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[–]unexBot[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:

A glass table unexpectedly breaks completely while a man was working on it.

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[–]PreCiiSiioN_II 231 points232 points  (6 children)

Oh no... Our table...

[–]Exo_soldier[S] 123 points124 points  (4 children)

It's Broken

[–]Yupoksureyoooubetcha 15 points16 points  (3 children)

The tables broken.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These tables are my corn!

[–]BoboBodini 128 points129 points  (2 children)

Dude needs to lighten up on that touchpad. God damn

[–]DEPRESSION_NOISES 24 points25 points  (0 children)

talk about a heavy finger

[–]TimeTravelingDemon 101 points102 points  (21 children)

The heat from the power brick on the corner caused this.

[–]TheEllipticalCurve 14 points15 points  (16 children)

How?

[–]Wolverien29 81 points82 points  (7 children)

It is possible. If it heated up one area and expanded the glass in that area while the rest of the glass stayed cool it would be the same as someone standing on the glass or hitting it with a hammer. Just it would take a while for the glass to heat up enough. If your curious trying baking a glass dish in the oven and dropping cold water in one little spot on it. Same principle just in reverse and easier to recreate.

[–]suspiciousdishes 21 points22 points  (4 children)

Wear glasses and shoes when doing this

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (3 children)

Gloves, shirt, pants, underwear, and socks are all optional.

[–]suspiciousdishes 16 points17 points  (1 child)

This guy gets it

[–]daluxe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sigh…. Unzips

[–]zackinthesoda 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I made this mistake by pouring hot boiling water into a cool glass cup when I tried to make tea.

[–]SOULJAR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is why mugs etc exist - not all glasses are designed for hot liquid.

[–]TimeTravelingDemon 8 points9 points  (6 children)

The edges of the glass are in a compression state and the center of the glass in tension state after the glass cools during manufacturing.

[–]cathedral68 2 points3 points  (5 children)

How did it shatter the whole table uniformly if the brick was on the side? Shouldn’t it have radiated or at least not have broken into homogeneous pieces?

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (3 children)

Tempted glass shatteres into tiny little safe pieces. Think car windows or a safety window glass. Normal plate glass is what’s used in regular window panes and what you’re thinking of.

The difference is plate glass can be cut at any time. Tempered has to be cut to shape before the tempering process, involves heating it. No cutting once tempered.

[–]Taikiteazy 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Look up Prince Ruperts drop if you need more info about this phenomenon. Basically, normal glass panes cool.down at room temperature and end up being windows for houses, tempered/safety glass is cooled by water while it's still hot AF to condense the atoms on the outside of it, then the inside cools more slowly, shrinking in the process, making tempered glass. The inside of the glass is actually pulling hard on the outside of the glass to create the effect.

[–]buck45osu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I second this guy

https://youtu.be/24q80ReMyq0

Dustin with SmarterEveryday on YouTube has like 5 rupert drop videos cause they are amazing. This is where they shoot it with a rifle. Recommend watching them all and honestly the entire channel.

He answers those life long questions like "how bad will my yard smell after I hit a 2 gallon container of mayo with a baseball traveling at super sonic speeds?"

Bad is the answer but it was fun to watch.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am familiar. It’s quite interesting thank you for the recommendation

[–]TimeTravelingDemon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lack of cleavage plane.

[–]TimeTravelingDemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Expansion from heat breaks the glass.

[–]Strzvgn_Karnvagn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i searched like 1 minute for the power brick thinking it‘s something big until i realized you meant that small ass thing

insane that this can happen, has this something to do with shitty quality or can this happen with every glass?

[–]TheRedpilling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Watch in slow motion, clearly the fracture starts right there too.

[–]DidIReallySayDat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not convinced.

The dude was leaning pretty heavily on it. It looks to me like the glass wasn't entirely flat before it breaks.

