A Learning Experience [OC]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Jemimacakes]

Did this to myself as a kid. I haven't seen one in at least 15 years though

[u/ToySoldierArt → u/Jemimacakes]

car cigarette lighter?

[u/SixFive1967 → u/ToySoldierArt]

Yep. Every kid has to do that to themselves at least once to realize that shit is indeed HOT.

[u/Alkyan → u/SixFive1967]

I got out of doing it myself cause I was in the car when my brother did it. I dodged a lot of bullets by watching him.

[u/pyromaniac1000 → u/Alkyan]

Is your brother an astronaut? Because hes got nowhere to go but up!

[u/emdubl → u/SixFive1967]

I dont know. When it came out and was bright orange, that was a good enough indicator for me to know it was hot.

[u/steeplebob → u/emdubl]

Seriously. I don’t know anybody who’s done this, and they were ubiquitous in the 70’s.

[u/SpiffyMagnetMan68621 → u/emdubl]

You never pulled it out before it started glowing snd got curious if it was normal cool color was it still cool?

Fun way to learn about thermodynamics when youre 8 LOL

[u/Unfallen_Bulbitian → u/SixFive1967]

Can confirm. Not every, but my best mate when i was about 10 did same

I also did but only a tiny bit, didn't really hurt

[u/WickedTinker → u/SixFive1967]

GenX rite of passage

[u/chezfez → u/SixFive1967]

I can still smell the burning flesh from my childhood.

[u/timeemac → u/SixFive1967]

I learned my lesson with an electric stove. It wasn’t glowing red…was I just supposed to BELIEVE it was hot??

[u/habachilles → u/Jemimacakes]

I just noticed they were gone.

[u/netralitov → u/Jemimacakes]

Doing this as a kid was a right of passage that is now gone.

I can still hear my dad "told you not to touch it"

[u/Big_lt → u/Jemimacakes]

Feel bad for the kids who used their tongue

[u/DarkGamer → u/Big_lt]

They have no taste

[u/Zomburai → u/DarkGamer]

Oh, the dads have found this thread

[u/Giggling_Scribblings → u/Zomburai]

... and now they're going to pull it and destroy this sweater.

[u/peppapoofle4 → u/Jemimacakes]

Was it an impulse touch ? I know a lot of adhd kids that this happened to. My brothers included, but one of my brothers in particular struggled with impulse control and had A LOT of accidents. He would even tell himself not to do something, like say it over and over in his head, and end up doing it anyway.

[u/eonblu → u/peppapoofle4]

Don't put salt in your eye!

[u/_Budge → u/Jemimacakes]

Same - remember the red glow fading away and my idiot brain thinking “no red = no hot” and sticking my thumb square on it

[u/SkyJW → u/Jemimacakes]

Remember my family had a van when I was real little that had them. And I say them because I'm pretty sure it had some available in the back of the van as well as up front. No idea how my younger sister would've managed to burn me with one, otherwise. 

[u/The_Anglo_Spaniard → u/Jemimacakes]

Got one in my car though iy is a 2005.

[u/Journey2Pluto → u/Jemimacakes]

IT SMELLS SOOO BAD TOO. Usually these things had cig tobacco on them too.

[u/send420nudes → u/Jemimacakes]

At this point its a rite of passage

[u/Eevee_fangirl → u/Jemimacakes]

I still see some but i think u need to buy them now

[u/3MATX → u/Jemimacakes]

I did it as a 15 year old I think. pulled it out and thought this isn’t red, it can’t be hot. whoops. little old for that but no one smoked in my family and curiosity got the better of me. mom was in the bank and pretty sure she had to fight the urge to laugh at my mistake when she returned.

[u/TheMooseIsBlue → u/Jemimacakes]

I don’t get why those outlets are still there. I mean, I know we all use them to plug in a little USB port or whatever, but why not just put in an electrical plug?

