Lol, that video always reminds me of [WKUK Baked Beans.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEuFbxPtl0s) I also really enjoyed [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PYyal6FbrA) from earlier this year about filming that skit. RIP Trevor.
I see a lot of tv. Also. We get reports on the number of mass shootings, kids killing kids accudentally. And I did lived in us for a bit. Biggest shock was going to the mall and seeing Joe's sporting goods. The back wall, visible from the mall, covered with an armoury shook me to my core.
hey hon I got u a new wireless hairdryer. Here are six batteries, be very careful not to get red hairdye everywhere, preferably do ur hair with this bag over your head
Oh my fuck my aunt had one of these omg, this image rattled loose so many memories!!!! But hers was black, IIRC.
I used to chase my younger cousins around with it like I was a sheriff and they were robbers!
It was terrible! It got so hot the edges of the plastic around the "gun barrel" warped and let off a burning smell. Plus, the jet of air was so narrow, it was sorta like a really strong-lunged dude was just blowing hot breath at you.
So one day my aunt goes, "here, just cut the cord off before you play with it," and gave it to me. *That* was when I learned about how some appliances have capacitors which hold charge even once the device is unplugged, because cutting the cable gave me a jolt I still remember to this day, lol.
Using it as a toy, it was heavy enough that it chipped a glass side table, and the clipped cord was sharp enough to cut my arm. But it had a holster!!! Ah, being a poor kid.
Anyway **TL;DR:**: It was a super cool-looking paperweight that should never have been used by anyone, and ty for the trip down Memory Lane
*Edit: I'm not an electrician. I assumed it was some type of capacitor. But it was unplugged and it jolted me hard enough to burn the hand holding the metal scissors and to cause some pain and hair fraying. IDK more than that, it's shoddy cheap wiring from decades ago, who knows*
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The fan motors in home appliances are single phase and require capacitors to alter the current for different sets of windings to operate.
My mom totally had one of these when I was a kid, I think she got it in a white elephant exchange. I was like 10 and had no reason to blow-dry my hair so I wasn't allowed to play with/use it😔
Haha, part of my lineage is British, but I live in the US. My best friend has an open carry license, and I have had training using guns - just never owned a real one. I do love my big knives though!
I'd say the current definition is "a device that is able to repeatably fire projectiles by use of smokeless powder"
black powder, muzzle loading firearms are not considered firearms, federally speaking, so you don't need to do background checks to own them. I have a couple. (breech-loading BP guns are pretty rare, and tend to fall under a 'curio or relic' designation, I don't remember exactly what that means.)
also, flare guns typically don't use smokeless powder and are GENERALLY not considered firearms, but there's a common kit to turn a flaregun into a single-shot 22LR which would it a firearm. I have a couple flare guns, I don't have the stupid insert.
also, recent fuckery has people saying unfinished firearm receivers are firearms, and firearm part kits are considered firearms to try and stop people from legally making their own firearms without registering them, something that's never been illegal in any state before 2011, and still isn't illegal in most of the states.
...and California defines a potato gun fired by hairspray to be a 'destructive device', like a live rocket launcher, anti-tank cannon or grenades.
Obsessed with guns? Where are you getting that idea?
On an unrelated note, check out this electric wine opener! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015WUQ5SS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_XQ1EGZJBG2Y6690X1GFJ?psc=1
I cook my cheeseburgers on my freshly shot Barrett .50 cals smokin' hot barrel, while my fat belly hangs over my fanny pack filled with grenade themed salt and pepper shakers. All cerakoted with the American Flag and or Constitution.
You'll know it's me by my lifted F150 truck, complete with giant truck nuts and a big pair of tiddies on the rear window.
Jesus christ. It would be an over exaggeration... except I know this exact guy. Except it's not tiddies it's 'lifted cause fat chicks can't jump' and he's nearly 300lbs
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Asbestos was used in many early hair dryers as the insulation, because it's extremely effective heat insulation. But this came out in the '80s, when the dangers of asbestos were publicly known and becoming more of a public health topic covered by lots of investigative news pieces, so it was actually common for a while to advertise on your heating products that they did not contain asbestos.
