r/mildlyinteresting • u/ottawapeoplechamp • 22h ago

One of my matches was all potassium chlorate.

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u/not-very-creativ3 22h ago

Do it...

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u/ottawapeoplechamp 22h ago

Im saving it for a special occasion.

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u/RidleyDeckard 22h ago

A special Reddit occasion to share with the rest of us?

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u/Enterice 21h ago

let's burn it

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u/astralseat 21h ago

Gotta contact the goddess in the flames somehow. Watch her dance among the flames.

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u/zPureAssassiNz 20h ago

Briga the Flame that Burneth Bright.

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u/Stewbacca18 16h ago

Ishi’s tits, Min.

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u/Ducal_Spellmonger 14h ago

Luin's Staff, I never thought I would find a Spellmonger reference in the wild.

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u/Ducal_Spellmonger 14h ago

Our Goddess of Rapid Oxidation

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u/dude259000 19h ago

Fire! Fire! Yeah!

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u/NuTzErNaMeO_o 20h ago

!RemindMe 99 hours

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u/scsiballs 20h ago

Rise up gather round

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u/Mrmuffins951 21h ago

u/ottawapeoplechamp ‘s cake day is in 3 days

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u/KhazraShaman 20h ago

He should stick the match in a cake and light it with a candle.

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u/waldosandieg0 20h ago

The celebration would be unmatched

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u/yeetman1000 19h ago

no there'd be one match

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u/KhazraShaman 19h ago

A match made in heaven.

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u/TR45H_B04T 18h ago

Actually I think these are made in Canada

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u/Your_Pal_Gamma 16h ago

These comments are all gold

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u/CrazyLegsRyan 19h ago

You couldn't hold a candle to it.

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u/computerdesk182 19h ago

!remindme 3 days

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u/C4rdninj4 19h ago

!remindme [3 days]

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u/Momossim 18h ago

RemindMe! 3 days

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u/blokereport ​ 17h ago

RemindMe! 3 days

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u/HoldThisGirlDown 17h ago

This is it OP, this is your moment

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u/sadisticallyoptimist 12h ago

!remindme 3 days

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u/uumamiii 22h ago

What’s more special than being alive?

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u/KrimxonRath 21h ago

I’m imagining this being said by someone actively burning something and smiling over the flames.

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u/Joey_ZX10R 21h ago

That sounds luminous.

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u/clearfox777 20h ago

Downright radiant.

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u/Th3GrimmReaper 20h ago

Warms your insides...

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u/Demitrico 19h ago

Absolutely beaming

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u/HoldThisGirlDown 17h ago edited 17h ago

Y'all're almost perfectly halving the karma with each comment starting with the luminous one right now and i'm finding it equal parts r/mildlyinteresting and r/satisfyingasfuck

(edit: "y'all are" -> "y'all're" because double contractions are more fun)

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u/wefwegfweg 21h ago

This is the one you light when you’re surrounded with no way out. End of the line, motherfuckers. BOOM.

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u/Ned-Nedley 18h ago

You always were an arsehole Gorman.

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u/bobby_hills_fruitpie 21h ago

Yeah, you gotta live for today OP. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

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u/banditkeith 20h ago

Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, you're part of the Circus of Dr. Lao.

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u/Daktic 21h ago

This has “you get what you fucking deserve” energy and I love it.

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u/Winged_Metal 19h ago

Squidward: "Being dead!"

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u/Shanghai_Cola 18h ago

That's the mindset I needed to read.

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u/FroggyHarley 22h ago

Please post the video of it

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u/MVPizzle_Redux 16h ago

SEND DA VIDEO

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u/FroggyHarley 15h ago

I WANNA SEE FIRE

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u/Hostilis_ 20h ago

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters 11h ago

NOT. NOW. JIN. YANG.

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u/Claris-chang 22h ago

You actually gonna blueball us like this?

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u/ltearth 20h ago

Bros pulling a Part 2 on Reddit

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u/Romantiphiliac 15h ago

"Look at this safe I found, guys!"

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u/Ep1cM47TH3W 22h ago

Roll it into a joint

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u/SpectrumHazard 18h ago

The ol’ exploding cigar bit for a new generation

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u/Masske20 22h ago

What?

