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Even the best laid plans... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]veryhonestliar 99 points100 points ago

What's most impressive is the fact that he appears to have written his name in cursive with the gasoline.

[–]Insighted_Cuttlefish 67 points68 points ago

Is his name... Cooool?

[–]toyoto 123 points124 points ago

No it's Bernard, he's a doctor.

[–]Pillowsonapile 6 points7 points ago

That explains everything.

[–]nativebob 24 points25 points ago

Fear is a great motivator and will often push us to new limits that we never thought were possible before that moment.

Source: That gentleman couldn't read or write now he's writing his name in cursive out of giant fucking flames.

[–]Hassu 8 points9 points ago

Yes, his name is Ooooo

[–]Pillowsonapile 5 points6 points ago

Ooooo Shit

[–]LightningMaiden 0 points1 point ago

i imagined it spelt "nnoooooooopeeeee"

[–]conservative_poly 9 points10 points ago

I thought he tries to write "yolo"...

[–]SomeFakeInternetName 2 points3 points ago

Anyone who says yolo should be set on fire.

[–]jakebeans 98 points99 points ago

There are two kinds of people in this world, those who drop the damn gasoline container, and those who think if they run fast enough, they can stop the flames from chasing them.

[–]Raneados 146 points147 points ago

What about the type of people that wouldn't pour gasoline into a fire because they're not fucking morons?

[–]Cheffinator 65 points66 points ago

Those people can probably count to three as well.

[–]Jonny_Watts 11 points12 points ago

There are 10 types of people.

People who understand binary, people who don't, and people who weren't expected a base 3 joke.

[–]THISisGO 0 points1 point ago

Wouldn't that be 11 types of people then?

[–]spangg 10 points11 points ago

he said base 3

1=1

2=2

10=3

[–]washthatbody 5 points6 points ago

whoosh

[–]Eain 2 points3 points ago

Base 3. As in 3=10. Like binary but with 2 added in

[–]CaptInsane 0 points1 point ago

There's no such thing as 2

[–]Eain 0 points1 point ago

In base > 2 there is bro... Binary= base 2. It goes 0,1,10, 11, etc. base 3: 0,1,2,10,11,12,100 etc. base 4:0,1,2,3,10,11,12 etc. basically, the base tells you when to flip to the next place. At base two, two is the flip. At base n, n is the flip

[–]CaptInsane 0 points1 point ago

You don't watch Futurama, do you?

[–]cdcformatc 0 points1 point ago

Every base is base 10 in that base.

[–]RNRSaturday 4 points5 points ago

Those poor chumps rarely get to see their gifs go viral.

[–]Raneados 4 points5 points ago

It's true, but that's the price you pay for not burning to death.

[–]scurvydog-uldum 0 points1 point ago

I don't think they exist

[–]The_Mosephus 0 points1 point ago

thats what diesel is for. takes a few seconds for it to light up, so it wont do exactly that.

[–]Brotherauron 0 points1 point ago

well to be fair, it is fun, but I would only recommend it in predetermined amounts all at once, not pouring it out of a 5 gallon bucket.

[–]Th3Hon3yBadg3r 7 points8 points ago

You can out run burning gas easily. Why this kid ran in circles is beyond me. Straight line run over 4mph it won't keep up. That said if it was in the container just fucking throw it.

[–]00Gizmo 10 points11 points ago

Also tip the container back to stop pouring the fucking gas out, then you don't even have to run as far.

[–]PseudoEngel 2 points3 points ago

That'd do the trick but would that be your first thought?

[–]dalgeek 36 points37 points ago

My first thought would be "I shouldn't pour gasoline onto a fire"

[–]blualpha 4 points5 points ago

Surely that last shot of whiskey made him fire proof.

[–]Cheeze_wiz 0 points1 point ago

Yea, that's why you soak some kindling in either gas or something else that burns like a mofo. Makes starting the fire super easy.

[–]zman0900 -5 points-4 points ago

pretty sure that blows up the container

[–]XDXMackX 3 points4 points ago

No, gasoline itself isn't terribly flammable. You could also just put a hand over the spout and the flame would go out.

[–]Ninsha 12 points13 points ago

When you're ready to post a video of yourself doing this, I'm sure you'll get a lot of Karma.

[–]willscy 0 points1 point ago

Yep, Gasoline has to be vaporized to be very flammable.

[–]virusporn 1 point2 points ago

Guy I used to know had exactly that happen to him when he was a kid. Thought he'd help dad burn the bull rush clumps by adding some extra petrol, jerry can (metal) exploded and he ended up with a piece of metal permanently embedded in his knee.

