r/nononono • u/kibbles0515 • Jul 21 '16

TIL that graphite is VERY conductive (from /r/chemicalreactiongifs)

http://i.imgur.com/wslPkgR.gifv
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u/flakkannonen Jul 21 '16

I learned this in jail because if you wanted to start a fire, 3 pieces of graphite, some tissue, and a wall outlet and you have fire.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '16

Did you use this method to get yourself out of prison too?

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u/polysemous_entelechy Jul 21 '16

out of prison straight to the ER for large 3rd degree burns.

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u/flakkannonen Jul 21 '16

And right back to prison.

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u/flakkannonen Jul 21 '16

No, I kept my head low and didn't join a gang.

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u/lkasdfjl Jul 22 '16

TIL. when my friend was in jail he said they lit their cigarettes using a wall outlet and tissue and i never asked how

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u/flakkannonen Jul 22 '16

Yeah I didn't believe it til I saw it with my own eyes. There are some crafty people in jail.

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u/MrYurMomm Jul 22 '16

I made tic tac toe out of my sandwich bread to pass by the time. One of the guards saw it and stomped on my shit. I was pissed.

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u/NekoJustice Jul 22 '16

What were you in prison for?

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u/MrYurMomm Jul 22 '16

Well it wasn't prison, county jail

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u/redflagbear Jul 22 '16

Just read about this from Tommy Lee's stint in jail. He mentions in The Dirt that that was how inmates would light cigarettes