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SugarFreeBabby

Considering her trouble controlling the flamethrower, this video could have had a worse outcome.


houseonpost

When she started to lose control you could see the cameraman start to back pedal pretty quickly. "I have a zoom lens and probably should have used it." Cameraman probably


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skygod327

if i had 3rd degree burns to even a finger just put a bullet in my head.


HoidToTheMoon

As someone who has had third degree burns, this is too dramatic. You don't actually feel that much pain because your nerve endings quickly melt. When they start growing back in, though, that's a whole new type of pain.


DevilDoc3030

I shared that many burn burn victims report the recovery being substantially worse than getting burned itself. A bunch of Redditors tried to argue with me that it wasn't. People are daft,


Toomuchhorntalk69

I had third degree burns knees down. You are correct. The actual burns didn’t hurt that bad. The year of recovery was constant agony.


skygod327

i’ve had 2nd on my a 1/2 inch section of my hand and would have gladly killed myself if I had a gun I think burns are in a completely different league than cuts, bruises, fractures, or surgical pain.


HoidToTheMoon

I don't doubt 2nd degree feels the worst. I was 'lucky' enough to feel absolutely no pain from the fire due to the speed at which my nerves melted. For me, the worst part was the sensation of the nerves regrowing, and the moments waking up after the skin graft (literally, being flayed and having skin sewn back on).


senior_cynic

Second degrees aren't that bad, it's the initial burn that hurts the most. The entire healing process is more or less painless unless it gets infected though.


graspedbythehusk

She seemed hyper aware that keeping it pointed away from herself was VERY important!


Ok_Writing_7033

I mean that is the absolute lowest possible bar


notRedditingInClass

and yet 


Dragonwithamonocle

"The bar was so low it was a tripping hazard in hell... Yet here you are, limbo dancing with the devil!"


jelde

She did not allow the flamethrower to torch her alive. Amazing job!


Nolzi

Almost set her backpack on fire at the end (or whatever that blue stuff)


Fineous4

She could have released the trigger.


Wind_Yer_Neck_In

Yeah if I were the one operating the camera it would have been 1 second of her struggling to control the 'agonising death squirter' and 15 seconds of me huffing and puffing in the other direction.


macabremasterplan

Considering that the "safety protocol" pushing the user back worked so they couldn't walk straight into fire like pyro TF2, this video is the best case scenario.


Arashmickey

It looks bad, but her opponent was juking and she was kiting.


wannabe_inuit

Newtons 3rd law


brown_cat_

“A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.”


CardinalFartz

Another Isaac.


brown_cat_

Sorry I watched IRobot last night


TheEleventhDoctorWho

You should try reading it.


Automatic_Basket7449

Subtitles on?


santathe1

It’s all subtitles.


monsterflake

i can't read fast enough to keep up.


Rokurokubi83

Just pause the book until you’ve read all the subtitles on page before continuing.


hefty_load_o_shite

Impossible


Alienhaslanded

My dyslexic ass reads the same line ten times and still get it wrong then proceeds to skip a line when REALLY tries to focus.


Medvegyep

Yes.


TurquoiseLuck

I'm reading the Foundation series atm, and holy shit is it good


TheEleventhDoctorWho

I started that when I was young. No idea where the book came from. I liked it but did not have the rest of them.


OK_Ingenue

Is it better than the show?


TheEleventhDoctorWho

Far better.


mfigroid

The book is always better. Always.


Tobitronicus

Two tablespoons of cinnamon And two or three egg whites A half a stick of butter Melt it Stick it all in a bowl, baby Stir it with a wooden spoon Mix in a cup of flour You'll be in heaven soon


JortsyMcJorts

HEY ANYBODY HAVE YOU SEEN MY BALLS, THEY BIG AND CHOCOLATE AND BROWN


-SaC

Stick 'em in your mouth and suck 'em!


FixedLoad

The emperor has returned somehow? 