[–]Pauer -1 points0 points ago

That would give you ouchie burns. Plus, isn't a gas fire anaerobic? It's like magnesium burning, it doesn't need external oxygen. Edit: I'm dumb.

[–]virusporn 1 point2 points ago

No it very much does need oxygen, as does magnesium (it just burns hot enough that it can make its own if you put a burning piece in water).

[–]Pauer 0 points1 point ago

Ah that's what I must have been thinking of. Like that scene in Abyss where he drops the flares as he goes into the drop-off.

[–]ShadowDrake05 0 points1 point ago

What? No. What do you think your car requires air for?

Chemistry, it's magic!

[–]Disk_of_discussion 3 points4 points ago

I think he's trying to drain the tanks as fast as possible. You can see that when he dumps the tank, only a little bid spills out instead of the large puddle you'd get if you dump a full tank.

[–]Lord_Naikon 3 points4 points ago

Here's my flatmate trying to outrun some burning gasoline (about 6 liter): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uehhXL5IW4

[–]Th3Hon3yBadg3r 2 points3 points ago

Lol what language was that in?

It reminded me of this one time I was drinking with my friends around a campfire and I was eating cheesewiz. My friend wanted to try some but didn't like the taste. deciding that it wasn't safe for human consumption because it was so "bad tasting" he threw it in the fire. We all looked like your friend except my dumb-ass friend who threw it into the fire just sat next to it asking why we were all running. When he was hit by the exploding can as it tried to reach orbit he learned why we ran.

[–]Lord_Naikon 2 points3 points ago

Nice.

One time we set up an almost empty deodorant can in a small ring of burning "gel", then we shot at the can from a distance. Instant rocket :-)

The language was Dutch btw.

[–]Th3Hon3yBadg3r 0 points1 point ago

Nice. Other ways to have fun while being incredibly stupid is to play revolutionary war. Well that's what we called it. We would divide ourselves into two teams and go on opposite sides of a field, then we would shoot little bottle rockets at each other. The reason behind calling it that was because we would take those skinny yellow wiffle ball bats, cut off the nub at the end of the handle and drop in lit rockets and then aim them like muskets. If you want to do this I highly recommend wearing sweat pants and a sweat shirt under jeans and a jean jacket with paintball masks or other helmet/safety gear. ;-)

[–]brettmjohnson 0 points1 point ago

Lol what language was that in?

Dutch.

[–]ed1380 2 points3 points ago

Not true. Just take a look at die hard. Its faster than that

[–]Th3Hon3yBadg3r 1 point2 points ago

Lol 1) that was supposed to be jet fuel and 2) jet fuel is like diesel in that it is fucking hard to get to catch fire. Yippy ki yay mother fucker!

[–]Fthne 0 points1 point ago

"Jerry... Jerry, just let go of the dang thing... Jerry! Oh and now it's empty."

[–]mrdoink20 0 points1 point ago

I belive that's the Flight or Fight argument.

[–]LORDJEW_VAN_CUNTFUCK -2 points-1 points ago

He was pouring it out so the flame wouldn't go in to the bottle and blow his fucking hand off. That's arguably smarter than either of your listed reactions.

[–]jakebeans 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, you pour it and drop it. It's not going to explode, it's just gasoline. Not under enough pressure.

[–]usernamenottakenwooh 20 points21 points ago

The stupid, it BURNS!

[–]memeaddictedchick 10 points11 points ago

Said the forest.

[–]BoxOfHope 12 points13 points ago

Reminds me of a gun in Ratchet and Clank.

[–]fireawesome 6 points7 points ago

It does look like the lava gun.

[–]zed_zed_top 5 points6 points ago

Let's all hope it upgrades to the liquid nitrogen gun.

[–]Pauer 2 points3 points ago

Or the Plasma Whip.

[–]e_hollaway 11 points12 points ago

How do forest fires start? Answer above.

[–]00yasutakanakata 17 points18 points ago

CHARMANDER USE FIRE SPIN

[–]detectivejustice 12 points13 points ago

Dammit Josh!

[–]sighodder -4 points-3 points ago

You had one job!

[–]JangoFett101 4 points5 points ago

2 hrs later the whole town was on fire

[–]aztech101 5 points6 points ago

Looks like the Delorean was doing donuts.

[–]itsuwaribito 3 points4 points ago

smart people.

[–]WTFACK 2 points3 points ago

I'd be clapping too.

[–]CallMeAnEngineer 4 points5 points ago

At least he knew to keep the flame outside of the can. Spinning is a decent tactic of not burning alive.

[–]TheBakula 2 points3 points ago

I think this is a good analogy for when I make a statement that backfires.

[–]edichez 2 points3 points ago

I love the guy in the end who just takes a sip of his beer.

