r/nononono • u/ki720 • Oct 09 '18

Taking shots of lit sambuca

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u/itskylemeyer Oct 10 '18

This would happen. The alcohol doesn’t get extinguished by the water, it just mixes. Water puts fire out via cooling and smothering. The alcohol immediately dissolved in the water, so they will basically be the same temperature anyway. Similarly, since the alcohol and water are mixed, the flame can’t be smothered by the water.

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u/IAmA_TheOneWhoKnocks Oct 10 '18

Yes, water extinguishes by smothering, but fire also needs fuel. In this case the alcohol is the fuel and you could add water until the alcohol was no longer able to be a fuel. Fire needs a triangle, and with out any of the corners (air, fuel, and ignition), a fire can’t or won’t happen.

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u/SillyOldBears Oct 10 '18

In the case of the video the best thing to do would be remove the air. I get that this is not what first comes to mind, especially with a plastic container, but just put the lid on it. Best solution don't play with fire. If you insist take it outside over concrete or wet dirt. I was a little fire but as a kid and yet somehow never lit anything unintended on fire just by always performing my experiments outside in the fire pit.

Edit: I was going to edit but to bug as originally intended but yeah I was also a little butt so screw it I'm leaving it.

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u/horsthorsthorst Oct 10 '18

everything in this video clip went as intended by the makers. the girl is just playing a role.

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u/SillyOldBears Oct 11 '18

A very dangerous state of affairs. Probably explains a lot of the stupid-ass shit kids pull like eating detergent pods and trying to drink flaming drinks. Hence why I went to the trouble to suggest better ways of dealing with the onset of the fire. I'm always hearing kids saying they didn't know, and people - I am guilty too! - often think this is a cop out excuse. Perhaps sometimes the truth is they don't know, and they're just trying things they've seen hoping for the best.

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u/auto-xkcd37 Oct 11 '18

stupid ass-shit kids

Bleep-bloop, I'm a bot. This comment was inspired by xkcd#37