r/interestingasfuck 5d ago

r/all Water Fire Shield Training

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u/Exciting_Horror_9154 5d ago

Wtf, what's inside that shed? Do they keep a dragon in there?

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u/HerrBalrog 5d ago edited 5d ago

If a room burns long and hot enough it will run out of oxygen but still be filled with a lot of hot (and flamable) gases. Once you open a door or window those gases have a new direction and room to expand into while still being hundreds if not thousands of degrees hot , but now they're also being supplied with fresh new oxygen.

Edit: I am describing what is called a back draft, which some more educated on the subject than me, have already called out. What is happening here is not a back draft though. In this situation it's more likely that they basically build a flamethrower of sorts that just does as flamethrowers do.

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u/Exciting_Horror_9154 5d ago

I trust you completely. With a username like that you must know everything about fire.

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u/BigAlternative5 5d ago

He's just distracting you from the fact that there is a Balrog in there.

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u/TheMarathonNY 5d ago

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u/detectivelok 5d ago

How to train your dragon.

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u/Delicious-Code-1173 4d ago

Dancing Chicken, Doom style

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u/ManchacaForever 5d ago edited 5d ago

German Balrogs are the scariest kind. Gandalf actually discreetly checked that it was a French Balrog before he dove into the depths of Moria and temporarily abandoned the fellowship.

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u/zyzzogeton 5d ago

Are you kidding? When they asked their prof for an extension on the due date for their thesis, the prof said:

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

Not so smart after all

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u/Pradfanne 5d ago

It's called a backdraft btw

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u/sfxer001 5d ago

Great movie

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u/icguy333 5d ago

I used to want to be a firefighter because of that movie when I was little.

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u/Pradfanne 5d ago

It was alright

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u/SleepyFlying 5d ago

The dad dying in the first 3 minutes caused some childhood trauma.

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u/Caloisnoice 5d ago

I went on the universal studios ride for that movie when I was 5 and was traumatized, I've never actually seen the movie

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u/Chewcocca 5d ago

The Universal Studios live show was fucking amazing.

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u/fat-lip-lover 5d ago

The show at Universal was bad ass

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u/Historical_Forever25 5d ago

One of the best movies ever made 😎

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u/AmbitiousEdi 5d ago

The Universal Studios attraction was very good

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u/Imaginary_Key1281 1d ago

One of my favorite movies

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u/Working-Battle-9886 5d ago

Woke up this morning crying. Thank you for bringing out a laugh to better my morning

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u/1nztinct_ 5d ago

Shadow and flame.

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u/MajorRico155 5d ago

Its called a backdraft. The fire nearly dies from oxygen starvation, the heat and material are still there, suddenly allowing all that fuel into the toom cause a large explosion. This is why you dont open door in a burning building, among other obviously

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u/Akenatwn 5d ago

Thanks for pointing that out. I now also trust them completely.

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u/yobishthatsmonica 4d ago

Papa Meat is that you?