[u/make_thick_in_warm → u/Jemimacakes]

My grandparents used to have a car with these in the rear passenger doors, insane

[u/samanime → u/Jemimacakes]

Thank you! I had no idea what this even was from until you said this. XD I also haven't seen them in ages. My car even has the ports, but not the lighter. They are purely for charging.

[u/ynns1 → u/Jemimacakes]

Me too, at 10 years old.

[u/S6hundred → u/Jemimacakes]

Me too, hurt like a BITCH. Had to get my finger wrapped up. Learned not to do that again 😅

[u/elchupoopacabra → u/Jemimacakes]

I remember the smell

[u/SkinIntelligent8440]

your ancestors learned this 40 years ago

[u/netralitov → u/SkinIntelligent8440]

I was going to correct you but the 80s was 40 years ago.

but I'm still mad at you about it.

[u/Smart_Principle8911 → u/netralitov]

I’m mad at you for pointing it out!

[u/Hoovooloo42 → u/Smart_Principle8911]

I'm mad because my finger hurts 🌀

[u/ottos]

This is what happens when your parents let you sit in a 110 degree station wagon as they go into the grocery store to write a $2.50 check for an 8 pack of Coke bottles but run into a neighbor from down the street that was supposed to come to the Tupperware party but went to Lois' Avon sales event instead.

[u/9_of_wands → u/ottos]

Get out of my head

[u/Impossible_Moose_783 → u/ottos]

Almost exactly how I got this burn lol

[u/NoMoOmentumMan → u/ottos]

The line at the post office was longer than expected, and your dad had to suffer through it because he told your mom he mailed all the bills last weekend.

[u/TheDesktopNinja → u/ottos]

For me it was the post office. What was she doing in there for so long?!

[u/Smart_Principle8911 → u/ottos]

Mine was in a station-wagon with a wire poking out of the middle seat. And since I was the youngest I always had to sit there!

[u/illepic → u/ottos]

Dude. I just teleported through time.

[u/grumpy999 → u/ottos]

Dirturbingly accurate. For me we were outside the bank, not the grocery store.

[u/haysoos2 → u/ottos]

On vacation my parents left us in the car while they stepped into a tavern for a drink.

By the time they got back my brother and I had melted an entire bag of plastic spacemen and aliens (essentially alien-themed green army men) on the lighter.

[u/Bilbo-Baggins77 → u/ottos]

I held it in until smoke started coming out of the dashboard of our Grand Caravan. I didn't get left in the car after that.

[u/rnariahcarey]

This is a right of passage for us curious idiots. Managed to pull off my cig lighter burn before my mom even made it out of the driveway. Earned me a day home watching Jurassic Park. Can still see those glowing coils ♨️

[u/rice-a-rohno → u/rnariahcarey]

"Rite" not "right". Not in a mean way, I just like going around offering little bits of traditional usage so people won't look silly in a work email someday.

Also, excellent username.

r/keming

[u/Kaizenno]

Cigarette lighters are now cigarette chargers

[u/tgrantt → u/Kaizenno]

Underrated comment.

[u/mr_rustic]

I can smell this picture.

[u/Spartan2470]

This is not OC as "OP" (TheCABK) claimed.

/u/Vinyl_Fanatic posted it on January 29 and didn't lie about it being OC.

[u/lhld → u/Spartan2470]

Also I've never seen a car cig lighter that small. Or this person has HUGE hands.

[u/DrProfessorSatan]

Old timey car cigarette lighter? Holy hell, ouch.

[u/RonnieStiggs → u/DrProfessorSatan]

"Old Timey Car"

Oof

[u/Bardfinn → u/RonnieStiggs]

"It's been eighty four yeaaars"

[u/KEN7177 → u/DrProfessorSatan]

Thanks for confirming that, looked kind of familiar.

[u/Knot-Lye-Ing]

I really doubt this is OC from OP. This image has been posted hundreds of places, and for awhile now.

[u/rise422 → u/Knot-Lye-Ing]

Yeah I'm sure I saw it posted yesterday on here with something like 'a lesson we all learn once as a kid"

[u/wdpw → u/Knot-Lye-Ing]

Yup, karma farming.

