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[–]praetor- 224ポイント225ポイント  (20子コメント)

Any questions?

Am I supposed to be convinced of something here?

[–]cuntpunisher 187ポイント188ポイント  (1子コメント)

Make sure you hit your airbag switch on time in the event of an accident, or things could go bad for your watermelons.

[–]Industrious_Villain 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

Careful, that switch goes off for literally no reason.

[–]Mirashe 81ポイント82ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yes. Any other question?

[–]Sopixil 33ポイント34ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yes actually, so do I die before or after my head turns into a watermelon?

[–]nemanjamil96 9ポイント10ポイント  (5子コメント)

This would prolly be a campiagn for wearing seatbelts especially while the airbag is turned on. If you don't you hit the dashboard too early and the airbag does more harm then good.

[–]whatdhell 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

Most new cars turn off the airbag if the seatbelt isn't buckled. I could be wrong.

[–]MadMageMC 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

That seems... counter intuitive.

[–]whatdhell 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well I would guess that an airbag is ineffective if the person isn't buckled?

[–]eagleabel33 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm pretty sure it has some kinds of sensor on the seat to tell if someone is on it.

[–]whatdhell 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

On honda the seat belt buckles for both from seats have switched in them to show if the seat belt is buckled. If it is not, the airbag for that seat doesn't deploy. The passenger front seat has a weight sensor in it and a sensor in the seat back. These are used to tell the size of the occupant and wether or not they are leaning into the side airbag deployment area. Also the drivers seat has a switch that will turn the airbag off if you are too close to the steering wheel.

[–]chocol8wasted 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

I was getting the impression that it was a car company trying to assert that they were superior to some other car companies for having reliable timing on their airbags

[–]xaronax[🍰] 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

IIRC it is a Honda commercial trying to tell you to buy genuine Honda parts. Which you should, because China makes every goddam thing now, and it's usually fucking awful.

[–]whatdhell 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think this is the correct answer.

[–]gaspah 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

yes that timing your airbag 7/100ths of a second later will make your crash 10000x more awesome!

[–]MadMageMC 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

But only if properly filmed in ultra slow motion from multiple angles and with a condescending question at the end.

[–]ManWithYourPlan 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

"See, this is why airbags!"

[–]iamnomoney 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes.

[–]acery88 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I read it in a german accent.

Any qvesssstions?

[–]sacrosanctt 120ポイント121ポイント  (3子コメント)

Any questions?

Yes. Where can I purchase one of these watermelon atomizers? The air quality in my apartment has insufficiently low watermelon parts per million.

[–]xaronax[🍰] 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

You already own at least two I bet.

[–]BoristheDragon 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Wait...if it were insufficiently low then wouldnt that mean its too high and you want to lower it to make it sufficiently low?

[–]sacrosanctt 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hmm... You might have a point. But I already turned off my brain for the day. Sorry :(

[–]Justicles13 237ポイント238ポイント  (6子コメント)

I hope mine are late. If my head explodes that means I don't have to pay my $1000 deductible

[–]TheViper9 29ポイント30ポイント  (2子コメント)

I hope mine are late so I don't have to deal with all this shit on the road.

[–]Advorange 19ポイント20ポイント  (1子コメント)

You'll turn into some shit on the road.

[–]TheViper9 26ポイント27ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

[–]Half-cocked 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

Mind = blown.

[–]himbimbly 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

[–]howdareyou 68ポイント69ポイント  (7子コメント)

Yeah I have a question, is my airbag built by the lowest bidder like my ignition switch was?

[–]joegringo 29ポイント30ポイント  (6子コメント)

Yes. Yes it was.

[–]BitterAtLife 10ポイント11ポイント  (5子コメント)

I remember reading about this. Any links?

[–]joegringo 18ポイント19ポイント  (4子コメント)

TLDR; Takata made a bunch of faulty airbags, for just about every car made since just about forever. Instead of an airbag, people were getting face-fulls of metal shards. Which is just about the opposite of what an airbag should do.

Consumer reports has a nice little timeline and breakdown.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/10/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-takata-air-bag-recall/index.htm

And the NHTSA has an affected vehicles list.
http://www.safercar.gov/rs/takata/takatalist.html

[–]gtmaster32 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pro: my car isn't on there.

Con: car has no airbags.

[–]Blal26110 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Neat, so basically instead of an airbag, they installed a claymore at chest level, ensuring a quick and painless* death.

*Death not painless

[–]GivesHerRealOpinion 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ah.... thank you for that. My truck is on there. And there's another recall on it. So... guess I'll take care of that soon.

[–]Shurikane 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Holy shit, this is huge! Why didn't I hear of this until now...

[–]zach_wizzle 27ポイント28ポイント  (12子コメント)

What happens if it is 7 hundredths of a second early?

