Just heard about this disturbing new knife that releases a ball of compressed gas into the victim that then balloons to the size of a basketball! What's even more terrifying is how small the compressed air capsules are. I love the idea of real BI, but this is terrifying. Here is a link:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/wasp_knife_will_freeze_and_blow_up_your_organs-2.html
That's indeed very scary O_O *runs*
Holy "(#! ima get some kevlar or something to keep those away from my body 0_o *Flee's in terror*
who the f even thought that was a good idea at all, for anything, ever? Knives are deadly enough without making them into weird sci-fi torture devices.
what kind of a sick fuck came up with that?? Damn getting stabbed by a regular knife is already scary enough....I'm afraid to go out at night now...00;
*Being sarcastic*
>_> what the fuck? Now I'm willing to bring a pistol along with me. I guess that humans are indeed masters of destruction and just by our mastery of destruction, we hold mankind's existence by a finger.
We made swords and spears, we made rifles and shotguns, we made sub machine guns and heavy machine guns, we made nukes and missiles, now we have knives that over-inflates. Thank you for fucking up humanity.
A similar weapon has existed for years for dealing with sharks. Human divers and most fish must have some kind of "BC" or buoyancy compensation device. On a diver, it is an inflatable vest. As the diver descends, water pressure compresses the vest and makes the diver less buoyant (he sinks faster). So, on the way down, the diver must add more air to the vest to remain "neutral," neither sinking nor ascending. During final ascent at the end of the dive, the BC must be purged. Sharks are such effective hunters partly because their BC not controlled by a gas. (I've seen deep fish pulled up in a net. Some have a balloon-like organ sticking out of their mouths -- the BC blowing out from rapid ascent.) The idea of the gas inflation stick is to screw up the shark's buoyancy.
Too bad it is illegal for British citizens to defend themselves...
It's a sad state of affairs, it just seems we come up with more creative ways to kill each other. :(
great... what's next, a chemecal that can turn anyone into a blueberry.
If anything should get capital punishment use of that on a person should.
There is NO reason for that knife to exist. Normal ones work just fine.
Jesus Christ... O_O
That is incredibly, indescribably and indefinitely very dangerous.
I hate people that design weapons sometimes.
It would probably be cool as a fictional weapon in a movie or game but not in real life...
Shit, just think of some of the people in this world that would turn that on another human being... =_=
Scary.
christ... by comparison guns dont seem that bad now
It's probably not as bad as it seems... The thing is a dangerous weapon like that would be illegal over here, so the police would be on the lookout for it no matter whose hands it was in... even if it was in the hands of someone using it for hunting (which was its intention). The fact the police are looking for it doesn't imply that it is in the hands of armed gangs and criminals who would use it on a person. This wasn't reported in any of the mainstream media which usually reports on new weapons criminals are using, or anything else that might be a serious threat.
The article actually states that the gas will expand and cause overinflation when underwater. On land, it'll "freeze organs and tissue surrounding the point of injection".
Basically, you'll only really inflate if it's used on you while you're scuba diving. If someone used it to mug you, it'd already have to be in a place where it'd do serious damage to have any major effect. Even then, it's possible that the air would just shoot right out the wound that the knife's in... which would be quite messy, really.
So odds are, you won't inflate. You'll just die an agonizing death. It'd still be less painful than some of the things that people can do with just their hands and teeth, though, I'm sure; weapons don't fuck up humanity, they just make it easier for us to act upon our depravities.
It was thought of by the same asshole who came up with the flame thrower.
Flame throwers were originally invented by the Ancient Greeks. Then revamped in WW1.
This is just wrong.
It doesnt matter. Whatever sick fuck looked at a bunch of people and thought "gee, how Id love to set those mo'fos ON FIRE!", was just that, a sick fuck.
It doesnt matter. Whatever sick fuck looked at a bunch of people and thought "gee, how Id love to set those mo'fos ON FIRE!", was just that, a sick fuck.
actually, I think the exact quote is: "I'd really like to set those people on fire, but they're all the way over there..."
actually, I think the exact quote is: "I'd really like to set those people on fire, but they're all the way over there..."
Ah hahahahaha! \o/
You wouldnt bring a match to a war...
Holy Crap! Knife crime is sky high here in britain, i'm scared to go out know!
*locks windows and doors*