Watch a catastrophically failing aluminum extruder open a gateway to hell

Originally published at: Watch a catastrophically failing aluminum extruder open a gateway to hell | Boing Boing

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Do you want Demogorgons? Because that’s how you get Demogorgons.

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Did that guy run back towards the fire to get his phone?!

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I’m glad he was able to save his cellphone or whatever, it would have been a goner!

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Yeah it looks like he even had time to check his Wordle on the way out of frame.

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AT LEAST YOU GOT YOUR CELL PHONE. I CAN TELL THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.

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He certainly wasn’t hitting the E-stop button. A bit too late for that.

Why wasn’t he shooting a video on his way out?

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This is viral marketing for a Force Majeure sequel

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“I’ve seen form of combustion known to man, but this beats the hell out of me.”

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The most amazing thing to me is the speed. That went from zero to apocalypse in less than a minute.

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If you watch me watching this video, you can clearly hear me yell, “GTFO of there!”

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i am also impressed the camera lasted so long. the heat must have been incredible.

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When you thought it was probably done, it kept getting worse over and over.

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For a second I thought some sort of fire suppression kicked in, but nope, that was just the ceiling.

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It’s like the entire bullding bit into a McDonald’s apple pie

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but this was a very “lucky” incident with no safety impacts.

Tell that to the poor extruder.

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Or the hot half of a Hot Pocket.

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Possibly, looked like he hit Command S, as well; don’t want to lose essential date through not saving properly!

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the words that day were OSHIT, BLAST, FLAME, CRASH, BURNY and FIRED

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