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.
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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.
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.
It isn't even a test, it is a demonstration.
"Test - a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use"
Those are the things they did before the demonstration.
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.
It’s in the text of the meme you posted. How embarrassing for you
"Testing the first bulletproof vests" =/= "First tests of the bulletproof vests"
These aren't literally the first bulletproof vests, but nowhere in the text of the meme is it asserted that these are the first tests of the bulletproof vests.
Perhaps you could learn how to parse basic English before trying to act smug?
Sorry if I actually hurt your feelings. I might have joked too hard in the meme post.
I don't think your post was really accurate, since the first bullet proof vest was attempted in 1538 according to Wikipedia so it's not really the first, or a test.
But I didn't actually want to make you feel bad, so I'm sorry for that. I hope you have a good day despite me.
The irony is it's your poor reading comprehension that lead to your misunderstanding.
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.
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.
What a creative way to write “demoing”
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
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).
Oh boy you all haven’t seen the guy who made Second Chance vests?
Hot damn
If I recall correctly in the very early tests it was the inventor himself wearing the vests.
We should go back to the times when people were forced to test their own products to get exposure.
Explains why there was so much cocaine.