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u/bbom 22h ago

HE SAID HE’S SAVING IT FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION

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u/ncfears 22h ago edited 22h ago

Don't forget you can use a pound sign (or hashtag) to make a heading which can make you even more louderer.

Edit: Y'all need to stop yelling you're going to wake my baby!

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u/Winterion19 22h ago

LIKE THIS?

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u/big_guyforyou 22h ago

IF YOU WANT TO GET UPVOTED MORE, TYPE LIKE THIS. YOU'LL STAND OUT. MORE PEOPLE WILL NOTICE YOU.

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u/Winterion19 22h ago

HAPPY CAKEDAY MATE

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u/Masske20 21h ago

Best time to use the big font.

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u/rhabarberabar 21h ago

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING I CAN'T HEAR YOU EVERYBODY IS YELLING

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u/JaeHxC 21h ago

WHERE'S YOUR BIG TEXT!?

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u/Material_Table9465 20h ago

Wait, don't tell me it's actually cake?

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u/d0n_and_d0n 21h ago

Happy Cake Day

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u/Kev-O_20 21h ago

GOOD TO KNOW

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u/Captain-Obvious69 19h ago

-# I wonder if this works like it does in discord.

Edit: NOPE

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u/bendbars_liftgates 13h ago

you can do superscript text by prefacing it with "^" but you have to do it before every word.

It alsostacks!

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u/Abdul__Aziz 18h ago

HAPPY CAK DAY

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u/Objective_Flow2150 18h ago

HAPPY CAKE DAY

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u/geda95 22h ago

TEST ONE TWO THREE

Edit: one hashtag is enough

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u/abertun 22h ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/beavertownneckoil 21h ago

£bigwords

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u/Shumina-Ghost 21h ago

NOT THAT KIND OF POUND!

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u/beavertownneckoil 21h ago

lbBigWords

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u/rhabarberabar 21h ago

*℔BIGWORDS

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u/CrazyLegsRyan 19h ago

🤜🤛bigwords

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u/Aeylwar 21h ago

Here is from 1 to 6 hashtags:

One

Two

Three

Four

Five
Six

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u/Toedscruel_2 18h ago

Can it go smaller?

#Seven
##Eight
###Nine
####Ten
#####Eleven
######Twelve

Edit: No

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u/MaxBellTHEChef 22h ago

Ahh, thank you, I couldn't hear him, I'm wayyyyyyy in the back.

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u/fly_over_32 22h ago

Insurance fraud

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u/PickledPeoples 22h ago

The most special of occasions. Celebrate with loved ones as you watch your home and belongings burn down because daddy can't keep his gambling habits in check and now you're on the lam trying to convince the mob you're dead.

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u/fly_over_32 22h ago

Well it’s not that special if it happens twice a year, but yeah something like that.

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u/chugonomics 22h ago

Bilbo's gonna get an unforgettable sendoff

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u/0zi1 21h ago

Burn your fingers a bit and sue the company.

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u/lobotumi 21h ago

come oon. ill give you a good arrow if i get to see it.

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u/Longjumping_Key_5008 22h ago

That occasion is upon us. Do it for the karma

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u/mlvisby 21h ago

Just don't hold it in your hand when you light it.

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u/SaioLastSurprise 21h ago

I wanna eat it.

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u/Wonderful_Berry_4968 21h ago

Save it for years and sell it. It’ll be worth more

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u/Longjumping-Pie-6410 21h ago

Just throw it very quickly after lighting it. You'll have less than a second before it burns your fingers.

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u/jignha 21h ago

That special occasion could be lunch time today, record video of it being lit, and post to YouTube so we can watch it all the time. I'd put it on loop during Christmas day instead of the video of the burning yule log.

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u/daerogami 21h ago

The present is a special time, one might call an occasion. Do it.

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u/Jar_of_Cats 21h ago

Remind me in 1000 days

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u/mogley19922 21h ago

I would pull it out and try to light a cigarette with it without breaking eye contact in a tense moment, then freak the fuck out when i burn my fingers.

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u/Rurumo666 21h ago

4th of July

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u/Repulsive-Durian4800 21h ago

You have more self control than I ever have.

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u/wefwegfweg 21h ago

End of the line…

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u/-KKD- 21h ago

That would worth a lot in fictional universe of old Soviet film "Кин-дза-дза". Basically matches are one of the most expensive things on the planet Pluk"

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u/TN17 21h ago

You would become a minor reddit celebrity. What better occasion than to achieve that which us lowly reddit plebs can only live in our wildest dreams? Do it. 

