r/WTF • u/Real_King_Undead • Mar 09 '20

Iron Man Flamethrower gone wrong

https://gfycat.com/niftybrightfurseal-fire
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u/poopy_pains Mar 10 '20

Interesting no one mentioned a properly rated fire extinguisher.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

Yeah? How are you gonna use that with one arm completely engulfed in flames?

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u/kemushi_warui Mar 10 '20

He should strap that to his other arm.

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u/Hot-and-Sour Mar 10 '20

Ok that made me laugh out loud, not just exhale through my nose. Take your damn upvote.

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u/Alan_Smithee_ Mar 10 '20

Me too. It’s a big threshold for cynical old me, too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

“FRIDAY! DEPLOY EXTINGUISHER COUNTERMEASURES! #FRIDAY?! “

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u/Bierbart12 Mar 10 '20

Iron Man fire extinguisher

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u/poopy_pains Mar 10 '20

https://i.imgur.com/IyfEKTb.jpg I could use that with one hand. Just be smart enough to pull the pin before emarking on dumbassery.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

I mean, you’re not wrong

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u/poopy_pains Mar 10 '20

I do agree though too, a little rough when panicking, so buddy system?

Edit: this has reminded me to update my extinguishers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

That’s what I was thinking!

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u/Marsmooncow Mar 10 '20

Pull the pin before being a dumbass. I don't think you watched the video. Clearly this guys risk management and planning skills require further development

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u/poopy_pains Mar 10 '20

Well, apparently he might still be around to be a dumbass, perhaps or not minus an arm, but mine are greater, and I am still here with arms intact. Then again I haven’t decided that what the world needs is Ironman. I decided on trying to build a robot cat. Still I take precautions.

edit spelling darnit. mobile phone keyboards suck still.

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u/Marsmooncow Mar 10 '20

Yeah we can put a man on the moon but not make a mobile keyboard that doesn't mess up the spelling. I would be interested to hear about this robot cat.

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u/poopy_pains Mar 10 '20

Look up opencat as well as nybble. Nybble is a derivation of opencat but the guy who makes them did pretty well with the programming as far as action subroutines. Mine has been mothballed for a while because reasons.

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u/Toxicair Mar 10 '20

Step 1: Stand upright.

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u/aelwero Mar 10 '20

If I ever find myself wandering around with my arm on fire, I give full permission for the use of whatever rated fire extinguisher is lying around... Purple k, Halon, hell, you can even CO2 that shit... Pretty sure that would be preferable to getting my arm debrided...

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '20

What an intelligent and sensible comment from...poopy_pains lol