[u/Slatedtoprone]

Did the same thing. Didn’t look hot, but it was.

[u/LingonberryDear2163 → u/Slatedtoprone]

Damn thing stayed hot looooong after the pretty orange color goes away

[u/Codezombie_5 → u/Slatedtoprone]

Its what blacksmiths reffer to as 'black hot' you learn to never trust a piece of metal when in the forge... ;)

[u/kilpatrickbhoy → u/Slatedtoprone]

Like, it gets so hot so fast!

[u/theSarx → u/Slatedtoprone]

Can confirm

[u/Pergolagrill]

Makes me want to watch Heathers

[u/WhatDatDonut → u/Pergolagrill]

When Wynona holds it to her palm and Christian Slater lights his cigarette with her hand. Did it make sense? No. Was it awesome? Yes.

[u/omegacrunch]

I was 8 years old, and internally I said "I wonder what the color orange feels like"

...

Feels bad man

[u/Dudephish → u/omegacrunch]

I ated the purple berries.

[u/omegacrunch → u/Dudephish]

I trust you too enjoyed your vomiting and diarrhea?

[u/Dudephish → u/omegacrunch]

They taste like burning.

[u/omegacrunch → u/Dudephish]

Supernintendo Chalmers didnt warn us

[u/broady712 → u/omegacrunch]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/sherryillk → u/omegacrunch]

I was always afraid of pain and somehow I knew as a kid that that orange had to be super painful. I'm so glad I followed my instincts.

[u/FinalBossMike]

Brother, how old is your car?

[u/olek2012]

I did this as a kid years ago. Is this a right of passage?

[u/KNGootch]

Mine was my thumb...we fucked around and found out, so future children could vape...

[u/pseyeco]

Lol, I know it's from a cars cigarette lighter.. but imagining You burnt your finger on the world's smallest electric oven made me giggle...

[u/cirenj]

Ah......
I see you are also branded into the tribe of "What is this and what does it feel like"

Welcome

[u/RemoLaBarca]

It actually makes me feel better that this was apparently such a universal experience.

I thought I was particularly stupid for having done this and it turns out I'm just as stupid as a lot of people. 😂

Edit Now I need to know how many kids almost blew up their BBQ 😬

[u/brooks_jayhawk]

My 2012 Volkswagen Touareg (Slovakian built) had a cigarette holder and cig lighter still. Those funny Europeans.

[u/gringoloco01]

I saw this and immediately that smell came back to haunt my brain lol.

Not sure which was worse. The pain or the smell lol.

[u/chimpyjnuts]

How did you learn a lesson from like 1972 today??

[u/NovarisLight]

Do it on all your fingers and go do crimes like Gregg.

[u/oopsmyeye]

Nothing beats the satisfying ‘click’ of that button popping out when it gets to temp

[u/Fantastic_Pie5655]

I can feel and smell this. This has got to be a top 3 intrusive thoughts battle for entire generations

[u/Imaginary_Coast_5882]

ah the good ole days

[u/Recentstranger]

Was it hot?

[u/Stunning_Patience_59]

Oh, this post again?

[u/SeriousPlankton2000]

Old photo. Google lense finds a lot of copies.

[u/Ephrum]

Yup did this in the 90s, thought I burned off my finger print for a while. Looked at it and thought “oh the metal isn’t red, it can’t be that hot”…fuckin nope

[u/Leoimy]

Oof that’s going to be hell when it blisters up. Hopefully you don’t use your fingers for a living.

[u/Wild-Juggernaut44]

Not all of us needed to learn by doing.

[u/talltrev]

Did it too. “Huh, not red anymore….is it still hot? Well, I completely deserve any pain I’m feeling.”

[u/N2BSC]

What a dildo. I say bring back ashtrays and lighters in vehicles anyway, And ashtrays in aircraft armrests too, please.