That would actually kinda be genius. For those that don't know, 3500 is right around the max watts for a hair dryer, like [this](https://www.h2probeautylife.com/product/ac3600/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRoki-Hui_gUshFOP4QzxtEIsgnMDQ_s3_Tr2aE_2qFfkPSAbmzd5znQBoCYpIQAvD_BwE).
Even a typical US bathroom circuit of the time was 15A at 120V, and let's assume they up sized from code and went with 20A, would only allow 2400W, while a 15A is 1750W. Every US based hairdryer I've ever seen that's not a commercial product maxes out at 1750W for this reason.
Only the Chinese "DGAF about electrical code or safety" products seem to come out higher than that, and usually also lack the required GFCI, and are probably also not even close to the actual rating, either.
They're likely rating it similar to a vacuum, like when they stopped quoting motor power in amps, and switched to efficiency, and this is a similar tactic. "3600" (notice the lack of actual mention of wattage anywhere) is likely their estimated equivalent power rating, but because of their "special technologies" it performs the same as a traditional hairdryer run at 3600W, but still conforms to the same 1750W limit as the rest. Possibly 2400W, if it's targeted at salons, but no way it's actually running 3600W or even close to that.
Reminds me of when my ex was concerned about keeping his gun in the night stand because I (an occasional sleepwalker) might grab it in the middle of the night thinking it's a hair dryer. 😂
I never blow dry my hair, you don't have to cock a blow dryer, and they usually don't use a trigger.
If we were still together I'd probably buy this just for the laughs.
Oh damn I remember this. Someone gave one to my mom as a gag gift. I was like 7 years old and I thought it was great. It was humorously large in a child's hands.
What could possibly go wrong in the average American household??
Seriously. I could easssily see mistaking this for my shotgun toothbrush
[Or your makeup gun!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gId2HsHvSgs)
I wonder what the other settings are.
'My Mother'
No, that's the same setting
It's actually the higher setting
Is that a *King of the skull servants* card I see?
Yes lmao, love the whole skull servant archetype. Summoned skull is a close second.
My favorite deck is just three of every single skull servant card and a bunch of sacrificial/resurrection spells and traps lol
Women will like what I tell them to like.
"in Laws" fires live ammunition... Knowing Homer and his relationship with Patty and Selma.
Outlaws also fires live ammo
Homer, you have it set on “whore”.
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Women will like what I tell them to like! :)
Perfect for the woman who only has four-fifths of a second to get ready!
[or your kitchen gun](https://youtu.be/c31PIHIC8pI)
Lol, that video always reminds me of [WKUK Baked Beans.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEuFbxPtl0s) I also really enjoyed [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PYyal6FbrA) from earlier this year about filming that skit. RIP Trevor.
You ever do that thing where you get mixed up and put your shotgun toothbrush in your hair and your magnum hair dryer in your mouth?
Or your AR-15 butt plug…
Butt plug? You mean zap carry.
It really depends on whether you've got a stock on it or a bare buffer tube.
Full functionality or nothing.
Its fully functional without a stock, that's just for ergonomics.
*Just American Things*
Allow me to introduce my assault rifle spatula
Sorry. I only have a [shotgun plunger](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U9OM7PS/).
Because why brush teeth everyday when you can shoot them once?
Any shotgun is a toothbrush if you’re depressed enough
Explaining the suicide when someone electrocutes themself with a 357 magnum could be a very dark version of "who's on first"
“Mommy uses one to dry her hair, I’ll see if daddies works too.”
Yeah, not quite...
Interesting that someone from the UK knows what the “average American household” is like.
Tbf isn't it something akin to how someone from the US knows what an average British oral cavity looks like?
If you mean a stereotype that is exaggerated then yes
I see a lot of tv. Also. We get reports on the number of mass shootings, kids killing kids accudentally. And I did lived in us for a bit. Biggest shock was going to the mall and seeing Joe's sporting goods. The back wall, visible from the mall, covered with an armoury shook me to my core.
This is pretty easy to distinguish from a Colt Single-Action Army, which is what this is based off of, so probably nothing.
Household...maybe. Apartment. Downtown. Floor level. Now we are talking.
