r/interesting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 6d ago

MISC. NYPD personnel deploying "Barnacles" on illegally parked cars

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u/DoturdGrump 6d ago

can of compressed air with the little hose upside down, freeze the cup unevenly pop

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u/absentmindedjwc 5d ago

alternatively, just turn on your windshield heater to full blast. After about 15 or so minutes, you should be able to lift the edge of the suction cup with a credit card.

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u/ForNowItsGood 5d ago

2 girls 1 cup surely was inspirational

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u/LegendaryReader 5d ago

Aww, man come on. I spent over a decade trying to forget that video 😭

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u/detrans-rights 5d ago

(sad piano music)

I was on the something awful forums at the time. Scuttlebutt (heh) was that a user from there had funded the video. Just a lone dumb dumb seeing if he could.

It was all just so wierd.

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u/AnonymousUser1337_ 5d ago

I'm sure your windshield loves temperature shock