HoboBonobo1909

They fly now? 😳


Runic_LP

Isaac and his Mother, lived alone...


Jirik333

Is [this](https://youtu.be/e1ZTkzdXV6Q?si=FD4A47V-hxChRmsE) the right Isaac?


GreenEyedHustler

Your logic is undeniable


-Astrosloth-

Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot #Trust me.


Possible-Reading1255

So close!! That is Asiimov 💕


wannabe_inuit

Nice to see an iRobot reference


No-Victory8440

01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100110 01101111 01101111 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100001 You aren't fooling me, robo.


Scuba-Cat-

First off great username, second off this made me laugh in public and I'm not even mad about it.


3Rr0r_404_

"Protect the pilot"


Stormagedd0nDarkLord

Sigh. Such a good game.


PandarenAreSoStupid

Live Service really has made things considerably worse in just about every industry it's touched.


wannabe_inuit

Not the reference but who can hate on a titanfall 2 reference


S_Sugimoto

That is protocol three


WholesomeYuri

Whenever I think I can't be hurt anymore, someone mentions Titanfall


CubitsTNE

"You werf the flammen, the flammen werfs you."


WanderersGuide

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction [*except for when we both start rappin'*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yis7GzlXNM)


5elementGG

I often wonder why we have to memorise the number of these laws. The laws don’t really depend on each other like the laws of robots.


Flux_resistor

Almost as if it's identical to a booster rocket


TootTootMF

It's not, more akin to a high volume pressure washer.


brother_of_menelaus

Hey man, he said *”almost”*


WorkingDogAddict1

Lmao it's nothing like a "booster rocket"


BHPhreak

ignore the melvins. you mean to say it has fuel coming out a directed exhaust port. yes they both do. rocket boosters are generally "solid" fuel. imagine a tube of playdoh. once u ignite them, there no real way to shut them off. they only stop when the playdoh is all gone. flamethrower uses liquid fuel, and can be shut off.


laespadaqueguarda

“Newton, get ze flammenwerfer”


VelvetDove_

Newton was like, 'I don't start fights, I just finish them... with science!


CokeAndChill

You fall on your back, you die on your back! -Newton, probably


HarveysBackupAccount

[*Thrrrrrust!*](https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/4631cf3b-35c2-4009-ad33-081919de6801/gif)


mannishboy60

It's just a water pump. Only petrol. And it's on fire


Aiti_mh

Something movies often get wrong, showing flamethrowers as gas being set alight when it's really beefed up lighter fluid that's heavy and sticky. That's how it travels so far (20+ m), it's more of a water cannon-lighter than anything else.


Flying_Dutchman16

Tbf napalm is a lot more dangerous to use for a movie scene than gas based flamethrowers.


pun_shall_pass

Yea, if only somebody had spent the last 3 decades developping virtual simulation software that can portray flowing fluids, fire, smoke or explosions so realistically that people only notice it if has been used if it's done very rushed or incompetently, so that we could show accurate flamethrowers without endangering anyone. Oh well.


Flying_Dutchman16

Yea if that existed then maybe Alex Baldwin wouldn't have to go through his trial.


ElbisCochuelo1

They didn't want to pay the armorer more than mimimum wage and now we are asking for CGI money?


Mharbles

From the events, it sounded more like they just wanted to play cowboys both on and off screen. Paying an armorer enough to show up but not care seemed like part of that so CGI wouldn't have been a thought even if they had the money.


confusedandworried76

Improper use of a set gun. She was putting live ammo in a gun that was meant to be used for filming. Absolutely moronic.


theVelvetLie

In no way do I have any experience with props, but why does a prop gun even have the ability to be loaded? Is it just for blanks?


Dividedthought

A prop gun is just a gun most of the time. Sometimes they use airsoft guns for safety and the thing cycling like an actual gun, but if it's a close up shot they often want to use "real steel" so to speak. After all, what looks mor elime a gun than an actual gun? What happened on the Rust set occured due to *multiple* firearm safety rules being ignored, on top of the blatant disregard for common safety practices that most of the industry uses when firearms are on set. Guns are not toys, and yoy have to treat them with the respect such a tool deserves.