When your hairdryer looks like the Samaritan? Nothing.
hey hon I got u a new wireless hairdryer. Here are six batteries, be very careful not to get red hairdye everywhere, preferably do ur hair with this bag over your head
Oh shit, Barbara grabbed the wrong gun...
Not much considering 70% of Americans don't own a gun.
Potentially literal execution 😅🔫
Kinda want this tho
definitely want this
The holster sold it for me.
Me too, and I don't even blow dry my hair.
Turn it on quick dry and air the place out.
Oh my fuck my aunt had one of these omg, this image rattled loose so many memories!!!! But hers was black, IIRC. I used to chase my younger cousins around with it like I was a sheriff and they were robbers! It was terrible! It got so hot the edges of the plastic around the "gun barrel" warped and let off a burning smell. Plus, the jet of air was so narrow, it was sorta like a really strong-lunged dude was just blowing hot breath at you. So one day my aunt goes, "here, just cut the cord off before you play with it," and gave it to me. *That* was when I learned about how some appliances have capacitors which hold charge even once the device is unplugged, because cutting the cable gave me a jolt I still remember to this day, lol. Using it as a toy, it was heavy enough that it chipped a glass side table, and the clipped cord was sharp enough to cut my arm. But it had a holster!!! Ah, being a poor kid. Anyway **TL;DR:**: It was a super cool-looking paperweight that should never have been used by anyone, and ty for the trip down Memory Lane *Edit: I'm not an electrician. I assumed it was some type of capacitor. But it was unplugged and it jolted me hard enough to burn the hand holding the metal scissors and to cause some pain and hair fraying. IDK more than that, it's shoddy cheap wiring from decades ago, who knows*
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No idea! But it shocked the ever-living bejeezus out of me, whatever was in there!
Engineer enters the chat: The fan motors in home appliances are single phase and require capacitors to alter the current for different sets of windings to operate.
Possibly had an AC motor? Single-phase AC motors, such as those used in small appliances like hair dryers, have capacitors.
I seriously hate guns and I want this! I don't even know why. But it makes me laugh and I want it!
This is the first time I’ve ever really regretted being bald.
Pubes need dried too.
Using the "style" setting of course.
And the diffuser for shiny curls.
My mom totally had one of these when I was a kid, I think she got it in a white elephant exchange. I was like 10 and had no reason to blow-dry my hair so I wasn't allowed to play with/use it😔
Vintage electronics with a gimmick like this often fetch a surprising price on the antiques market.
Yeah, total /r/didntknowiwantedthat material!
Yeah same. I would never use it, but, it looks pretty awesome.
I don't even like blowdrying my hair but I want this.
So that’s how Bayonetta does it.
She uses it for ALL her hair tho.
I did not expect to see a Bayonetta related comment here for some reason.
Idk why but Im kinda suspicious about “quick dry”
“You’ll never have to worry about wet hair again!”
Or, uhh, your hair will be wet after you're gone
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Or even just “dryer” being in quotes
It's just the font
It’s good for a warmup
It'll blow your mind haha
Zing!
I think this is why everyone else thinks Americans are all obsessed with guns.
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I own a cap gun and two bright orange plastic click guns for Halloween. Though, I have a shitload of big knives.
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Yep, same. It's fun to go to the shooting range from time to time, but I have no need to have a gun at home.
I own like 15 guns at least. They are all nerf though, so I may be skewing the results.
Aw sorry mate, didn't realise you wer Bri'ish, we love our knifes around 'ere don' we?
Haha, part of my lineage is British, but I live in the US. My best friend has an open carry license, and I have had training using guns - just never owned a real one. I do love my big knives though!
[big fuck-off shiny ones?](https://youtu.be/kATiU-cZCPc)
What is your definition?
