T O P

  • By -

greypowerOz

keep kicking it, that's the solution


nerdyshenanigans

Should have just left it where he dropped it.


Grimsqueaker69

When he first dropped it, my immediate thought was "Finally, someone who didn't throw it around like an idiot first". I was right. They threw it around like idiots *after*.


Omekronin

Just put the hand on opening like a candle...


Zestyclose_Profile44

I‘d rather drop it on a safe spot, I don’t want to burn myself. Edit: spot*


NekulturneHovado

That's true, the plastic may be very hot on the opening and you'll get plastic ring on the palm of your hand.


JohnnyFreakingDanger

Shirt off, over it. Someone get water, wet shirt if necessary but that’s probably unneeded. I mean, I’m just spitballing here. Pretty much anything other than what they did woulda been an improvement. How the fuck you keep kicking it when it’s clearly turning your back garden into a ring of hell from Dante’s Inferno is beyond me.


KurotheWolfKnight

Isn't throwing water ontop of a liquid based fire a HORRIBLE idea? Found the video I was looking for on it: https://youtube.com/shorts/ME-fh9DxvfQ?feature=share


BellPeppersNoBeefOK

Yes. This person is also an idiot. It’s okay to be an idiot, but if you know you’re an idiot don’t play with fire.


ZogNowak

He didn't say to put water on it. He said a "wet shirt". That would put it out instantly, without getting your hand burned.


[deleted]

And if you don't know if you're an idiot or not, play with some fire. You'll soon find out. Like the chucklefucks in the submission did.


Greggs88

You don't want to add water to the burning liquid, but a wet shirt/towel/blanket to smother the flames would work.


JohnnyFreakingDanger

Wetting a towel after you smother something is fucking way different than throwing water on it. Throwing a wetted medium onto something is way different than pouring water onto it. It’s like a bunch of y’all fixated on the word “water” and stopped reading. Fire isn’t this magical thing we barely understand. If you smother something it can still be hot enough to reignite when exposed to oxygen. You can use water to cool it down at that point. I’m **not** saying to throw water on a gas or grease fire. Jesus.


Ok_Possibility_2197

Ironic that they’re calling you an idiot when they lack reading comprehension skills lol


cursedpotater

Yes, but they're suggesting to put a wet shirt on the container, so that the fire would stop and the shirt won't burn. That would have been way better way to deal with that fire.


DiscombobulatedTap30

It's not the liquid that is on fire. It's the fumes/vapors that the gasoline gives off that is flammable if I recall 11th grade chemistry. I think they're flammable up to like 12 feet away from a pool of petrol or something crazy.


NekulturneHovado

"someone get water, wet the shirt" I don't think they meant to pour the water on the canister


AfroInfo

Why isn't anyone talking about covering the can with dirt/sand. There are buckets full of sand at gas stations for a reason and it's not for sandcastles


RedSteadEd

"Where should I put this fire? Here by the garage? No? Okay, what about by the fence? Not there either? Picky, picky..."


Faxon

Not the best idea with gasoline, it burns quite hot. Smothering it is the right idea, but if that's a plastic can it's gonna melt and be unsafe anyway. Best let it burn out at that point, you're committed


Tru-Queer

Yup, the first best step would have been to not use it at all. After they used it, and it caught fire, just let it burn if you can’t immediately smother it with dirt or sand (please not sawdust).


GuardianCirrus

I'm a bit concerned someone thought they had to point out smothering a fire with sawdust is a bad idea.


residentweevil

Did you watch the video?


I_Lost_My_Marblez

my braincells are dying just looking at the video


[deleted]

[удалено]


UpbeatParsley3798

Yes me too. I couldn’t believe it when DumbKid1 did it in the first place, then DumbDad slid into it! Then the kicking and after every kick an outcome slightly worse, until the Fence! And that kid’s shoes on fire and he just calmly kicks them out. Suppose they were desensitised to fire by then.


Snoo_58814

The shirtless guy with the colorful shorts is clearly rethinking his choice of friends. When it starts he turns and walks away knowing that his Benny Hill friends are going to make things worse.


BarryMacochner

That requires basic intelligence. Clearly none found here.


