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Bike lock developed that makes thieves immediately vomit

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 12:37:51 No.1019850 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1019855 >>1020011 >>1020414

>A man approaches a bicycle, handheld electric saw at the ready. He powers it on, starts to drill, and is shot in the face with a noxious spray that makes him vomit uncontrollably. This is the dream of the inventors of SkunkLock.

Thoughts?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/21/bike-lock-developed-that-makes-thieves-immediately-vomit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 13:15:17 No.1019852 Report

Quoted By: >>1019853

>go out drinking
>fiddle with the lock on your way back
>can't optimally unlock the chain due to drunkeness
>get skunk'd

sounds like a great idea!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 13:20:18 No.1019853 Report

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>>1019852
The shit sprays when the lock is cut into, not fiddled with

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 13:30:29 No.1019855 Report

Quoted By: >>1019868

>>1019850
>Thoughts?
Sounds like a solution in search of a problem.
Besides, what's to keep the pukey thief from still stealing the bike?
Finally, viral marketing is prohibited here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 14:03:38 No.1019859 Report

Quoted By: >>1019982

Sounds like this would run into the usual problems with booby traps, in that it has the potential to harm anyone nearby, not just the thief.
>At two feet it was pretty bad. It was absolutely vomit inducing in 99% of people. At five feet it’s very noticeable and the initial reaction is to move away from it. At 10ft it’s definitely detectable and very unpleasant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 14:22:56 No.1019863 Report

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I know fuck all about chemicals but wouldn't the compound break down after a while? Also fuck indie gogo.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 14:43:08 No.1019868 Report

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>>1019855
Looks like you're gonna get b& for viral marketing family guy then

Velo Uber Alles

Velo Uber Alles Fri 21 Oct 2016 21:18:51 No.1019958 Report

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I suspect it would be more cost effective in the inner city to hire a hobo to vomit on bike thieves for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Oct 2016 23:25:11 No.1019982 Report

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>>1019859
Bystanders letting a thief cut a lock without intervening deserve to get skunked

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 00:15:12 No.1019996 Report

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Theives start wearing chemical smocks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 01:52:40 No.1020011 Report

Quoted By: >>1020022 >>1020101

>>1019850
>Then the would-be thief talks to a lawyer and sues the living fuck out of the bike owner for making him sick
Not legal; you can't do shit like that and not get sued. You could even end up arrested yourself for making someone sick. Also just imagine what sort of shit your life would turn to if it was some underage kid who messed with your bike, got incredibly sick, and maybe ended up hospitalized. There wouldn't be a rock big enough for you to hide under or far enough you could run to escape having your entire life ruined. They won't even be allowed to market it, even if they create it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 02:14:47 No.1020022 Report

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>>1020011
You retards realize that it's only activiated if you physically cut the lock right? Like it doesn't just spray at the nigga thats jostling the lock like a clown's flower its sort of like a bank dye bomb.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 08:28:37 No.1020101 Report

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>>1020011
Inducing vomiting isn't making someone sick. What are you talking about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 12:27:41 No.1020134 Report

Quoted By: >>1020137

What happens if you need to cut your own lock?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Oct 2016 12:35:32 No.1020137 Report

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>>1020134
Well I suppose you could just wear a gas mask.. I think it's actually a pretty good idea. Better than carrying a lock that costs and weighs more than your bike anyway...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 06:14:53 No.1020414 Report

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>>1019850
This is stupid, as is honestly using anything day to day but a Kryptonite New York u-lock or comparable Abus u-lock or folding lock, or an OnGuard Bulldog if you're poor and protecting a commensurately cheap bike.

Like, why? The only other lock that's seemed at all appealing ever is the TiGr for sheer sex and sleek, but it supposedly is easier to break than a good u-lock. Long-term locking you might want to use a chain as well as a u-lock.

Otherwise, what do you need out of a lock that 1-2 u-locks and component locks don't get you?

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