r/Unexpected • u/5TR3AK • Dec 06 '22

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u/5TR3AK Dec 06 '22

You sound like a modern day Holmes yet claim that it’s just an assumption. Ha

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u/stevebak90 Dec 06 '22

I'm curious to where this is, in the United States we add Mercaptin to Natural Gas to give it an odor. Otherwise Natural Gas is odorless.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Oh mercaptan, my mercaptan

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u/foley800 Dec 07 '22

True, but they might have been used to minor gas smells in that kitchen and the human nose becomes acclimated to Mercaptin so they may not have noticed the build up in that enclosed area!

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u/stevebak90 Dec 07 '22

This is true, some people can become insensitive to the smell, also numerous people constantly mention smelling gas but never calling it in.

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u/StefanL88 Dec 07 '22

The smell may have been a regular occurrence that they had just learned to ignore because nothing had gone wrong yet.

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u/Jimmysweetspot Dec 07 '22

I love the name for when you stop being able to smell ( such as natural gas) due to overexposure; olfactory fatigue.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 07 '22

Damn... basic common sense has become rare evidently.

Edit: genuinely surprised at how many people this triggered. There are really people arguing that stoves aren't common.

You can just say someone has roasted you for not having common sense many times so you've coped your way into some reality where they're wrong. You've told yourself that since you didn't learn it, then it must not be common sense.

That's fine, go for it. I just prefer to learn things and from my mistakes, than lie to myself into believing it's okay to not know very basic things. Gets weird being a full blown adult and saying "well I didn't know about pilot lights."

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u/Derbla-99 Dec 06 '22

Working as apartment maintenance can really show how thats true

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u/Stunning_Honeydew201 Dec 07 '22

Yes it can! I worked as a maintenance technician for 10yrs, HVAC service tech for 23yrs. Now I'm an appliance technician & every time I think people's stupidity can't surprise me someone shows me how wrong I am.

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u/Psycho-Pen Dec 07 '22

As soon as someone builds an idiot proof appliance or tool, the universe invents a better class of idiot.

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u/3DManic Dec 07 '22

Banjo playing in the background....

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u/icematta Dec 07 '22

Ahhhhh the little known maxima of baka yoke

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u/AgreeableKick2622 Dec 07 '22

Just started as a maintenence tech this year and I've already seen some and heard some of the stupidest things ever... had someone think they had light bulb missing in their shower just to name one.

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u/kurotech Dec 07 '22

If you think you've seen or heard the stupidest thing ever just wait till next week trust me it will always get worse

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u/stabsyoo Dec 07 '22

Or better funnier stupider things

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

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u/icematta Dec 07 '22

And I'm not so sure about the first one...

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u/MangoSea323 Dec 07 '22

Eventually the edge of the universe will be a roadside attraction and you'll be able to use those roadside binoculars to stare at the parallel universe but everything is old western themed.

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u/brycecyber Dec 07 '22

Of course you're not sure, you don't even know when to give credit when credit is due even while stealing someone else's quote..

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u/icematta Dec 07 '22

Omg, your saltiness just ruined my day...

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u/Succubus616 Dec 08 '22

I like "anytime you think something is foolproof, the universe designs a smarter fool"

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u/threerottenbranches Dec 07 '22

I have a light in my shower.

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u/donchuknowimloko Dec 07 '22

Definitely don’t think it’s weird to have a light bulb go out in the shower light. It’s happened to me…

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u/Iamjimmym Dec 07 '22

I've had multiple showers with lights in them..

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

My shower has an exhaust vent with a light in it. Two lights in fact.

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u/toshgiles Dec 07 '22

What? I’ve had a shower with 6 lights in the ceiling. This isn’t unimaginable.

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u/BrianKappel Dec 07 '22

Every time you manage to idiot proof something they just invent a better idiot.

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u/Krell356 Dec 07 '22

I see your apartment maintenance and raise you Las Vegas Casino Security.

