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Chile 2020, protestor handles a tear gas canister by dropping it into a container of water and baking soda.

I believe we need to acquire these skills pretty damn quickly.

Original post was in r/damnthatsinteresting

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1mhdu66/chilean_protester_defuses_tear_gas_canister_with/


Originally Posted By u/InTheseTryingTime5 At 2025-08-04 02:14:44 PM | Source


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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Seems to me like the guy picked it up and dropped it through the hole in the top of the container in the moment when his body was blocking the camera from seeing what his arm was doing. Then he covered the hole with his gloved hand.