How Sitting on a Gaming Chair Tragically Killed a 14-Year-Old
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Excitedly jumping onto your gaming chair for the newest AAA release, or dropping yourself down like a sack of flour for another grueling workday? Sitting in an office chair doesn’t seem like a dangerous thing to do, but several cases in China were reported over the years where office chairs can explode! But is this just an urban myth? Can chairs really explode? Do office chair explosions cause damage? Let’s get into it.
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sheesh
what
Does Crossout have exploding chairs?
Cool
Nice, so I can hook firecrackers inside it and make the chair an IED? *YAY!!!*
*Looks at my wooden chair*: Perhaps I have judged you too harshly
me right now
Same
Looks at my plastic cchair
😂 seriously
@@apocalypsegamer8462 look at my Vergil motivation chair
Boy, I could've really live the rest of my life not being scared of my chair now
Same
Ditto. Now I’ll be scared every time I sit at my pc
Not anymore 😓
What if you bought a cheap chair and DIDN'T live the rest of your life?
Same
As a 14-year old, watching this video on an office chair in China is definitely *not* a recipe for stress relief...
get well soon >_
Grammar mistake
OMG IM SITTING ON A CHINESE CHAIR
Run.
Same @@Barnykv
Boss: "Please Mr. Smith, take a seat"
The seat:
🌚
Boss: Well, I guess we will not need to lay off Smith anymore.
If Mr Smith were from China
🌚
Oh no the police put the boss in jail forever for damages. @@CarlosAngelo1
I once heard a saying that goes "never cheap out on anything that connects you to the ground" so shoes, tires, mattress, and apparently office chairs.
your excited to watch me🤣🤣💀💀
Frfr
Ceilings are more dangerous😂
ESPECIALLY never cheap out on tires. As a car guy, tires are probably the most important part of the car; arguably even more important than the engine or electric motor propelling it forward. It's a much better bet for you to get a set of summer tires for summer and a set of winter tires for winter due to the enhanced grip improving safety
@@mrsoisauce9017 Also, seasonal tires will last twice as long because they're only used half as much.
Never in a million years would I have ever thought an office chair could be deadly.
step on one to exchange a lightbulb :)
@@wruzzer I once tried that but then after watching this video, I checked my chair and it was not met the required safety standards 💀
I was lucky ig
@@wruzzer but it has wheels itll roll
True.🤯
@@stanleybochenek1862 that's the point.
This literally happened to me in 2007 from a biker style stool from Cosco. Exploded 2seconds after getting off of it 3 days after purchase. I’m so lucky I wasn’t on it, I’d probably be dead, but it threw me into the wall from the blast and set my kitchen on fire. I thought someone threw a grenade at my house or the oven exploded or something. Absolutely terrifying.
😂grenade
One of the luckiest and unlucky moments of your life😅
How much did it cost??? Costco??? Shouldn’t those types of stores have high quality chairs??
Set kitchen on fire? But doesnt the gas come out cold?
@@gabrielphilips6980did you watch the video??? It shows a chair bursting into flames.
*me looking down at my plastic foldable chair*
“I’ve underestimated your security…”
This almost happened to my brother, thankfully the air piston shot out the bottom of the chair legs instead and chunked into the floor. It only toppled him.
God was looking out for your bro
Good design, intentional or not. The weakest failure point is where it will cause the least harm. Not so much about the gas spring itself though…
@@Finalizor but not for these poor people
@@Finalizor Why wasn't God looking out for the people mentioned in this video, which includes a 14 year old child?
@@AetherealGirl i am not God so i can't answer that
I always wondered why all the high end chairs I see have such hefty steel plates between the cylinder and the seat. I had no idea it was a story written in blood.
Much like oddly specific safety rules in a workplace, it's usually there because someone learned that lesson in blood
That makes me feel better because I have a Serta Exacutive chair lol. It was like $700.
Not sure being laughed into the ceiling would be much of an improvement.
notice a trend in all the victims? they're all chinese and their chairs are most likely low quality local made chairs that don't have to pass any international safety standards for export.
and feces.
