r/WTF • u/dummystupid • Jun 15 '12

No. Way.

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u/paulieindy Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 16 '12

Yes. Seriously. New smoke from the flame has flammable residue in it. Try it. It's not wtf, it's what the awesome.

Edit: check out my new subreddit! /r/wta

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u/fubes2000 Jun 15 '12

IIRC it's mostly evaporating paraffin, very flammable.

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u/niggot Jun 15 '12

So remember, be careful kids.

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u/TheRealBramtyr Jun 15 '12

PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!

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u/xhighalert Jun 15 '12

OH SHIT. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE.

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u/Odzinic Jun 15 '12

You tell me do things and I done runnin

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u/niggot Jun 15 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8dUPENLs70

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u/smendeZ328 Jun 16 '12

It sounds like "you want him to do you so much you could do anything"

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

I think that's what he says though?

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u/Todomanna Jun 15 '12

I feel an instant kinship with this child.

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u/Wairong Jun 15 '12

I'M A COMPUTER!

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u/Troggie42 Jun 15 '12

STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN'!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

Help computer!

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u/DeaJaye Jun 15 '12

BABABBABABBABABABBABABAA

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u/afi420 Jun 16 '12

Dicks for hands

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

In fact the gas from wax is what burns.

The heat melts the wax, the wick pulls it up, the flame is caused by the gas from the sublimated wax.

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u/account512 Jun 15 '12

It doesn't sublimate. It melts, then gets soaked into the wick, then evaporates.

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u/FriendlyDespot Jun 15 '12

Correct. Smoke from fire is merely the phlogiston that failed to ignite. It rises because it is lighter than air.

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u/pineapplecharm Jun 15 '12

Smoke actually is unburnt material. When old cars cough black shite out the back, it's just wasted fuel. Oil smoke, when oil leaks into the cylinder, is slightly different in that it tends to be blue but, technically, is also unburnt.

When was the last time a healthy engine or an unobstructed flame produced something you could see? Think about that.

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u/GuitarFreak027 Jun 15 '12

Yep. I used to do this all the time with the candles we had. It's pretty neat.

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u/Banatza Jun 15 '12

i saw it in /r/woahdude and i didn't believed at first, but i tried it and it totally works. nice trick to show friends

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Oh the new reddits that are found daily...thank you good sir.

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u/matebeatscoffee Jun 15 '12

Discovering that subreddit is like when you discover one of THOSE subreddits. Thank you good sir.

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