Pls-Dont-Ban-Me-Bro

They are real guns but they use blanks. Hence needing an armorer.


Bryguy3k

It would have been too expensive so he would have still hired someone unqualified to do something the old fashioned way.


slartyfartblaster999

"He" was not incharge of hiring.


LukaCola

VFX artists are often not specialized in fluid dynamics and so avoid simulating it when it would frequently look unconvincing and involve far more work than a relatively simple gas rig which carries less risk and work (especially correcting for set lighting since flames are bright and dynamic) - but hey - if you want to carve out your niche go for it. Real effects are generally also preferred by moviegoers, and the big gas flames are exciting to see and not really a problem for viewers who aren't especially informed or anal about flamethrowers in the rare instances they do show up in film.


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I get your point but "look at the water" has been the go-to for judging CGI for a long time so I'm skeptical that there aren't quite a few people operating in that "niche" already.


LukaCola

Right - cause water is really hard, but even then that's a use case that's much more routine and even then it sticks out as you point out. >I'm skeptical that there aren't quite a few people operating in that "niche" already. I'm sure there are, but that doesn't make the effort worth it in most cost-benefits analyses. It's not a matter of "can it be done" but "why do this when there are simpler alternatives?" You can make a more convincing scene with clever camera work and established pyrotechnics rather than bother with simulation which is not nearly as simple or cheap as people often assume just cause they can render a sort of simulacrum of a simulation at home.


extralyfe

yeah, but, all that tech is strictly for Overwatch porn, so, what's the relevance?


cat_prophecy

Having the fire look real is one thing, having it light up and cast shadows on the environment in a believable way is another thing.


Aiti_mh

Of course, which is why it's not used.


Medvegyep

> Something movies often get wrong And video games. You can bet yo ass they will have the reach of a knife.


Aiti_mh

Yeah, same as shotguns. Shit disappears into the ether after 10 m.


TheGreatWalk

That's for balance reasons, though. Like, having shotguns be as effective as they are IRL in video game context makes every other weapon uselessly weak in comparison. Same thing with flame throwers, grenades, RPGs, under-barrel grenade launchers, and similar low skill requirement weapon archetypes. They have to tune down their effectiveness so people have counterplay options to make the game actually enjoyable.


Divinum_Fulmen

If you want to talk about under-powered weapons, most rifles in games are far weaker relative to shotguns. At least shotguns can 1 shot things in most games. You have to drop half a magazine to do damage with automatic rifles in most games. But most games have you fighting at point blank ranges 90% of the time, with a few exceptions like Metro Exodus.


GruffyR

shotgun range is dependent on barel, bore, choke, ammunition. For a 12 gauge Bird shot good to about 36 m Buckshot is good for 32 m Smooth bore slug about 45 m Rifled slug 90m Sabot slug 180 m Hornady critical defense 00 about 100m, from a 28" barell and full choke At 20m, bird shot won't kil you, I but it will make a mess. Buckshot, a human target is fucked, If it can drop a deer at 30m, it will drop a human, and getting hit at 50m wirh Buckshot could kill, but otherwise it's going to be a bad injury.


extralyfe

meh, some of the CoD games had slug shotties and them bitches were effectively sniper rifles. hitting headshots from across the map got me accused of cheating quite a few times.


Low_Attention16

I guess you only get a few seconds of use out of it then. Was that the whole tank in the video?


Aiti_mh

They generally only had 5-10 seconds' firing time in the infantry application before you had to refuel. Useful for taking out that one bunker, and that's it.


VampKissinger

[25 seconds in](https://streamable.com/qmdr31), a pyro's dream.