The floor be looking real nice rn- 💀💀💀💀
Pewdiepie was ahead of his time 💀
The bed be looking mighty comfy rn💀🙏
@@Nezuko_isyouronlyfypthe metal/wood if the metal just somehow goes up 🤭
"Talks about a 14 year old kids gaming chair exploding and being put in the hospital."
"Proceeds to sponsor a game about exploding stuff"
I never thought I'd be adding exploding office chairs to my list of irrational fears today.
*Oh I'd argue this fear is pretty rational-*
Not irrational.
Irrational is a purple hippo charging at you while doing the moonwalk aggressively.
Rationally is when something has happened before, and has the potential to happen again in a reasonable setting. And you're instincts are going "nope, let's prevent that".
*Looks suspiciously at my chair*
@@Seanthefox I' like to sell a exploding chairs to people
@@wind_scratch8387 No it's not. It's probably the lest dangerous thing in the world.
i had literally no idea office chairs even had the potential to explode
if i was aware of this earlier i would never have gotten one
Or get a wooden stool
That's a common case from China THEIR chairs has a gas inside of it
@@stevejohn7459 that's gonna be not comfortable. Esp if you are working or playing games.
@@kindahungry8505 Just stick a pillow on it
@@darkbooger that was my gaming chair as a child
Me:
Sitting on a chair
Me 1:19:
Stands up at my desk
Bruh sammeeee
Have had an office chair for 3 years that is falling apart. It NEVER crossed my mind that it could explode.
Watching this video while sitting in an office chair is one of the scariest things I've ever been through.
Me too 💀
same
Right I instantly went to sit on the floor and check my chair
It's a COMPUTER chair !!!
ya, I moved off of mine like 5 mins in
This feels like one of those ridiculous things your parents say to get you off your computer but it actually ends up being possible
Fr tho, freaking terrifying 💀
Or is it?
Bro my dad says this to me all the time because I recline on my chair, even though reclining isn't the reason for these accidents
@@gooost7yvsauce reference?
no more games or your chair will explode!
New fear unlocked: office chairs
Because of this video I no longer work at my desk, and rarely sit in desk chairs. I’m pretty sure it’s a phobia now.
same 😭🤣
Wooden chair: easily breaks Office chair: freaking explodes, sends shrapnel everywhere, and might send a metal round right up your ars
𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕕𝕖!
The floor and the bed it is for me now...
Easily breaks? Unless you weight 1000lbs the wooden chair can support a 200lb person easy. My chair can support someone 300lbs last I checked.
Nah. Ima try to become a masochist to feel the fatal ejaculation which may be so fatal that my arse could get fu-
.
Thank you for giving me a new irrational fear of my office chair that I’ve used for years now and works perfectly fine.
Lol
Same
Ima send my enemies one of the exploding chairs
@@Illiterate243 If U Wanna Make A DIY Exploding Chair, Just Jump On An Office Chair For 5-7 Mins And It Will Explode When Sat On (I Think)
@@trypophobia2174 it wouldn't work on any chair as most follow safety standards I would need a cheaply made one
Video: *explains how chairs can explode*
Me: *looks at my gamer chair in fear*
fr
Real
I think I’m sticking with my wooden chair, I’ll keep using my pillows.
I have never felt so uncomfortable watching a video. You know. From an office chair while Brew explains how they can explode.
I know right!
These all happened in China, there’s a reason
They're typically designed to have a relief point on the bottom of the chair so it blows out downward safely but idk I guess not all
me too, im literally thinking of getting a brand new safe chair..
@@aimee-bee6056 tf do you think that means?
I always used to grumble about my cheap, plain wooden chair that I use for my desk. It’s literally the most basic chair you could imagine. I’ll never complain about it again after watching this.
Might go sit in my dinning room chair instead of my gaming chair
SAME
Boy, having a wooden chair is a privilege in other places. We have the cheapest plastic ones that can even give way under a normal weighted adult.
You should get a pillow or something to make it more comfy
@@cassiecc1811 I have a wooden chair with a pillow like cotton covering it.
