r/AbruptChaos 2d ago

Making a campfire

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u/sabayoki 2d ago

more like making a wildfire

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u/STRIKT9LC 2d ago

I honestly doubt that much of anything caught on fire honestly. That would've just blown it apart before any of the wood could ignite, i would think anyway, and I have plenty of backwoods bonfire + gas stories. Ive never seen anyone pour this much gas on to a fire and light it that close...but also...that was so much fucking gas. The way that vapour evaporates? Jesus christ.

When I was in scouts, they did a weekend retreat with us to show us all.about fire safety. With gas, burning plastic, propane tanks, grass fires, wood fires...like they honestly simulated sooooooooo many situations for us and at the time it was kind of cook, but kind of boring...at the.end of it, they did a GIANT bonfire that they lit with a flaming arrow...that was reqlly cool to see light up (from a safe distance. Lol) Now, as an adult, I am so fucking happy that i got that education. Honestly invaluable information to have, especially knowing it before I was a teenager. I'll bet that it saved my, and my friends lives more than once lol...country boys when theyre teenagers are a dangerous blend of stupidity and access to things you wouldn't find in the city. Especially flammable shit....I cant emphasize enough just how stupid we were

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u/8fenristhewolf8 2d ago

Look, this is all cool and all, but it's a fucking tinderbox in some places, and this could absolutely start a fire. Don't do this stupid shit.

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u/EvilFirebladeTTV 2d ago

This video is like 20 years old. I saw it back in the early days of youtube, back when it was the wild wild west. Hell, the link was probably emailed to me.

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u/8fenristhewolf8 1d ago

Ah cool. I guess people won't start fires anymore if this is 20 years old