Giant 13kJ RUBY LASER CANNON! Test Shots and Overview!!
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2017
- The massive pulsed ruby laser is complete! In this video I'm feeding the flashlamp about 13kJ, which is a ton of electrical energy. In fact, this is probably the strongest ruby laser on RUclips. More destruction to come soon!
BIG thank you to Esco Optics for making me the mirrors for the laser. It turns out that finding mirrors that don't vaporize in a massive laser cavity like this is difficult, but coming up with the right coating was no problem for the Esco engineers.
escooptics.com
social media sillyness:
instagram: / styro.drake
patreon: / styropyro
In this video I quickly go over the construction of this laser, and then do a few test shots with some plastic, a razor blade, and a glass bottle. The peak output power on this laser is around 50kW.
Wanna see just how terrifying that power supply is? See it destroy stuff in this video: • Terrifying Pulsed Lase...
The power supply uses a variac for adjustable voltage and feeds that into a pair of matched microwave oven transformers, From there the output is fed into a homemade Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier, which is capable of up to 20kV at a dangerously high current. That feeds into the capacitor bank, and then the laser can be fired using a trigger based on a car ignition coil and 555/MOSFET combo. 
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I'm going to request that you shoot something lightweight but reflective like gold foil to see if the photon pressure can move it (assuming it doesn't just vaporize the foil)
Awesome you commented on my vid! Photonic propulsion is on my list of things to try. My last boss from the lab I worked in offered to let me use his 125W laser to try this. But if I were to shoot a piece of foil with this ruby laser, I could impart about 5x10^-7 kg*m/s of momentum with a single reflection. This is small, but significant on a very lightweight piece of foil. I don't have a vacuum setup for this though. But, my other idea is cooler...
If I took the output coupler (partially reflective mirror) off the laser, and used a freely moving piece of foil instead as a mirror, then the light would bounce back and forth many times imparting lots of momentum to the foil, giving many thousands of reflections. This has two issues though, one if the mirror got slightly misaligned, the energy would dissipate nearly immediately and would stop propelling the foil. This could be partially prevented with foil that has a precise concave curvature on it. The other issue is that now there would be no way for the light to escape, so the electric field between the mirrors would get HUGE, and might vaporize the foil and/or the other mirror. But if somehow I could get this to work perfectly for a millisecond, it would accelerate a 5mg piece of foil to 150 km *per second*. At that point though I'd need a flat mirror though, and there's no way I'd keep it aligned, (plus other issues like pulse risetime and cavity and doppler losses) but man that would be so cool to do in space. But even a microsecond of this in a vacuum chamber would send the foil smashing into the wall of the chamber...so the theory is definitely testable.
Id like to request that you use a large vacuum chamber while shooting the gold foil. Thank you.
Cody'sLab hi Cody's La
Humm do you think you could set one of the mirrors on a precision balance?
Interesting, I believe one of the methods of genetically modifying living things is accelerating gold particles coated with the new genetic material and is fired scatter shot at plants. However if I recall the success rate of the new genetic material being integrated into the living thing is low. Another method uses a carrier organism which is more effective. I believe I read this info in an article on glowing trees.
Laser cannon salesman: This bad boy can hold so many megajoules
*slaps top of cannon, dies instantly*
*INHALES*
Boi
Well... There's the russian dude that stuck his head in a particle accelerator and had the proton beam pass through his face. Does that count?
@@Canthus13 no. Not a laser
pipolwes000 I just laughed for like ten minutes 😂
Canthus13 source?
"i did some math here"
*shows manuscript on how to build a death star*
The math on that paper was barely freshmen college level stuff. High schoolers in precalculus would know it easily.
Nazgul Linux be quiet boomer
Nazgul Linux If it’s so easy, why don’t you have this laser on your channel?
@@Tempusverum because high frequency AC and pulsed DC experiments are more fun than useless lasers.
Nazgul Linux One upload, 3 years ago. Sure
As a laser enthusiast you have literally just blown my mind.
My little collection of lasers suddenly seem like candles compared to this.
Kudos to you sir!
I think styropyro is going to build the Death Star if we don't slow him down
fr tho
He's working on that one right now
HES DONE BYE MOON
I like how by saying "slow him down" you assume that he is unstoppable
why tho?