[–]oddsareimdrunk 2 points3 points ago

video?

[–]TroutM4n 2 points3 points ago

How to build a fire with gasoline.

Step 1: Prepare wood and burnable material

Step 2: Add Gasoline

Step 3: Light fire

Performing steps out of order can cause serious harm or death.

[–]bchiz 3 points4 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY1Myvbytk4

at 0:20

[–]versanick 1 point2 points ago

Protip: end your link with #t=00m20s and it'll go right to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY1Myvbytk4#t=00m20s

[–]CosmicBard 2 points3 points ago

Protip: Right click on the video at the time index you want and select "Copy URL at time index".

[–]bchiz 1 point2 points ago

Thanks!

[–]versanick 0 points1 point ago

Thank you, sir.

[–]VolumeZero 3 points4 points ago

This is probably pretty smart. He got rid of a lot of the gasoline in the container in small portions before dropping it. If he dropped it instantly it would've exploded from the sheer amount of gasoline inside the container.

[–]borzakk 2 points3 points ago

Source: you watched a michael bay movie once.

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[–]kabalalala 5 points6 points ago

Holy shit that was a long, boring, badly explained story.

tl;dr: Popular girl pours gas on fire. Her face melts. Not so popular anymore.

[–]Selknirps 1 point2 points ago

Backfire

[–]ramlosaappleftw 0 points1 point ago

He just had to go burn the whole place down while he was at it..

[–]derpiato 1 point2 points ago

That might have been kerosene, in which case it's a lot safer.

[–]FyslexicDuck 0 points1 point ago

or diesel

[–]nagasstolemybike 1 point2 points ago

that's Archimonde all over again!

[–]CR4ZY0WN3R 0 points1 point ago

The Human Fire Tornado

In theatres soon!

[–]yummyjelly 1 point2 points ago

Damn it josh!

[–]Secret4gentMan 1 point2 points ago

Gotta hand it to him... it wasn't a bad save. Could have turned out much worse for him.

[–]THISisGO 0 points1 point ago

what the fuck just happened!

[–]MedSchoolHero 0 points1 point ago

I think maybe he planned it to happen this way.

[–]mynamejesse1334 0 points1 point ago

calculated

[–]sox406 0 points1 point ago

Had this happen to me over the summer, only my gas can slipped out of my hand. He should have just left it. From the looks of this video, he may have been out 7 bucks(gas and can).

[–]XxGACxAngelxX 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of that scene in DH part 2 where Goyle is setting everything on fire.

[–]Sk8r115 0 points1 point ago

firespin POKEMON TIME

[–]Lord_Rimbleton 0 points1 point ago

Dilute it with dome diesel first. Flame won't "chase" the source.

[–]KarmaDealer101 -1 points0 points ago

I believe this was planned.

[–]TrindadeDisciple 1 point2 points ago

The title is ironic, well done.

[–]jchris8328 1 point2 points ago

You are my new hero

[–]slector30 0 points1 point ago

As a firefighter in Texas having to work the grass fires over the past two summers....fuck you if you do this...ever...

[–]Zoolotak 0 points1 point ago

I think we've all been there...

[–]Heretic3e7 1 point2 points ago

Smart enough to know that spinning would cause the stream of burning gas to fly away from his body.... dumb enough to pour gas on a fire in the first place...

[–]gmnitsua 0 points1 point ago

If he calmly would have tilted it back upward so no gas was pouring it out, he could have just blown out the flames at the end of the nozzle.

[–]Sjokomelk 0 points1 point ago

No, but the gasoline fumes in the container would have ignited and exploded in his face as he's blowing out the flame.

[–]gmnitsua 0 points1 point ago

The fumes can only ignite where there's oxygen. If the flames were to go down the nozzle, then there would be no oxygen above the flames and it would burn itself out. The flames cannot be inside the nozzle, because everything above the flame would be carbon dioxide and that does not allow fire. It will only burn at the end of the nozzle. Not go down inside it.

I've actually blown out flames at the end of gas canisters 100s of times. Every time I build a camp fire, I get a little pyro with the gas. Now if for some reason you were to rupture the canister while it was aflame, it would explode.

[–]demalition90 1 point2 points ago

I have played a lot with gas and fire before and can confirm this

[–]Jay_Normous 0 points1 point ago

That was so beautiful

[–]dredawg 0 points1 point ago

And here I thought it was redneck tribute to the Olympics.

[–]GetGhettoBlasted 1 point2 points ago

What a dick

[–]briirox 1 point2 points ago

Oh man, that was a great laugh. I needed that. :P

[–]Reapr 0 points1 point ago

It always amazes me when I see someone do this - how can their brains not make the connection - gasoline to help the fire, because it burns really well ... so, hey gasoline burns really well...burns really well - but it won't burn really well in the container in my hand, the container is immune

[–]HelpImSurrounded 0 points1 point ago

This, is why I don't hang with rednecks.