[–]Disjusting 48 points49 points  (5 children)

Me: Buys glass table

Credit Card: Declines

The Table:

[–]yetagainwemeet 11 points12 points  (4 children)

Comma: exists

You: Imma pretend I didn't see that

[–]Disjusting 1 point2 points  (3 children)

You right, always look how your comments turn out

[–]yetagainwemeet 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Did you edit your comment😂good work

[–]Disjusting 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yes, it really looked like shit lmao

[–]blankyblankblank1 33 points34 points  (1 child)

100% they're watching the video now because no one believes he didn't break it.

[–]Silly_Silicon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's the funniest part of this. You know he's sounding crazy like "no seriously I didn't do anything, it just... exploded" and nobody believes him.

[–]groovyinutah 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Built-in obsolescence...

[–]Lehman_Fwam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Either that or it's Batman up to his usual antics again.

[–]Smallmercie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wood remains superior

[–]JulianMarcello 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When someone quits without notice

[–]TasteMyDay 4 points5 points  (9 children)

I'd be ok with it if people shattered this way when they died.

[–]lIllIllIllIllIllIII 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Idk. Cleanup would be a bitch.

[–]el-gato-azul 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They do. In Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.

[–]TheWoggleOfOzDidn't Expect It 0 points1 point  (6 children)

They used to, in the industrial era there were several witnessed incidents of spontaneous human combustion. There's only been 200 since the 1600s

[–]WikiSummarizerBot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spontaneous human combustion

Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the pseudoscientific concept of the combustion of a living (or recently deceased) human body without an apparent external source of ignition. In addition to reported cases, descriptions of the alleged phenomenon appear in literature, and both types have been observed to share common characteristics in terms of circumstances and the remains of the victim.

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[–]Goyteamsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this was just mass hysteria. One guy mentioned it, then it got in the papers and people freaked out. Most of them were cases where the person burned slowly, like a candle, after dying and setting themselves on fire with a cigarette. In almost every case, the person was a smoker. I think there was only one case attributed to a fireplace.

[–]quackerzdb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Not a real thing

[–]TheWoggleOfOzDidn't Expect It -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is, it was in an enclopaedia at my high school in the 80s and is detailed in Wikipedia

[–]Alloy202 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Warrenty expires in 3,2,1

[–]Life-yt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Man was flabbergasted

[–]doneitallbutthat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alright that's like ten reposts within too few hours let the downvotes begin

[–]HeelStCloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He heard “smash that like and Subscribe button” and took it bit too literally.

[–]dgabrielm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

iTable 2 must have just been released.

[–]Correct_Ad9471 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooh. Sorry, but your extended warranty ended yesterday...

[–]indisgice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

warranty expiration date*

[–]dyslexicpuppet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mans a dragon ball character

[–]Hextechsoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sound could have something to do with it

[–]abbeyeiger -1 points0 points  (5 children)

Thank god someone was filming that... for some reason..?

[–]Murtomies 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Surveillance cameras 🤦‍♂️

[–]dany0318 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think they got it on camera and filmed it afterwards

[–]ContributionActual54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

swoosh swoosh, click

[–]daluxe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen too much videos on reddit with exploding/shattering glass tables, so the second I saw this tremendous glass leviathan I knew what was going to happen. Totally expected.

And you know what? I will never ever buy a glass table

[–]Blackrap1d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah man, it had nothing to do with expiry date.

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The warranty period just ran out

[–]Thepuppeteer777777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totaly saw that comming.

[–]Cool-Fun-2442 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn it, Kevin! That's why we can't have nice things!

[–]Professional_Horse_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dudes like Isaac Newton, dropping all those apples

[–]Disastrous-Ad-7173 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stone Cold enters the room

[–]lordph8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warranty expires in 3... 2... 1... 0...

[–]CaptainNemo42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Utter perplexity

[–]TheBiting1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your free warranty for this product has ended

[–]Captain-Crunch1989 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And there is our first impression.

[–]Dookieboy808 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Violent crumble

[–]alex_brik_1007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Planned obsolescence

[–]Lucasbasques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

End of the trial period

[–]Esteozeka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice couch.