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u/sirduckbert 20h ago

You have so much willpower… I wouldn’t have been able to wait long enough to take this photo

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u/micromoses 20h ago

No, do it. The occasion is the discovery. Do it now or lose the chance forever.

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u/Cold-Flow3426 20h ago

What do you mean by that

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u/mrocky84 20h ago

We're gonna need a video of that.

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u/SoylentGrunt 20h ago

Somebody's planning a trip to a Tesla dealership!

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u/BeerMantis 20h ago

An important piece of advice I picked up some years ago (it was in relation to alcohol):

There's no reason to save a particular bottle for a special occasion. Open the bottle on an ordinary occasion and make it a special occasion.

Find the right group of friends or the right hangout or a day that just feels right, and fire that thing up - on camera, of course.

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u/TheBAMFinater 20h ago

Better post it.

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u/archangelmlg 20h ago

May I suggest a sled, some gasoline and a flight of stairs?

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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 20h ago

If you don’t record it and post it you’re doing the internet wrong

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u/Obsidian-Dive 20h ago

Can I use it as my birthday candle?

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u/Drewskidude325 20h ago

This is like that one item they call back to at the climax of the movie. Where you try to strike it three times while the big bad approaches and it doesn't work. Then boom, that fourth strike ignites it.

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u/Kokuei05 20h ago

We shall wait for the burning party.

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u/Apprehensive_Cost_89 19h ago

it would be a federal crime to not record a video of it

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u/Virtual-Proof-4733 19h ago

Post it on reddit please!!!

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u/CactusBoyScout 19h ago

A really nuclear stinky shit?

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u/nith_wct 19h ago

Show us when you do. I'm curious. I did some mischievous things with match heads as a child.

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u/Intelligent-Grab7798 19h ago

I must alert the towns people

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u/APlanetWithANorth 19h ago

Please record it

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u/nohpex 19h ago

Make sure to record it in 120+ FPS slow mo, please!

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u/PriorRow1687 18h ago

A special night at the barefax?

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u/Visual-Juggernaut-61 18h ago

One of us could give you a kiss I suppose.

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u/BlogeOb 18h ago

Whip that bad boy out when morale is low for the nation. It will give us the will to fight for what we believe in.

We will fight for the right… to party

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u/OkMetal4233 18h ago

What happens if you never get the chance?

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u/flyingrummy 17h ago

When you finish a matchbook/box save the striker. Put this match and a bunch of scraped strike pad residue in a container and shake it vigorously.

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 17h ago

give it to someone you don't like

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u/Tjizzle55 17h ago

Make sure you invite me to that special occasion.

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u/Reasonable_Spite_282 17h ago

Cooking meth or is that the shit on the side of the box?

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u/Apprehensive_Use1906 16h ago

Save it for when you need some injury lawsuit money.

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u/TheTrueErnie117 16h ago

post an update, we need to see this in 50 years.

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u/DakotaXIV 21h ago

Literally the first words that crossed my mind when I saw this lol

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u/Veezerick 19h ago

Finally, all men on reddit agree on something.

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u/sidvicc 20h ago

There's a theoretical chance that if he does, the atmosphere may catch on fire.

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u/sumane12 19h ago

Disappointed if this wasn't the top comment.

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u/Immaculatehombre 19h ago

Some ppl just wanna watch the world burn…

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u/sabrefayne 18h ago

Wow! A 4 digit up vote score 📸 neat.

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u/chaosunleashed 18h ago

Sometimes the intrusive thought is the correct thought.

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u/Lonely__Stoner__Guy 16h ago

I'm not entirely certain I would have had the control to take a picture and post it. But I need OP to take (slow motion if possible) video of this "match" being struck.

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u/blondiecutiex 16h ago

🤭 we all want that. But is gonna burn so fast

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u/ajax333221 16h ago

And sue them if it malfunctions and burns you

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u/Competitive_Fun8555 15h ago

And record it.

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u/fidel__cashflo 14h ago

How far back would you have to stand for this kind of thing? A barbecue lighter and then take a couple steps?

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u/StreetOwl 13h ago

Do the roar..Do it

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