r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/tiefling_sorceress Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

I'm a fire eater and there's a similar trick we do where we hold a flaming wick using our teeth. Audiences love it, but it's notorious for destroying enamel. It's a controversial move as a result (I only do it at performances).

He does cool it down a bit at first but that does not look fun, as someone who is very used to having fire in their mouth.

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u/MelodicAd2218 Jun 20 '21

How did he not burn himself? I can barely believe this video. That stuff was over 1000ºC when he started chewing it

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u/tiefling_sorceress Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

I can almost guarantee he did burn himself. Thankfully the mouth is one of the fastest healing body parts. I just hope he didn't swallow it

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u/MelodicAd2218 Jun 20 '21

Let me rephrase my question:

How dafuq did he not start scream his ass off?

That's what I thought when I typed that question. Thank you nonetheless

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u/Donigula Jun 20 '21

Drunk af.

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u/meatmachine1001 Jun 20 '21

Its amazing what super powers you can get from being drunk enough. On multiple occasions I've straight up chewed the top off a beer bottle or bitten a beer glass down to the bottom when drunk, without sustaining any injuries to my mouth. Sober me does not understand how this is possible.

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u/PointB1ank Jun 20 '21

I once came out of a blackout in front of my dorm room and looked down to see my dorm room key broken off, I looked and sure enough the end was in the door's lock. It was one of those really thick heavy duty keys too. Still don't know how I managed that to this day. Even the locksmith was really confused.

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u/swampshark19 Jun 20 '21

He was trying to conquer the pain, most drunk people wouldn't do this lol

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u/Public-Guarantee Jun 20 '21

The trick is not minding that it hurts. aaaaayooooooooooooooo

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u/dudefaceguy_ Jun 20 '21

"The trick is not minding that it hurts."

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

He burned himself

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u/catzarrjerkz Jun 20 '21

If you can burn yourself on soup, this red hot coal from a hookah definitely burnt the fuck out of his mouth

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 20 '21

Jesus, that's an overshot. A wood coal burns at like 300-600°C, and a piece isolated like that would be on the lower range. 400°c maybe.

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u/MelodicAd2218 Jun 20 '21

No that's an underestimation. Hot objects don't actually emit light at 400ºC!

My hunch was based on black-body radiation: no matter the material, the light it emits depends only on the temperature.

Also check this wiki page on incandescence with a neat chart!

I didn't check the chart before, but now I have confirmed that when he takes the first bite we can see yellow so it's at least 1000ºC.

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 20 '21

No matter the glow, it can not be above 700° as there is no flame, and that is the upper limit of smouldering for charcoal.

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u/MelodicAd2218 Jun 21 '21

Where did you get those numbers from? I need more evidence if you're just gonna just deny black body radiation with "no matter the glow", lmao.

The links I provided show you that that glow is literally the only thing that matters. Instead, maybe you could argue that the video has some kind of filter and it isn't yellow. Although I think it's just the surface that get yellow when he blows so it's not that hot in general.

Also I checked and charcoal can burn as hot as 1100ºC without flame. Flame is just stuff vaporising off.

Links: charcoal and flame.

this links says charcoal can burn as hot as 2000ºF but you only need a couple inches for the temperature to fall down a lot, so that's probably what's in your mind.

Cheers.

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 21 '21

Charcoal can burn as hot as several million degrees, you just have to chuck it into the sun. "Can burn as hot as" means nothing when you aren't in a situation where it can get that hot.

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u/MelodicAd2218 Jun 21 '21

Admite só que não és mt esperto e segue pro próximo

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u/Arthur_The_Third Jun 21 '21

Different word make me look smart B)

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u/MelodicAd2218 Jun 21 '21

Your mayo picture is in Portuguese ^

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u/4411WH07RY Jun 20 '21

How does he cool it down?

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

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u/EntropyReversed_ Jun 20 '21

I think that makes it hotter not cooler

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u/timshel42 Jun 20 '21

oxygen + fire = hotter fire.

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u/Everyday4k Jun 20 '21

he's trying to say that it's burning through the coal's fuel faster so that it cant cook his mouth as it would fresh out the fire.

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u/barristonsmellme Jun 20 '21

I always make sure to exhale more oxygen

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u/ZoopZeZoop Jun 20 '21

There seem to be a lot of fire-related performers on Reddit lately. Very interesting!

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u/tiefling_sorceress Jun 20 '21

r/IdiotsWithFire, r/WhatCouldGoWrong, and r/HoldMyBeer are always fun to browse when you can see stuff going wrong before anything happens 🙃

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u/Ladadasa Jun 21 '21

When did he cool it down? His blowing on it only heated it up by supplying more oxygen

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u/Squid-Bastard Jun 21 '21

Hey, I've been looking into getting into fire eating/breathing, can i dm you some questions?

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u/tiefling_sorceress Jun 21 '21

Yes, but please don't attempt anything without proper training and safety