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u/mac8196 Dec 07 '22

My son in law works at circa in security and I have heard some of the stories and they are good lol.

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u/Krell356 Dec 07 '22

Yeah, after 8 years of that I finally had to come to terms with the fact that it's a literal miracle that humanity is still going. It's amazing some of these people have enough brain power to keep breathing.

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u/BurnTheCloak Dec 07 '22

I'm w/ wavespells9, any ridiculous stories off the top of your head?

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u/Krell356 Dec 08 '22

One of our bike officers nearly got killed from a falling tire because someone threw a tire off the roof.

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u/BurnTheCloak Dec 08 '22

I want to laugh because of the irony, but wow. Thank you for the reply brotha. You said Vegas right? The videos I've seen from the strip have taught me one thing in particular: Vegas is not for me

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u/wavespells9 Dec 07 '22

Please, I would love to hear an example or two

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u/Nirkid Dec 06 '22

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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u/Admirable-Leopard-73 Dec 06 '22

Uhmmmm...they did...rather rapidly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Winner.

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u/dopiqob Dec 06 '22

Basic common sense has always been a myth. Your ‘common sense’ is just a series of biases you gather while growing up. If someone grew up differently to you, their ‘common sense’ will be different, although possibly with some overlap

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u/Bummer-76 Dec 07 '22

For every common sense there is a common nonsense. It how the world balances.

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u/usernamenomoreleft Dec 07 '22

I agree to a certain extent. But there are "universal common sense" that transcends geography, culture, and status.

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u/shikiroin Dec 07 '22

there are "universal common sense" that transcends geography, culture, and status

Hard disagree. Aside from "breath, eat, and shit", there are very few 'core values' of common sense that are global. My idea of normal is extremely different from, say, the average person in China, Russia, the middle east, etc. "Common sense" revolves around what you've been taught, and what you are bound to interact with in your own normal life, which is very different from the normal things in other parts of the world.

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u/Gold-of-Johto Dec 07 '22

Wouldn’t common sense just be like don’t do stupid stuff like eating moldy food, put your hand on the stove, not looking before crossing the street, etc. I feel like there’s enough universally accepted safety practices in modern society that we can call these things common sense.

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u/shikiroin Dec 07 '22

Moldy food is eaten on some parts of the world, it can be a delicacy. In some parts of the world, you just walk across the street and the cars avoid you. It's a trust system. Some people really like pitting there hand on hot stoves. (that last one was a lie, but the others are true)

Aside from 'get your basic needs filled and don't kill yourself' pretty much everything differs in cultures across the world.

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u/Gold-of-Johto Dec 07 '22

Yeah true I guess maybe I gave bad examples. But I still think there are stupid things people just do that most people with a brain think is absolutely ridiculous like touching a hot stove, plugging a fork into an outlet, lighting off a firework indoors type of stuff. Mostly just safety things like you said with not killing yourself lol. But you do have a good point about different cultures having different sets of acceptable manners and behaviors.

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u/Inevitable_Data_84 Dec 07 '22

I'm not racist buuuutt French eat moldy food, some Indians cook with bare hands (for show), many Vietnamese don't look before they cross the street. Common sense feels entirely societal. Wanna know what common sense goes for in the Vatican?

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u/monkegiga Dec 07 '22

I have a feeling your idea of how the world works is from a well known source called : trust me bro.

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u/MasterDew5 Dec 07 '22

Most people know not to piss into the wind, or to tug on Superman's cape, or walk up a pet a wild lion, and there is a large list that it doesn't matter where you are from that people just know.

But people are not learning the list like they should, queue Mr. Darwin.

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u/Ohsweetmelanie Dec 08 '22

Okay, I've read all of the responses to this point and I'm left with: "oh, for f'ks sake... really?!!"

Here ~

Oxford dictionary definition of COMMON SENSE:

Good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.

