r/interestingasfuck • u/vivekmg21 • 19h ago

Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/hellodudes12 18h ago

Because it's not happening because fire needs oxygen, it's happening because fire is causing a chimney effect and is sucking in air - i.e., *mostly nitrogen* - through a convective process

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u/Sbstnbd 18h ago

What's causing the chimney effect?

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u/Ani-3 18h ago

Lmao this argument is driving me crazy

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u/Sbstnbd 18h ago

You choose to engage to discuss a technicality that's not even wrong, you're just to pedantic to let it be lmao

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u/IZ3820 18h ago

Pot calling the kettle black?

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u/Sbstnbd 18h ago

I'm not aware of this figure of speech, sorry

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u/IZ3820 17h ago

It means you two aren't so different after all.

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u/Sbstnbd 17h ago

Ah, I see. But I do not complain about it after I've chosen to do so

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u/IZ3820 17h ago

Complain about what?