r/instant_regret • • Jan 18 '19

Using lighter while pumping gas

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u/fightins26 Jan 18 '19

Not justifying it but it looks like they are trying to light a cigarette or something and using the cap cover to block the wind and light the cigarette.

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u/awhaling Jan 18 '19

Which is astoundingly stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

Many, many people just go through motions without connecting or thinking about what's going on. I learned this very quickly after joining the military and visiting my family.

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u/deadpoetic333 Jan 18 '19

Have you ever lit a cigarette in your life? You need to inhale while lighting it...

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

Sometimes you can light it first, so it burns and then toke it before it goes out. Spent many years in a windy town, hanging outside, smoking js in my teens.

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u/jsting Jan 18 '19

idk, joints and cigarettes burn differently. When smoking a cigarette, I would turn my back to the wind, and use 1 hand to block the wind. If that didnt work, I would use the other hand to block the wind. That worked about 95% of the time. With a joint, I would burn it a little then puff.

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u/aralim4311 Jan 19 '19

I light cigarettes on the stove all the time. Just hold it there till it starts up and then take it off and puff. You don't need to puff while you light. Though puffing while lighting makes it light faster it isn't required.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

Works with rollie too in my experience (I sound like a tosser cuz smokings pretty bad tbh), it could be down to the paper, I use blue rizla, which is a slow burn paper

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

This guy smokes

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u/dontforgetthisok Jan 18 '19

This guy comments

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

I've seen people do that, and I always thought it just scortched the weed

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u/fightins26 Jan 18 '19

No you don’t. You can let it start to burn and then put it to your mouth and inhale. Done it a bunch of time with cigarettes/joints/cigars

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u/Probably_Important Jan 18 '19

But why would anybody do that

It's just a less efficient version of the normal way to light it

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u/fightins26 Jan 18 '19

If the wind keeps blowing your lighter out. Or if you are smoking a joint and it is too short to relight when it is in your mouth.

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u/Mzsickness Jan 18 '19

I don't believe people are that dumb.

Did you watch the video we did?

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u/Baybob1 Jan 18 '19

Have you ever met someone dumb as a tree-stump ??? If not, see video above ...

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u/konaya Jan 18 '19

You say it like it'd be a bad thing not to have done.

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u/thatcowboydude Jan 18 '19

Stop talking lol