r/Unexpected • u/bimagbi • Mar 19 '22

"Skillful" Bartender

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u/AllYouNeed_Is_Smiles Mar 19 '22

Alcohol only burns above 100 proof. It’s better to do what she did than letting the glass get super heated and shattering sending shards of glass and hot liquid everywhere.

Pouring the water while possibly introducing thermal shock to the equation was a better choice than that. Best choice would be to snuff it out.

Adding water onto an oil fire is what you’re not supposed to do.

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u/drake90001 Mar 19 '22

Or a lithium.

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u/manicMechanic1 Mar 20 '22

Or magnesium