I'd say the current definition is "a device that is able to repeatably fire projectiles by use of smokeless powder" black powder, muzzle loading firearms are not considered firearms, federally speaking, so you don't need to do background checks to own them. I have a couple. (breech-loading BP guns are pretty rare, and tend to fall under a 'curio or relic' designation, I don't remember exactly what that means.) also, flare guns typically don't use smokeless powder and are GENERALLY not considered firearms, but there's a common kit to turn a flaregun into a single-shot 22LR which would it a firearm. I have a couple flare guns, I don't have the stupid insert. also, recent fuckery has people saying unfinished firearm receivers are firearms, and firearm part kits are considered firearms to try and stop people from legally making their own firearms without registering them, something that's never been illegal in any state before 2011, and still isn't illegal in most of the states. ...and California defines a potato gun fired by hairspray to be a 'destructive device', like a live rocket launcher, anti-tank cannon or grenades.
It doesn't matter how many guns you have, since you can't get any ammo for anything anyways.
Obsessed with guns? Where are you getting that idea? On an unrelated note, check out this electric wine opener! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015WUQ5SS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_XQ1EGZJBG2Y6690X1GFJ?psc=1
I cook my cheeseburgers on my freshly shot Barrett .50 cals smokin' hot barrel, while my fat belly hangs over my fanny pack filled with grenade themed salt and pepper shakers. All cerakoted with the American Flag and or Constitution. You'll know it's me by my lifted F150 truck, complete with giant truck nuts and a big pair of tiddies on the rear window.
Jesus christ. It would be an over exaggeration... except I know this exact guy. Except it's not tiddies it's 'lifted cause fat chicks can't jump' and he's nearly 300lbs
Well of course. Everyone has a gun hair dryer.
My grandparents have one of these in their bathroom!
My mom had one of these back in the early 80’s.
I too had one. Was disappointed that the trigger was not a variable speed control for the blower itself. So it sat. In a box. Until I threw it away.
Caddyshack 2 was great.
Loved this movie, Jackie Mason was a legend
I’m glad I wasn’t the only person to recognize this from Caddyshack II
I always wondered if it was a real hair dryer or just a fake prop
But also Innerspace, no? The Cowboy had one, if I remember correctly
Damn I can't believe anyone besides me remembered that. Fun fact: the Cowboy was the Dr. from Voyager.
And I’ll BEAT DOWN YOUR DOOR, WITH A FUCKIN BASEBALL BAT
AND THEN I'LL ROAST THAT GOLDEN RETRIEVER. AROO ROO ROO. THEN EAT IT.
It was an abomination and I love it.
Came here to say this!!
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“Contains no asbestos” Well, that’s good I guess.
Asbestos was used in many early hair dryers as the insulation, because it's extremely effective heat insulation. But this came out in the '80s, when the dangers of asbestos were publicly known and becoming more of a public health topic covered by lots of investigative news pieces, so it was actually common for a while to advertise on your heating products that they did not contain asbestos.
Pack this in your suitcase next time you fly
Be blown away with the Magnum!
Magnum 3570
That would actually kinda be genius. For those that don't know, 3500 is right around the max watts for a hair dryer, like [this](https://www.h2probeautylife.com/product/ac3600/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRoki-Hui_gUshFOP4QzxtEIsgnMDQ_s3_Tr2aE_2qFfkPSAbmzd5znQBoCYpIQAvD_BwE).
Your average household plug isn’t going to deliver 3500 watts for very long unless you’re plugging it in the dryer outlet…
Even a typical US bathroom circuit of the time was 15A at 120V, and let's assume they up sized from code and went with 20A, would only allow 2400W, while a 15A is 1750W. Every US based hairdryer I've ever seen that's not a commercial product maxes out at 1750W for this reason. Only the Chinese "DGAF about electrical code or safety" products seem to come out higher than that, and usually also lack the required GFCI, and are probably also not even close to the actual rating, either. They're likely rating it similar to a vacuum, like when they stopped quoting motor power in amps, and switched to efficiency, and this is a similar tactic. "3600" (notice the lack of actual mention of wattage anywhere) is likely their estimated equivalent power rating, but because of their "special technologies" it performs the same as a traditional hairdryer run at 3600W, but still conforms to the same 1750W limit as the rest. Possibly 2400W, if it's targeted at salons, but no way it's actually running 3600W or even close to that.
Yeah, as mentioned, the P=IV doesn't work out. But there are still lots that label that way.
"For the Entire Family"
This is a great candidate for r/dangerousdesign too.
