alignedchaos, (edited )

What a creative way to write “demoing”

sagrotan,
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We should go back to the times when people were forced to test their own products to get exposure.

DaCookeyMonsta,

Explains why there was so much cocaine.

21Cabbage,

If I recall correctly in the very early tests it was the inventor himself wearing the vests.

FartsWithAnAccent, (edited )
@FartsWithAnAccent@kbin.social avatar

They absolutely tested this beforehand lol, this was just showmanship to get departments to buy the vests. There are still companies that demonstrate like this actually (both with wearable armor and vehicle armor).

setsneedtofeed, (edited )
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PugJesus,
@PugJesus@kbin.social avatar

Hot damn

sxan,
@sxan@midwest.social avatar

Probably not testing, but rather demonstrating to potential buyers (the pig in the background). It sells better, and demonstrates the seller’s conviction that the product works.

drcobaltjedi,

Yeah this is whats actually happening. The inventor of the bullet proof vest would litterally get shot to show how safe it made the wearer.

EatYouWell,

People still do it today. There was a bullet proof glass company where the CEO (iirc, might have been owner) sat in a car with their windshield and let someone shoot at it with a rifle.

givesomefucks, (edited )

Yeah, I don’t know how anyone would think this was “the first test”

It was a demonstration to potential buyers (cops) that it worked.

The makers didn’t just strap on their first prototype without knowing it would stop a bullet yet.

This was after they knew it would work.

I think OP is just grabbing posts from “fakehistoryporn” off Reddit and not understanding the difference…

Just another of the (probably hundreds) of shitty meme communities OP mods or posts too. At this point I’m just blocking their whole account.

ThatWeirdGuy1001,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

The irony is it’s your poor reading comprehension that lead to your misunderstanding.

PugJesus, (edited )
@PugJesus@kbin.social avatar

Mind mentioning where I said this was the first test?

I think OP is just grabbing posts from “fakehistoryporn” off Reddit and not understanding the difference…

You do realize that's not the kind of material "fakehistoryporn" posts, right? It would be labeled something more like "Experimental worm-removal by shockwave, 1865"

Just another of the (probably hundreds) of shitty meme communities OP mods or posts too. At this point I’m just blocking their whole account.

That's what the block button is there for.

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

It isn't even a test, it is a demonstration.

JungleJim, (edited )

It’s in the text of the meme you posted. How embarrassing for you Thank you for sharing with the group. Sorry for being rude.

ininewcrow,
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Hey, it works! … It’s too bad that Larry, John, Dennis, Gary, Henry, William, Jim, George, Karl, Alex, Mike or Ronald couldn’t see this

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