That is the largest Ruby laser I've ever seen. A friend built a CO2 laser in the mid 70s. The power rating was estimated at 100 Watts. It was water cooled and like you, he used an NE series 555 timer. I was never there to see it power up, but did see the results like burnt objects and fused ball bearings. etc. His name was Mike and was a friend and mentor although I was a few years older than he was. I learned a lot about electronics, music synthesis, computers and built our versions of distortion and flanger pedals for guitar.
Mike passed away from MS some years ago.
I am grateful to see young people passionate about technology like yourself.
Thank you. Gene Lee.
Never forget Mike.
I love how irresponsibly responsible these lasers are.
Love your channel dude
"i did some math here..."
*pans to a full page of calculations*
It might be an old model of this machine, but to put it together all by yourself is simply incredible. I am physicist/astronomer and i believe that almost none of the professors that teach at the university would be able to create this, or survive creating this.
And you are chemist, not even mechanical engineer, or electrical engineer. You know physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, optics.... just everything on a level that most experts in these fields might be jealous!
and look what it got him he has all this knowledge but he cant get a job that supports his experiments.
He will.
@@robertfleming9161 He's got over a million subscribers on RUclips. He's probably making more money sitting at home doing whatever he wants to do than he would at any job in the field.
@@michaelzero3626 Socialblade estimates his earnings at anywhere between 5k ~ 90k USD a year, though he hardly does any ads so he earns whatever he gets from sponsors. This level of pay is pretty average for an engineer on the private sector.
@Jov Ven yes, actually. because we are real physicists and astronomers. i am no amateur astronomer, i understand complex astrophysical equations.
I could tell it was dangerous when I saw that it was made out of pvc pipe, microwave parts, a circuit breaker, parts of a car, and multiple capacitors the size of 2 liter soda bottles.
yeah lol
I have seen what a large capacitor can do to a screw driver. 💥Bang!
In other words, you could tell that it would be awesome. XD
Its pop
Only when they're charged.
1:42 " ..and the ignition coil from a car. so let me hit it here" *angry dubstep sounds*
That “soda” bottle explains everything.
*that youve ever done*
Excuse me sir but we need to talk about the fact that you are making death machines in your garage.
Yeah. Come on over. Lets......"talk". Just have a seat right there.
Where else is are you supposed to make them?
@@flappy7373 in a detached shed.
@@fmaz1952 but isn't that where you're supposed to keep the bodies..?
Kyle Mouttet, Actually, The Shed Is Where You Keep All The Dust. Cuz All The Bodies Are Dust Now, Lasers.
UAC scientist testing the BFG 9000 prototype (20XX colorised )
You win this comment section sir.
Lol
Well theoretically with high enough energy density it is possible to ionise air, I don't have the ambient light obsobsoin of air but it exists.
@@mopsbackupaccount5128 Maybe the BFG uses confined gas like hydrogen that is under extreme pressures, perhaps the confinement cell is small and a spherical mirror on the inside, or maybe it's multiple lasers pointed at the same point and firing at the same time.
@@danielrahov6039 the compressed gases would make it have an extremely high divergence.
Imagine a beam of light so powerful that it’s as powerful of a solid projectile even though it essentially has no mass
Gamma Ray/ Quasi Matter
Considering energy equals mass multiplied by *the square of the speed of light* , this is a crazy amount of energy
"I mean, you're a corpse before you hit the floor..." lmao this is why you're my favorite.
I might have just found the most impressive RUclipsr of all time...
As much as I love this guy's work, check out kiwami japan's youtube. They made a knife out of milk.
Chrispy! Love yhe name. Yeah... I feel like he is feinman reincarnated.
Let's hope he doesn't change by time like other famous RUclipsrs.
the thought emporium may be cooler
#ongod
Scientists: Damn this is cool science.
USA: Weaponize it.
This is the type of kid who gets conscripted out of college and put into the MIC. David Adair comes to mind, too.
Geneva Convention: I'm about to end this mans whole career.
Salvador Dalí it isn’t the American’s fault, it’s the government’s fault
@stalin is god WhO iS tHiS "gOvErnMeNt"?
@@ultimaxkom8728 Listen, it doesn't bother me if your not an American I really don't give a shit about you. Besides what is better than a gun---A bigger gun.
4:09 look at that shockwave! That’s some Mythbusters quality right there in your own home
3:04 “I did some math here”
"i did some math here" some? SOME?
I know right?? Holy cow. Some people are just fascinatingly intelligent.
