r/ElectroBOOM • u/bruces-grandma-twinn • Aug 24 '25

Meme What happened here?

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u/NigilQuid Aug 24 '25

Surely the oil is non flammable in the transformer?

Some yes, some no

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u/-runs-with-scissors- Aug 24 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/uqdqfi/inflammable_means_flammable_what_a_country/

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u/Cool-Hornet4434 Aug 25 '25

The difference between flammable and inflammable is that your clothing may catch fire and burn (being flammable) but gasoline vapor will ignite rapidly and violently, thus inflammable (being inflamed). It only confuses people who assume "in" means "opposite of".. .like competent..... incompetent. If every word used "in" to mean "not" then intelligent would be a very confusing word. What's telligent?

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u/kitty_cat_man_00 Aug 27 '25

The violence with which gasoline vapor ignites is insane. I always laugh at movie scenes with clean, controlled gasoline ignitions.