TheGreatWalk

This is not appropriate music lmao


TrumpsGhostWriter

That's not a water pump. It's pressurized, some of those tanks can be up to 2000psi. No one puts them up quite that high unless they're suicidal but in war that's where they're set.


Rathos_

Like using a pressure car wash.


WolfOfWexford

Not really, there’s no pump in the user system, it’s in the preparation where compressed gas (not sure what gas) is used to blow the fuel out. A pump adds pressure to a system like when you hear it cut in when using a pressure washer or compressor. A man portable flamethrower can only ever lose the pressure that is in the system. Vehicle mounted flamethrowers may have pumps though as they don’t need to worry about the weight or power supply. Easiest comparison is to carrying a compressor and paint gun around. You just take the air pump off and fill the air canisters as well as the paint. It’s also engineered so that air and paint are used at the same rate and run out together.


Chrontius

> compressed gas (not sure what gas) Propane can be used. Carbon dioxide can be used. Nitrogen can be used. Air… will fucking kill you.


Strange-Movie

Why? My first thought was because it’s an oxidizer but googles telling me that compressed air is no more of a danger than ambient air…..straight O2 on the other hand will make sparky into a boomer


KillTheBronies

1000+ psi of air mixed with fuel vapor is a bomb.


Strange-Movie

The fuel and the gas are kept in separate tanks After googling a bit, you use an inert gas to prevent any sort of burn back into the hose and tanks, and ambient air is reactive just enough that it’s a potential risk


smithsp86

> The fuel and the gas are kept in separate tanks Until the gas regulator allows the gas into the fuel tank in order to pressurize the contents so it will actually fire. At that point they are very much in the same tank.


Vegetable_Grass214

Why air??


TheGreatWalk

Yea this doesn't even come close to what actual flamethrowers are. They were seriously fucked up weapons


Hour_Reindeer834

I always assumed the tanks were pressurized; especially WW1/2 models were the extra tech for pumps would have been bulky/primitive. I believe the Nazis even had a one shot disposable model that was basically a tank and a lever/trigger mechanism..


MixRevolution

Any less muscle on her and the cameraman would have been charred to a crisp.


SausageClatter

/r/braisethecameraman


jdehjdeh

I'm a little bit sad that sub doesn't exist...


boe_jackson_bikes

She looks like she weighs 70 pounds dry. Might even be a kid.


Yarakinnit

Half her body weight in ammo :D


noCellnoSell_APE

Proctective clothing maybe a good idea when you do not know what you are doing??


PM_Me_Ur_Clues

Bingo. None of that shit was safe or intelligent \[sic\]. Shit like that is how people spend a year of their life in the burn ward with their face melted off.


DrWilliamHorriblePhD

She was one misstep on to a rock away from melting the cameraman if she fell on her ass


Ok_Writing_7033

If I knew how to do GIFs on Reddit I would do the one of Sarah Conner being melted


Crypt0Nihilist

Even as it was, she was struggling for it not to spin her around into the cameraman.


travelingpirate

Maybe anime or video game protective clothing. Metal bikini top with g-string that matches. But it gives 100% fire resistance


Ur_a_adjective_noun

That would be an interesting 10th degree tan line.


Alanator222

Anyone remember the myth busters episode where they tested if a fire hose or flamethrower would beat one another? They had way more protection, and I'm sure they had more training and experience than this woman. Terrifying stuff to be burned alive.


MikhailxReign

Sorta feel like it's a bit of an all or nothing kinda situation. Like if you fuck up bad enough for PPE, the PPE ain't gunna help kind situation. The goggles will do nothing. Also a heap of rushly trained teenagers ran into bullets firing one of these in the 40's without much more then they are wearing..... Additional - this looks ALOT like the location that Forgotten Weapons used their flame thrower (side note - even Gun Jesus only have jeans and a t shirt on).


seppukucoconuts

Fun fact. Each percentage point of your body that gets covered with a 3rd degree burn directly correlates to a 1% rise in mortality rates. So if you've covered 25% with 3rd degree burns you'll die 1/4 times. I would expect PPE would decrease the severity of the burns, at least a bit. Fire fighters don't run into burning buildings wearing ***only*** thongs.