You beat me to it! Xd
YOU DID WHAT
Yeah, just a little, y'know?
xD
"You're a corpse before you hit the floor" this is his hobby not his job O.O
lucky for that, or the work safety officer might have something to say about it
@@ssw4m the work safety officer cannot enter the room. too frightened to spontaneously combust and vanish before hitting the floor
I don't think the corpse would actually make it to the floor. Pretty sure he'd just end up coating the whole room in a thin layer of vaporized styropyro.
Paging photonicinduction 😱
@@JoachimVampire Mr. Anthony, I don't feel so good...
"It's your own fault, Knight. Didn't anyone ever tell you to make sure your optics are clean?"
Dammm I taught I was the only one with this oldies VHS reference!
"Profession Géni" was the french title of the movie "Real Genius" with Val Kilmer
My preferred movie when I was young. It inspired me for getting into a science carrer.
My life in a nutshell:
I was planning to be a nuclear physicist and end up being an analytical chemist, a metallurgist and a 3D designer of innovative technologie... I think we can safely say that "I'm a scientific" now isn't?
your a very smart and well spoken guy that allows my lamen brain to somewhat understand the awesome stuff you do. keep up the great work and God bless you for your bravery and hard work
I just lost central vision in my right eye around 2:00 am yesterday via unforseen reflection off Chrome. 518 NM 240 mw and in a flash faster than I can blink scarred my retina. No retinal bleeding but I burned the hell out of it. I've been doing experiments for years and I blame myself for not using proper PPE. Great video 👍
Electronoob: Geeking Out It didn't even hurt like I expected it would everything went black in my right eye and when I started getting sight back everything was dark purple for over an hour. It was one of the craziest things I've ever seen with my eyes. In the short flash I watched green turn dark blue then fade to black.
I'm so sorry to hear this. :( Have you been to a doctor? There are things they can do to minimize damage soon after a laser eye injury.
And although you'll likely never have a full recovery, most people with laser eye injuries do see some healing over time.
styropyro Yes I did and I have to go to a retinal specialist but they said it's bad luck and pretty bad and that I'm lucky it wasn't worse. I still have peripheral vision which seems more important to me since I still have a good eye.
Oof
Holy Fuck this is why I don't fuck around with high powered lasers. Even with proper protection I am kinda scared. I am sorry to hear about the incident :(
I really never gave a shit about lasers until I found this channel.
Never realized how damn dangerous they are either.
Thanks for saving my eyes
Yo they nerfed cav dude
Rip cav
Moamen Farid the nerf did nothing but buff her range, if u were to shoot ppl before and they turned and killed u, they would be put low and just bc u had no skill but a good gun, now the gun has better range, and noobs no longer get rewarded by getting good players low without any skill being involved
R6 deserves credit, like its MUCH BETTER than fortnite or Apex in my opinion
Nothing worse than going deaf in your eyeballs. Deaf eyes defy, real eyes realise..
During my days at the NRC in Ottawa working with the semiconductor division in the early 90s, I had the privilege to work with a 1/4 million dollar copper vapour LASER. It had a rating of 35 watts operating with a green and yellow wavelength pair.
We used to dump the yellow and use the green to pump a dye laser - that would, in turn, pump a OPO crystal to produce the needed IR beam they used to test the semi-conductor samples.
These were the same people who laid the ground work for the fibre optics internet technology.
5:35 weird stress factor. When he said that I could legit see the beam in my head charging the bottle and breaking it at its weakest point, the neck. I enjoy this kid making me think this way. Thank you mini Tesla man
"I ran into a really interesting issue." You are literally the best, dude
Wot? Wdym? Why?
Imagine what he could make with 100k dollars
@Szpaku jaku and still has 5k left for lenses and "soda"
Why didnt this guy come with his top secret big boi guns.
I wish mr beast could fund this guy and build a massive project , that would be so cool
Imagine what he could do with the military funding him
imagine if he collab with the hacksmith
I wish I could see your lasers in person, you are awesome dude!!! Thanks for showing this
Ahh with this device in a room i would not even trust any googles.
I went along for the ride and enjoyed every bit, but if I am honest, I got lost shortly after I was told I’d be amazed..
That’s to be expected though as I am completely amazed every time he posts a video. His confidence is oddly reassuring considering the never ending warnings of certain injury.
It sounds like a Styro build: “if you touch this, this, or this, you die instantly.”
Holy mother of god.
*takes off sunglasses*
Gets eye Cancer :D
Realy i think if your eye gets hit by this laser it will just explode.