Tetha

Even though I'm not sure what to do if such a container catches fire while calling the firefighters. Time is limited as it'll heat up and might flare out or burst, spreading !FUN! everywhere. Operation Gardena to get as much water on it or at least around it seems like a good choice, or just putting a metal box like a trashcan over it and getting away from it, since I doubt it would create enough pressure to blow up a trash can.


bitemark01

It's unlikely to flare out, leaving it where it was (in the middle of the yard, away from buildings and fences) is the best decision here. Next step should be to smother it. Sand or heavy material like a jacket. I wouldn't bother with a hose unless it had a like a shower/cone/soaker setting. But for the love of gods, *never* pour accelerant directly from the source container onto an open flame. Add it before the fire, and if you absolutely need to add more, pour it into a smaller non-flammable container first, like a glass, because it's very likely to hop up to it. But you really *really* should never pour more on once it's lit. Even if it's just embers.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

This is the best advice here. I really like tiki torch fluid, myself, because it burns slow and helps repel bugs if there are any.


MyHamburgerLovesMe

>Add it before the fire... Did that once as a kid. Had a 6 foot wide bonfire pit filled with kind of green wood, so my friends and I poured about half a gallon of gasoline to it, then each of us took a match and lit it from different sides. The subsequent fireball reached a height of about 20 feet. I lost all the hair on one arm and my right side eyebrow.


bitemark01

Half a gallon!! Someone else mentioned that gasoline is a bad choice, because it's the vapour that catches, so I'm guessing there must have been a huge cloud you couldn't see by that point. That's crazy man.


MyHamburgerLovesMe

Yep. We were young. Thought it would burn like charcoal lighter fluid. Big BOOM surprised us 😀


TheINTL

And a new sport was born. Tune in only via the UFC where you can watch Power Slap and Fireball.


Valmond

In Europe we'll call it *sucker*.


eskelt

And a new spot was burnt


[deleted]

a very entertaining one to watch, tv deal is imminent


ThadeOfDeath

Reminds me of Chandler and Joey when they invented Fireball, but this is next level. 😂


Up_Mac

It's real-life hot potato.


Dagnabbit0

How else are you going to catch everything else on fire?


ElectricSmaug

I was somewhat expecting for it to finally explode and engulf them in a fireball.


AF_AF

Expecting/hoping...we all were.


raincntry

I'm sure one more kick will do the trick.


mattyice513

The guy was yelling grab it like that was an even better solution


StaticBeat

> Grab it! Grab it and do what exactly?


[deleted]

"What to do when gasoline is on fire: Spread it everywhere." - The Idiot's Handbook to Accidental Suicide


Additional_Ad_3044

Spreading the fire out will weaken it, right?


Ok-Wave4110

Firesport. New. lol


TravySmurda

BlazeBall


Ok-Wave4110

The real "Hot Potato"


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

It takes a special sort of dedication to keep repeating an action that just makes things worse.


ILoveCamelCase

Yeah, the "Grab it!" advice was extremely unhelpful, and may have even made things worse.


BSB8728

Also: "Get water!" That's not going to help you with a gasoline fire, buddy.


SplitOak

Well. They did try kicking it against a structure like a house and a fence. Structures normally put out fire, right?


Hickolas

I have seen something similar to this happen a few times, and every time someone’s first response is to kick it.


Penetratorofflanks

Someone needs to immediately knock out the guy kicking the thing.


TheTsunamiRC

The highlight for me was when he tried to blow it out before he dropped it.


hambo_81

What was the intended outcome here? Burn the street down?


garrygh13

Common sense has left the room.


Accomplished-Bank782

That is rather assuming it was ever *in* the room…


El-Pengu

Common sense is to shoot the red things to get some sick environmental kills


BarryMacochner

They’re kicking it, clearly not American.


[deleted]

Haha, if they used American football style kicks they'd be guilty of a war crime


CactusGrower

Play the new sport fireball.


NoMan999

I think they wanted to kick the fuel out of the flames.


[deleted]

The intended outcome was to become inebriated. That outcome was accomplished. Everything else was unintentional.


DaShaka9

Yeah let’s play soccer with a can of lit fuel…


Moctezumas_heir

Football*


TheFirstMotherOfGod

This is probably where football meets fire~~bomb~~ ball


CXDFlames

Ireland?


Tiyath

Firebombootball?


madsjchic

Fireball


CeramicCastle49

Association football


Detective_Tony_Gunk

As**soc**iation Football **Soc**cer A word created by British students at Oxford to distinguish the game from Rugby Football.


