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PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

If you did them the other way, kerosene then cigs, well that would burn the parasite out, sure, but the host… well, it might hurt a little.

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iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You can drop a lit cigarette in kerosene and it will just put the cigarette out. You can also so that with diesel. You cannot, however, do that with gasoline.

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- JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  A cigarette won’t usually light gasoline, if you’re quick and it’s cold enough you can plunge a lit match into gas. Diesel is practically difficult to ignite, I mix it with gasoline for a good, safer firestarter with a longer burn
  
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  - iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨24⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    That is not a skill am willing to practice in order to get good at.
    
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  - titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Kerosene is definitely not gasoline. Kerosene is far more volatile.
    
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    JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Kerosene is far less volatile. Gasoline evaporates more easily.
    
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- Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  You cannot, however, do that with gasoline.
  
  Yes, you can. A match or a lighter will ignite gasoline vapors. A smoldering cigarette will not.
  
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  - iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    I ain’t gonna test that, but yeah, I believe you.
    
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