Yeah prolly lmao
Indeed
He just keeps churnin out the genius
I so wanted to make one of these when I was 12yo (late '70's). Fantastic to see you actually do it, I was so naive X)
This guy really makes his crazy experiments even more funny to watch because of his good humor!
FOOOL BRIDGE RECTIFIER@!
-electroBOOM
Wrong channel
Wrong channel man
who cares
I dont care what anyone else says, this is DEFINITELY the right channel. DID YOU NOT SEE THAT FOOOOLLL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!?
When people dont upload others say there dead as a joke, but if you dont you might actually be dead
Spoopful.tf2 blind*
Yes. I also fear this
I was legit convinced he was dead for a bit, lol
Or a nice visit from the feds
this guy is going to do something great in future 🤟
i really appreciate his hard work because it's not kid's game to play
it's genius game to play 😊
I don't know if you're still watching this guy but it's looking like we might at some point far down the road get a fusion laser video
Love the video. My hypothesis with the bottle is that it super heated the air inside causing it to blow the top off. Your slow motion showed a piece of glass shooting out and cracking around the top before it fell off.
Someone: You cant make a laser death cannon out of crap on ebay!
Styro: Hold my uhh... soda.
Dude this is low-key the best comment in this comment section and I'm legitimately upset it's so underrated.
Hold my microwave
@@vegetable300 wait give that back I bought that from eBay to make the laser
These people aren't noticing the beer bottle that he couldn't call beer and it really shows
@@Koz.for.Concern Dunno why not. YT monetization is shit anyway, with Patreon you don't need it. Plus he has no in-video sponsors who's asses need kissing.
test it on organic matter like plants and pork chops
they make pants out of porkchops?
paul goodenow no, pork chops out of plants. Vegans.
neutrocity well humans are organic matter sooooo
And your hand
Windex Casserole. I think that's the point.
Holy crap dude! That is a serious laser! Awesome work! Looking froward to learning more about it! Now I know what to use those MOT's for! :)
“I did some math here” writes down the ENTIRE PowerPoint
Welcome to the world of photonic pressure!
It aint heat busting your lenses, it's the the pressure of all them photons in the glass!
Related to soliton propagation, the photons slightly expand the glass, allowing the 'leading edge' of the light to move a touch faster. Lower density, faster light!
As this effect goes on, the front end of the beam is over-taken by the back end of the beam!
This has the effect of compressing the beam lengthwise, driving the energy density in the beam high enough that the glass more or less explodes.
Fast q-switched lasers can ionize regular air by this mechanism; looks like lightening!
So it warps the lens mid-refraction? 😍
So it's basically a photonic(?) boom? That's pretty awesome.
Thank you for existing...see what we can all do if we set ourselves to understanding and learning...nerds like us can do anything...
How can a greater number of photons in the same space create pressure. Aren't photons single spin particles which means that no matter how many there are in a single space more can fit... at least till there are so many photons that a blackhole is created and swallows up anything within its radius
@@paxtonpiasecki7439 photons don't have degeneracy pressure because they are bosons, but that doesn't mean they can't generate any pressure. Whenever they hit an electron, they exchange momentum with it, which over a macroscopic area and timeframe is seen as a pressure. The effect is called radiation pressure if you want to look it up
Edit: In fact, gas pressure works on a very similar mechanism, with the degeneracy component being negligible
You are smart.
I am jealous.
I have no clue what you are saying.
Looks awesome.
I know what he's talking about, but it amazes me how smart we Humans can be. Creating tools that can rip air molecules apart, simply extraordinary!
R/iamverysmart
Average Xennpai No,I wasn't implying that im a 'sUpEr SmUrt cHiVriuos gEnTeLmEn" I was just saying how smart Humans are. I ain't no neck beard with a fedora!
He basically just copied Ben Krasnow's design from here:
ruclips.net/video/VSdUQ4oNKiI/видео.html
@@titter3648 so this guy is a ripoff ha?!
Omg that ignition coil sounds really cool! Awesome video!
styro is my hero. So smart to be so young. I wish you the best of luck in your future man.
When is NASA gonna hire you.
When is he gonna hire NASA
you dont know what edgy means do you
I think Space-X will get to him first.
Vissen no ideas have go be original to be impressive and I think you'd have to agree that styro is ridiculously smart regardless of the originality of this laser design
I can hear the jealousy from here.
True there are other methods of triggering. Like telling an art major student that they are wasting their time
Josh Lewis NICE one! thumbs up.
