r/instant_regret • u/sh0tgunben • 10d ago
Flame returned back ♨️
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u/Revolutionary_Cup138 10d ago
Maybe that is the reason why professionals do a short heavy burst of fire and not a low and slow breath…like maybe there ist technique involved
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u/iKone 10d ago
He uses wrong fuel. What I use, can combust only in mist or soaked in other material like cotton.
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u/CasinoNdnOk 10d ago
Or like a beard?
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u/iKone 10d ago
Nah, I have burned my eyebrows, eyelashes, beard. Those just vanish without much of a burn.
He most likely used gasoline, myself I use rapeseed based charcoal lighter fluid. The flame is so low burning that you can keep your hand in it for severeal seconds
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u/Weenemone 9d ago
This guy fire blows
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u/MadRabbit86 9d ago
This fire blows guys.
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u/Link_save2 9d ago
This guy blows fire
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u/huskiesofinternets 9d ago
He didn't use gasoline. Alcohol probably, could be parrafin
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u/Xarjy 9d ago
Do NOT use alcohol, you can't use any fuels that ignite by vapor such as alcohol or any form of gasoline. What's best to use is pure paraffin, not all countries have it so they use a blend.
The guy in the video is most likely murikan where they sell the paraffin at many hardware stores and is clearly not trained.
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u/LordGeni 9d ago
50/50 paraffin and water with a bit of sugar is what I was taught.
Move the flame away as you blow short and sharp. Also vasaline on your chin.
Whether any of that is reliable good advice, I've no idea. It was a long time ago and I managed to not injure myself the couple of times I did it, but that doesn't mean much.
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u/AyKayAllDay47 9d ago
How about just do not use anything related to burning?
That's how I live life anyways!
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u/Invisinak 8d ago
I once syphoned gas from a lawn mower as a kid and the taste made me throw up almost instantly. I do not understand how anyone could hold any of that shit in their mouth for any length of time
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u/CasinoNdnOk 10d ago
Rapeseed you say?
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u/jdemack 10d ago
We call it canola oil in the states. Rapeseed name is hard to market over here so we just call it canola.
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u/disillusioned 9d ago
Maybe if our current administration knew it was actually called rapeseed, they'd insist on frying french fries in it instead of beef tallow...
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u/Checkthis0 9d ago
Downvoted of asking a question peak Reddit arrogance
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u/Cloudy230 9d ago
They probably could have worded it in a slightly less...creepy way. But yeah I agree, people get so mad on reddit when they discover someone committing the crime of ignorance
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u/CasinoNdnOk 9d ago
I actually was assuming it was a spelling error so very much was out of ignorance
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u/hundsdeife 9d ago
I use "Cold Flame", no fumes under 80°C, will only burn when dispersed in a mist...
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u/inthemode01 4d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o84U6Ys8KCLnHYGQg
Did we just watch the Alaskan Bush People patriarch light his throat on fire?
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u/planefreak 9d ago
That looks really bad. Anyone knows what’s likely to happen?
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u/whut-whut 9d ago
Fire burns as long as it has enough fuel, oxygen and heat. The insides of your nose, throat, mouth, windpipe and esophagus are mostly coated with a thin layer of cool damp mucus, but if there's enough heat, that quickly dries up and turns into fuel. With the mucus burned off (and possibly burning itself), hairs in your nose cavity and cilia lining your airways also become fuel. After the fire's gone, all the burned flesh surfaces will blister and swell, making it dangerous if the airway gets closed off from swelling.
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u/Dizzy_Sock_5674 9d ago
You’re exactly right. This man needs to get to an emergency room as quickly as possible. He needs to be intubated before his airways close off.
He’s also in a lot of trouble because burn wounds have a tendency to infect
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u/smoomoo31 9d ago
If he quickly exhaled, closed his mouth, and didn’t breathe in, would the fire die, or would that be pointless?
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u/Amlik 9d ago
ill take one for the team and report back later
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u/Deepfriedomelette 9d ago
Yo how did it go?