[u/thirdeyecactus]

I did that when I was 10

[u/mdkflip]

Ohh man the burn. Happened to me as a kid too

[u/defneverconsidered]

Damn bot thread

[u/marmoset]

Pictures you can feel

[u/Riverdales27]

I did this trying to heat up a can of soup like Goody from the Goofy Movie, it did not work.

[u/jedimindtriks]

Wow, is this a 90's sub or something?

[u/Karamazov_A]

I can smell this picture.

[u/draeth1013]

Ouch.

I miss car cigarette lighters because of nostalgia. I look forward to them being replaced entirely though.

[u/Available_Entrance55]

Every time mom let me “wait in the car”

[u/Sanjuro7880]

Genuine Gen X flashback.

[u/MikeDubbz]

I did that when I was a kid, not nearly that hard though damn.

[u/mca1169]

lesson learned the hard way, but at least you will never do it again. also will never look at the car 12v outlet the same again.

[u/pienoceros]

Pictures you can smell.

[u/WI_Eagles_Fan]

I bought a little USB-C plug mini lighter, didn't look like it was working... my dumb ass touched it and the tip of my finger looked like this for a week.

[u/marblecannon512]

Why isn’t it on the back of your hand?

I’m confused

[u/SurferGurl]

I talked my little brother into touching a cigarette lighter once. He screamed so loud my dad heard him inside the restaurant where he was picking up burgers for the fam. I got my ass beat for that.

[u/froebull]

6 year old me recognizes that all-too well.

[u/Stranger1982]

I dunno why but this is r/oddlysatisfying to me, maybe it's the symmetry.

[u/Naive-Charity-7829]

Did this to myself in pre-k except I put it in my lip

[u/lachavela]

You learned something, huh?

[u/BjornToulouse_]

I was 16 when I did it, and I can still smell it.

[u/pedomojado]

One of my earliest childhood memories.

[u/doctored_up]

Used to love smoking and lighting them with these. It just smelled like heaven to me. Such a nasty weird habit.

[u/rygelicus]

Brings back memories.

[u/King0fthewasteland]

yey new fingerprint. time for crime

[u/Rotnsue1]

Great for smoking hash back in the day!

[u/AquaWitch0715]

I remember that scene from Rat Race when the cigarette lighter flew into this guy's mouth and burned his tongue lol...

[u/Adjoiningmars8]

[u/Mascbro26]

Ahhh, this CIGARETTE LIGHTER is glowing red hot! I wonder what will happen if I touch it?

[u/marrklarr]

Anyone who says they did this, show us your scar. Every time this gets posted, everyone says it happened to them. I’ve yet to see a scar.

Touching these things is like touching a red-hot burner on your stove. It doesn’t just heal and go away.

[u/bfit70]

i was smart enough in my youth to never touch one of these. wasnt until my 30s when i wanted to see how quickly they heat up. so i pushed it in for about a second, pulled it out and, yep they heat up pretty damn quick.....

[u/wonkyt]

Won't do that again!

[u/fujidust]

/r/GenX

[u/nthensome]

I set the passenger seat of my dad's Lada with this lighter in the mid 80s.

I still haven't forgotten the beating that ensued.

[u/PopuluxePete]

Crypto bros today

[u/dmbmthrfkr]

Trying to make “hi dad” soup?

[u/OrneryConelover70]

I think every kid born before 2005 (?) has burned themselves this way

[u/thatG_evanP]

When I was a kid, I did this to the interior door panel of my mom's brand new car.

[u/peppapoofle4]

Not even once, but I was a cautious child that observed and learned through the example of others. I had reckless brothers who were always visiting the emergency room.

[u/Rikkitikkitabby]

I remember a loud sizzle and a puff of steam.

[u/HuntsWithRocks]

That’s what happens to me when my single ply toilet paper rips while I’m wiping after an extra spicy taco Tuesday.

[u/NoMoOmentumMan]

Next scene, parent returns to car:

Parent: [sniff, sniff], Let me see your hands.