Or telling an SJW that there’s only 2 genders
this guy is one of them wonderkids with 200 IQ. i swear. and he seems humble and likeable too once you get to know him a bit. awesome videos. the video where you showed wireless energy was mind blowing :)
Ur content is so engaging and entretaining to watch man
safety is number two priority
destruction is number 1
CrazyRussianHacker does not approve
Reminds me electroboom
I need to remember to put safety on the list
What is safety?
*2nd Amendment intensifies*
xD
Looll
I damn love this guy's face
400th like.
Second Amendment 2: Electric Boogaloo
@3:35 Wasn't expecting that pop! This laser has legit power.
Nice work mate!
Next project: 500MW Laser Tank!
next next project portable laser guns
i hope he has the stormtroopers aim capabilities
Gabriel C it would be 500w
Gabriel C that’s like 0.5 of a watt
@@monkeyman7048 he might mean mega watt
Advocatus Diaboli. Oh okay, thanks. I didn’t know that.
That's insane amounts of energy from a 'hobby' laser
I would love to see a super slow-mo clip of the stress fractures on that colored glass. Would be super interesting
This is an actual villainous contraption + You're doing an outstanding job with such an expensive material.
i just saw light breaking a bear bottle. wtf.
Ikr
Says soda bottle 🤫🤫
Soda bottle*
@@alrightytighty1572 Were those supposed to be words
@@deffdefying4803 no, numbers
RUclips has a new way to censor channels, they un-ding channel bells.
DAMNIT RUclips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miles Beyond I just got straight up unsubbed and I didn’t even realise
You friggin rock styro. All the stuff i was too scared to build!
This guy: "I diagnose you with dead"
I nearly pissed myself when I seen this in my sub feed
same lol
Thats an odd looking soda bottle
Jenthedruid lol i thout the same
lol, Mick Ultra may be cat piss, (at least it's not Coors or Bud Lite) but lets not go insulting all those innocent sodas out there.
I know... I know... my inner editor was sound asleep that day.
may i say for all of us shut the fuck up
Barley pop...
man dude.. you're smart.. crazy smart.. props!
We have GOT to Patreon you a legit high speed camera!!
holy shit.... that's actually a cannon, that shouts lasers...
i'll order a dozen please ^^
And make them portable
Flyguy779 yyyaaaaaaa lasers you said shouts
whoops xDD well... it's a dovakhin laser!
Thank you ESCO! thanks for funding this guy!
Love the sound of the capacitors discharging lethal levels of power... almost like thunder caused by lightning. I have a friend who is very good with electronics. I can still remember when we were in grade school, he was creating very high voltage equipment, over 4,000 volts and lots of amps. He accidentally brushed a finger over a hot lead, instant 'branding' due to cooked flesh. He was lucky, glancing touch, not electrocuted. Lesson learned, using high voltage parts from old crt TV set, requires a safe procedure before you mess up.
You have to be a severe GENIUS!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Wooo its here! Its finally here! Christmas came early! xD
This guy makes this kinda stuff just with some home electronics......Imagine if he had millions of dollars worth of electronics to play with
If he worked for NASA he would have found a way to solve anything with lasers. Poor economy? Throw some more capacitors in there. Homelessness? You need to change the lens.
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5429366/china-is-building-a-laser-10-trillion-times-more-intense-than-the-sun-that-could-tear-space-apart/
the government would make him work developer a long range laser cannon to prevent asteroids f4om hitting the earth
@@samdesplancke3906 that would be amazing.
I am happy that the concepts of pulse lasers and lens deterioration in eve online are actually a real thing. :)
Wow! Connecting the trigger to the reflector is genius! Wow wow!!! I want one of these!! :P
“Very very dangerous device” put together with some pipes and microwave parts😂 keep up the good work
May I recommend further testing on organic matter? Specifically the head of Ajit Pai?
yes
yes YES Y E S
Ajit pai. The money hog. He. Is. The. Definition. Of. FU*K YOU
Haha looool, Trump next
ajit pai is a wise man
Mate, I dont know how your doing it staying under the radar but your doing a good job of it.
dude you're actually a BEAST!
Partner with the Slo Mo guys
Lokerman second this motion
Pretty sure the Slo Mo guys don't have camera that can record a pulse of photons, that'd take a BEASTLY camera
Their cameras would better record the explosion though. It'd no doubt be awesome
Lokerman Well yeah but you can look at slow motion explosions whenever
Not laser explosions
I feel sorry for anyone who even thinks of breaking into this guys house!