Thanks for telling us that cheap is not only often bad, but could be dangerous. And thanks for teaching us how to 18:15 know if the chair is proper safety standard or not.
Me currently sitting on office chair : (chuckles) im in danger
The fact that the majority of people weren't aware of this proves the chairs are well made and these accidents are not common at all. It is as rare as a phone battery exploding in your hand or you pocket. It exists, but not common enough to be a worry.
But the video serves as a reminder that buying really cheap office chairs (prices vary widely) is very dangerous. I was thinking of buying a cheap adjustable gaming chair from China but now after watching this video... yep I'm only buying the real stuff.
I have had a good phone battery explode right in front of me, crazy stuff
@@_454_ I'm not sure how you're defining "real stuff" but note that even the cheap Chinese chairs were essentially fine if you aren't going into outright regulation-dodging territory.
It's more likely for these kinds of things to be a combination of sus manufacturers and misuse. Bad parts fail all the time, but I'm willing to bet the kid liked to play with the lifting mechanism.
@@BINGOLING0mine blew up in my pocket got third degree burns from it.
I definitively didn't just buy a new chair because of you Brew, got me paranoid about my 2 year old chair
Hahahahahaha same
considering getting a new one as well fr, I'd rather have a bad back than a metal rod up my you know where
I'm definitely eyeing my cheap one that I got off Amazon pretty hard, given their tendency to let random sellers pass their products off as more legitimate ones.
@@nebulabunny8633 and then you get a normal chair and read of people that sit on chairs and they broke and get impaled by the leg or a splinter
@@jasminecollins897 replace it just to be on the safe side, try a non adjustable chair
I really wish that this video didn’t show up on my recommend I literally could’ve not watched this video and not get anxious every time I sit down in my chair
The absolute horror I experienced watching this video while hoping to make it to the end without my chair exploding on me 😰
you are not alone
At this point, im convinced, its a miracle that we get through a day unharmed.
Right?!
Always.
John 3:16
There’s millions of large rocks flaring through space constantly so just that alone is an insane miracle
I guess buying a floor chair was a good choice.
I feel so bad for the boy's parents. Imagine how they must feel losing their son so suddenly and unexpectedly
And because of a chair. How does one even begin to process the fact they just lost their child... because the kid sat down on a chair. It even sounds absurd.
@@kiminimuchu__ exactly what i was thinking
To a common item
Amen.
at least it will look great on the gravestone
"mom i want a gaming chair"
mom: we have one at home
gaming chair at home:
WE ARE UNLOCKING A NEW FEAR WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Okay, in all seriousness, I am now afraid of chairs with similar designs, perhaps I might just get a wooden chair.
I went with a basic wooden chair years ago. Didn't regret it then. I could have gotten one that was put together a bit better though, since the screws like to unscrew themselves a bit.
I sit on a wooden frame wool cushion chair in front of my computer which I like. I don't really like those cheap plastic roller office chairs since they break too easily and I worry about falling off the office chair.
*chair leg breaks*
@@LunarN0v4* Plastic chair crying in the corner *
I also sit in a non office chair but plastic because in mu opinion it's more comfortable than wooden xd and i meant non roller and not an adjustable height
Imagine sitting down for a gaming session and then your chair violently explodes into flames, setting everything in your room on fire. Literal instant hellfire
That's a realistic COD grenade simulation
guess we got better gaming chairs
Ahem, have you never had Taco Bell?
So when a piston is depressed
@@guilletiger Who needs VR and video game explosions when we got the real deal right under our bums
Jesus i shouldnt have watched this, im at work terrified to sit in the office chairs now 😩
Me Watching this on my chair:"Nah I'm not using that sh*t again"
Me:"Throwing it out of the window"
Chair:"Explode"
Me:
I watched this in my chair 9 hours ago. I swear I'm being honest when I say I have avoided it all day 😂
I really, really could have done without being afraid of my chair for the rest of my life
Ikr xD
I'm already shopping for a comfortable fixed height chair. All this so we can adjust it, no thanks. I'm done. I'm opting out of adjustable height chairs for all of my life.
