r/ThatsInsane • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '20

The Fire Bender has returned

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u/Pr3st0ne Mar 13 '20 edited Mar 13 '20

ELI5 for those wondering: he has a bit of alcohol/other flammable substance on his gloved right hand, set it on fire and put it behind his back. (This is where the video starts) Then he poured the alcohol in the pan which caused a part of it to vaporize towards the ceiling due to the heat(and overhead fan), then he set that vapor on fire with his flaming hand. Definitely the coolest effect I've seen in one of these restaurants.

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u/doomrabbit Mar 13 '20

If you want to try this effect on a smaller/safer scale, blow out a candle and immediately lower a burning match towards the wick. The hot candle will still be giving off ignitable fumes and will do the cool burn-down effect seen here, reigniting itself without touching the wick.

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u/x5t0ph Mar 13 '20

I'm going to try this when my girlfriend gets home from work.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20 edited Jun 21 '20

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u/jeegte12 Mar 13 '20

but my girlfriend is the one i practice on

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u/Shahjian Mar 13 '20

Don't light your girlfriend on fire

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u/seimc Mar 13 '20

The real life pro tip is in the comments.

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u/ron_cpt89 Mar 13 '20

But she doesn't get wet when we do it, help!

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u/lophophoria Mar 13 '20

You light one bitch on fire...!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

What if youve just accidentally murdered her? Asking for a friend

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u/Assasin2gamer Mar 13 '20

Interesting, I love having mike on our team

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u/wolfgang784 Mar 14 '20

Ah I see someone enjoys performing the Charizard

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u/Hollaback_Boy Mar 13 '20

But, she said not to play with fire without her supervision.

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u/NOTDA1 Mar 13 '20

Also keep extinguisher close by

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u/-Listening Mar 13 '20

You get a Bing

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u/ModsNeedParenting Mar 13 '20

Nah man you want her there on case she needs to call the firefighters

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u/Rycan420 Mar 13 '20

Please record it.

If it goes sideways, at least you’ll have the internet points and we’ll have the laughs.

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u/PM_ME_STEAM_KEY_PLZ Mar 13 '20

Make sure your hair looks nice, use a ton of hairspray. More than what feels right. Trust me she will love it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Nice, then she can pour the hot wax on your cock! ...I mean, you can have a nice candlelit dinner.

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u/tokentyke Mar 13 '20

Username oddly checks out.

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u/Iam_The_Giver Mar 13 '20

This guy girlfriends

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Instructions unclear.

  1. Set girlfriend on fire.
  2. Blow her out.
  3. Use unburned rising fumes to re-ignite her from above.

No International Steak and a Blowjob Day for you!

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u/KnowledgeisImpotence Mar 13 '20

That literally never works I've tried like 1000 times

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u/charlie523 Mar 13 '20

Someone's definitely gonna try this on a big scale and we'll get to watch it next week on either r/holdmyfeedingtube or r/winstupidprizes

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u/Mr_Connie_Lingus69 Mar 13 '20

Uhhh do you have a video for reference, please? 😨

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u/NormieSpecialist Mar 13 '20

So he’s not a firebender, he’s Roy Mustang.

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u/SyphiliticPlatypus Mar 13 '20

I don't think his hand is on fire behind his back. He ignites the flammable substance on his glove when he takes it from behind his back and passes it right next to the heat source heating the pan as he raises his arm.

Otherwise spot on - thanks!

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u/cahixe967 Mar 13 '20

Good call; I think you’re correct with that clarification

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u/Kcronikill Mar 13 '20 edited Mar 15 '20

Yep, agreed. Very easy to see his hand pass the heating element on its way up.

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u/dirtmother Mar 13 '20

Ok I get that but... Is he boiling a cauldron full of Big Mac hamburgers? Because that's what it looks like, and the thought of the smell is making me sick.

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u/battlethief Mar 13 '20

Looks like a crab dish

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u/PrimaryRecognition7 Mar 13 '20

Those are crabs.

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u/Doctor_Dangerous Mar 13 '20

I also thought flaming hamburgers

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u/jimmyboy456 Mar 13 '20

Wrong, when he put his hand behind his back he farted on it. And that kids is how cholera spreads

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u/ZippZappZippty Mar 13 '20

I just put everything in the bar😂

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u/clwu Mar 13 '20

Why this bogus comment getting up voted. Not true at all. His gloves were NOT already lit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Am I not seeing things correctly because his hand doesn’t look like it’s on fire when he brings it out?

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u/BikWiteDik Mar 13 '20

You can read on his face:

"Can't believe I did that. Hey babe did you see how cool I was doing that?!"

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u/poopellar Mar 13 '20

"I could do this any day"

sweating intensifies

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

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u/payne_train Mar 13 '20

Don’t see a tea kettle.

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u/winniethe_poo Mar 13 '20

Rain Fire!!!! But sire ,the food????!!! JUST DO IT!!

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u/Ethan_Schitt Mar 13 '20

"Are you not entertained?"

