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Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Bar Crow posted:

As I understand it, it depends on the type of fiber. Synthetic fibers will more likely decompose into adhesive compounds which will keep heat in close contact with your skin. Natural fibers are recommended if you are going to be around open flame.

This. I took a semester of glass blowing in college and they told us to wear 100% cotton clothes. If you brush a red-hot blowrod against a cotton t-shirt usually nothing happens. Do the same thing to polyester and it melts onto your skin :gonk:

Platystemon posted:

I would imagine that asbestos clothing would be itchy as hell.

Just remain damp at all times, if it's not friable it's not dangerous :eng101:

vvv Jokes on you, those are dry and there's basket just below frame, he's helping!

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# ? Feb 25, 2017 04:23

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Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

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# ? Feb 25, 2017 04:42

doverhog: May 31, 2013; Defender of democracy and human rights 🇺🇦

Wool is considered flame retardant, and used to (is?) be worn for firefighting.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 06:33

ductonius: Apr 9, 2007; I heard there's a cream for that...

doverhog posted:

Wool is considered flame retardant, and used to (is?) be worn for firefighting.

Wool stops burning when the source of heat is removed. It is the 100% best fibre to wear if you're going to be in a position where your clothes might catch on fire. Other natural fibres will continue burning but won't melt to your skin like synthetics will.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 06:49

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

Wool also keeps like 80% or so of its insulation properties when wet. Also naturally breathable, moisture wicking, temperature regulating, and odor resistant. Just wear all wool all the time.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 07:00

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

lol if you don�t wear camel hair

# ? Feb 25, 2017 07:08

Volcott: Mar 30, 2010; People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

What do they even make fire blankets out of these days?

E: Oh. Right. Google.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 07:24

trickybiscuits: Jan 13, 2008; yospos

I do reenactment and you're not supposed to wear clothes with man-made fibers, such as tights, around campfires because if you get too close or fall in the fabric will melt onto your skin and burn you terribly. Wool is best of course, but I've flame-tested linen and it doesn't like to burn either. Based on the time my mom's cotton terry robe caught fire from a candle, cotton fuzz can burn so quickly that the fabric itself doesn't have time to catch fire.

On a lighter note, a friend of mine who also reenacts once saw a guy get too close to a campfire and his wool coat started falling apart because it was sewn with polyester thread. An interesting striptease.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 07:34

Elohssa Gib: Aug 30, 2006; Easily Amused

Volcott posted:

What do they even make fire blankets out of these days?

E: Oh. Right. Google.

How do you make a google blanket?

# ? Feb 25, 2017 07:36

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

trickybiscuits posted:

I do reenactment and you're not supposed to wear clothes with man-made fibers, such as tights, around campfires because if you get too close or fall in the fabric will melt onto your skin and burn you terribly. Wool is best of course, but I've flame-tested linen and it doesn't like to burn either. Based on the time my mom's cotton terry robe caught fire from a candle, cotton fuzz can burn so quickly that the fabric itself doesn't have time to catch fire.

On a lighter note, a friend of mine who also reenacts once saw a guy get too close to a campfire and his wool coat started falling apart because it was sewn with polyester thread. An interesting striptease.

i like how on these forums you're more likely to hear someone talking about having a campfire because they were doing a historical reenactment than because they were just fuckin camping

# ? Feb 25, 2017 07:38

acejackson42: Mar 27, 2005; You didn't say what I think you said...

I write about and cover local sports for a living and tonight I saw one of the most ridiculous immediate 'hockey gods intervene' losses I have ever seen in 20-plus years on the job.
Puck is cleared into the home team's end. Home team goalie goes to clear the puck, fires it around the boards where it's kept in by a defenceman. As the goalie scrambles to get back in position, a Visiting forward circles around behind him on his way to behind the net.
Now get this:
In spite of the obvious lack of contact in any way shape or form between the goalie and the player who skated past him, the goalie dives like he had his skate taken out from under him. Only when he dove, the Visiting player was well, well past him. No penalty because seriously, WTF Greg Louganis?
Oh, did I mention it was overtime in the first game of the playoffs? Forgot to bring that up.
The puck gets to the guy behind the net who whips a pass back out to the point... who scores easily into the empty net for the OT win because Divey McDiverson couldn't get back in position because he dove. Had he reacted the right way, he wouldn't have even had to scramble, he'd have been back with ease.
The team was in an uproar and pissed off and screaming about the 'penalty' that 'wasn't called'. Gonna guess team chemistry is going to take a hit once they review video at the next practice and see what really happened...
I effing hate, HATE diving in hockey. That it created a crippling loss in a crucial game is as schadenfreude as it comes, even if it was the team I cover.

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# ? Feb 25, 2017 08:43

YggiDee: Sep 12, 2007; WASP CREW

Sagebrush posted:

i like how on these forums you're more likely to hear someone talking about having a campfire because they were doing a historical reenactment than because they were just fuckin camping

Campers are taught proper fire safety.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 08:43

Trig Discipline: Jun 3, 2008; Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.; Grimey Drawer

Sagebrush posted:

i like how on these forums you're more likely to hear someone talking about having a campfire because they were doing a historical reenactment than because they were just fuckin camping

fuckin lol

# ? Feb 25, 2017 08:44

Volcott: Mar 30, 2010; People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

Elohssa Gib posted:

How do you make a google blanket?