@@pottingsoil723 Better idea; what if someone just manufactured hard metal cylinders for these kinds of chairs that just stayed in a fixed height
it's fune unless you buy the cheapest piece of junk you can find (or a gaming chair)
mk ima throw away my gaming chair and replace it with a wooden stool
@@toothpasteproductions3942 I settled on one of those gliding rocking chairs for rn lol. Trust me a wooden stool is not gonna be comfy. Unless your gaming chair is 20 years old (unlikely) the chances of it exploding are close to 0.
Remember - there's only been 3 cases of this ever occurring and they're all mentioned in the video and (coincidentally or not coincidentally) all happened in China.
My advice would be to take your gaming chair to a furniture store that does repairs or any other qualified person and have them replace the piston with a wooden dowel if you're really concerned.
They might give you some funny looks for your odd request but it should be a piece of cake for them to do.
Call me crazy but I’d rather have a regular non adjustable chair than one that explodes if you sit down too fast.
Unfortunately us tiny people don't have much choice in the matter :(
:::puts steel plate on office chair before sitting down::: can't be too "chair-ful"... lol
@@Dreamheart101 use pillows or books to increase the height, much safer
Vergil chair?
Just spread your cheeks and take it like a man
A 14 year old died..
*4 seconds later*
GET CROSS OUT NOW FOR FREE!
i watched this whole video standing in fear, why must you give me officechairophobia
i literally switched to a wooden chair because of this but tbh it just feels more stable to sit on and feels way better on my back
switched to a plastic chair
@@namesss130 Bet you feel... Motivated
@@edgelord121 Nice reference
@@UNGOC_Engineer3231 thank you
You mean for
Vergil's chair
Now I understand better why a standing desk is great for health.
😂
@andrewryan8507 You're right, it can be quite uncomfortable if you are standing on a hard floor in the long run. I got a foam mat designed on purpose.
Understood.
Wait, is your standing desk not gas powered? Mines is lol
In before you lower the standing desk and it crushes you from underneath - actually I think standing desks stop if they encounter resistance
Morral of the story: Don't get a 5 dollar chair off marketplace, or off a junk pile.
10:53 moral of the story: *never sit on a made in China office chair💀*
💀💀💀💀
never sit in a chinese office chair if you ever said a negative thing about their government
awesome my country!
So literally every chair
This is some seriously scary stuff. You spend all your money on a high-end gaming computer, then spend 10 or 20 bucks for a gas-powered chair. That's a recipe to get literally fragged.
same with psu for pc
PSUs should never be cheaped out on, and the fact that they can go forward through many upgrades ought be reason to get as good a one as makes sense for your use case. Same with peripherals like chairs that, yeah, could be a serious health risk. But that's my privilege as someone with some discretionary income speaking; it's not really feasible for many folks who're on tighter budgets I guess.
No, not really that scary. You're reading too much into this. This all happened in China. This is the reason most Chinese with money won't buy Chinese products. The products they ship to other countries are held to a higher standard. When was the last time you heard of a chair doing this in your country? I'm in the US and, I never have. Now, if you can count even one friend that this happened to, then it's time to worry.
Sorry but chairs are more like $150
@@joltjolt5060 I don't know where you're getting those figures but there are many gas powered chairs that do indeed cost about $10 or $20 across the globe. Naturally these will be in less wealthy countries, but they are prevalent
clicked on this bc I thought it was gonna be about that guy who died of blood clots after a 19-hour World of Warcraft gaming session and I thought this would elaborate on the WOW controversy, but you subverted my expectations in the absolute worst way possible AND you gave me the belated Christmas gift of a new irrational fear. Great video, please don't keep it up I beg of you
Nah, the blood clots comes from the covid vaccine.
I honestly thought it was like a made up story not a new phobia (¬_¬💧)
SAME
Same! i feel so clickbaited😞
I thought the same.
"Boss can i have a raise?"
