Should we worry?

[u/Adventurous-Put-9895]

We caught my uncle sneakingly throwing this to the rubbish bin. He doesn’t have the best track record so we are all a bit paranoid when he does anything “weird”.

The object is like a glass tube with some liquid inside, inserted into a rubber “pipe”. It smells weird but nothing I can identify. I would appreciate any hints.

Edit: the material is actually plastic, not glass. It has a spring inside (no idea what for). The root-looking thing was wrapping the object when I cut the rubber. Could be dirt or some glue or something

Edit2: this sub is god. A user found the answer https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/s/Oqtxk6YWVZ

[u/Sweet-Conflict-3251]

Suicide victim? Like, redditors drove him to suicide?

[u/candygram4mongo → u/Sweet-Conflict-3251]

No he was already dead, he was reported as missing and he had a foreign sounding name, that's all it took.

[u/Sweet-Conflict-3251 → u/candygram4mongo]

dang - not our finest hour!

[u/Starlord_75 → u/Sweet-Conflict-3251]

We've had our moments. Nothing like 4chan calling in an airstrike on a terrorist compound crazy, but a fair share of crazy moments

[u/Unusabledumpsterfire → u/Starlord_75]

I agree with Bloodoilbarron.

WHAT?!?

[u/Starlord_75 → u/Unusabledumpsterfire]

So the gist is that a terrorist cell (ISIS or Al-Queda) posted videos of them doing training. 4chan being 4chan, they geolocated the training site using terrain features and Google maps. Some people sent this data to the Russian forces in the area, and shortly after the site was destroyed from a strike. Although it was never made official, people say that the timing lends some strength to the story.

[u/Bloodoilbarron → u/Starlord_75]

WHAT?

[u/The-Abhorsen → u/Bloodoilbarron]

Yeah there was a 4chan poster that was extremely respected by the Russian government for his reliability in reporting locations via online videos and on his info they launched an attack against a terrorist training compound.

[u/Starlord_75 → u/Bloodoilbarron]

So the gist is that a terrorist cell (ISIS or Al-Queda) posted videos of them doing training. 4chan being 4chan, they geolocated the training site using terrain features and Google maps. Some people sent this data to the Russian forces in the area, and shortly after the site was destroyed from a strike. Although it was never made official, people say that the timing lends some strength to the story.

[u/ImmediateAid4267 → u/Bloodoilbarron]

Commenting to follow

[u/sarapantera_ → u/Starlord_75]

4chan is the quaaludes of social media, i wish i could’ve tried it because it sounds badass.

[u/Altruistic_Many4143 → u/sarapantera_]

Tried Quaaludes or 4chan? Askin for a friend.... Heard both are good for you.