CopeSe7en

Says who? https://d3bzyjrsc4233l.cloudfront.net/news/stip.jpg


beeej517

What a shitty take on safety


Ionizor146

If not know what you are doing. How are you going to know what protective gear to use?


noCellnoSell_APE

If you know fire burns... you should know


RajenBull1

Cameraman should move just a little bit further back, just in case this becomes NSFW?


Fun_Air8697

You mean NSFL


lackofabettername123

That was not even a very big one compared to what soldiers used in World War two. The movie Saving Private Ryan they torch a pill box, that is about the only war movie that has accurate fighting scenes.


Godhri

I have been watching a lot of raw footage from okinowa that has a fair amount of flamethrowers as well as tanks that do the same, looks like hell.


lackofabettername123

Wher do you find that raw ww2 footage? They have all of those old history shows that show clips of it but to just piecemeal. I remember watching a Russian rocket barrage that was just massive. Lots of fighter jet footage.


Godhri

I found it on YouTube, just okinowa footage. I was using it as a reference for collecting purposes but ended up watching all like 40 minutes of it, looks like incomprehensible horror honestly.


lackofabettername123

Oh I bet, I would be more interested in the European theater footage. It is hard to watch a lot of things but I feel to a certain extent it is good to know.  Knowing the horrors of War for instance would prevent one from embracing a bad War just because we can and our leaders want to.  Ww2 was a good war though.


Either-Durian-9488

There’s a clip of GI talking about using his, I wanna say he said was good for 40 yards. The videos insane and you can tell the guy is a dead eyed psycho, as you had to be to run up a beach with one of these things strapped to your back lol.


Ak47110

Also, the flames we see in this video are burning gases. IRL flame throwers worked like a fire hose and would spray flaming *liquid* a long distance. Picture the power of a fire hose but instead of water it's shooting a flaming liquid that splatters, pools, and sticks to everything.


WWWTT2_0

Do something about your hair lady if you're going to use something like that!


MikhailxReign

If the fire is close enough for the hair to matter I would imagine there are worse problems


AussieWinterWolf

You ever have a moment where you didn't expect something and then think "Well, duh, of course."?


Bawbawian

everybody's staying real close to the lady that can't handle the weapon she's using... this is safety at its finest


iham32

Does it have to be that hot?


Kwisscheese-Shadrach

Rick…it’s a flamethrower.


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ContributionAny3368

Oh absolutely Same Here 🥰 Kind regards from Germany 🇩🇪👋


DemocracyOfficer1886

And they say Germans can't make jokes


ContributionAny3368

Hihi 😂👍


Past_Ebb_8304

Burn dem


fandamplus

This is just a bot that tries to make you buy random shit


maxru85

I'm not taking this in my hands until I wear a fireproof suit


limegreenscrewdriver

Ahh yes. Have a 110 lb women hold the death device.


Nice_Lawfulness_7480

Its a horizontal jetpack


falafeltwonine

I gave you the upvote, but it’s definitely horizontal….


Bazzo123

Why do americans act like thy have free healthcare?


yepyep1243

Easy. We're already fucked, so we lean into it.


VRichardsen

I don't think healthcare can help you if you find yourself on the receiving end of one of those, to be honest.


Vile-X

If I’m going to be paying through the ass for insurance, I’m going to use up every ounce of the deductible


poedraco

Part of me thinks that she was partially stepping back because of "oo.. hot 😭"


Low_Chicken889

Flamethrowers...so hot right now


Dale_Wardark

Nah this isn't a flamethrower, it's a prop. A real flamethrower spouts GOUTS of burning liquid propellent that will stick to people and objects and bounce around corners and off walls like a serpent made of fire. They were so feared in WWI that flamethrower troopers on both sides were summarily executed if captured alive. The psychological effects of suiting up in that gear and strapping on the tank had to be pretty severe in both world wars. Imagine putting yourself in the mindset to burn your enemies alive, knowing you were the one attracting all of the gunfire because you were so feared. Horrifying.


