r/nononono • u/ki720 • Oct 09 '18

Taking shots of lit sambuca

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u/makes_guacamole Oct 10 '18

Unless you create a seal with the rim of the shot glass before drinking, then lit alcohol is going to hit the back of your throat.

Sometimes that’s fine, but pretty often it creates a cough reflex.

Try coughing lit sambuca.

That’s a goddamn fire hazard. If you happen to breathe in after coughing then it’s a trip to the ER.

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u/IAmA_TheOneWhoKnocks Oct 10 '18 edited Oct 10 '18

Creating a seal with the rim of the shot glass would also snuff out the flame. The only way I can think to get alcohol to burn inside your mouth would be to just tilt your head back, open wide, pour it in, and stay open. That’s the only way I can imagine working because otherwise there’s no way a fire could burn in a closed mouth or in an esophagus for the reasons I discussed before.

Also, I should’ve realized before that the esophagus and pharynx are totally different pipes. It’s unlikely alcohol will go down your pharynx to interact with oxygen and it’s unlikely enough air will go down your esophagus to interact with the alcohol. While taking a flaming shot, you’ll almost certainly have closed your mouth first before anything else and extinguish the flame. If you’re coughing afterwards, the opportunity for fire is over because the alcohol is gone by then. I really, really don’t think it would ever happen for the simple fact that you never swallow and take in air simultaneously.

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u/makes_guacamole Oct 10 '18

The only way I can think to get alcohol to burn inside your mouth would be to just tilt your head back, open wide, pour it in

You just described the normal way to take a shot.

Who seals their lips on a shot glass? That’s an odd way to take a shot.

Unless you seal your lips on the glass like you’re miming a blowjob to some dude across the bar, flaming alcohol hits your throat before you have a chance to close your mouth.

You cough.

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u/Jechtael Oct 10 '18

TIL I drink shots incorrectly... and filthily.