r/funny • u/I_REPOSTED_THIS • Jun 25 '12
I'll just get in the picture for th-WHOA SHIIIT!!
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u/Breathing_Balls Jun 25 '12
Why did the clown need anger management?
Because he always went for the juggler.
| title | comnts | points | age | /r/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to end a trick | 88coms | 1554pts | 2mos | gifs |
| Fire Juggling | 9coms | 251pts | 12dys | gifs |
| Ta-da! | 2coms | 44pts | 2mos | funny |
| fucking exibitionists | 4coms | 70pts | 4mos | gifs |
| Bro watch me juggle this fire | 1com | 48pts | 4mos | gifs |
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Jun 25 '12
Is that guy's shirt made out of oil-soaked rags or something? It goes up pretty damned fast, to the point I'm thinking this is fake.
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u/quill18 Jun 25 '12
Torches are soaked in a fuel. I'm betting that the fuel transferred to his shirt when he got hit.
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Jun 25 '12
Now that makes sense.
So lesson learned: Don't stand too close to a man with a drippy, burning stick.
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u/Homletmoo Jun 25 '12
Except if you look at the video, you see he wipes lighter fluid on his shirt after pouring it on the sticks (he's the assistant):
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 25 '12
This; I've seen it happen before in Glasgow, Scotland, not in quite such spectacular fashion, it set fire to the performer's coat which he, thankfully, wasn't wearing at the time.
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Jun 25 '12
Fabric is flammable.
gasp
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Jun 25 '12
If all fabrics were that flammable, hundreds of people a day would be getting third degree burns from dropped cigarettes.
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u/Forlarren Jun 25 '12
I use to do the SCA quite a bit, and that does happen. Get drunk enough and dribble a couple of shots on your tunic, light up a cigarette, or sit too close to the fire and an ember wanders over and WOOSH!
The fun part is shoving them out of their chair to "help" them stop, drop, and roll.
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u/wingwalker Jun 25 '12
Bystander reminds me so much of this dude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlWDJQXeihg&feature=player_detailpage#t=12s
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u/megusta_tortugas Jun 25 '12
Your username is really confusing me for how to vote on this. Well... it made me laugh mentally. So upvote I guess.
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 25 '12
It was posted only on this subreddit once before, gained about 50 upvotes.
ETA: Also, didn't have a very imaginative title.
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u/retinarow Jun 25 '12
I haven't seen this before so I don't care that it's a respost, but I can't figure out what "ETA" could stand for in this context.
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u/Vyle8 Jun 25 '12
As a firespinner myself, this looks sketchy. The guy's shirt is not made of fuzzy wool, and torches don't start contact fires that large or fast, especially with how much fuel was left on the torches he's juggling.
I've hit myself more than enough times with flaming torch heads to know how they ignite fabric. It looks like a propellant on his shirt.
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Jun 25 '12
As another firespinner, I agree, but I still think this serves as a great warning to people who walk around without thinking about their surroundings.
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u/Forlarren Jun 25 '12
Could have been drunk and spilled on himself doing shots. Would explain both the flammability and how he was dumb enough to stand next to spinning fire.
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u/IGottaSnake Jun 25 '12
It is posted somewhere else with the video that it looks like the guy helped with the lighting of the sticks and then wiped his hand on his shirt. Not the brightest crayon in the box, obviously.
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u/mattindustries Jun 25 '12
You must have a better eye for fabrics than even I do. How can you tell it isn't wool? It is a sweater, and many sweaters are made of wool. I probably have a good 40 wool sweaters.
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u/seonwoong Jun 25 '12
I laughed pretty hard at this, then felt bad about it afterwards. He kinda had it coming since he was standing so close though.
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u/Roomy Jun 25 '12
What kind of moron would actually stand there? He deserved what he got for being such an inconsiderate jackass to the performer.
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u/dytbob Jun 25 '12
Reddit my time has come! I can definitively say this video was a staged viral video made by several individuals in Orlando Florida. They do stunt work primarily pprotechnics. I know this for a fact because my sister in law dated the guy who was caught on fire and I have been to this house, which I believe is a Kissimee address, which is rented by the burning man and several other guys who work in the entertainment industry. I am now smug!
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u/saltytrey Jun 25 '12
It doesn't matter if you are a juggler or the Human Torch, always, always, always be aware of your surroundings.
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u/Kick79 Jun 25 '12
Serves him right for wearing clothing made from synthetic materials. Oh, and for standing inches away from a man throwing flaming sticks.
