If only I had a friend, I would’ve bought two!

  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
    862·
    4 days ago

    Fun fact: 90% of forest fires are cussed by human activity.

    More fun fact: 100% of creme brulee are tasty.

    • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
      20·
      3 days ago

      50% of forest fires are caused by lightning and they account for 80% of area burned…at least in Canada.

      I suspect your fun fact is just low grade humor adding to people’s general ignorance.

      I take it back. The figures are that different between the countries. Only 20% of wildfire in the US is started by lightning. Now I want to know why.

      • hector@lemmy.today
        191·
        3 days ago

        Power companies lean on local governments to misidentify the causes when it’s them too, as they are actively doing with the LA CA fires. It’s often power lines causing the fires, but they might scour social media and the internets with their ai program to find some kid that was in the area around that time that had any comment they could use to blame him. They blamed a kid that was in the area like a week before, that had prompted ai for a fake wildfire picture. Claimed the fire must have started, then went underground for a week or whatever.

        Pretty incredible assumption given the power lines were seen sparking, in that wind. As always in this country, you can’t trust authorities, it could be they are right, or it could be the powerful utility used their influence to blame it on some poor kid that made an ill timed prompt. Given there was no fire reported the week when the kid was there, as I understand it, no evidence of him doing anything with fire, does not speak well to their credibility if you ask me.

        Considering what we know about PGE, the power company, the very same the movie Erin Brokavich was about, that knowlingly poisoned populations just to keep using a particular cleaner in their operations, not even a good reason. Or that started numerous other wild fires in the area prior.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 days ago

        More people in the forest. Most of Canada lives near the border so you get lots of forest and more of fires far away from humans. The US is more dispersed.

        • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          I worked for a wildfire agency for a while. There are more people in the North than you imagine. The population figures for us are permanent residents. But the rotational workforce in the North is substantial.

          They are there for forestry, but also heavy industry like mining and oil extraction. Outfitting for hunting and fishing as well. The most common human cause in my jurisdiction is the “shore lunch” where guys fishing will pull ashore for lunch and mess up the cooking fire somehow. Number 2 reason is messed up spark arresters on vehicles.

          Your explanation makes some sense to me, but not a 400% difference. I’ll take a fire investigator to lunch this week and ask.

          • hector@lemmy.today
            3·
            3 days ago

            I’ve seen video of exhaust from a vehicle starting a brush fire on the edge of a parking lot.

          • the_artic_one@programming.devEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            You ignite the torch before you move it close to the food so all the butane should burn off. Butane evaporates at room temperature anyway so I wouldn’t expect it to be a problem. Propane is also fine which makes sense given that it’s used in grills.

    • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I once went to a hotel that did creme brulee in a paella dish. I REALLY want to know what they used on that!

  • grue@lemmy.world
    57·
    4 days ago

    (in an Australian accent)
    That’s not a weed burner…

    …That’s a weed burner!

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    4 days ago

    smokey the bear wants your location.

    Anyway I never thought of using my butane torch for weed working or killing brush. I’m sure in a controlled manner this might he so much easier

    • Iconoclast@feddit.ukOP
      7·
      3 days ago

      Whatever actually productive stuff I might achieve with this - like getting rid of weeds - is just a by-product of me having fun.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    This reminds me of one of my favourite hungarian words: “zsebsárkány” which translated literally is “pocket dragon”. It means those butane torches that are used to caramelise creme brulee.

  • Reygle@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Someone send OP free tickets to DC, and when they arrive, upgrade them from butane to MAP gas.

  • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
    101·
    4 days ago

    Google Blazer Gt800 for a more fun upgrade ;)

    It is a 6-in lightsaber. Do not point at anything made of flesh.

      • NightFantom@slrpnk.net
        5·
        4 days ago

        I like the idea that Google can lose copyright over the verb “to google” if people keep misusing it. So just google it with your favourite search engine if you don’t like Google, screw em ;)

        • Lembot_0006@programming.dev
          33·
          4 days ago

          That’s very mild misuse. Why not substitute something completely different with “googling”. Like wiping an ass or sorting the garbage. In modern times of the Internet and memes it is doable:)

          • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
            10·
            4 days ago

            Because that’s not how language naturally velcroes new vocabulary into the dumpster of lexicon. I have neither Band-Aids for boo boos or Kleenex for tears. If your ass is chapped by my language may I recommend chapstick, be sure to use a q-tip to apply it to your popsicle hole.

            If you like this comment feel free to xerox it and duck tape it to your wall.

    • Iconoclast@feddit.ukOP
      6·
      3 days ago

      I’m plenty experienced in oxy-acetylene welding. I just don’t have my own equipment nor do I have enough need for one to justify the price.