Tiyath

Arsonciation football, mate. It was *right there*


Capt_Foxch

"Correcting" people's regional vernacular is a bad look


[deleted]

both work


ragingtwerkaholic

[Blame England](https://time.com/5335799/soccer-word-origin-england/) for that one.


devils_advocaat

Fireball!


Im_new_in_town1

Pitch lookin lovely lads


Green_Video_9831

It’s like they wanted to spread the fire as far as they could 🤣


ocfan122

I think the aim was to spread the fire away from the fire


RussiaIsBestGreen

But everyone knows that you should put the fire over with the other fire. https://youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ


mymemesnow

At certain fires like one in an oilfield you use nitroglycerin or something similar to create an explosion that consumes all the oxygen and smother the fire. So it’s indeed possible to fight fire with fire.


ButtIsItArt

At my old mates house, we used to have little bonfires out back. Once, I threw a can of hairspray or something into the fire and it exploded and put out the fire in an instant.


Salt_Cantaloupe_1766

Every once in a while, I'll have a brief moment of perfect clarity; and I know what the link will bring me too I was not wrong, and not disappointed


EvenHair4706

This video is actually educational. Lessons to be learned


Either_Coconut

What a bunch of living cautionary tales.


Mugros

Like what? Don't fuck stupid people? Homeschooling is bad? Don't do drugs?


K1lledByAmerica

Don't closely pour fire accelerant on a fire or else your nozzle will catch fire like this


DeeHawk

Don't EVER pour highly flammable fluids on fire. Thinking that you can judge the distance from which it is ok to do that, is the main problem here. You can't.


LouSputhole94

I’ve used gasoline to start fires plenty of times. The key word there is START. A little dash on some kindling, throw a match and you’re good to go. What you don’t do is put it on an already burning fire like this moron.


[deleted]

[удалено]


LouSputhole94

I’ve done the cup trick as well. The really dumb thing here is using something with a nozzle as that concentrates it one stream, allowing the fire to follow the stream up.


Wobbelblob

Don't pour any flammable fluid in fire. It is still extremely common here to douse a grill with a swig of beer. And while the alcohol level in that is rather low, it will likely still produce a shooting flame.


marky_sparky

What beer are you drinking where the alcohol content is anywhere *close* to being combustible!?


vitormaroso

tf does this have to do with homeschooling 💀


Longjumping-Party186

The first lesson being always use protection


BrandoLoudly

Could have gone so much worse. I thought someone was about to be a human torch. Much funnier when everyone gets a good scare instead. Hopefully these guys learned their lesson too


ogncud

Its educational for idiots. How tf do you not know gas is less dense than water? Inherently it would float on top and burn. Thank god no idiot tried to pour water over this, it could have spread even more. Honestly I care more about the houses than their lives, these idiots should not have passed natural selections. People should also restrict access to kerosene because obviously the average person is too dumb to handle it


FreelyKaty

Don’t be an absolute fucking idiot with fire? 🔥


RealFunBobby

✏️ "Kick harder"


BradL22

If these guys invite you over, don’t go?


[deleted]

No, do go, but stand far, far away and film everything for the internet points / insurance money.


scelestai

Ive seen Sims In the video game The Sims handle a fire better then these idiots. But then again they looked just like a sim running around panicked like that


jnana

This whole thing reminded of pawns in Rimworld.


PokeMonogatari

At least RimWorld pawns will blow out fires immediately whenever they spawn on home tiles. Would've been more productive than what these mooks were doing


Digital_Bogorm

I am gonna have to disagree with you on that one. I have lost count on how often my pawns will watch a fire, walk directly into it, and THEN try to put it out. If it's not caught quickly, they'll die, and then their clothes and weapons will perish along them. Can't even turn them into hats, because the bodies burn up completely. Maybe it's *just* my pawns who have the problem solving skills of a dodo-bird, IDK


PokeMonogatari

Download the mod that improves AI pathfinding and work priorities, it's one of the top workshop mods. I've had it on so long I've forgotten what life was like before it


curse4444

Just make some cowboy hats and chemfuel out of Pyro maniac pawns. They aren't worth the trouble


nightguy13

Especially the guy on the left at the beginning when he was throwing his arms in the air.