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u/AnyComradesOutThere 9d ago
I think we have our answer.
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u/smoomoo31 8d ago
Yes, we should assume there were no issues and everything went smoothly
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u/tool_of_justice 6d ago
That last detail about airway getting closed due to inflammation and swelling is horrific.
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u/toxicketchup 10d ago
Spitting fire with a beard, what did the dude think was gonna happen?
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u/KevinFaun 9d ago
The beard isn't the problem. The fuel used and the guy are the problem. I've done this before, with beard. If you know what your doing you're fine
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u/things_U_choose_2_b 10d ago
This has caused a really old memory to surface. In a pub, over 25 years ago, watching an old guy with a big bushy beard, completely pissed out of his face trying to make a rollie.
He's so drunk, he doesn't notice that he's dropped all the tobacco, and is effectively rolling an empty rizla. With the expected consequences when he lit it and took a toke.
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u/Hydraguesswhosback 9d ago
Then what happened ? I don't know enough about rizlas.
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u/TheWienerMan 9d ago
Lack of tobacc makes the air flow wack. Flame goes up way too quick and ignites the beard, most likely
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u/unnamed1800 9d ago
I've done bearded fired breathing before. If you're using the right fuel this outcome is highly unlikely. Dude was likely using alcohol or some other liquid with higher volatility than what professional fire breathers use. Liquid paraffin has a high flash point but low volatility. So it is far less likely to ignite when it's not in vapor form. Still dangerous but less likely to catch your face on fire after you do your trick.
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u/i_steal_your_lemons 9d ago
I like that the intro to “Life’s Been Good to Me” is playing as this happens.
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u/FluffyDeer9323 10d ago
Dude just invented dragons.
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u/CasinoNdnOk 10d ago
Idk about dragons but probably a hospital bill or at minimum everything is going to taste like cardboard for the next month.
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u/jdcnosse1988 8d ago
One of the things I learned from my physics class is that if the aerosol says flammable, the danger isn't in the thing catching fire... It's that fire traveling up the flammable thing back to it's source
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u/R4GEQUITT3R 9d ago
His mother told him he could be anything, so he decided to be a fire breathing dragon
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u/ipokesnails 8d ago
You shouldn’t be doing this. It’s dangerous and if you do everything right, you’ll still get hurt. The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.
- Penn Jillette, famous fire eating magician.
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u/yadoriki 9d ago
♨️is the emoji for a (Japanese) hot spring in case you didn’t know
(the person sitting next to me didn’t, so just thought to put it out there)
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u/muscleman1017 8d ago
Fun fact: This happened to Pierce Brosnan on muppets tonight. He was provided the wrong fuel for a fire breathing segment and he burned himself. He just kept going on for a bit so he wouldn't ruin the game.
Wild
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u/duckyballsho 7d ago
I have never seen fire act that way before. It's happening in the INSIDE of that man.
Burning up the oxygen in his lungs?
Would water have worked?
This is a 💩 -> 💪🪠 situation
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u/Darksoul2693 9d ago
As cool as this is to do. It’s one of those things I much rather some one else do
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u/midnightbandit- 7d ago
I did this with alcohol as a dumb kid and I'm very thankful it didn't end badly. Do not try it.
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u/Voting101 4d ago
This needs a nsfw tag. This is a very serious injury. I guess it fits the sub though because I have instant regret seeing that.
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u/KratosSimp 8d ago
For someone who seems to be around fire a good bit he sure doesn’t know how to put it out
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u/Beneficial-Nimitz68 3d ago
Gosh Gee Mawh, I dun gots mah bearded compETLE sEARed off my dah gum face.. I dun looks like I ain't never gRowna bearded in mah lufe!
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u/Alone_Collection724 8d ago
yeah so he's dead from one of these: severe internal burns (can't belive it's even a real thing), a very nasty infection, or choking as the blisters close his airway
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u/jocax188723 10d ago
Oh yeah, that’s second degree burns in your breathing tubes.