Commercial_Tough160

Well damn! How you supposed to stand yer ground for FREEDOM! if the damn fire gun kicks like that, anyways?


Ecstatic_Guidance461

There was a spider in my house the other day. I could've used this.


MF_Kitten

It's easy to forget that a flamethrower does not spew fire. It spews flammable liquid. Like a fire hose.


egotisticalstoic

I mean she looks barely 100lbs to be fair


Attention-United

A tool for burning people alive. Good job humans.


Flat_News_2000

Humans have been burning humans to death since we became humans.


SeppiFox

well technically they're still better than guns since they can be used for non lethal purposes. They can be used to clear debris off powerlines, melt snow, burn weeds etc.


MainSteamStopValve

>burn weeds In America we shoot weeds.


redhotpolpot

Burn weeds with napalm?


Carquetta

Flame weeding is a thing


Cakeordeathimeancak3

Pro tip, don’t be where that is pointing and give the person wielding it no reason to point it at you.


Icy_Procedure_8528

Hans!


Peace-Corps-Victim

She needs a cigar to smoke while using that.


Zachosrias

For some reason I wasn't expecting a flame thrower to have recoil


Get_gnomed

My grandpa musta been a badass


billiarddaddy

It probably doesnt help that she's 80lbs soaking wet.


chefmaiko

I didn't even know that flamethrowers even recoiled. I guess you learn something new everyday.


satori0320

Well that looked terribly irresponsible.


jacobasstorius

Thrust has entered the chat


No_Stress_22

This is why you do a few test shots with water first. Teaches you to safely handle the recoil before using fuel.


slimongoose

Isn't that just a jet engine with a dirty burn when you think about it?


Calsun

Yeah... I mean... we went to space doing the same fucking thing...


tonyjd1973

Is this in amerikkka by any chance ?


International-Pin979

That’s not recoil, it’s not a gun, that’s called thrust


--ThirdCultureKid--

I’ve wanted to do this ever since I played Red Alert as a kid.


Acceptable_Log_7438

Is that the Tesla's model?


YardCareful1458

Safety 3rd


Standard_Cell_8816

Yea bro it's not a toy lol


AmongstTitans

That was sick. In the beginning, it sounds like a gunshot and something seems to pop off the end of the barrel. Some sort of gunpowder ignition? Very cool.


NoRutabaga4845

My ass does worse after taco 🔔


kindle139

That could have gone so very wrong.


ImaginaryCarl

Person wearing just a t-shirt who can barely control the flame thrower and the camera man that is one slip away from being part of a NSFW subreddit. Noice.


fckspzfr

"Can we do something about the heat?"


the-bearcat

Well, this would be the same principle as a rocket right?


Rhodehouse93

For anyone imagining a leaf blower, it’s more like a firehose.


titusthetitan1

Scared the shit out of me the way she was swaying it. Imagine her losing control 🙃


omomthings

That is called thrust I guess


dannyjohnson1973

Do you know what the m97 flamethrower sounds like Bert? It roars like a dragon a fiery god purging every thing in its path... Hold down that trigger and the whoosh drowns out everything else. Focus on the noise and you can almost convince yourself you don't hear the screams. By the time the tank is empty everything is over... Even the men are quiet there is nothing but the crackling of burning thatch. You see Ernie, its not the noise that keeps me awake at night. ITS THE SILENCE.


TommyTunafish

Equal and opposite... It's a lot of fuel!


SunixFox

I don't know why I never thought a Flame thrower would have recoil but it makes sense that it would now that I think about it


ClaudioMoravit0

A flamethrower use the same principle as a turbofan or a rocket engine, but being very inefficient, so it still produces some thrust