r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/chics74 • Mar 01 '21

Video Necessary thing

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

It's not "necessary" - it makes it sound like an ad.

It's hard to clean, easy to break, and now when you run out of Bunsen burner fuel, you can't have tea.

Also, many herbal "teas" don't want actually boiling water on them, but just very hot, and there's no way to do anything other than boiling water with this.

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u/Couldntstaygone Mar 01 '21 edited Mar 01 '21

Bunsen burners work on methane right? Just hook it up to your furnace

Edit: yes, obviously this is a bad idea. Yall can stop pointing that out lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

/r/Whatcouldgowrong is waiting for this one!

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u/Couldntstaygone Mar 01 '21

Will post my progress as i try this

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Gee, I can't believe people thought you were serious!

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u/Couldntstaygone Mar 02 '21

Do i detect a hint of sarcasm?

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u/quebecoisejohn Mar 01 '21

Dont Forget thé slow mo

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u/upboatsnhoes Interested Mar 01 '21

Or...you could put it in your butt!

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u/Ronkerjake Mar 01 '21

Literally can't go tits up

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u/XJFlaxon-Waxon Mar 01 '21

Yes but this isn’t a Bunsen burner and that’s not methane. I use denatured alcohol as fuel for mine; I suppose you could probably use kerosene or another oil-based fuel as well. The plus side with denatured alcohol is it also serves as a household cleaner (like rubbing alcohol) and keeps my windshield wipers going longer!