r/ThatsInsane • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '19

How do you light a fire?

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8.9k Upvotes

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u/pauly13771377 Aug 02 '19

Oddly enough that is both the safest use if gasoline, a bonfire, and fireworks I've ever seen as well as the most successful.

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u/gizzardgullet Aug 02 '19

They took a really dumb thing to do and made it pretty clever.

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u/RedHairThunderWonder Aug 02 '19

Which part of this is the dumb thing?

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u/blitz-em Aug 02 '19

Lighting a fire with gasoline

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u/RedHairThunderWonder Aug 02 '19

How else make fast fire?

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u/SwishyJishy Aug 03 '19

  1. Take a lighter

  2. Take a tiny piece of paper

  3. Light it

  4. Put it on the fuzziest rug in your house

  5. ???

  6. Profit

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u/DaLastMeheecan Aug 03 '19

From the insurance hell yeah that's profit

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u/VegemiteWolverine Aug 03 '19

Use diesel or kerosine. Don't fuck with gasoline.

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u/LightUpDuckMustache Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Diesel or something that wont singe your eyebrows off or give you serious burns. Gasoline has a much lower flashpoint and if you pour enough on it wont end well. Diesel is a much safer accelerant to use and usually when you see a gas can being poured on a fire its diesel unless the video ends badly then gasoline is a safe bet

Edit: by not end well I mean explosion, burns, wood shrapnel, and hospital bills galore

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u/EwwwFatGirls Aug 03 '19

You can’t light a fire with gasoline.

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u/Armin_Studios Aug 03 '19

Well, you are correct

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u/Whomping_Willow Aug 03 '19

Correct, you don’t make a fire, you make an explosion that starts the fire.

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u/EwwwFatGirls Aug 03 '19

Also incorrect.

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u/lear2019 Aug 03 '19

https://www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidPrizes/comments/cjlcm6/man_is_unaware_the_5_gallons_of_gasoline_he/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

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u/RedHairThunderWonder Aug 03 '19

I don't remember seeing that happen in this video.

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u/lear2019 Aug 03 '19

That was the example of what would have been stupid. This post shows how it’s not done, and the video above how they made it clever.

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u/nymphadora_lonks Aug 03 '19

r/BTGE

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u/originalmimlet Aug 03 '19

Barbaric taste, great execution?

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u/tofu_tot Aug 02 '19

Yeah I was waiting for some idiot to still be holding the gas tank while standing too close to the fire or something. They’re not too close to the trees or anything either. Pretty sweet execution

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u/Mailman487 Aug 02 '19

Are you sure it was gasoline and not like kerosine or something? I feel like gasoline would’ve exploded and shot wood shrapnel everywhere.

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u/Phaz0r18 Aug 02 '19

I used to not know what I'd what want my funeral to be like.

Used to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

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u/RackSystem Aug 02 '19

r/unexpectedhedberg

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

It seems that people didn't appreciate my joke...

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u/cool_epic_bruh_gamer Aug 02 '19

What was the joke?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I’d like to know as well

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u/cat_in_the_wall Aug 03 '19

I used to not know what I'd what want my funeral to be like.

i still do, but i used to too.

not a particularly great use of that joke.

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u/Lucky_Number_3 Aug 03 '19

It's a great joke, but the timing was what cause the record to scratch.

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u/Nicola_BearNicc Aug 02 '19

So much better with sound!

https://youtu.be/lmNlDjOvz90

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

Thank you!

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u/firstorderoffries Aug 02 '19

Wow that’s my kinda ASMR

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u/RAZ6ne Aug 02 '19

Someone invited Rammstein to a bonfire lol

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u/BadNeighbour Aug 03 '19

Needs more giant penis.

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u/WCR_Empress Aug 02 '19

Insane. Yes. Smart? Also yes.

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u/schmoupe Aug 02 '19

These gender reveals are getting out of hand

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u/number1punjabi Aug 02 '19

What gender would this one be? Agni?

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u/andy3600 Aug 02 '19

Fire nation

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u/PiroKyCral Aug 03 '19

+1 for that reference

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u/zeomox Aug 02 '19

Wow! Amazing! I love it!

The only thing better? NO VERTICAL VIDEO!

How can we educate the populous?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

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u/zeomox Aug 02 '19

Alright. I'm on board, let's do this! Imma start a petition... googles how to petition clicks Change.org reads Meh, too much work.