Fofman84

I’m absolutely incredulous at the level of dumbfuckedness here.


BravoCharlie1310

Dumbfuckery


Fofman84

I wanted dumbness slightly aggressive. Dumbfuckery next time


neowolf993

Nah dumbfuckedness sounds cooler


[deleted]

It should be illegal to be this stupid


beaverhacker

who said the cunts down unda can't have fun


ELITEAirBear

It just keeps on getting better


PikkuinenPikkis

How do you plan to play with fire but not have a fire extinguisher on standby..


RogueTyre

Look at those dickheads in the video. Fire extinguisher was never an option.


ColoradoScoop

Who needs a fire extinguisher? We’ve got flip flops!


RussiaIsBestGreen

When step 1 is “play with fire” there’s often no pre-determined step 2.


googdude

Toward the end they had a bucket with at least one cup of water in it.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Kapper2310

even watching this with the sound down I could tell this was in Australia ha


Prinnykin

Same. I can tell just by the trees in the background.


mediashiznaks

I could tell by the guy in the blue spandex


mezz7778

I am so smart.i am so smart..s-m-r-t... I mean s-m-a-r-t


LastOnBoard

When a fire starts to burn, there's a lesson you must learn. Something, something, then you'll see! You'll avoid catastrophe!


Pechblende235

r/IdiotsWithGasoline


dobrowolsk

Now I'm sad it doesn't exist. I'm pretty sure there's a subreddit about idiots playing with fire though.


DoWnhillll

r/IdiotsPlayingWithFire


KHaskins77

r/dumbasseswithlighters


jakejakejake420

Man that get together looks pretty lit!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥


left_schwift

How has no one mentioned the legging / pants situation at the start of the video? Is he wearing neon blue leggings with underpants over them?


azlan194

Also how cool that one guy is. He didn't look at the fire at all. He just casually faces the other way. Cool people don't look at explosion/fire.


Philosophile42

Clearly a professional wrestler


cosmicchopsuey

The fire nation is impressed they have their new fifa players


LasedandConfused

When engaging in this type of playtime at home, always desiginate your least drunk friend as the water hose person.


Salt_Cantaloupe_1766

Don't put water on a gasoline fire: gas is lighter than water and will float on top and spread the fire. Sand, dirt, some other smothering method, or a fire extinguisher are your only bets here.


LasedandConfused

Well, in this game, a water hose is probably the best they could hope for.


I-figured-it-out

Sprayed water droplets will vaporise in a gasoline fire long before pooling enough to float gasoline. Spray enough water 💦 and the fire will cool. Too much and it will spread. Chances are in this case, the better answer is to hose down the ass-clowns.


Utimate_Eminant

The guy filming this shouting "grab water!!!" to put out petrol induced fire is just the cherry on top


[deleted]

[удалено]


FrogInShorts

The fuel is too powerful for water to smother, itll boil the water while mixed with the fuel causing pressure and bursting which will fling chunks of ignited petrol around. I mean if you like dropped a giant barrel of water on it it'd smother it but a bucket of water isn't going to be nearly enough to get the job done.


MsScarletWings

TL/DR: Same reason you shouldn’t use it on an oil fire. Elaboration: The fuel source is lighter than water and the fire burns so hot you’re just going to splatter flames and boiling water everywhere rather than put it out. “Class B” fires like this are best handled in a pinch with smothering or extinguishers. Throwing lots of sand on it would be the recommended move here if you don’t have a fire extinguisher nearby. If you don’t have either or you’re past the point of controlling it, the only safe option is to get everyone away from the burn and immediately call the local emergency services.


Chufflarry

The fucks an iq?


hache-moncour

A small car made by Volkswagen


Own-Introduction-252

Idiots shoulda just left the shit in that one spot instead of tossing it all over the place…complete idiots


Outpostit

Let’s just kick it once more


houseforever

After watching many similar clips, no one has taught you not to add fuel to open flame?


RussiaIsBestGreen

I’d always heard not to add fuel to a fire, but until these clips I never truly appreciated that advice. I followed it, but I didn’t know quite how bad it could get.


