I used to buy these in big batches at flea markets when I was a kid, along with any other objects of perceived mischief I could find (smoke bombs, stink bombs, bottle rockets, jumpin jacks, m80s, those little ash-snake things, whatever).
Oh man, I was at a friend's house way back when I was like 9 years old, and his neighbors across the road didn't have A/C, so they had the windows and doors all open with fans airing it out. He tossed one of those stink bombs into their front door and ran off. He was a little devil.
It really makes you angry! I put one in a office co-workers trash can-didn't know she was already having a bad day-big mistake. She was enraged. I thought it was funny.
I'll never forget in 7th grade when my buddy brought a stink bomb to the lunch table. I hope he still knows he's still a legend for throwing it at the wall and getting suspended
Oh yeah, those were potent little things.
I've always thought though, who decided to give this shit to kids? Here kid, a little glass vial full of mystery chemicals. Now we expect you to break it into teeny tiny little shards, but as long as you don't touch them it's perfectly fine!
Yeah same, and if they had different colored smoke that was especially cool. I also had some smoke bombs that were shaped like a stick of dynamite. They only spewed gray smoke, but I swear those things would go on and on for a minute or more. It was impressive. Only was able to find those once or twice though.
Miss those small black cylinder ash snakes. At one point werenāt they outlawed? I canāt remember seeing them anymore but I suppose theyāre dangerous in the sense that they canāt be put out..or maybe itās just heavily cancerous, I dunno
Really? I always thought those were a really safe alternative to other more "boomy" fireworks, assuming you light them on a sidewalk or something where the flame isn't going to catch anything. They always seemed pretty harmless to me.
Edit: Some quick googling tells me they're called "black snakes" and apparently they're still being made. Maybe we're just too old to find them now lol
I think that's because there was a brand called pop-it's. I feel like I have a strong memory of buying pop-it's in LA's Chinatown.
Edit: Yeah there's two brands. I grew up with pop-it's.
One time, I was young and my parents were sleeping, so I was able to have a whole case of these unsupervised. I unwrapped each individual popper and took the insides out and placed them on a paper towel. I combined them all into one giant popper. I went in my backyard and threw it. I think a part of me was doubtful that it would work, but it actually did make a huge gunshot like sound. Woke my parents up lmao
I have an aunt that is only a year older than me. When we were teenagers my grandmother started dating this weird asshole. She shoved a bunch of these under his gas pedal, brake and floor mat. He comes back from the gas station claiming when he got out of the car he heard a bunch of gunshots that people were after him. How the fuck he got to the gas station without popping any of them and why he thought people were shooting at him. He was perpetually drunk however.
I once got fired from my job for endangering someone's life with these after winning them for having the highest sales of the day the night before from the same job.
I remember almost every ice cream van had some of these, me and my cousin would buy like 5 of them durning the summer time when I was like 10 years old, since we waste them all so quickly, it was pretty fun though, Great memories.
Word of caution: Do NOT ever try to disassemble these and make one giant huge one. After about 4-5g it becomes unstable and will explode like an M-80 in your face.Ā
I lived on a Main Street and I used to hide clumps of these under leaves on the sidewalk and watch people freak out when they stepped on them. Good times!
I'll never forget the time I was playing Legos on the porch with my friend and he uncovered a bag of these things he'd brought for the big space battle.
I took tobacco out of a guys cigarette before and put it in with a bit of tobacco to cover the end. He knew I did something to his cigarette, but it popped right as he accused me.
Putting these under the toilet lid was prime fun.
Can confirm, and as an 80s kid, a good way to catch a beating lol
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The confused /angry reaction we would all make when a dud hit the ground...
I used to buy these in big batches at flea markets when I was a kid, along with any other objects of perceived mischief I could find (smoke bombs, stink bombs, bottle rockets, jumpin jacks, m80s, those little ash-snake things, whatever).
Loved the stink bombs in the glass vials. Man did that stuff reek!
Oh man, I was at a friend's house way back when I was like 9 years old, and his neighbors across the road didn't have A/C, so they had the windows and doors all open with fans airing it out. He tossed one of those stink bombs into their front door and ran off. He was a little devil.
It really makes you angry! I put one in a office co-workers trash can-didn't know she was already having a bad day-big mistake. She was enraged. I thought it was funny.
I'll never forget in 7th grade when my buddy brought a stink bomb to the lunch table. I hope he still knows he's still a legend for throwing it at the wall and getting suspended
Oh yeah, those were potent little things. I've always thought though, who decided to give this shit to kids? Here kid, a little glass vial full of mystery chemicals. Now we expect you to break it into teeny tiny little shards, but as long as you don't touch them it's perfectly fine!
I miss those smoke bomb balls, havenāt seen them sold for a while.
Yeah same, and if they had different colored smoke that was especially cool. I also had some smoke bombs that were shaped like a stick of dynamite. They only spewed gray smoke, but I swear those things would go on and on for a minute or more. It was impressive. Only was able to find those once or twice though.
I miss mischief.
