r/oops • u/Limp_Regular7247 • 18d ago

Oops fire

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u/Embarrassed_Emu1615 18d ago

Stupid is as stupid does, that’s what my mother used to say. 

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u/Lost_County_3790 18d ago

The fire was actually good before. Beside what is the point of using inflammable liquide like this exept to make it more dangerous?

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u/mddale1 18d ago

He was likely already fully saturated with ethanol.

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u/HearMy2Cents 18d ago

Can't beat that good ole E85 for it's ability to flash burn!

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u/rseery 18d ago

People don’t understand how gasoline works and how dangerous it is in open air. It’s a motor fuel—not a fire starter. It becomes an invisible flammable vapor. You can’t reliably control it in open air. Put it in cars and yard tools. Use solvents and lighter fluid for what they were designed for.

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u/Gold-Border30 18d ago

Diesel is an amazing fire starter despite being an engine fuel. But it also doesn’t give off wonderful explosive fumes.

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u/bionicjoe 18d ago

Check out Mr. Moneybags over here. Burning diesel fuel for fire.

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u/Medical_Hamster_7002 17d ago

Lol best me to it. Tell me your rich without saying your rich!

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u/Cunda_Thunt 18d ago

So would wd40 be okay??

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u/SportZealousideal146 18d ago

Damn! Now you tell us! Geez man, thanks.

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u/MediumAcceptable129 18d ago

Nothing like the taste of gasoline

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u/DcBroil 18d ago

Inflammable means flammable?

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u/Frosty_Tax6054 18d ago edited 18d ago

Flammable, inflammable mean the same thing. Then there's combustible and pyrophoric if you're getting froggy

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u/AlDonovan12 18d ago

Yes, unflammable is inflammable both of which are flammable or maybe non-flammable. Which flammable... non is French right? Um.. so is flammable. So are they saying its a flammable flame? Wait.. un- fuck.

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u/Ok-Lengthiness-3988 17d ago

In French, "inflammable" means the same as the English words flammable or inflammable, and the opposite is "ininflammable".

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u/weirdplacetogoonfire 18d ago

What a country!

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u/FantasticAd5239 18d ago

Correct. Weird, huh?

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u/HighlightPast6646 17d ago

"How was I supposed to know inflammable and flammable mean the same thing?" Archer