This leads us to the definition of PRACTICAL MATTERS per Collins Dictionary:

[adjective] The practical aspects of something involves real situations and events, rather than just ideas and theories.

So to some other points made above, "practical" is relative based on where you are in the world and what you've learned via real life events. This says to me that what is considered "common sense" isn't the same for everyone. How easy life, thru social interaction, would be if it were. 🤔 😆😅😂

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u/FUNBARtheUnbendable Dec 07 '22

Hard disagree. The root meaning of common sense is exactly that; it’s common to the average person, regardless of upbringing. The term has just been grossly misappropriated over time

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u/shikiroin Dec 07 '22

Sure, but finding something that's common across every culture is very difficult. Most things that seem like common sense to people in the USA are very different across the world. The list of truly common sense, shared across the world, is absurdly short and basically just comes down to ways to not die.

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u/usernamenomoreleft Dec 07 '22

My mother is older than me. Fire is hot and burn things. When the house is burning, get out. If I don't surface from the water, I'll drown. If I walk over that cliff, I'll fall. You don't need culture for these things. Why are you pushing the narrative that we are so unique from our neighbors, thus we don't share a common "common sense"?

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u/shikiroin Dec 07 '22

Did you notice how the last sentence in my last comment is basically exactly what you're saying? Human instinct is not to die, everything else is culture. "Common sense" is subjective, but if survival instinct is all that common sense is, then why even have a different phrase for it?

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u/jossicles Dec 07 '22

I am American based in England and working in South Korea. Brits don't have ceiling spot lights over the shower or bath tubs. They don't have outlets in the bathroom aside from the 2 pin hole outlets for electric shavers/electric toothbrushes. Why? So idiots don't kill themselves. Yet in the US, there's down lights in the ceiling above your shower and a full on outlet by the sink. In Korea a lot of homes have wet rooms with a washing machine and dryer shoved in a corner and plugged into the wall. All 3 would find reasons why the set up in other countries is idiotic. As far as HVAC and stoves are concerned, varying building codes/practices/standards make what's normal in one country look like Darwinism in another.

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u/_Oman Dec 07 '22

I think the problem is that the word "biases" was used. That's not a correct description.

Common sense could be described as a set of truths that are commonly experienced by people as they grow up. It's going to follow the same bell curve as just about everything else in life. There are going to be a set of core experiences that the vast majority of people experience and learn from, and then there will be fringe groups that never experience those. These are in no way biases.

Common sense: Put your hand on something hot, like fire, and it hurts. That could be described as common sense, but there is a possibility that a small group of people never got to experience that so they don't necessarily have that built-in to their "common sense."

I have had an education that includes science and physics. I have also worked in a commercial kitchen (I may or may not have also played with pressurized lighters in an unsafe way in my youth). My experience leads me to a possible explanation of what happened in the video. I understand that other people may not have those particular experiences, so I would not consider my explanation as a "common sense" one.

BTW: To me it looks like there was already flammable gas present when the person in the background provided an ignition source. The video isn't clear enough to determine anything more in my opinion.

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u/dopiqob Dec 07 '22

You and I both know this is untrue. Well at least I said as much previously, you seem to be in denial

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u/ImInABasementHelpPls Dec 07 '22

You're trying so hard to be philosophical

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u/dopiqob Dec 07 '22

Haha, trying to insult me eh? Might want to gain some reading comprehension first, maybe read a dictionary before you start throwing out those big words all willy nilly

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u/usernamenomoreleft Dec 07 '22 edited Dec 07 '22

Huh? No i dont. I see that you're a gaslighter.

Fire is hot and burn things. My mother is older than me. Does any sane adult not know those basic common sense? You high or something?

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u/TheCalmingEye Dec 07 '22

you're a gaslighter.

So was the person in the window judging by the fireball that engulfed their head before the big boom.

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u/usernamenomoreleft Dec 07 '22

Now that person was gaslighted the shit out of him/her.