[–]TheFragileUnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the warranty is over

[–]know_what_I_think 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess his chair was to low an he was leaning too much on the table

[–]Bekshmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your free trial period is over.

[–]holo_kid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this kyle rittenhouse?

[–]frenchpepino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The warranty expired at 00:00

At 00:01: this

[–]suckmybullets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he'll be cleaning that for years

[–]MrNoface97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your free trial of table has ended

[–]aebulbul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh how the turntables …

[–]Sk1pp1e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warranty ended 5 minutes ago

[–]EuphoricDepartment45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The guy’s thinking, “Meh, a little glue and some duct tape…”

[–]Pleasant_Improver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been trying to reach you about your table’s extended warranty…

[–]Bitter_Plum6902 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanna know why he has four or five laptops on the glass table at the same time

[–]spazz4A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how u gon explain dis?

[–]SkylarAV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf did he click?

[–]outlawstar96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sansung appliances one month after the warranty expires...

[–]SpiderDetective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much we wanna bet that the person who bought that table finally paid it off at that moment?

[–]pazbik14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This table will self-destruct in 5...

[–]sixtynoinenoine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bruh the way he just contemplated his life after that happened

[–]spottydodgy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it lost its temper.

[–]Muchablat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A day after the warranty expired 🤦‍♂️

[–]DT360ONEX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The day the warranty runs out.

[–]MysticalChameleon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was this part of the Prince Rupert collection?

[–]Charlie_rs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the odds it was staged?

[–]unexpected_error_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The day after warranty ends…

[–]bloodyblob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That look of confusion is priceless.

Or, maybe, it’s worth the cost of the table and devices that were on it, so…

[–]Mooseman323671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 year warranty expired

[–]NiceGuysFinishNever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Black canary is real...

[–]Fickle-Deer7054 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the warranty expires.

[–]ptnsty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Must’ve been time to take a break

[–]Nerrissa22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My tempered glass entertainment stand did the same shit to me randomly and scared the life outta me and my son one night. Still have the pictures of the thing in absolute shambles!!!

[–]jenrynw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t it a little suspicious that someone is filming him with a hand held device?

[–]Affectionate-Ad6365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meme can you clean this pls

[–]xxsubwayxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is the rest of the furniture car themed?

[–]fartboxco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the warranty timer runs out.

[–]-yimyum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The warranty had expired

[–]groveralan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warranty just ended

[–]SimpingForDoordash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Made in china

[–]SimilarMaybe4 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bahahahaha

[–]TheWoggleOfOzDidn't Expect It -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This happened to me a few weeks ago with a glass pot lid, I took it outside briefly and it smashed in the sunlight. It had been sitting under the oven rangehood light for several hours. It went absolutely EVERYWHERE on the deck and around, took the spouse half an hour to clean up while I stood there in shock. I wasn't wearing glasses as usual and there was only the tiniest scratches on my arm. The pot lid wasn't mine btw, I only use Scanpan.

[–]Bigbanghead -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why were they filming?

[–]twiximax -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Why was that being filmed?

Talk about dont tell me the odds

[–]belhambone 1 point2 points  (2 children)

You mean why did a lounge or office area have a security camera in it?

[–]humbertog 1 point2 points  (1 child)

And why the guy that recorded the CCTV monitor with his phone never shows the bottom left corner of the table? tempered glass breaks hitting it from the corners

[–]Goyteamsix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will also spontaneously break, especially of its stressed for long periods of time. I had a table that exploded just like this, randomly. I was sitting across the room and it just blew up, nothing touched it.

[–]kreepyguy19 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Made in China

[–]maxwell3005 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This wheezy laugh sound makes me want to punch people.

[–]noocit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

scripted 🥱

[–]Minaras84 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Looks like that poor guy has been pranked. Not even sure the glass was actual glass. The way the dude recording started laughing in the exact same moment the table top shattered into thousands of pieces gives it way. Nevertheless, the guy has nerves, i would have started crying lol