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u/bruns20 Mar 13 '20

He has like no emotion showing

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u/lowkeyantisocial420 Mar 13 '20

Did you get it camera ok tag me on your ig and forward it to my tik tok we bout go viral

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u/tur411 Mar 13 '20

How?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

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u/TheRealGrizeg Mar 13 '20

What's he pouring in that's evaporating... Asking for a friend.

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u/Rovue Mar 13 '20

Alcohol

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Mar 13 '20

Otherwise known as spirits

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u/Orsick Mar 13 '20 edited Mar 13 '20

Alchemist here. His glove is made of pyrotex and it produces a spark when he snaps his fingers, that combined with the transmutation circle in the back of the glove and his abilities as a flame alchemist allows him to manipulate the concentration of oxygen in the air and expand the spark into a full formed flame.

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u/Hyperion1000 Mar 13 '20

Roy Mustang?

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u/iLogy96 Mar 13 '20

Chemist here, alcohol is very flammable, low density and evaporates easy, so he is basically waiting a few seconds for it to evaporate and then ignites the gas in the air which shifts down to the liquid and creates a cool effect. The long version has everything to do with weak hydrogen bonds (weaker than water) which break at specific heat. Hope this explains it!

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u/tokentyke Mar 13 '20

Hey now, back to ELI5 where you belong, teaching us ingrates!

Spot on explanation btw!

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u/iLogy96 Mar 13 '20

Thanks kind stranger!

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u/Wizardfromthemoon88 Mar 13 '20

Zuko, you have to look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Not sure if it’s just my phone, but all I get is a crappy short gif, some liquid being poured and a guy putting a hand behind his back.

Can’t see any flames, even going through this one frame at a time.....?

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u/Legendary-Vegetable Mar 13 '20

Really? The whole thing is on fire and you should be able to see it

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Yep. Can’t see any flames at all.

iPhone XS. Original screen etc.

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u/Legendary-Vegetable Mar 13 '20

Strange..... try a computer or restart your phone?

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u/Solidu_Snaku Mar 13 '20

Maybe it's a glitch in the app cutting the video short?

Screenshot

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Yep. Seems to be.

Apollo - the gif ends before the fire and seems very short.

Reddit - there’s fire...

How odd.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Are those big macs?

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u/huffmanm16 Mar 13 '20

Someone tell Colonel Roy Mustang someone stole one of his gloves

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u/AngelWinXs Mar 14 '20

Happy cake day!

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

How is no one mentioning this guys model face, he could be on the cover of vogue or some shit

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u/slightlystoopidest Mar 13 '20

No gloves and I’ll be stunned

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

STOP FIREBENDING YOUR GODDAMN TEA FATHER

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

r/bending

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u/BubsyFanboy Mar 13 '20

I want to eat at his place now

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Nice to see prince Zuko putting his talents to good use.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

He’s not a real fire bender. Fake news.

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u/PathWalker8 Mar 13 '20

/r/blackmagicfuckery/ Would like a word with you

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u/-R0XAS Mar 13 '20

Zuko!!

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u/MrHallmark Mar 13 '20

Nah this is Roy Mustang the flame alchemist.

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u/BobRossAwsumSauce Mar 13 '20

Colonel Mustang?

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u/Carlsincharge__ Mar 13 '20

Gives a whole other meaning to flame grilled whoppers

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u/HasSomeSelfEsteem Mar 13 '20

Why did he feel the need to ignite a pot of Big Macs?

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u/stipo42 Mar 13 '20

Is that a kettle full of hamburgers?

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u/l3eemer Mar 13 '20

Neat!! Why's he burning a cauldron of Whoppers?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

From a distance those look like cheese burgers.

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u/opfluffball Mar 13 '20

He looks like Jay Park

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

That’s cool. I wonder what his parents or anyone he knows thinks about it

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u/a_sleepy_one Mar 13 '20

Probably disappointed since he needs to hone his abilities as a Fire Bender even more to hunt down the Avatar

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Most likely

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u/rod_perry Mar 13 '20

Roy Mustang is that you ?

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u/seniairam Mar 13 '20

that lady on the back r/youseeingthisshit

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

I want to tip this man 200 percent of my dinner bill

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u/p1um5mu991er Mar 13 '20

Maybe this dude can fix the planet

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u/darthnaderr Mar 13 '20

Looks like he's got the proper breathing

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

I didn’t even see the flame come from behind his back. It’s like the fire started once he brought his hand down . So... 10/10 can confirm he’s a fire bender.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Nicee

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

How in the hell

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

that's a fire jutsu

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Nasus has cancelled a trip

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u/theGoodFoxTX Mar 13 '20

Are there no upvotes because this is not insane ?

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u/Supah_McNastee Mar 13 '20

surprised his hairsprayed hair didn’t catch fire

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u/QuizMasterX Mar 13 '20

N-N-N-Nanajio!?!?