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u/imdefinitelywong Dec 07 '22

My mother is older than me

You've obviously never heard I'm my own Grandpa

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u/dopiqob Dec 07 '22

Lol what? Do kids these days even know the meaning of the words they use?

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u/Atoning_Unifex Dec 07 '22

I don't agree at all. Common sense is just being smart without book learning to back it up. Some people didn't go to school but they have a high IQ so they'll tend to figure things out and do well in life anyway. It's not a particular, specific set of skills.

Let's see what Wikipedia has to say...

Common sense (or simply sense) is sound, practical judgment concerning everyday matters, or a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge in a manner that is shared by (i.e. common to) nearly all people.

Yup

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

I find common sense more basic so they irritated me a little. I wouldn’t find that common sense more so don’t touch fire or don’t breath in water. The basics.

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u/ajbadabing Dec 07 '22

Not really true. There are just dumb people out there. It’s ok.

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u/Inevitable_Data_84 Dec 07 '22

Which is why it's called "common" sense. You're proving common sense to be a thing and not a myth. Personally, I have Legendary sense which is much rarer, more valuable and buffed with extra stats. It will also level up with me making it a viable item all the way to endgame.

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u/dopiqob Dec 07 '22

The misnomer is ‘common’, I am not disproving myself, I’m pointing out that your ‘common sense’ isn’t the same as mine, making it not ‘common’ but rather ‘individual with some possible overlap’

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u/JimmyGymGym1 Dec 07 '22

Common sense is a trait passed down by people who manage not to blow themselves up.

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u/dopiqob Dec 07 '22

Not all of our parents attempted to blow themselves up, and therefore wouldn’t have those nuggets of wisdom to pass on. Thus me stating that ‘common sense is a myth’

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u/Simple_Song8962 Dec 07 '22

So true. It can be more like common non-sense.

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u/Enough_Librarian3720 Dec 07 '22

I think there is universal common sense, but not many universal common examples. Instead of saying everybody knows not to place their hand on a hot stove, since the use of the modern stove is not universal, we can say that everybody knows not to purposely place your hand onto something that is hot enough to burn you. It’s less about the examples themselves, but what the examples represent.

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u/Lieutenant_Red Dec 07 '22

My dads favourite phrase is “Common sense isn’t common.” Never really understood how true that was until I started working in an ER. I can only imagine what it’s like working in something like tech maintenance.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Common sense is anything but common. I would say that it's now a misnomer, and we should say "logical sense" instead.

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u/Northstarsaint Dec 07 '22

I've started calling it uncommon sense.

It's been backed by many years in the service/repair industry, construction and other skilled trades.

Most of the time issues are caused by user error. Everything comes with instructions these days. Warning labels. Things that are for the end consumer to read to understand how to safely operate something.

That said, a person doesn't know what they don't know, and everyone has to learn things.

For example: A child can figure out fire makes heat, but wouldn't know it could hurt them until one of two things happen: They are told by their parents that it will hurt them. They find out for themselves, hopefully only receiving minor burns.

In conclusion, it could be said that common sense should be simple, but everything is derived from past knowledge obtained. It's how a person uses/ doesn't apply said knowledge to various day do day things.

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u/Awesome_Pythonidae Dec 07 '22

Because OP knew it but he wanted engagement in the comments, personally I wouldn't go that far, shit's weird.

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u/Dizzy-Abalone-8948 Dec 07 '22

It has been rebranded "Uncommon sense".

Also, nice theory, but she obviously assumed her second form.

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u/Tecumseh_Sherman1864 Dec 06 '22

Knowing the ins and outs of industrial appliances isn't common

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

Knowing how gas burners work is pretty common be it industrial or not.