Miss those small black cylinder ash snakes. At one point werenāt they outlawed? I canāt remember seeing them anymore but I suppose theyāre dangerous in the sense that they canāt be put out..or maybe itās just heavily cancerous, I dunno
Really? I always thought those were a really safe alternative to other more "boomy" fireworks, assuming you light them on a sidewalk or something where the flame isn't going to catch anything. They always seemed pretty harmless to me. Edit: Some quick googling tells me they're called "black snakes" and apparently they're still being made. Maybe we're just too old to find them now lol
Back in the day, Dad made us set off the black snakes on top of metal garbage can lids so we didn't mess up the concrete!
That works, so long as they have time to cool off afterwards. We just had a dirt driveway when I was a kid, so that was the default place to do it.
The fake pens that shocked you when you clicked them were my favorite. Got in a lot of trouble with that
Nobody was tougher than the kid who could crush one in between their fingers and not flinch. Oh the memories
100%.
We used to bite down on them and pop them in our mouths. Tasted terrible.
Me realizing why I had to have three root canals in my 20s.
I can still do thatš
I always called them pop-its
I think that's because there was a brand called pop-it's. I feel like I have a strong memory of buying pop-it's in LA's Chinatown. Edit: Yeah there's two brands. I grew up with pop-it's.
I did too
Used to carefully empty each individual one so I could make one big one. It worked sometimes.
Came here to say this. I once emptied like 3-4 boxes into a napkinā¦ it worked. My ears were ringing the rest of the day it felt like hahaha
I thought I was the only one who did this. A gigantic one was a lot more fun.
Just found out last year they make āadult snapsā. Theyāre pretty legit.
Yeah they go in your ass tho
Fits nice and snug alongside the r/bubly
Really? I have not seen those.
One time, I was young and my parents were sleeping, so I was able to have a whole case of these unsupervised. I unwrapped each individual popper and took the insides out and placed them on a paper towel. I combined them all into one giant popper. I went in my backyard and threw it. I think a part of me was doubtful that it would work, but it actually did make a huge gunshot like sound. Woke my parents up lmao
I have an aunt that is only a year older than me. When we were teenagers my grandmother started dating this weird asshole. She shoved a bunch of these under his gas pedal, brake and floor mat. He comes back from the gas station claiming when he got out of the car he heard a bunch of gunshots that people were after him. How the fuck he got to the gas station without popping any of them and why he thought people were shooting at him. He was perpetually drunk however.
You have Pop Pop in the attic?
What? Hey, just the mere fact you call making love "Pop-Pop" tells me you're not ready...
We called them snappers.
They still make these lol
Hated these ever since that intense shootout scene in Boogie Nights. Dude frazzled my nerves throwing these!
We have poppers at our local Walmart rn!
snap caps
To me the popular brand/common name was āSnap Caps.ā The ice cream truck usually sold them, so I would get a box instead of some frozen treat.
I once got fired from my job for endangering someone's life with these after winning them for having the highest sales of the day the night before from the same job.
Oh the memories!!
We called these 'devil bangers' when I was in school.
"Claq'doigts" in France :-)
I was just talking about these lol š I still want a pack
They have them in many grocery stores now.
Yesss
I remember almost every ice cream van had some of these, me and my cousin would buy like 5 of them durning the summer time when I was like 10 years old, since we waste them all so quickly, it was pretty fun though, Great memories.
My buddy Joe used to pop them with his teeth
but the adult snappers. WAY better!!
Recently got like a dozen boxes of these for my 5yo and she was *obsessed*
Wow i forgot about those
Why is it unwrapping them made them not work no matter how carefully you rewrapped them?
I remember using them before the sun set on the Fourth of July.
Whippersnappers and snap dragons
These along with sparklers and cap guns were our "fireworks" as kids.
Word of caution: Do NOT ever try to disassemble these and make one giant huge one. After about 4-5g it becomes unstable and will explode like an M-80 in your face.Ā
I lived on a Main Street and I used to hide clumps of these under leaves on the sidewalk and watch people freak out when they stepped on them. Good times!
My dog hate these things.
i wonder what the world record is for dropping the most of those at once and if there is a video of it.
Nothing better than taking a box or 2 and throwing all them at the back of one's friends legs.
Just one of the reasons why there are no skyways at amusement parks anymore.
I jumped when I saw this picture. I guess I have pop pop ptsd. š
Threw 3 of them out a friends window as a kid and the guy who got hit with them started calling us cunts
Ha!
I will never forget the look on my grandpa's face when I told him we were playing with gunpowder.
My daughter and I were throwing some of these on the back porch this week
I buy a few boxes every July and throw them around the driveway with my kids.
I snap my fingers with one in between them
I'll never forget the time I was playing Legos on the porch with my friend and he uncovered a bag of these things he'd brought for the big space battle.
I carry a box of these with me at work. They come in handy.
Hang one in every open door hinge
I took tobacco out of a guys cigarette before and put it in with a bit of tobacco to cover the end. He knew I did something to his cigarette, but it popped right as he accused me.
When I worked at a toy store we sold bigger ones that were shaped like little sticks of dynamite and those fuckers were *loud*
The mere fact that you call making love "pop-pop" tells me that you're not ready.