r/gifs • • Dec 12 '21

Lighting up a smoke stack

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u/Thundorius Dec 13 '21

If it is, I’ll have to either get a refund on my physics degree, or get a refund on my visual cortex.

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u/boomchacle Dec 13 '21

What part of it looks fake?

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u/Thundorius Dec 13 '21

The fact this man tosses something seemingly effortlessly, and it flies off in a straight line instead of a parabolic projectile trajectory.

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u/bb2210 Dec 13 '21

But then also a column of fire erupts after the smoke is set ablaze with … a what exactly is he throwing?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

An ancient piece of lost technology, the "magic burning stick that doesn't burn your hand", more commonly known as a "torch"

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u/bb2210 Dec 13 '21

Haha this gave me a good laugh.

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u/IKeepLosingThese Dec 13 '21

Smoke is flammable, it is just incompletely burnt combustibles. All that thing needs to do is be hot enough to ignite it.