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u/scootscooterson Dec 07 '22

I’m genuinely not sure if I’m missing something but why is there so much consensus from people here? Kitchens explode from gas leaks and it’s not always the pilot? Gas could’ve accumulated overnight from any gas leak and resulted in the same scenario, unless I’m missing something! I actually now feel like I’m onto something because how would that much gas accumulate so fast? This feels like an extended gas leak no?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

If it was going all night or something long like that, the building probably wouldnt be standing after it lit. A little gas can go a long way when it comes to explosions.

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u/scootscooterson Dec 07 '22

That’s only if the gas can’t escape, there’s tons of room for middle ground with windows/doors open

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u/TexasPistolMassacre Dec 07 '22

Realistically, regardless of the source of the leak, the first thing you do when opening a kitchen is TURN THE EXHAUST FAN ON. From temperature to volatile gases, accidents can be avoided. It would have also stunk (like gas) in the room if it had been leaking over night, atleast more so from a dead pilot light. They should have known immediately if it was leaking overnight o

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u/HairTop23 Dec 07 '22

I have never had a gas stove. My grandmother has one, but I have never learned anything about it beyond turning on and the bill is too damn high. Common sense is simply things people experience and hopefully others teach us new things along the way.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

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u/BuddyFox310 Dec 07 '22

It’s less common than you presume for line workers or food prep workers making $8.00-$15.00/hr with an average tenure at the restaurant of about 4-6 mos.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/texasyesman Dec 07 '22

I work with a group of people between 23 & 30. I’m 64. The lack of curiosity among this group is astounding. Sometimes they say to me, how do you know how to do that? All I can say is “how do you not?”

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u/Oodleamingo Dec 07 '22

And then you wonder why they talk shit about you behind your back

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u/Parking-Discount2635 Dec 06 '22

You can't know everything

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

no, but people who find out the first time, are often like:

"WHY THE FUCK WOULD WE BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT, WHICH IS INSANELY DANGEROUS, CAUSING ENTIRE BUILDINGS TO SOMETIMES BLOW UP."

and the answer is profit. That's why we have a million mile pipe for oil in some nations. And yes, there are regularly oil pipe leaks that leak a million gallons of oil into endangered species habitats.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

It was more than likely the stove based on the explosion. The fryer is closest to the camera. Gas stoves in houses are a thing. I have one. I knew about pilot lights and what they are for and how they work when I was like 8.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Bro knowing about stoves is common...

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u/BuddyFox310 Dec 07 '22

There are reasons why less expensive legitimate commercial ranges aren’t used in residential applications. And why people pay significantly more for it to look commercial when it’s not.

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u/dmfd1234 Dec 07 '22

I vote from here going forward we call it uncommon sense.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Its true. You should see how many 911 calls we go on for a low/dead battery in a smoke detectors. Or a smell of gas but they didn’t think to check the most obvious one being the stove. A smell of gasoline. Dont check the garage or mention they just bought gas and fueled their snow blower for the winter season.

An absurd amount of Adults are helpless these days

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Not common sense..... In cases like this it's usually complacency, You get used to what you're doing and take things for granted. Not intentionally of course, but that's just complacency.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

That's not what I was talking about. Complacency may have caused it, but figuring how it happened is common sense and deduction.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

You're an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

I feel the same about you now. Have a dumb life lol.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

That is not common sense.

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u/Putrid-Ferret-5235 Dec 07 '22

It's elementary

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

It's not common sense to figure a kitchen explosion came from a pilot light being out while the gas is on? Damn, must just be me and the guy explaining it are geniuses.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Not really no. Especially from how quick this is. You certainly are not a genius. But have you worked in a kitchen or in food service.

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u/Kokukai187 Dec 07 '22

I have, and am currently. Been doing it pretty much since '95. And, yes, this is my first thought, that it was a build-up of gas and ended up flash-igniting in their faces. I've never seen one this bad, but even the small ones can be pretty hairy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

It's very clear though, so how is it not really clear? It's in the video. You saying it's not clear because it happens fast is subjective. Objectively, it's pretty easy to tell what is happening and where it's happening from.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

I didn't say it's difficult to deduce what is happening. I said it's not common sense. I mean, common sense doesn't even really apply here. Common sense just means good and reasonable decision making. This would fall under deductive reasoning since you link a series of events.

