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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] dfyx@piefed.social 27 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Put it on a wooden shelf and let it sit. You certainly won't regret it.

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This is the aftermath of a spicy car battery that was used as backup power for some emergency lights in a community center. Blew up in the early morning, burned the plastering from the wall and covered the whole basement in smoke and soot. Fortunately someone was there and heard the fire alarm, otherwise the whole building would have burned down.

[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 3 points 42 minutes ago

Man, if I saw that I wouldn't be taking a picture, I'd be calling the bomb squad while driving for the next county.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 4 points 53 minutes ago

You just don't want to be too close when it sheds. They can be a bit testy for a while.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Here's a tip Big Battery doesn't want you to know: A cell can recharge itself by recovering the charges from the opposite terminal. Simply connect the two terminals together and wait 10-30 minutes

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 18 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I'll be the spoilsport for any youngins or otherwise clueless folks.

Don't do this, very bad. Big spark, fire, bad time.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 9 points 49 minutes ago

I don't believe anything I read on the internet, so will go and do my own independent research.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 minutes ago

Shill. You obviously work for Big Battery!!

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 19 minutes ago

Be careful with this. If it lets out the magic smoke then the battery loses pressure and won't be able to power anything

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

Is that a lead acid battery?

How the fuck do you do that to a lead acid battery?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 1 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

Overvoltage during charging might do that (water electrolysis happens, meaning that there's hydrogen inside)

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 hour ago

Discharge it fully and freezing it can usually do it.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 3 points 1 hour ago

Shorting it out should do the trick.

[–] ndupont@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

Having had a spicy car battery myself last weekend, due to inexistent voltage regulation, I would have expected that one to be able to vent the excess pressure. Sealed battery out not, it's better not to build up pressure

[–] 777Prawn@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 hours ago

Should prob water it.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 19 points 2 hours ago
[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 1 points 41 minutes ago

Such a big spicy pillow

[–] decolo@piefed.social 10 points 2 hours ago

Just return it to the ocean so it can spawn a new pod of AAAs.

Lance that thing to relieve the pressure!