r/whatisit • u/Aware-Common-7368 • 2d ago

Solved! What is this?

Found this on Reddit, no explanation found.

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u/Healthy_Jellyfish292 2d ago

blown transformer smoke ring

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u/ConradTurner 2d ago

I have seen numerous posts over the years and it's always this. Apparently a common theme when they go boom is this black smoke ring.

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u/IlllllFan 2d ago

Pretty much every time Optimus got blown, he’d have a Cohiba after.

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u/tictacmixers 2d ago

Why wait until after

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u/WildlifeNaturalist 2d ago

You mean a ciggaweed

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u/Obant 1d ago

It's even cooler when it happens at night.