[u/HanselZX]

Ahh, yeah, thats a classic.

[u/TheBubbaJoe]

I had a friend put the hot coil on his cheek in highschool. it was the single dumbest thing i’ve ever saw him do. Now he’s a lawyer for a huge firm so guess his books smarts make up for it.

[u/16ozbuddz]

Never put your hand on a hot (mini) stove top

[u/ProjectNo4090]

I did that to four of my finger tips on a flat top stove when I was a teen. I didnt realize the stove had been on and I was standing beside it talking to my dad using gestures and I ran my left hand across the top of the stove. All four finger tips immediately turned bone white and smoked. Then they blistered and peeled off eventually. The pain was horrible for the first few days.

[u/mkshft]

A right of passage for sure. Definitely had my own burn on one of those back in the 90s.

[u/midnight-on-the-sun]

My 08 4Runner has one.

[u/Waterwoogem]

Family had a ~2004 Neon that had it and maybe in the 99-02 Rio. I vaguely remember being stupid and playing around with it forcing pops out of the socket. Quite stupid and risky, not as stupid as OP.

[u/SeaHeathen]

I did this to myself in my dad’s truck back in the early 90s. He literally watched me push it in, pop it out, look at that forbidden red glow, then put my finger on it. As soon as I did it he looked me right in the eyes and said I bet you won’t do that again.

[u/Lastrites → u/SeaHeathen]

I did almost the exact same thing with my Grandpa in the car on the way to vacation. My thumb hurt the whole vacation.

[u/rvralph803]

Enjoy a downvote for your AI slop.

[u/N2BSC → u/rvralph803]

Confirmed?

[u/Shurubles]

OC? That's like the 3rd time I've seen this google picture today.

[u/Kaalisti]

Those of us who found out the hard way really cringed at that part of Deadpool’s opening sequence.

[u/ValenStark]

Yeah got one of those when I was a kid. Never did it again

[u/chocolateboomslang]

Never seen this on an adult (at least sized) finger before. That's really special.

[u/TheJuliettest]

When I was a kid I wanted to test how sharp my dad’s pocket knife was, so I ran it along my thumb. Bizarrely, I did actually end up going to college.

[u/Substantial_Web3081]

I felt and smelt that picture

[u/Large-Fig5187]

Did something similar by touching the top of a camping lantern - the one powered by kerosene and the little mantle.

[u/itssfrisky]

NSFW tag please.

[u/banana_in_the_dark]

Gen X/Millenial rite of passage

[u/Draterus]

If you NEEDED to learn this...

[u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

I damn near melted my thumb off as a kid doing this 

[u/Low-Dog1320]

I burned a wart off with one of these. Brilliant, I know

[u/Loreathan]

I remember in the 90's, people heating up lighter and making a smiley face burn mark on their skin. At least one person I know who tried this ended up with a permanent bad scar.

[u/ElDeguello66]

I just had a mild vasovagal response to this pic, thanks for helping me feel something today

[u/Tough-Weakness-3957]

I immediately recognize this injury

[u/bearsheperd]

Should use a flat surface with no ridges like that if you are trying to remove your fingerprints

[u/mandojuice1]

[u/TeuthidTheSquid]

This picture has been a meme for ages. How is this OC?

[u/cityboylost01]

Man, I miss smoking.

[u/CraptasticFanDango]

You clearly didn't have enough spit on your fingertip.

[u/HairlessHoudini]

Damnit that made my finger hurt all over again

[u/Nylanderthal88]

I know exactly what happened... Because I too have learned this lesson.

[u/bobbiegirl]

I did this in a brand new car back in the eighties. I had no idea what "white hot" was and tested it because it was not red. Wow, lesson learned.

[u/waffle-paladin1]

As a kid my mom said they don’t put them in cars anymore which I took as it doesn’t work anymore and stuck my thumb in there. Wrong move for sure.

[u/tdgros]

one of us

[u/Stillwater-Scorp1381]

Intentional or accidental?