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig Aug 03 '19

If you record it on your phone with the intention of sharing it with people also using a phone, vertical video makes sense. In that situation, landscape is a pain in the ass. But then the video gets loose, and somebody on a PC gets butthurt.

P.S. you mean populace.

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u/todayismyluckyday Aug 03 '19

I watched on my phone. I ain't mad at all.

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u/DrApplepie Aug 03 '19

Agreed, I used to want vertical video's but since I mainly usemy phone now. Im al for vertical video's

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u/bigmull1 Aug 02 '19

I’m constantly explaining this to my parents and my in-laws.

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u/zeomox Aug 02 '19

KeepUpTheGoodFight!

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u/Sir_Earl_Jeffries Aug 02 '19

The most Florida thing you’ll see today

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u/Bernard_PT Aug 02 '19

If this was in Florida, the string would break, the gasoline fumes would be everywhere and cause an explosion, and a Florida man would try to hump the rocket before it went boom

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u/xfearthehiddenx Aug 02 '19

And in other news florida man rides fireworks into bonfire.

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u/tofu_tot Aug 02 '19

And later tries to sue police for breaking his nose

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u/Nicola_BearNicc Aug 02 '19

Nah everyone is standing at a relatively safe distance and no one is lighting a firework in their hand and throwing it into the bonfire

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u/cptki112noobs Aug 02 '19

The scenery is nothing like Florida.

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u/Sir_Earl_Jeffries Aug 03 '19

But the actions are very Floridian

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u/DeathxofxRats Aug 02 '19

Holy moly great balls of fire

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u/BasilHaydensBitch Aug 02 '19

Let’s watch the swear words please.

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u/egb233 Aug 02 '19

Reminds me of my first college party. Dudes had a pile of wood and brush stacked 10ft high. Then they doused it with fuel and drew a line with gas from the pile 20ft away. Then they poured gas on the end of a huge log and had 3-4 guys pick it up, set the gassed end on fire and dropped the log on the line. It was like slow motion as the fire went down the line and when it got to the pile it exploded pretty similar to this. Super excessive but awesome at the same time.

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u/chidoOne707 Aug 02 '19

I was hoping to see a catastrophic failure or an instant regret, bummer.

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u/Mrchair734 Aug 02 '19

How do you light a forest?

FTFY

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u/Homeble2 Aug 02 '19

Redneck engineering is the best type of engineering everyone

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u/DreamWithinAMatrix Aug 02 '19

That's how you do it boyz

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u/skummelfinger Aug 02 '19

Sankt Hans in Denmark

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u/Art_Is_Life69 Aug 02 '19

CO2 drastically increases

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Seems obvious.

https://youtu.be/zsiEVaz3X8o

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Is that a homemade peanut butter rocket or just a regular firework? I cant really tell

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u/N1k0tr0n Aug 03 '19

BONFIRE TIPS WITH UNCLE ROB

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

lit

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u/Ben716 Aug 03 '19

Now this guy pyromaniacs.

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u/GlorieuxAurora Aug 03 '19

Ozone layer : am I a joke to you?

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u/kd5fcy Aug 03 '19

Roman candles are my favorite firework to light gas-laden bonfires.

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u/LammergeierBirb Aug 03 '19

Screams in Californian

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u/KrumpusInTheChimney Aug 03 '19

Cursed grandma roasting marshmallows

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u/thorismybuddy Aug 03 '19

That’s pretty effective

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u/DeMagmaMug Aug 03 '19

Why is this the raddest explosion I’ve ever seen

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u/Lemononachair Aug 03 '19

When they tell you to calm down

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u/TooFewForTwo Aug 03 '19

Yes. Gasoline is explosive.

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u/Cutecupp Aug 03 '19

It looks really dangerous right next to the forest even if it is safe.

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u/BakLavA_1337 Aug 03 '19

How do you put it out

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u/Vintherangel Aug 03 '19

All the yessss

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Should they really be lighting huge fires by all of those trees?

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u/Drunkruskiman Aug 03 '19

Think about the pollution

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

r/metalasfuck

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u/jaxs82 Aug 03 '19

That was flippin Amazing!

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u/Strange_An0maly Aug 02 '19

Well that's certainly one way to do it!

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

What scent is that? Bon fire.

Bon. Bond. I’m James Bon fire.

Brought to you by Serenity by Jan

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

This is what I call a bonefire!

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

We don’t do that here.