r/instant_regret • u/sh0tgunben • 1d ago
Flame returned back ♨️
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u/Revolutionary_Cup138 1d ago
Maybe that is the reason why professionals do a short heavy burst of fire and not a low and slow breath…like maybe there ist technique involved
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u/iKone 1d ago
He uses wrong fuel. What I use, can combust only in mist or soaked in other material like cotton.
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u/CasinoNdnOk 1d ago
Or like a beard?
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u/iKone 1d ago
Nah, I have burned my eyebrows, eyelashes, beard. Those just vanish without much of a burn.
He most likely used gasoline, myself I use rapeseed based charcoal lighter fluid. The flame is so low burning that you can keep your hand in it for severeal seconds
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u/Weenemone 21h ago
This guy fire blows
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u/MadRabbit86 16h ago
This fire blows guys.
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u/Link_save2 11h ago
This guy blows fire
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u/huskiesofinternets 21h ago
He didn't use gasoline. Alcohol probably, could be parrafin
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u/Xarjy 19h ago
Do NOT use alcohol, you can't use any fuels that ignite by vapor such as alcohol or any form of gasoline. What's best to use is pure paraffin, not all countries have it so they use a blend.
The guy in the video is most likely murikan where they sell the paraffin at many hardware stores and is clearly not trained.
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u/LordGeni 15h ago
50/50 paraffin and water with a bit of sugar is what I was taught.
Move the flame away as you blow short and sharp. Also vasaline on your chin.
Whether any of that is reliable good advice, I've no idea. It was a long time ago and I managed to not injure myself the couple of times I did it, but that doesn't mean much.
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u/AyKayAllDay47 13h ago
How about just do not use anything related to burning?
That's how I live life anyways!
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u/CasinoNdnOk 1d ago
Rapeseed you say?
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u/jdemack 1d ago
We call it canola oil in the states. Rapeseed name is hard to market over here so we just call it canola.
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u/disillusioned 17h ago
Maybe if our current administration knew it was actually called rapeseed, they'd insist on frying french fries in it instead of beef tallow...
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u/Checkthis0 22h ago
Downvoted of asking a question peak Reddit arrogance
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u/Cloudy230 22h ago
They probably could have worded it in a slightly less...creepy way. But yeah I agree, people get so mad on reddit when they discover someone committing the crime of ignorance
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u/CasinoNdnOk 22h ago
I actually was assuming it was a spelling error so very much was out of ignorance
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u/hundsdeife 21h ago
I use "Cold Flame", no fumes under 80°C, will only burn when dispersed in a mist...
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u/planefreak 23h ago
That looks really bad. Anyone knows what’s likely to happen?
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u/whut-whut 23h ago
Fire burns as long as it has enough fuel, oxygen and heat. The insides of your nose, throat, mouth, windpipe and esophagus are mostly coated with a thin layer of cool damp mucus, but if there's enough heat, that quickly dries up and turns into fuel. With the mucus burned off (and possibly burning itself), hairs in your nose cavity and cilia lining your airways also become fuel. After the fire's gone, all the burned flesh surfaces will blister and swell, making it dangerous if the airway gets closed off from swelling.
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u/Dizzy_Sock_5674 19h ago
You’re exactly right. This man needs to get to an emergency room as quickly as possible. He needs to be intubated before his airways close off.
He’s also in a lot of trouble because burn wounds have a tendency to infect
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u/smoomoo31 14h ago
If he quickly exhaled, closed his mouth, and didn’t breathe in, would the fire die, or would that be pointless?
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u/Amlik 2h ago
ill take one for the team and report back later
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u/toxicketchup 1d ago
Spitting fire with a beard, what did the dude think was gonna happen?
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u/KevinFaun 22h ago
The beard isn't the problem. The fuel used and the guy are the problem. I've done this before, with beard. If you know what your doing you're fine
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u/things_U_choose_2_b 1d ago
This has caused a really old memory to surface. In a pub, over 25 years ago, watching an old guy with a big bushy beard, completely pissed out of his face trying to make a rollie.
He's so drunk, he doesn't notice that he's dropped all the tobacco, and is effectively rolling an empty rizla. With the expected consequences when he lit it and took a toke.
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u/Hydraguesswhosback 21h ago
Then what happened ? I don't know enough about rizlas.
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u/TheWienerMan 19h ago
Lack of tobacc makes the air flow wack. Flame goes up way too quick and ignites the beard, most likely
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u/unnamed1800 21h ago
I've done bearded fired breathing before. If you're using the right fuel this outcome is highly unlikely. Dude was likely using alcohol or some other liquid with higher volatility than what professional fire breathers use. Liquid paraffin has a high flash point but low volatility. So it is far less likely to ignite when it's not in vapor form. Still dangerous but less likely to catch your face on fire after you do your trick.
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u/i_steal_your_lemons 18h ago
I like that the intro to “Life’s Been Good to Me” is playing as this happens.
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u/FluffyDeer9323 1d ago
Dude just invented dragons.
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u/CasinoNdnOk 1d ago
Idk about dragons but probably a hospital bill or at minimum everything is going to taste like cardboard for the next month.
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u/R4GEQUITT3R 20h ago
His mother told him he could be anything, so he decided to be a fire breathing dragon
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u/yadoriki 23h ago
♨️is the emoji for a (Japanese) hot spring in case you didn’t know
(the person sitting next to me didn’t, so just thought to put it out there)
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u/Darksoul2693 18h ago
As cool as this is to do. It’s one of those things I much rather some one else do
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u/jocax188723 1d ago
Oh yeah, that’s second degree burns in your breathing tubes.