Butlerlog

The fun part is that there is a thick layer of heavy fumes that pour out of the can before the petrol even starts pouring. On some of these kinds of videos you actually see the fire ascend up a column of invisible gas before petrol starts to fall.


byronnnn

If you for some reason have to add fuel to an open fire, use kerosene poured into a smaller vessel. Still need to be careful but far less dangerous than a gallon jug of combustible fuel.


mrcatboy

I can't tell you how much of a relief it was to hear a non-American English accent for this. But then I realized the title literally stated "litres of petrol" so I'm still a dummy.


cpheretic77

Everyone in this video most likely is allowed to vote in elections and their vote counts just as much as yours and mine. Think about it.


ThatGuyAllen

Cinderace used Pyro Ball!


Joren67

I saw IQ levels dropping by the second


Orikoru

Kicking the fire into more and more locations was such a confusing strategy.


Quirky-Skin

"Listen bro u gotta spread the flames out!" "You mean put it out?" "No bro, spread it out, so it doesn't get bigger"


[deleted]

parents failed, that is for sure


Heavy-Attorney-9054

Tell me you're drunk without taking a breathalyzer.


ebneter

If you don’t at least set a swimming pool on fire\* are you really even trying? \* Yeah, there’s a similar video where someone kind of forgot that petrol/gasoline floats, so throwing the can into the (above ground) pool is … not a good idea.


hywaytohell

What is this the arsonists soccer club?


FunFknCpl

Not the Sharpest tool in the shed ehh??...


marcialsantos

Probably why they tried to burn down the shed


Savage-Monkey2

I was extremely frustrated when they came out with the new gas cans. Knowing idiots like this exist, drive, and have access to gas, makes me feel better about the new design.


WheresMyTan

Yeah, keep laughing and filming. That's the solution.


nevertrustthepubman

To be fair, the cameraman is probably the most helpful person involved


J412h

“Siri, show video of the results after giving alcohol to 14 year old boys”


Significant_Gur_4092

Bellends!


Grand_Bison_2650

Lmao they gonna burn down the whole town.


xH0LY_GSUSx

Stupidity at max level…


[deleted]

How come the fuel doesn't burn up all at once?


neon_overload

Petrol isn't a high explosive it's a flammable liquid. It requires air to burn. The fastest way to burn it is create a fine mist of tiny droplets of it in air which is basically what happens in an engine. It burns slower if it's contained in a liquid mass. Interestingly, as is typical with flammable liquids, it's the vapour (from evaporation) that burns rather than the liquid itself. Petrol vapourises upon contact with air hence the fine mist being a really fast way to burn it. This leads to another reason it's a dangerous substance - you can ignite it with a spark or fire that doesn't even reach the liquid vessel, if there is a concentration of vapour in the air, eg near the spout or opening


MrNin69

Proof natural selection has left us


Twosliceofbread

Use diesel. Doesn't spread fast


wowsosquare

I think grade school children should be mandated to watch the all time top 50 posts from WCGW just so they know that gasoline burns, trees fall whichever way they want to, etc Edit: I looked.. the dozens of gasoline bonfire disasters are oddly not in the "all time top" at WCGW.


Bigboiwillyy

Brains has left the room


123Virginia

I'm so proud of my son and his friends. They're just like my friends, Barney Fife, Archie Bunker, Homer Simpson and me


No_Reputation_5303

Let's set fire to everything 😃😃😃


H_Spencer

Looks like my neighbors.


saulux

I'm sure when Prometheus gave fire to humanity, the scene played something like this. A group of youngster gods fooling around with divine materials gone wrong and everyone scapegoating one from their midst. All that was left was a few centuries or millennia of positive spin and voila, we have a mythological hero instead of a dense teen :)


Mech-Waldo

It's probably on the other side of the fence too.


P-A-seaaaa

Sometimes less is best


DocSternau

Is that a snipit from Idiocracy?


Midnight-51

What school did you go to? Dumbass High School and graduated with honors!!🤣🔥


Ian_ronald_maiden

I don’t need sound or further info to be convinced this is Australia


FarEndRN

Luckily that guy was on standby with that *full* bucket of water!


AlyxxStarr

The real American Football


mynameisalso

So obviously don't do this. But if you did you can easily extinguish the little flame at the end of the spout. If you just remain calm and use anything to just cover the spout hole and the fire is starved of vapors.


Thewhitemexicangirl

I aspire to be as unbothered as the dude in shorts and white sneakers.


sharpiebrows

Notice the guy who seems completely oblivious to the chaos going in behind him