"Can you sit in this chair with intense force and lets "talk" about that "raise""
Me: chairs arent scary
Also me while sitting on a chair: *shaking violently of fear*
I actually had one explode on me before. I bought it from Walmart. Luckily I wasn’t in the house when it happened, but a guitar I had hanging on the wall fell onto the chair and apparently created enough force to make the chair explode. I came home to a very damaged chair and a metal rod sticking straight out from the middle. And a very broken guitar as well 😂
Oh, jeez... What kind of guitar was it?
@@mugsyjpg it was just a small guitar bought from a pawn shop nearby 😅 I guess the chair must’ve been damaged in shipping, but I don’t understand why in went off due to the light guitar but not the handful of times I had sat on it
@@DareChimaerathe chair saw it was a inanimate object and just had enough lol
@@theerandomdude2375 haha I guess so 😂
of course it was a walmart chair
rest in peace to the poor 14 yr old
Yes may God grant his Soul Rest
@Alex Rosen’s Redemption at Plush Vids why does it matter?
@Alex Rosen’s Redemption at Plush Vids What's wrong with it
@Alex Rosen’s Redemption at Plush Vids There's nothing wrong he was a 14 year old kid they're not wrong.
But you’re not upset by the video’s creator making money off his story and not even saying his name??
The fact that im kinda relieved knowing I've mostly been used to sit on a four-legged chair in my whole entire life
New fear unlocked, Chairs. As im typing while standing in a crusty musty not at all trusty room
I remember playing Goldeneye in the N64. Always found funny how shooting chairs would make them explode... but they knew something that we ignored back then. Now a new fear has been unlocked.
Literally everything explodes in Golden Eye.😆
@@AfloatFob lol that's too true. Always felt satisfying to just destroy all objects in the game.
Anything is possible to used for assassination basically that's what they trying to tell us all this time.. physics*
@@AfloatFob except for that bigass rocket
He talks about a child dying and then says, “ So here’s our paid promotion!”
Amazing. Mission complete. That right there is why you're the best Boss. The one and only.
Yeah this video was very tone deaf.
Cry about it
Lol
Womp womp
I randomly saw this on my home page and i just HAD to click on it
Suddenly I’m glad that I just sit on a small metal stool that has a cushion on top. 💀
fr, after watching this, i grabbed a wooden chair and put a pillow down. still comfortable
@@not_active22lmaoooo
I like how brew never gave any steps to prevent the chair from exploding. He just leaves you with raw fear of your office/ gaming chair.
He did. He said check for labels on your chair to make sure that it is safe.
@@onsokumaru4663 he also said to check for damages and replace the chair when needed
@@partygamer62gamereviewsand76 the gas spring isn't under enough pressure to just explode like that. you're body wight can compress it. for this to happen they would have been overfilled by alot.
Just put level 4 body armor on your chair and sit on it should protect you
@@gogereaver349your assumption or do you know this for sure? I'm afraid of my chair now since it says "stay within weight limit and no heating"
OMG i've been almost jumping/dropping into office chairs for years, never going to do that again.
BRO SAME MY HEART JUST DROPPED
Same 🥲
Lol
Same thing
I Literally jumped in my chair when I went to this video
“what makes an office chair.. go boom” i dont know why that was so funny 😭
I just bought a new desk chair. I didn't even know what type of desk chair I had before I watched this. Tha ks brew, you're a jewel. 😉
Never been so greatful to have a wooden chair and a broken office chair
Broken office chair 💺?
@Lalu the ocean wolf UWU 4 he did not playing games.
Moral of this story
Don't cheap out
Some things shouldn't be made cheap for a cheaper price 😅
It I'd the exact opposite. Buy a simple,cheap,wooden chair. I only have those in my apartment,no fancy chairs
Rest in peace 69 likes.
@@student99bg No, you should buy a good quality chair. Regardless if it's wooden or office chairs.
A cheap wooden chair can break and cause injuries too. Just buy a good chair
Edit: Looks like I misspoke. I meant to say 'a bad quality chair, (which is usually cheap) can break and cause injuries...'