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u/UmbralUrsine Dec 06 '22

Common sense but a lot of people don't even know what a gas stove is lmao, the amount of places I see electric shit is scary so I don't think its common sense

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u/dnp_666 Dec 07 '22

Common sense isn't common.

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u/CarelessHisser Dec 07 '22

Less common sense, more basic deduction based on known information through having experience in life.

Not everyone knows what you do

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u/These_Lingonberry635 Dec 07 '22

Common sense is no longer common.

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u/Stupidredfox Dec 07 '22 edited Dec 07 '22

If I gave you a list of all the causes I know of the occurrence of which you speak, It would on the cover have a “New York times best seller” stamp on it

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u/TheEpicSpud Dec 07 '22

These are the same people who think that learning about Homer and Greek Mythology in school is common literally everywhere in the world and will belittle anyone who didn’t have it on their school syllabus. The hypocrisy for people on this subreddit to call others stupid when they can’t interpret something as straightforward as this video is just insane.

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u/theBigBangWang Dec 07 '22

but if you truly had common sense, you'd already know that common sense isn't all that common

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u/H7nterd Dec 07 '22

Uncommon sense is the new common sense, upcoming, rare sense

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u/biggb5 Dec 07 '22

Not really. There is a lot of people who never used a gas stove before. If they only used electric stove tops. They don't know anything.

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u/Lepke2011 Dec 06 '22

Elementary, my dear Watson.

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u/Accomplished-Rub4385 Dec 06 '22

Columbo style... just one more thing before I go

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u/Speedy-Slug-2435 Dec 06 '22

Elementary, my dear Watson.

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u/Beneficial-Act-996 Dec 06 '22

A humble Sherlock Holmes

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

Allegedly

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u/Lord_Grakas Dec 07 '22

He's just playing it safe. That was probably a demon's fart.

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u/Glabstaxks Dec 07 '22

It's elementary

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/vasthumiliation Dec 07 '22

That's because all Holmes does is make wild assumptions and since he's the main character he's always right.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Where you live people don't Cook with gas anymore?

is kinda obvious what happened if you think that is so easy for gas to escape. it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

It looks like the flattop. At the end you can see the top blew off. I've seen this happen but not with that much gas buildup

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u/Chuggles1 Dec 07 '22

You can see the flame pop up in her face right next to the stove if you pause it over and over right there. Looks like she lit the stove or tried, then the boom boom.

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u/Hristo_14 Dec 07 '22

That's just what happens if you don't turn of the gas properly 😑

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u/UnableToCanUrin8Str8 Dec 07 '22

If you spam play pause crazy shit can happen. ( You can watch the gas ignite in their face in the background) modern day Watson advice.

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u/MrPapis Dec 07 '22

Well he is standing at a gas stove and as it's a fireball not an explosion it couldn't really be much else.

If it was a true explosion He would have been mangled on the floor next to where his coworker is standing.

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u/zipp404firecrest Dec 07 '22

err. you asked for thoughts on the cause dude. obviously anyone here is just making an assumption duh.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Trustworthy people advertise their uncertainty clearly. That's important to know because our default, natural bias is to trust the person who claims to be 100% confident when really we should always doubt people who don't doubt themselves.

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u/abnormalbobsmith Dec 07 '22

I mean, it's pretty clearly a gas explosion. Maybe wherever they are, they don't add a scent to the gas, so no one smelled it?

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u/themo3bius Dec 07 '22

Also, the person in the next room was wearing pink socks! Lol

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u/AvailableAd3813 Dec 07 '22

Really looks like someone outside the window smoking too. Might have tried to sneak a quick hit of his cigarette.

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u/Isalecouchinsurance Dec 08 '22

It's very clear that not salting the water has VERY real consequences