew up an old cooler the other night, same shit, m-1000. they seriously need longer fuses. i got about 6 feet before plastic shrapnel was peppering my back, as i ran across the street, in slow motion. if theres one thing the movies have taught me, it's that when things are about to explode, it is impossible to avoid running in slow motion.

nutbastard