@@Abedchess I might as well stand cause I'm too poor to buy a good quality chair
@@Abedchess My family has the same chairs that they bought 60 years ago and they are far from breaking
Is suddenly grateful I never exploded playing on my parents' office chair at the computer...
“All the cases of office chairs being in China are just out of luck” no it’s because of all the companies cheaping out on manufacturing these exploding office chairs that are resulting in the cases being in China. To ship to European countries or America, you need to provide safety labels, manuals and the manufacturers tag. So these chairs would have never ended up in the homes of most people watching this video anyway.
This happened to my neighbor who attended college. It took 7 hours of surgery to save him. His family sued the manufacturer of the office chair after their son left the hospital and to this day is still wheelchair bound. They sued for $4,998,745.00 and they won their lawsuit! I hope for speedy court settlements for these families aswell.
why not the full 5 mil
@@infernus4750 The lawyer was the one who came up with that amount...must be his lucky number that wins him lawsuits.
This sounds like it totally happened... like for real
"Son! Go sit on that chair, i have a plan!"
@@infernus4750 It's like price tags that say 19.99 instead of 20
Hypothetically, we should probably try to create adjustable chairs that have zero chance of explosion. We've gotten too comfortable with various forms of "acceptable risk," particularly when the risks are largely unknown.
Edit: OK, this is leading to more debate and discussion than I had anticipated. Luckily, my thoughts on the subject have been evolving.
Most of us live in post-industrial societies. Several terrible things have been mitigated, thanks to things like modern medicine, while several other terrible things have become more common, as a result of society being completely reshaped around modern technology. Some of these things are "necessary evils," to an extent, but they can probably be mitigated/lowered, and some of these things are sort of pointless or odd. Chairs with smoothly adjustable height are one of the more pointless and odd things.
It seems as though this is something that was adopted en masse due to their sheer convenience, all while most people are completely unaware of the small chance of explosion if the chairs are poorly manufactured or significantly worn down. A lot of modern society works this way: people are just thrown into accepting certain things without fully being aware of them. In the case of many modern nations, it's capitalism and the industrial revolution that have driven this. Hypothetically several other things could drive this, since a lot of the stuff that people have just adopted come from the industrial revolution and the evolution of various products. Capitalism is probably not an absolutely necessary ingredient in this recipe.
While chairs with smoothly adjustable height (via gas cylinders) are not the best example of weird things that the public should have put more thought into or been given more knowledge on, since the odds of explosion are slim, they still represent an example of an odd risk that does not need to exist.
Things like the original widespread use of lead is a better example of things that should not have been done, despite the convenience of lead. Adjustable height gas cylinders are much lower in this list of things, but they're still technically there to some extent, mostly because they're far from being a "necessary evil" of modern society.
Inversely, maybe the modern world has become so safe in most situations that smaller and smaller risks become unacceptable.
@@danielyoung_
Quite possible, though exploding gas cylinders that control chair height are more of an odd risk that has a small chance of happening under normal circumstances than a "small risk."
The Herman Miller Aeron, Steelcase leap, and Allsteel Acuity are very safe and have no chance of explosion at all but, they’ll will have a chance that you will go broke because they are expensive.
@@davidperry4013 You'd have better luck getting an Aeron from a liquidation sale, less stress on the wallet
@@MrNobody47710 These gas cylinders usually don't explode, there is just a hissing sound and the chair would not adjust any longer. They don't explode in a self destructive way. It seems that chair in the video had some sort of defective cylinder combined with weak underplate or whatever it had.
I see my chair has about 2mm of steel plate above the cylinder a steel bar (for regulation there) and 2 inches of some wood plastic composite, above that is the soft part... no way this thing is going to brake. And by the way my chair is from China and is relatively cheap but is sturdy and I usually buy office chairs from that brand it's about $150. Yes they break after a few years of use but in a non destructive way. (and only 1 of them had a gas cylinder problem... and it just puffed and stopped working it didn't explode or do anything else at all)
also, public toilets have been known to explode from the pressure. A truly terrible thing to witness.
now i know why alot of chairs i see have metal plating inside of them. new fear unlocked, sitting in a non-wooden chair
*New Fear Unlocked:* F*cking sitting down
i got my chair off the side of the road im cooked 😭
@@lehimcookk You'll get violated bro 😄
@@lehimcookkpeople usually throw items in the trash bec they either wanna get a new one or the old one has a broken part(i dont think this can lead the chair to literally explode)
@@lehimcookkyou might be cooked
I think there were studies done quite some time ago (like about two decades) that sitting in general shortens your life. It's pretty much unavoidable though in our modern world.
