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stupidcasey 61 points 2 years ago

Ok, here me out… wait wait just listen. This absolutely violates every Osha regulation in the book, no body is arguing that, but what I am about to argue is this is actually pretty safe.

  1. Those sparks cool through the air fast enough that they won’t burn skin let alone solid steel.
  2. any melted metal is under the tanks so it will drop safely to the ground.
  3. If any melted metal did land on the tank it would not be enough to melt through. It would simply solidify and leave a clump of metal.
  4. even if he aimed the torch directly at the tank it would still take 3-5 Minutes to burn through way more than enough time to realize what he is doing.
  5. even if he did somehow Pierce the tank they would not explode they don’t have oxygen in them they would only burn a small torch like flame out the hole you put in it.
  6. if one of them for some reason exploded(once again not going to happen) it would not set up a chain reaction, these tanks are made like….Tanks they will not explode from so little force.
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mrsemi 79 points 2 years ago
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frigidaphelion 8 points 2 years ago
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TriflingToad 8 points 2 years ago

that was a risky click (can't believe there isn't a sub for that) but it was safe! just a little ball of fire, she pulled it out and set it to the side and everything was fine.
That being said she got very lucky.

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peopleproblems 4 points 2 years ago

The tugging at the sweater itself would not have built nearly enough static to produce an arc strong enough to ignite it.

The video shows the date, it's February 12, no snow, she's a bit cold. That means cold dry air. So, sure the potential required for the static arc goes down, but not enough to spark that.

The car body, on the other hand, 100% had a much higher charge on it from driving at car speeds in dry air, AND she never discharged the car after getting in it and puffing on her cigarette, which, I also can't see, but may have been in her hand for all I know.

You gotta touch the car body when you get out of the car folks, most of you do this automatically when you close the door, which she clearly didn't do.

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Riven 5 points 2 years ago

Would opening the little gas door not discharge? I do always touch the metal door when getting out of my car but I also touch the little gas door to be able to fuel up.

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BackOnMyBS 3 points 2 years ago

I literally said, "No, no, no, NO!" when I saw her start trying to take the pump out of her car. She got sooooo close to an agonizing burn or death. Omg, I need to recover from this video. 😮‍💨

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dragonfucker 3 points 2 years ago

That's so dangerous. Gas stations should be banned.

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stupidcasey 2 points 2 years ago

That’s probably true🤷

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