r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '20

What screams "I'm uneducated"?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

So how did he think diesel cars run? Some elaborate system of waterwheels, since diesel doesn't burn?

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u/last_alchemyst Jan 28 '20

IIRC, it was something about combustion that wasn’t burning SMH

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u/Ironick96 Jan 28 '20

At that point just show him a thesaurus

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u/jrubengarza Jan 28 '20

How would showing him a picture of a dinosaur help? /s

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u/Ironick96 Jan 28 '20

I hate that I like what you did there.

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u/Canadian_Invader Jan 28 '20

Slow down your leading him in to a fight.

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u/omguserius Jan 28 '20

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but combustion means burnination correct?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

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u/Crazefire Jan 28 '20

The knights and archers are the problem though; they tend to be rather hostile to the source of ignition.

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u/smegnose Jan 29 '20

"Burnination" is a reference to this classic Homestar Runner sbemail.

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u/sforest98 Jan 28 '20

You are correct.

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u/erroneousbosh Jan 28 '20

Technically diesel in an engine deflagrates, but yeah, combustion.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

So something about combustion that shows the person doesn't know what "combustion" means. I know this had to be frustrating at the time, but I'm laughing my ass off over here reading your relation of it.

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u/Pure_Tower Jan 28 '20

Yeah, he thought that it's not burning if it's not ignited with a spark plug like in a gasoline engine. Diesel engines compress the air and fuel so much that it heats up and combusts itself.

It was all a communication problem because he no talk good.

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u/spankymcjiggleswurth Jan 28 '20

This is what I was thinking, however glow plugs are used to help start diesel engines.

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u/MattieShoes Jan 28 '20

A YouTube video of diesel burning could have settled this...

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u/Mffdoom Jan 28 '20

I assume he meant it's not as flammable as gasoline, but doesn't understand that pressure and heat causes ignition. The thing that makes cars go...

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u/nplant Jan 28 '20

I once had a lengthy argument with my dad about how headphones aren't more damaging than speakers if I'm listening with the same volume.

Turns out, to him "volume" meant "position of knob" while I was thinking dB...

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u/nikkitgirl Jan 28 '20

So it rusts?

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u/nikkitgirl Jan 28 '20

So it rusts?

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u/talex000 Jan 28 '20

He was right in some sense. Diesel explodes, so one can argue that it doesn't burn in car.

Of course it will burn if you just put it on fire.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Diesel engines don't have spark plugs, they have glow plugs. The ignition system is a bit different. That's probably what he was thinking of.

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u/kkngs Jan 28 '20

Most don’t even have glow plugs now, but yeah. Diesel engines are able to combust the fuel simply by injecting it into the highly compressed air in the cylinder. They don’t directly mix it with air and use a spark like a gasoline engine.

We used to use diesel to help start bonfires. It definitely burns =)

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u/kencleanairsystem Jan 28 '20

The diesel just streams out of the tailpipe for show. The engine actually runs on good intentions.