Can always count on Brew for unlocking new fears with every video!
@6MeOwO9 how pooping made this kid experience the heaven
@@ishpreetsingh9605how blinking cost this kid his eyes and almost his life.
On god this is too true
@@MonkeyeditsYT how a kid used his hands made him lose his hands
Aw man I realized any product or food or structure could be made poorly or be dangerous 😭
New fear on locked: sitting on a office chair or gaming chair
*in court*
Judge:Im waiting...Introduce yourself!
Chair: *Epic Chair noises*
The chances of dying to an office chair could be higher than dying to a shark and that’s terrifying
Most likely. Sharks don't attack at all, most bites are due to the shark thinking thr human is a seal. Soooo the chair is more dangerous
As a biology student I can almost attest for that. You're likely riding a dangerous shark right now 🤣 Most sharks don't really want to eat you. In fact they can be easily pushed away by tapping the nose and giving them sensory overload...
Granted, this is at least partially due to the fact that most jobs don't involve sitting on sharks.
Tbh, sharks are much more chill than we give them credit for.
Dude, I don't swim in the ocean or fly in airplanes for a reason. Don't tell me I should be afraid of being on land too.
I came upstairs to find my office chair had randomly sprung up with enough force to tip my desk back and spill everything on it. I immediately thought of this video and I’m now working at my kitchen table, absolutely terrified of going near that chair ever again. I gotta get it out of here.
Did you get rid of it yet?
@@squeakyproductions3055 I’ve replaced it with an antique desk chair that raises/lowers mechanically 😂
@Melon Husk bro
3:47 I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life ahh moment😭
Currently watching this on my office chair, sure hope it doesn't explo
This is one of those episodes that makes me not wanna do anything ever again.
Poor Brew is going to take this episode down and post a huge apology or something.
@@saphiremeadows4829 doubt
Just remember, being alive itself can cause cancer.
100% of people to have lived, died
I felt those words
Me, someone who's sitting in a Gaming Chair as of now: *sweats nervously*
Don’t worry let’s just hope your ok and doing alright 😊 ❤
@@WSendam Thanks mate, so far nothing too concerning so that's a good sign~
Keep that tushy safe my bois and girls
my chair is bent and in scared bro
@@inertboi if it goes up ur arss does that mean you got shagged by a chair
Well I now have a new irrational fear. But is it really irrational? Am I even safe laying here in my own bed?
Welp, time to say sayonara to my rotating adjustable height office chair and say hello to the fold up camping chair!
This video really makes me believe in the phrase “Ignorance is bliss”, im never sitting on an office chair again
same, good I don't have one at home
@@pikapi6993 i planning to get one but
nah i will never get one
Have you guys watched the entire video?
@@IvanioXD you can keep on using them. I prefer my wooden chair with a pillow to make it more comfortable
bro i changed my chair in the middle of this video fr. i was too scared that my chair use those cheap gas spring like that one mention in the video ahaha
What’s getting me is that this isn’t an isolated case! Now I’m paranoid!!!! This is going to totally change how I work now. Thanks for sharing.
Petition to office to change all chairs into yoga ball from now on.
Right??? Totally changing my seating options 😅
Thankfully all of the mentioned incidents are isolated to China.
I’m contemplating on throwing away my chair after this I was just gaming not to long ago 😅
@@malackycolso6782 I personally wouldn't worry. I have never heard of such a case in the West... at least that I remember. Unless you got it from Amazon, chances are it's perfectly safe, well built, and the worst thing you'll have happened is that it will lose its ability to maintain its height and slowly sink to the ground every time you try to pump it up.