[Team 100] They touch the wrong in-progress experiment and they instantly turn into a pile of ash.
And then you can easily loot their bottlecap collection and probably whatever gun the broke in with. :P
WN23
He probably has saw traps set up
nah they still all die
Kylelolcat they just evaporate
I'm always impressed with your videos I'm glad you take the risk. No pun intended always a enjo to watch. And Hunk up with Codey banks
Honestly one of the scariest pieces of machinery I've ever seen. It's unbelievable to see in action.
maybe you should put some simple casings on your devices. I dont want you to get grilled accidently
1:43 "...and then an ignition coil from a car, so let me hit it here..." *BMMMMMASDMMASMFMAMFSMASF* *inaudible speaking while audio is being overloaded*
It was like some kind of weird dubsteb drum haha
118 likes and only 2 comments?!
I wonder how much of that was actual audio noise and how much was electrical interference coupling to the microphone and audio cables
looking for this comment
Getting better bro
BOY !..This kid has become a laser specialist .. I recall when he started ..now he has a career
For comparison, 13kJ is a bit more than the kinetic energy of a .460 Magnum Wetherby "elephant gun" round.
holy shit
Ruby lasers are quite inefficient: only 1-2% of the energy winds up in the beam. So this laser is probably only putting around 100-200J on the target.
But you also have to take into account the time it takes to transfer the kinetic energy of a bullet when compared to A FREAKING BEAM OF LIGHT. I'm guessing most materials can't handle accumulating/transferring/dissipating even that amount of energy at near light speeds.
well you can see that in the video: where a 100-200J bullet would ram the plastic in its path out of the way and ultimately embed itself in the block, the laser vaporizes the surface of the block, and the resulting cloud of super heated gas literally explodes! Far faster and more violent than a bullet. The thing is that vaporizing a material takes a lot more power than simply shoving it out of the way, so the laser pulse cannot drill as far into the block as a bullet of the same energy would (even without the ablative shielding effect discussed in the video). On the other hand, if you scale the laser up enough the explosion itself would remove more material than the laser pulse by cracking/shattering the material around the initial laser hit.
Alaric _ this laser works in the visible spectrum, so the air shouldn't absorb it much over the distances involved.
You had me at “corpse, before you hit the floor”
I struggle to comprehend this lazersharp intelligent off the charts charismatic dude
I remember back in the 70s dreaming about making something like this. At that time there were only two books out on lasers for the public. I would never be able to afford the ruby though. I did purchase a high power laser diode instead and was going to build a circuit but had two problems, one was that the diode was IR and would burn my eyes out before I would know it. The second was the extremely fast waveform required to drive the diode required expensive components.
I would not want to play him in lazer tag
Josh Lewis we can only hope Storm troopers trained him
Josh Lewis he would take lazer tag too seriously
Everyone would explode
Okay guys, it’s time to die >fires lasers at everyone and kills them all< that was fun, see ya next week
Laser Toe Tag
FBI watch list 101.
Every smart person who gets off his ass earns a place there. It's called having fun. Not everyone is out to use this crap for evil villain shit.
Umm some scientists need to hire this man...I’m impressed honestly. What an intelligent man. He’s like a mad scientist.
i saw this in my recommended and i got super excited because i thought he uploaded a new video but then i realized this video was 3 years ago.
Top ten base drops of 2019 1:44
I love that Americans are like, playing in their garages, building stuff like lasers that blow up glass, and cannons that shoot pumpkins over a mile through the air. You just know one day there's going to be a comet headed right for earth, and America will be like, "Oh, that's okay. We have this kid who made a laser that can blow up comets. He did it in his spare time while drinking beer in his garage. Don't worry. We got this."
It's also perfectly legal under federal law to build conventional guns as long as you don't sell them.
America is really good at not regulating things. Usually it leads to awesome stuff like this. Unfortunately, our general compulsion to reject government oversight mean it isn't there when it's needed. We're perfectly allowed to build improvised weaponry in our basements, but medical companies are allowed to (and this isn't an exaggeration) put the next two generations of our families into debt if we happen to get injured.
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If you believe that you have *zero* idea how debts and bankruptcy work. It's not even close to true.
'Murica!
Merica. Fuck yeah
Styropyro's chanel is the only place where the word "very" sounds that powerful
Great job