[–]ForeTheTime 10ポイント11ポイント  (10子コメント)

It will probably start deflating. There are giant holes in the back to prevent the bag exploding.

[–]Lost_my_other_pswrd 18ポイント19ポイント  (8子コメント)

Could you imagine. Right before your head smashes your steering wheel a giant balloon pops in your face.

[–]ForeTheTime 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

Surprise! Happy Accident!

[–]marsman 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

Still better than you smashing your head into a steering wheel before being punched back into the seat by a giant balloon exploding outwards.

[–]perskes 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

I have that strange feeling that the punch back wont be a problem.

[–]Skulder 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

There are tons of videos (how much does a video weigh?) Of people sitting on airbags when they go off. Check them out, report back with any questions.

[–]perskes 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was trying to point out, that if you smash your head against the steering wheel after a collision strong enough to make the airbag go off, and the airbag is early or late, the punch back would not be a problem, because you might be a little dead.

I guess I can expect lots of "how to get an instant enema" videos? :P

[–]Skulder 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ohhhh.. Yeah. I agree, then. The punch back won't be a problem.

re: the videos, no, people ragdoll all over the place. The explosion is quite powerful, and people are thrown into the air. It looks positively spine-shattering.

[–]Rumpelforeskinn 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

And to stop your neck from breaking?

[–]kasubot 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Im actually curious about this.

[–]Tr0user 77ポイント78ポイント  (14子コメント)

Why do scientists always use watermelons to represent human heads? I'd gladly donate my head to science after I'm gone if I know it would be involved in a kickass experiment like this. I'd like the gif of my exploding head to be in the e-invitation to my funeral.

[–]Advorange 36ポイント37ポイント  (6子コメント)

I'd hope your funeral isn't an open casket afterwards.

[–]LTman86 55ポイント56ポイント  (5子コメント)

His open casket will just use a watermelon in the stead of his head. Maybe they'll do a fancy face carving on the skin, or maybe a fancy carving where it looks like a red head in a watermelon helmet, or the lazy route of taping his picture onto the watermelon.

Either way, serving sliced watermelon with watermelon juice at the afterparty is just a given.

[–]Anthbro 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why do funeral homes always use watermelons to represent human heads? I'd gladly donate my head to a funeral home after I'm gone if I know it would be involved in a kickass funeral like that. I'd like the picture of my re-attached head to be in the e-invitation to my science experiments

[–]Ameise_mit_Bart 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fuck yeah

[–]GorinovNovo 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or everyone could pick off chunks of his face as they visit the casket.

[–]Blal26110 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

And near the end of the service, the watermelon is detonated without warning.

[–]puntini 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just a watermelon with a smiley face on it with a sharpie.

[–]Aldheim 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

A scientist wouldn't; a director or artist would.

[–]PotatoArchangel 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

It's about the same weight and makes a satisfying red explosion after detonation

[–]the320x200 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

But it isn't... A watermelon weighs 2x what a human head does and isn't anywhere close to being as strong.

[–]myztry 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

You could try putting rubberbands around your head.

[–]Sys_init 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because smacking a head around doesn't really show the real internal damage. a Watermelon is much more explanatory of the fact that shit will go off.

[–]ManicPixieDreamGrl -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

My friend's dad is a neurosurgeon. He told me once that your head can withstand about the same impact as a cantaloupe. This was a convincing argument for wearing a bike helmet.

[–]DisWastingMyTime 38ポイント39ポイント  (8子コメント)

The airbag didn't make the watermelon explode, it shattered from the impact and then spread by the airbag.

[–]Johock 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

You seem to have written "spreaded" instead of "was spread".

[–]Fairchild22 -3ポイント-2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was going to down vote you... sigh.. take your upvote.

[–]stupid_cornballer 23ポイント24ポイント  (1子コメント)

http://i.imgur.com/s8JlpMN.gif

[–]Djbkallday 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was hoping this would be here. The part where he looks like he's going to cry is fucking killing me.

[–]Agonze 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah

Where can i buy some super legut watermelons

[–]simjanes2k 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's a bit unnecessarily dramatic.

[–]im_buhwheat 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Directed by Michael Bay.

[–]AnMatamaiticeoirRua 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

What about my airbag on drugs?

[–]firefighterchick 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Note the white powder that dusts the floor around the airbag as it deploys. That's to prevent it from sticking to itself over time in heat exposure, and is normal and expected. For this reason, don't freak out and say "omg my car is smoking" if you have a minor accident that triggers the airbag sensor and causes one to deploy. It will fill the car with a light haze but it's not smoke and it's completely normal. (You can smell that it's not smoke as well). Source: 14 years as a firefighter/medic and see people freak out over this almost daily.

