Comment on Pens in Space

• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My first thought was: “I must try this”. I need to read my house insurance policy first.

  Curiosity got the better of me when I waved an alcohol wipe over an open flame. There’s still a dark mark on the office carpet tile from where I had to stamp it out

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  • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Please invest in a fire blanket and keep it near by when you do stupid things with fire.

    Signed, a fellow fire bug

    Mine paid for itself the first time a flame got out of control while I was having some fun. No lasting burns to human or objects in my office lol.

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  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Keep away from dust explosions, they are very uncontrollable because they ignite very fast and produce a lot of heat. It’s technically not an explosion, but it definitely is an easy way to burn your house down.

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    • Grimpen@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Mythbusters did this with coffee whitener as I recall. Impressive.

      This has also happened to sawmills and flour mills, under less controlled circumstances.

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Let it be someone else’s carpet. Or in this case, driveway.

    youtu.be/Ce_uT1TXYr0

    Skip to 3:10 for the action.

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