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more about #safetyfirst more comments → frigg: Whatever happened to that bike that supposedly exploded when exposed to a light source as a safety measure? more » GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: I'd love it if it wasn't so expensive. more » Mayor McRib: It would go great for my new ride! [www.rei.com] more » OMG! Ponies!: That's great. So if you're riding your bike at night near the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, your bike will glow white and red. more » Kaiser-Machead: Yes please. more » scarbrtj: + Watch video more » korybing: What the hell is going on in that first picture? Is that baby sucking on some sort of baby-electrocuting device? I can't figure out what that this is ... more » P3nnst8r: I envision a FAIL written with every one of those pictures for some reason. Too much meme browsing... more » darway: Ah... the old placing a lamp above your bath tub so you can read porn while bathing trick. It always comes back to bite you in the end :) more » scarbrtj: That peeing kid looks like he overdosed on Urigro. No way I could "complete that circuit"... from that range... with my stream.[www.hulu.com] more » not a sailor boy: more » OMG! Ponies!: These are all ugly UGLY people. They deserve to die. more » Kaiser-Machead: Dern Fools! You're supposed to pee in a cup/bottle, THEN toss it over the bridge. more » zchendevlemh **Pacman > Hitman**: at first glance thought the first pic refers to an old dude smoking crack :( more » -
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Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights
Want to not get run over by motorized carriages while cycling, but afraid to look like a nerd with all the reflectors? Enter Scotchlite 680, a vinyl that reflects white only in the light. -
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Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
Sometimes, we so take for granted our shiny devices that we forget they could very well kill us. Need pictures to illustrate that macabre thought? Here are 30, brought to you by 1930s Vienna. More » -
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Wizard Rapid Descender Backpack Beats Taking the Stairs
If everyone living or working in precariously elevated positions could shoot Spidey-silk from their wrists in case of an unexpected fall, there would be no need for the Wizard rapid-descender concept from UK design shop HJC. But a sleek Dyson-esque backpack housing up to 250 meters of woven liquid polyester that can hold you and two tons worth of distressed damsels is a fair second option. If this thing comes to market, I think I've found my new treehouse-egress solution. [Yanko Design] -
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Psycho Constructs Bungee Cord Out of Condoms, Then Jumps
Why would someone bungee jump with a cord made out of condoms you ask? If you thought it was an effort to make a statement about safe sex, you're wrong. Apparently the only real motivation Carl Dionisio had for the attempt was his own lunacy—he was hoping to re-create the "virgin buzz" he had with his first jump. Over the course of four months he and a friend constructed the rope using 18,500 condoms and a tried-and-true mathematical formula. Despite being 99% sure it would work, Dionisio admitted that his stomach was "in a knot for a month before the jump." More » -
