You guys are all coming at this like they put real money in there
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/3m-three-million-dollars-vancouver-bus-stop-cash-stunt
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Bulletproof glass, but they didn't allow tools? Is this the company that made glass for the cybertruck?
That’s the point.
They didn’t want anyone to be actually able to get the money.
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If it was done in Australia, I reckon the 3 mil wouldnt last 24 hours. Possible tools I'd say would be used are :- 1) Ute 2) Bobcat 3) Backhoe & 4) Bulldozer, not necessarily in that order.....
This was a marketing gimmick, they had guards to make sure no one actually broke it
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5 ) Boomerang
Can't you get like, a diamond drill bit and just give it a light tap? Tempered glass breaks easily if the outside layer is compromised.
They didn't allow tools. I wonder if those metal sole insert things could be used to help go through this.
Just embed a tip in-between the ridges of a boot.
Bullet proof "glass" isn't just tempered glass in fact it never was the original was just glass layered with plastic but the new stuff is made from multiple layers of different materials each specialized to cover the others weakness, think fascism literally means to fassen together like a bundle of sticks that is harder to break than one stick(I don't know why my mind went to fascism in retrospect a yin yang would be more accurate anyways)
Laminates are pretty common in many applications. Lots of things built from wood use several layers glued together. Or think of a lasagna.
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Laminates are pretty common in many applications. Lots of things built from wood use several layers glued together. Or think of a lasagna.
Have they tried shooting it?
Why didn’t they just open it with a screwdriver and pry bar? Or steal the whole bus stop?
Man steps into bus whole bus stop on his back. Bus driver doesn't even flinch. Happens every day.
I wish they did this right now. Breaking through bulletproof glass is easy with the right tools. A flying dropkick is not one of them.
I think they limited you to only being able to kick it
That makes sense. When I read that, my immediate thought was: demo saw.
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The gimmick was you couldn't do it with tools.
The real gimmick is there isn't really 3 million in there.
Fuck the rules, it's 3 million, I'm going to do whatever is necessary to smash that glass 😎
The images are made to look like CCTV footage of a bus stop, but there is zero chance they left that much money in there unprotected. You could just ram it with a car and haul it home. Either it's fake money or it was only there for a day with a crew for filming.
There was a contracted security guard there at all times, a rule that you couldn't use any tools, and they called it off after a day when the bus stop frame started to weaken. Only $500 of real money was placed on top of a bunch of fake money.
There isn't any actual money inside.
Define tools. Does a .50bmg SLAP count? Because there's no way that glass is rated to take anti-mat rounds.
Of course you can't do it without tools, I wouldn't want to break a regular window without tools, get my hand all cut up again and shit (last time was an accident). "No tools" makes the contest meaningless.
Yeah - without tools would be impossible.
That being said, for that kind of cash, I'd accept getting my hand cut up and shit.
Well fair and even if you could one punch man that shit the glass should act differently due to the lamination so you prob would get less cut, but also do gloves count as tools?
You can't use anything at all if it's effective actually.
Wanna bet?
You couldn't as you weren't allowed to. It was a bad marketing campaign because people think "omg why it's so easy".
Yeah, not allowing any tools shows a lack of confidence in their glass.
The CEO that stood behind his company's bullet proof glass while an employee shot it with an AK or something knew how to do it.
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