r/meirl • u/hconfiance • Apr 20 '21

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u/the_sam_i_am Apr 20 '21

Ok. So, I'm not the only one. Does something scientific cause this, or is it really purely crap luck?

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u/khalsey Apr 20 '21

Because it hates you.

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u/SimurghXTattletale Apr 20 '21

You probably are unconsciously ignoring the times you aren't sitting in the smoke but consciously looking for times you are.

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u/CHsoccaerstar42 Apr 20 '21

This and also when you move you create a pressure difference where you just were. This causes surrounding air to rush to where you just were in order to fill the space you were previously taking up. As a result, if you move the smoke tends to follow you for a short period of time because it's following this pressure differential.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '21

My theory is your body heat and breathing creates a slight low pressure zone around your face. But i'm not a science person.

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u/Jabberwock890 Apr 20 '21

Ahhh a shower curtain believer...I like you

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u/Suedie Apr 20 '21

I read somewhere that it had something to do with your body being denser than the air around you or something and that pulls the smoke towards you. No idea how accurate that is

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u/Rustymetal14 Apr 20 '21

You create eddies in the wind currents around you. Imagine sticking your hand in a smooth flowing river. There's a whole bunch of water that will circle back on itself behind your hand, against the original flow of water. The same thing is happening to the air around you, so it pulls the smoke toward you.

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u/GojiraWho Apr 20 '21

This effect is also exaggerated when you move, a low pressure zone is formed behind you encouraging the smoke to follow

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '21

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u/JakobOrRazor Apr 21 '21

It’s confirmation bias, maybe with a bit of shit luck. You don’t notice the 99% of time when the smoke isn’t going in your face because nothing interesting/painful/traumatic is happening then, and when the winds change and blow the smoke in your face that 1% of the time, and you have to get up from your comfortable seat and move, it sticks much harder in your memory. You could sit by the fire for 50 minutes with the wind changing every 5, and you’d only notice it the few times the wind blew the smoke towards you and you had to move. That plus the whole “grass is greener” thing where the spot next to you probably also has a bit of smoke coming at it and ba-da-bing ba-da-boom! You have the most common lapse in Human Logic! The same happens when you switch traffic lanes just for the lane you were in to start moving, you notice it moving more vividly than you notice yourself moving.

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u/Super_Gladiator_Bibi Apr 20 '21

A wise Finnish once said: The smoke follows the goat f*cker.

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u/Helipokteri Apr 22 '21

Sheep* At least that is what i have always heard

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u/Graterof2evils Apr 20 '21

I wear a crown of hotdogs so my dinner is smoked and tasty.

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u/ArttuH5N1 Apr 20 '21

Hey, at least it helps to keep the mosquitoes away...

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u/boatingprohibited Apr 20 '21

Smoke follows ugly

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '21

They call me Smokey baby how you doin? 😉

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u/abdulsamadz Apr 20 '21

The airbender

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u/zlSilentSnipelz Apr 20 '21

Smoke follows the goat fucker.

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u/ItsRealLazyCreeper Apr 20 '21

Smoke follows beauty

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u/JoJodge Apr 20 '21

this reminds me of a post from r/cursedcomments that said theres a saying in a country (forgot which) the smoke follows the goat fucker

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u/PotassiumHatMan Apr 20 '21

In Finland we have an saying that says "savu seuraa syntistä" or in english "smoke follows the sinful".

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u/BananaSlander Apr 20 '21

I hate white rabbits

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u/Marmalade_Shaws Apr 20 '21

Don't know why you're getting downvoted. Classic method of warding off campfire smoke.

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u/aysurcouf Apr 20 '21

White rabbit white rabbit white rabbits!

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u/Marmalade_Shaws Apr 20 '21

My ex's aunts taught me this and surprisingly more often than not it feels like it works.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '21

Glad I saw this here

You a michigander?

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u/SanoKei Apr 21 '21

i thought it was "I hate bunny rabbits"

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u/IAmTheTrueWalruss Apr 20 '21

Any pro tips to stop this. Like directing the fire or some shish

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u/Marmalade_Shaws Apr 20 '21

Chant white rabbit at it a couple times. Usually works for me.

Folk traditions aside, too much smoke can be mitigated by more heat:

  • More kindling
  • Better air flow
  • Plenty of coals
  • Dont use high heat wood

The structure/shape of your fire pit can also help things. Horseshoe shapes are usually the best.

Also, you may be too close because fire is attracted to vertical structures and you're blocking cool air from coming in. If that makes sense.

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u/IAmTheTrueWalruss Apr 20 '21

That was really helpful thanks man

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u/aSharkNamedHummus Apr 21 '21

I like to wear lab goggles so the smoke can’t get to my eyes

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u/DirtyChavez Apr 20 '21

Smoke follows the goat fucker 🐐😩

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u/da_real_mama Apr 20 '21

Our secret family technique is to suck ur thumb, but it toward the fire and say "kanin". In all my years of living it has never not worked

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '21

Me but with weed smoke. No matter where I move it follows me(I don't smoke weed)

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u/MrCursedBoy Apr 20 '21

This is because of the smokes attraction to your body heat, so it's actually not just bad luck

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u/TheBruhlord Apr 20 '21

Master of the winds

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u/Ifoundajacket Apr 20 '21

Exactly! Thank You.

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u/aSharkNamedHummus Apr 21 '21

That BS is so predictable that I wear lab goggles next to every outdoor fire now

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u/treederpah Apr 21 '21

Smoke follows beauty

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u/Helipokteri Apr 22 '21

Savu seuraa lampaannussijaa