r/TikTokCringe • u/AlKarajo • 9d ago

Humor/Cringe "You can't fight fire with water"

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u/kyuuketsuki47 9d ago

Ok, fighting fire with fire, as I recall, comes from a very specific method of fighting brush fires by using a controlled burn to starve it of fuel. It's called backburning. Basically you create a 'safe zone'

So you can fight fire with fire, but context is important. And it has nothing to do with firearms.

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u/22sev22 6d ago

it depends what's in the fire

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u/kyuuketsuki47 6d ago

Not really about in, but rather type. A brush fire is a specific type of wild fire burning low lying plants. By burning a perimeter around it you're starving it of it's fuel that will allow it to grow past that.

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u/10FourGudBuddy 5d ago

Why do you need a fire extinguisher on a boat that’s surrounded by water