[–]wideband_assassin 0 points1 point ago

Much beer was involved.

[–]06yfz450ridr 0 points1 point ago

damn i was waiting for that to blow up

[–]mysticalone 0 points1 point ago

If the container was full, I don't think it would have blown up. Could have sealed the spout to kill the fire.

[–]uuyk-ed 1 point2 points ago

... goes into flames. YEAAAAAAAHHH

[–]whydoyoulook 0 points1 point ago

<redforman> Dumbass </redforman>

[–]AceEightWins 0 points1 point ago

Some men just wanna watch the world burn.

[–]onekate 0 points1 point ago

If this was your best laid plan I shudder to think what the rejects were.

[–]kbruce4 0 points1 point ago

i honestly did this once

[–]homercles337 0 points1 point ago

Oh, the stupid, it burns!

[–]tomsk7 0 points1 point ago

I wouldn't consider that a "best laid plan"

[–]JMGurgeh 0 points1 point ago

No plan survives first contact with idiocy.

[–]ittakesacrane 0 points1 point ago

is this guy from the Department of Fire?

[–]ITheWestSideI 0 points1 point ago

What was he trying to spell?

[–]wookiesandwich 0 points1 point ago

10-1 that scene started with the comment "Let me show y'all how to get a fire goin"

[–]brettmjohnson 0 points1 point ago

You forgot to preface it with "Here, hold my beer."

[–]bucky420 0 points1 point ago

was he holding onto it because he's an idiot or was he trying to empty it out before he threw it? either way he's the idiot for fire gasolining.

[–]MrEMS 0 points1 point ago

Pro-tip: put the gasoline on before lighting the fire.

[–]GerniePain 0 points1 point ago

Idiots like this is why Blitz gas cans got sued and forced into bankruptcy.

[–]diegoml 0 points1 point ago

Holy shit that was amazing. I can't believe nobody died.

[–]the__itis 1 point2 points ago

Rednecks with gonorrhea are more common than you would think

[–]doch0lidday 0 points1 point ago

i like the fact that he has to go in circles to realize that he should throw it down

[–]DWolf06 0 points1 point ago

...don't work this well!

[–]zachc123 -4 points-3 points ago

He's so lucky. That could have easily exploded in his hand!

Edit: I stand corrected.

[–]SchoolyardCheeze 10 points11 points ago

Nah, gasoline is only combustible when under pressure. Could've "whumped" into a sudden large flame.

[–]quackdamnyou 6 points7 points ago

gasoline is only combustible when under pressure.

I think you mean, when mixed with oxygen.

[–]SchoolyardCheeze 1 point2 points ago

The oxygen allows the reaction that causes heat. Gasoline being flammable rather than combustible, this means a flame. Compression causes that reaction to be more violent and explode. So the compression cycle of an engine causes numerous small explosions, yet a burning car doesn't explode.

[–]quackdamnyou 1 point2 points ago

I see your point: you meant "combustible" in the sense of explosive combustion. Without pressure, the gasoline could produce a surprising flame but not an explosion. However I think that an effect similar to an explosion could happen if the heat of the flame caused the plastic container to fail catastrophically, combined with the angular momentum imparted by the flailing.Whether you call it an explosion or a sudden flare-up, it could have gone very badly!

[–]SchoolyardCheeze 1 point2 points ago

Yes. He could've certainly had a bad time. Agreed, good sir.

[–]Mr_Shagwell 10 points11 points ago

That, my friend, is movie logic :P

[–]JohnnyMcDoodle 2 points3 points ago

naw, not enough oxygen in the gasoline container. the flame would go out.

[–]gmnitsua 1 point2 points ago

This is true. The flame will only stay lit at the end of the nozzle where the fumes can actually meet the oxygen. He could have just tilted it back upward, gently, and blown out the flames.

[–]LesNeesman 0 points1 point ago

This is why we can't have nice things!

[–]onyxmoon13 0 points1 point ago

When I first saw this, I thought it was my best friend and fellow redditor revengeofpanda. Lol those were the days.

[–]killerguppy101 -1 points0 points ago

If you look closely out spells YOLO.

[–]ara_p 0 points1 point ago

...and the Darwin award goes to...

[–]randomshemaleaddict 0 points1 point ago

that was incredibly fucking smart of him, because if the flames followed the gas to the rest of it just sitting in the container, it would have blown. but giving it a constant stream like he did kept the fire away from the rest of it.

[–]raje56 -3 points-2 points ago

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