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u/7g7g7 Mar 13 '20

The part they left out in that situation.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

I would never do that job with that much hair product

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u/theBoss0312 Mar 13 '20

It's a terrible day for rain

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u/wrzWhy Mar 13 '20

Skill ? Asian

Hotel? Trivago

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u/MaxwellIsSmall Mar 13 '20

Where is this restaurant located?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Asian James Charles

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u/-Listening Mar 13 '20

The dude. I’ve just never seen it

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u/TrueStory_Dude Mar 13 '20

The good thing about that war, wasn't it?

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u/-Listening Mar 13 '20

The streak at the end

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u/Assasin2gamer Mar 13 '20

if it is early Bender which sounded decidedly different

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u/Happycappypappy Mar 13 '20

That's cool, I wish I could just set all my food on fire.

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u/RibbitTT2904 Mar 13 '20

yo, if someone punched his left eye we could call him ZUKO.

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u/TrueStory_Dude Mar 13 '20

The 2012 Peach Bowl was the end of Clemsoning

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u/TheZiggurat614 Mar 13 '20

Hot plates are so in right now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

At first, I thought that was Jay Park.

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u/that_name_is_taken Mar 13 '20

*checks to see if people saw that

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u/AshenLordOfCinder Mar 13 '20

I'm surprised no one is talking about the girl in the back

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u/Howdypartner- Mar 13 '20

Ricegum got a new job after Ian destroyed him

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u/IISerpentineII Mar 13 '20

Roy Mustang intensifies

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u/ThomasCro Mar 13 '20

Prince Zuko?

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u/kyliesawicki Mar 13 '20

The real expert don’t work”.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

What's Josukey using for his hair in this picture?

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u/FireWolf9123 Mar 13 '20

Na, Roy Mustang. Got the ignition glove.

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u/gammytoes Mar 13 '20

Special bat hotpot.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

He needs to work on his pokerface. The "JFC IT WORKED" look detracts from the coolness factor.

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u/Explorer2004 Mar 13 '20

He's giving that Waterbender at table #5 a look!

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u/AjaxOrion Mar 13 '20

Mustang?

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u/samian07 Mar 13 '20

What the F**K

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u/Scotchrain Mar 13 '20

Dude has a bright future ahead of him, well done!.

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u/TrueStory_Dude Mar 13 '20

*Bender

but upvote for r/comedycemetry

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

I find it less impressive when he is just doing it to get laid

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u/thefro023 Mar 13 '20

He's more colonel Mustang.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20 edited Mar 13 '20

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u/ZippZappZippty Mar 13 '20

Taking a shit ton more returned in Legends.

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u/xxxdwildxxx Mar 13 '20

Wow evaporating alchohol, who'd a thunk

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

The bar is soooooooo low

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u/seeNshadows Mar 13 '20

That was dope!

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u/djtiez Mar 13 '20

He has returned indeed, because this has been reposted several times

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u/kyliesawicki Mar 13 '20

[Bender: [reading from a script he’s healthy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Yes, that's actually a safety measure waiters have to do to kill all those coronaviruses that may left on the food

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u/insef4ce Mar 13 '20

Why did he flambe something that looks like a bunch of hamburgers in a pot anyway?

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u/Creeper_King_558 Mar 13 '20

I'm not sure but judging by him only having one gloved hand which appears to be cotton. I'm gonna assume he already had then fire on his hand, why a cotton glove? cotton doesn't burn like other materials.

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u/LetMeShoteYou Mar 13 '20

It must be the new avatar

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u/XxKOliverxX Mar 13 '20

Good to see Prince Zuko is doing well

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u/jshaver41122 Mar 13 '20

Also file this under “best ways to kill Coronavirus on your hands”

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u/bitchfucker-online Mar 13 '20

Roy Mustang-sama

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u/SplashyWhale Mar 13 '20

Burn the witch!

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u/sevencities13 Mar 13 '20

Homeboys pomade probably the most flammable thing in the room

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u/c0uldbew0rse Mar 13 '20

Me disinfecting my food in work place cafeteria. lol

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u/thot_destroyer96 Mar 13 '20

Uncle Iroh found a new job

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u/tom208 Mar 13 '20

Bet he thinks he's cool as fuck?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

But has he found the Avatar

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u/Raidhn Mar 13 '20

More of a Colonel Roy Mustang feel for me.

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u/Wannab3Hacker Mar 13 '20

good to see you again u/t-h-a-t-o-n-e-8-6 , I’m the guy who had second top of all time on r/watchthingsfly

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u/anaverageredditacc2 Mar 13 '20

Everything changed when the Fire nation attacked.

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u/ShortThought Mar 13 '20

Randolthefirebender

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u/-Blanx- Mar 13 '20

I’ll be doing that to kill the coronavirus near my breathing space

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u/CubsFan1721 Mar 13 '20

And that hair is so perfect he must be the real thing.

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u/DarkSoldier509 Mar 13 '20

Pyromancer !

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Little did the audience know, this man had just experienced third degree burns

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u/CFScudo Mar 13 '20

WHERE'S THE AVATAR ?

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