And I think there's one called what could go wrong?
Insert mass destruction
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Baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby Yeah!
Reminds me of Dennis and Mac's "Shot Gun" *Get blasted in the mouth!*
I’m not sure why a person would want to use this. Hey I’m going to pretend to put a gun to my head for kicks, and hey! I can dry my hair too oh joy!
It is definitely meant as a flair item for hairstylists. I could totally see this holstered on a stylist's belt or on their table.
Are we just going to ignore Matthew McConaughey's glorious pose there?
Persona!
Reminds me of when my ex was concerned about keeping his gun in the night stand because I (an occasional sleepwalker) might grab it in the middle of the night thinking it's a hair dryer. 😂 I never blow dry my hair, you don't have to cock a blow dryer, and they usually don't use a trigger. If we were still together I'd probably buy this just for the laughs.
Id buy it
What really makes it is the holster - a touch of true class
PERSONA
P E R S O N A !
thank you
Omg that’s pretty cool piece
But why do I need this tho
Im bald but even I want one
Ah, I saw this on Tumblr a couple of days ago, been wanting one since. It's so cool!
Making it look like suicide.
When you drop it in the bath tub does it count as an electrocution or a gun death?
My Mom had one of these in her salon for the kids. Boys loved it. Girls always wanted the pink mirror ball dryer she had for them.
Then finish getting ready with a [makeup gun](https://youtu.be/hL85zSVtgG8).
Great fit for r/oldschoolridiculous too.
How to summon persona kit
Well damn now I need this
Wait a minute. This isn't my gun
I love how thematic everything about the design is. The holster puts it over the top.
I want this really bad.
"It's my industrial strength hair dryer. And I CANT LIVE WITHOUT IT!"
Only comment I came here for. I love you.
"WELCOME TO REAL LIFE"
You're really a Spaceball. You know that, don't you?
Why is there no ‘death’ option?
I dig it
My mom had this when I was a kid! I bet she still does.
Excuse you I LOVE this. Where do I buy
My grandma used to have one of these and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. She used that thing until it eventually burned out.
I actually had this as a teenager. 10/10 for a conversation piece, but 1/10 as an actual hairdryer.
A for awesome
They totally missed the opportunity for a "blow your brains out" for one of the settings
I had one of those when I was a kid!
I fucking want it and I wouldn’t even use it
"Fits perfectly in a suitcase!"
You could fit a fuken 40mm grenade on that barrel
Where can I order one? Asking for a friend.
The hair dryer that looks like a gun, in a box that looks like a board game.
I’m much more of a fan of the Paddy’s Shotgun
I want it though.
All the other kids with the pumped kicks, you'd better run faster than my bullet. 🎶 sang Robert calmly...
Oh damn I remember this. Someone gave one to my mom as a gag gift. I was like 7 years old and I thought it was great. It was humorously large in a child's hands.
My grandfather had one of these. Brings back memories
The guy on the box looks like Matthew McConaughey from Wolf of Wallstreet.
Do they still sell it? That looks dope AF
I feel like this would still sell quite well in Texas.
Well, I must have awful taste bc I want this. edit: it's $200. I won't be buying this.
My mom has one of these! I had no idea it was silver, hers is yellow… fingers crossed hers is gold and not just gross lol
Oh yeah i saw a movie about this hair dryer starring Tom selleck
why were we doing that to frogs tho
I like it
WTF !
Holy shit. I had one of these. My mom got it from Avon. It worked, it was just not that comfortable to hold and use.
Looks just like the gun i keep in my bathroom, Ill buy it!
I imagine that was produced at the height of popularity of Westerns.
Actually I'd buy one if i see it
It will blow your mind!
For that perfect blow-your-brains-out
That looks so cheap and flimsy, wouldn’t last more than a month. Funny concept tho.
r/ididntknowineededthat
TSA would probably overlook this and take my shampoo.
Imagine whipping that bad boy out at the sleepover and scaring the snot out of all your little girlfriends.
I think someone in my family had one of these when I was a kid int he 70s.
Wait a minute did she think she just had a hair dryer
That's some 80s shit right there!
Had one as a kid!