[–]jonathanrdt 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

The real problem of airbags is the force with which they inflate.

In the US, they are required to save an average weight unbelted man, and as a result, they need to provide a much more substantial cushion in a much narrower band of time.

European standards assume the rider is belted, which allows the airbag to function as secondary protection, and the bags inflate with much less force over a longer period of time.

[–]IrrelevantLeprechaun 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah. Apparently whiplash and broken necks are real risks with American airbags. Or at least so I heard.

[–]Team_Braniel 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Can we see it 6 hundredths of a second late?

I want to see the watermelon shot through the roof.

[–]CYBORGMEXICAN 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes, can I see it 6, 5, and 4 hundredths of a second late? I want to see the bag hit the watermelon mid-air.

[–]Enxer 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

so I should be serious about the air bag recall and get my honda's airbag fixed?

j/k my appointment for its replacement is Wednesday.

[–]Sammie_SU 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or else your head will explode instantly.

[–]zitfarmer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are You Going To Eat That?

[–]FortyTwoZero 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That made my watermelon hurt just watching it.

[–]mdim 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

...is this supposed to make me afraid of my cars airbags, because if that was the intent it worked.

[–]The-DudeNI 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes, is the moon made of cheese? Why do ducks quack? Why aren't marshmallows a food group? Will Goku even charge the spirit bomb? Can cats forgive? Do trees sleep? Why do I only have an itchy bum in public?

[–]twinglockfortys 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or if you sit too close to the steering wheel!

[–]ArseAssassin 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Mind = blown

[–]jomari29 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What if we just have already and permanently inflated air bags... Problem solved. No more dead watermelons

[–]Filipino75 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

How many watermelons did you use for the gif?

[–]mr-photo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

So this has me wondering.. does the car know where I keep my seat setting? For instance.. I normally have it set further away than my wife for the pedals, and a bit more reclined.. this would translate into me starting at a further position away from the steering wheel than my wife which should equal a longer distance to travel to hit the bag. How does the car know this.. or does it even?

[–]kofteburger 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would like to take this opportunity to say that my car doesn't have airbags. Thank you.

[–]Sima_Hui 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Last time this gif was posted, I made a funny comment and got lots of karma. Good times.

[–]SheWitnessedMe -1ポイント0ポイント  (6子コメント)

Late or early? Because the first one was early, the second was late.

[–]CayenneGT 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Watch it again.

[–]Redbulldildo 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

The first one was the right timing, you want to hit it after inflation, that was the point of the clip.

[–]SheWitnessedMe -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

I understand that, I was saying is the bag late or early? Since the bag deployed before the watermelon hit it and In the second on the bad deployed when the watermelon hit it.

[–]Redbulldildo 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

You want it deployed before you hit, the first one was on time.

[–]SheWitnessedMe 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's what I mean, it says it's deployed late (which is actually earlier)

Edit: oh shit, I've been misreading it the whole time my bad

[–]indigomaster -1ポイント0ポイント  (2子コメント)

The watermelon cracked hitting the ground before the airbag deployed. i don't get the point of this.

[–]freeze4576 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Your head might not literally explode, but what do you think will happen if it hits the steering wheel before the airbag deploys?

[–]indigomaster 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Your head would crack. But its kind of a "well no shit" gif. Yknow. I don't really get the point its making

[–]riptaway -3ポイント-2ポイント  (4子コメント)

And a strong core. Hit a car going 50 a few years ago. I stiffened and just held myself upright. Walked out with a scratch on one of my knuckles.

[–]freeze4576 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

Do you really think that made much of a difference? Sitting in a cushioned seat with an airbag deploying and seatbelt on makes the actual impact forces on you pretty low in a collision like that. A serious collision would be head-on, so a combined impact velocity of perhaps 100mph or greater.

Also if I may ask how did this accident happen?

[–]riptaway 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

You do know that you don't actually combine the mph of a head on collision, right? The energy of two cars hitting each other going 60 mph is the same as one car hitting a brick wall at 60 mph. Anyway, yeah, it made a difference. Whiplash, striking my head on the window(which I've done, concussions suck), breaking various bones in my hand/arms/torso, etc. It definitely helps to be able to hold yourself upright and resisting the forces of the crash to minimize moving

[–]freeze4576 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

What? That's not true at all. The combined kinetic energy of two cars each going 60mph and colliding head-on is equal to mv2 = mass of one car times (120mph)2 assuming the cars are of equal mass. Or each car has a kinetic energy equal to half of that. They are each going 120mph with respect to each other. The energy per car is therefore 4 times the energy of one car hitting a wall at 60mph. Don't believe me, try hitting a wall in a gokart or something at 20mph then trying hitting another head-on when you're both going 20mph with respect to the ground.