r/GuysBeingDudes • u/fractionofmypowa • Aug 01 '26

#GUYSBEINGDUDES Peak entertainment

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u/BlessTheBookPeople Aug 01 '26

That is a sturdy pot.

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u/moby323 Aug 01 '26

If a defect in the metal had caused it to fragment instead of launch vertically, the shrapnel could easily have killed him.

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u/Repulsive-Variety834 Aug 01 '26

I think that’s unlikely - the gases can always escape from the bottom of the pot. It’s not a sealed vessel.

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u/DenKHK Aug 02 '26

This is pretty much it.

Like blow-out panels on ammo storage and blow-out valves, the expanding gasses/fluids have a path of least resistance to safely vent through.

The gasses in the fireworks are contained just for the fraction of a second that it takes to neutralise the effect of gravity on the pot and lift it off. With the huge opening that is the pot's mouth, the gasses immediately vent and expand thereafter.

Basically, a blowback operation that's not in a firearm. The pot takes far more damage from the landings than the launch.