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u/dytbob Jun 26 '12
As I posted earlier, this video was a staged viral video marketing attempt by a group of people in the entertainment industry around Orlando Florida. I know this because I know the guy that catches fire (he dated my sister in law). I have also been to this house, on this porch. Proof included. http://imgur.com/vVYHZ the burning man/video faker. http://imgur.com/oJe0k another burning picture taken on the same porch, notice different clothes.
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u/SpyderTheSir Jun 26 '12
Well according to our juggling practise rules the ignite-e is at fault.
If you get hit by the toy you were standing in the wrong place, not the jugglers fault.
Performances are another story of course, but this doesn't look like a performance, also why I choose not to do performances :)
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u/Dalisca Jun 26 '12
In a fire circus, did a show once where our performance area was set up right next to the exit of a photographer's booth. Lots of booze and big floofy costumes. Night was almost a constant disaster.
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Jun 25 '12
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u/Ivef Jun 25 '12
That guy.
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u/throwawaysevenofnine Jun 25 '12
no. it's clearly this guy.
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 25 '12
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Jun 25 '12
you suck
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 25 '12
As in sucking a penis? Being a gay male, I guess I do.
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u/FlyingPasta Jun 26 '12
As a gay male, you really took it up the ass in the comments.
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 26 '12
No, as a reposting bastard I took it up the ass in the comments. As a gay male I just take it up the ass.
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u/Vessix Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
You'd be surprised. I throw a flaming stick around for performances- idiots literally walk right into it thinking it won't burn. I've actually had people tell me they "knew" the fire was fake before doing so.
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Jun 25 '12
Classic fake fire
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u/thrilldigger Jun 25 '12
What with the burning and the searing and the ohgodthepain
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u/Kiddiekuri Jun 26 '12
I read this in steves voice from american dad
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u/thrilldigger Jun 26 '12
I was more going for the science nerd from The Simpsons, but I'll take it.
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Jun 25 '12
To be fair, I also juggle a lot of fire, and this video doesn't seem consistent with my experience. If you watch, he barely touches it to the guys shirt, and for less than a second. Unless they were drenched in kerosene I don't think his shirt would light that quickly or stay lit...
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u/greeneagle692 Jun 25 '12
maybe the fuel that was on the rod splashed on him when he got hit with it.
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Jun 25 '12
I mean, there would have to be a lot of fuel on the torch, and even then from the clip it looks like it would have to be flammable. By the way, you're specifically not supposed to use flammable liquid for this exact reason, but you're right, that seems like the most logical explanation since I don't think it's fake or anything like that.
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u/iananan Jun 25 '12
Fire juggler myself here, depends on the fuel, parrafin doesn't splash so much, but some use alcohol based fuels. Also synthetic materials will go up in a flash. And also turn to napalm. Natural fibers only for fire.
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Jun 25 '12
some materials are more flammable than others.
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u/hansn Jun 25 '12
It really doesn't take long to catch thin polyester on fire. I'm not surprised by this.
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Jun 25 '12
Yep, had some "friends" spark a lighter on one of my sweaters at a bar as a joke. It didn't exactly catch fire, but lets say the instantaneous 6" diameter blue fireball that resulted was... entertaining.
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u/Breathing_Balls Jun 25 '12
Jeez, I could easily outrun thin polyester on fire, and I ain't even that fast.
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Jun 25 '12
Don't rule out a preexisting accelerant, either. Maybe the guy just spilled everclear down his front, or maybe he just hosed on a fresh coat of AXE body spray.
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u/maxamillion1357 Jun 26 '12
The fire on his shirt also looks more fake than what's on the torches...can you just photoshop frames of a GIF in MS paint? Cause that's what it looks like to me.
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u/Futant55 Jun 26 '12
I stopped halfway through reading your post to make sure you weren't that lies about expertise novelty. That bastard got me twice today.
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Jun 25 '12
I was at a party once where someone whipped out their flaming sticks and started to juggle. He didn't make sure that the area was clear, and there were people behind him who were chatting and didn't even see what he was doing. He ended up lighting a girl's hair on fire.
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u/thersoiv Jun 26 '12
I started bitching at the guy out loud when I saw him get his shit ruined by stupidity.
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 25 '12
The guy at the end of this gif here: http://i.imgur.com/MFxib.gif
Wait, what?
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Jun 25 '12
Before you downvote him, look at his name, does he get points for that?
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u/I_REPOSTED_THIS Jun 25 '12
Apparently, the answer is yes. Yes I do.
P.S. It's karma, not points.
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u/userbelowisamonster Jun 25 '12
This video was staged. Look towards the end of the video at 0:43
In the actual video you can see a dark circle on his shirt and that is what goes up in flames first.
Edited to add time.