I also have a tendency to flop in my chair, and I've used chairs for well over 10 years. You're probably fine.
I havent been able to comfortably sit on an office chair since watching this the first time a year ago :')
How does a chair explode?! Glad I have one of those bean bag chairs to sit on.
Me, casually slamming myself onto every office chair unknowingly for 20+ years: 👁👄👁
The bliss of ignorance while dealing with concealed dangers.
Thanks to brew I’m mentally and physically afraid of everything
Honestly though, same
Just level it up as cautionary lessons. If you're afraid just by knowing about things then you're still too young
@@MollyHJohns it was a joke bro
@@Bushdalush yeah you're still too young
@@MollyHJohns lesson? What lesson? That you can't do anything?
I clicked on this video using a chair i am not longer using a chair.
Thanks again Brew, I now fear my chair, the self closing door that's behind me at my job, my pressure cooker... I already had a fear of the water boiler exploding since that happened to my neighbors a couple years ago... But thanks for reminding me.
same
My chair doesn’t even have a label
Don't forget the 3day old leftovers, and forgotten potatoes
When I bought a water boiler, it won't automatically off when it's boiled, as its supposed to. So I immediately took it back to the shop I bought it, and changed a different more expensive one. I had fear it might explode.
@@Chickenbuckets25 oh wow If I were you I'm Not USING IT
The chances of an office chair exploding is one in a trillion so don’t be afraid of your 10+ year office chair. For it to explode all the seals have to be broken, the piston has to be loose and the chair has to be at its lowest. Or pressurised air is used instead of pressurised gas. Even if you have a cheap brand you have to be really really unlucky for the chair to explode. So don’t worry too much.
Well my chair doesn't feel cheap and I never put it on the lowest setting, just in the middle so yea I'm fine
Yea I would like to believe that but I’m good thanks
Oh no. My chair piston regulation is broken for atleast 5 years, and i have it at really low position💀💀💀
I always chair on highest settings thank god
@@ReyHunter uh oh
As a 15 year old who sits on his office chair 10 hours a day, I think i'm the chosen one.
this guy made me a germaphobe and afraid of eating slightly old food, NEVER did i think i’d be scared of my chair💀
(this is just the beginning, isn’t it?)
Instead of encouraging people to go out and check their chairs and even buy new ones I think it would've been better to mention there have only ever been 3 of these office chair incidents, and you covered all 3.
Furthermore all 3 of these accidents, which like I said have been the only office chair explosion incidents, all happened in China. The most recent one happening all the way back in 2013, with no further incidents happening since, only one of the 3 resulting in death, and 2 of the 3 incidents taking place less than a year apart from each other.
The likelihood of you experiencing your office chair exploding is about the same as you experiencing spontaneous human combustion (if it exists)
I needed this to really pump the brakes on my runaway fear that was developing. Thank you stranger.
@@JohnSmith-cq7lk My office chair says you are a life-saver. I was literally ready to roll it out to the garbage dump when I read this.
Could've even been made from similar/related if not the same manafacturers.
But there are a LOT more of these incidents with similar chair with a single pole attached to it that lifts them up and down(adjust height)
Just use regular chairs!
You're wrong he did say the likelihood is very low because those Chinese chairs are illegal to sell in most places also its not a bad idea to check your chairs because other parts can fail as well since everything wears out over time and when the cushion and padding is deteriorating you buy a new chair so you clearly misunderstood the ending
I think the best thing about this is that apparently there's a Chinese version of Mythbusters. I want to see what sort of thing they've covered cause the dropping weights on chairs episode looked great!
Whats the video called?
@@shinren_ As far as I can tell, the show is called 新闻大求真
@@shinren_ Seeking Truth? Like what Brew said right?
@@Karajorma can you link to that? For everyone on mobile?
welp "new fear unlocked *chairs* "
I don’t get why y’all find this scary it’s litteraly sounds like a year 2 (or first grader in USA) would tell as a ‘Scary’ story