/shrug

# ? Feb 25, 2017 08:47

Peanut Butler: Jul 25, 2003

FogHelmut posted:

Wool also keeps like 80% or so of its insulation properties when wet. Also naturally breathable, moisture wicking, temperature regulating, and odor resistant. Just wear all wool all the time.

my personal schade itt rn is being allergic to lanolin, wool socks give me welts that feel like a thousand needles are poking them

the freude is that poly/nylon exists in tyhe thin sliver of human history we inhabit and also I don't know any better

that's how you »schadenfreude« benutzen, right?

# ? Feb 25, 2017 08:56

Weatherman: Jul 30, 2003; WARBLEKLONK

acejackson42 posted:

I write about and cover local sports for a living and tonight I saw one of the most ridiculous immediate 'hockey gods intervene' losses I have ever seen in 20-plus years on the job.
Puck is cleared into the home team's end. Home team goalie goes to clear the puck, fires it around the boards where it's kept in by a defenceman. As the goalie scrambles to get back in position, a Visiting forward circles around behind him on his way to behind the net.
Now get this:
In spite of the obvious lack of contact in any way shape or form between the goalie and the player who skated past him, the goalie dives like he had his skate taken out from under him. Only when he dove, the Visiting player was well, well past him. No penalty because seriously, WTF Greg Louganis?
Oh, did I mention it was overtime in the first game of the playoffs? Forgot to bring that up.
The puck gets to the guy behind the net who whips a pass back out to the point... who scores easily into the empty net for the OT win because Divey McDiverson couldn't get back in position because he dove. Had he reacted the right way, he wouldn't have even had to scramble, he'd have been back with ease.
The team was in an uproar and pissed off and screaming about the 'penalty' that 'wasn't called'. Gonna guess team chemistry is going to take a hit once they review video at the next practice and see what really happened...
I effing hate, HATE diving in hockey. That it created a crippling loss in a crucial game is as schadenfreude as it comes, even if it was the team I cover.

what

# ? Feb 25, 2017 09:39

Regalingualius: Jan 7, 2012; We gazed into the eyes of madness... And all we found was horny.

Weatherman posted:

what

I don't know hockey, but I think it's "home team goalie dived out like a dumbass for a really obvious feint and lost the game"?

# ? Feb 25, 2017 09:52

Mazerunner: Apr 22, 2010; Good Hunter, what... what is this post?

Regalingualius posted:

I don't know hockey, but I think it's "home team goalie dived out like a dumbass for a really obvious feint and lost the game"?

not quite- the goalie literally did a soccer 'dive' trying to get a penalty by making it look like an opponent tripped them, which was apparently blatantly obviously fake, and then couldn't get back to the net in time.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:02

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

Goalie was trying to draw a penalty by diving. It was so obvious that he was diving that the refs were like, yeah, nah. Because it was in overtime any goal ends the game. So he tried to cheat to win and ended up losing the game for his team. A playoff game, to boot.

Diving in hockey is a very big no no. In the NHL they fine players for diving and used to post names of divers league wide so ~~players can exact vigilante justice~~ refs can look out for it.

E: here's a player, kovalev, feigning an injury to try and get a call from the ref. Ref was like, nah, gently caress you, and... well, it didn't end well for kovalev and his team. Also OT in the playoffs.

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# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:03

acejackson42: Mar 27, 2005; You didn't say what I think you said...

JoelJoel posted:

Goalie was trying to draw a penalty by diving. It was so obvious that he was diving that the refs were like, yeah, nah. Because it was in overtime any goal ends the game. So he tried to cheat to win and ended up losing the game for his team. A playoff game, to boot.

Diving in hockey is a very big no no. In the NHL they fine players for diving and used to post names of divers league wide so ~~players can exact vigilante justice~~ refs can look out for it.

E: here's a player, kovalev, feigning an injury to try and get a call from the ref. Ref was like, nah, gently caress you, and... well, it didn't end well for kovalev and his team. Also OT in the playoffs.

Yep. It was so bad that both of the other media guys in the press box just started laughing when the goal was scored and the goalie and his teammates half-heartedly protested... like they knew exactly what happened but the idiots in the crowd were screaming for blood so they had to react but couldn't bring themselves to REALLY complain.
The Home team's coach didn't even call the refs over or react with anger. It was that bad and that blatant, to the point that even trying to argue it would be embarrassing.
Just remarkable.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:27

Laserjet 4P: Mar 28, 2005; What does it mean?; Fun Shoe

So I read all of that, but the real question is - did the sister enjoy being weighed underwater?

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:31

Sunswipe: Feb 5, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

nerdz posted:

Among other things, missing checkpoint chip data, suspicious splits (going fast in areas that you should be slow like steep inclines) and, absurdly enough, arriving at the finish line with different clothing since he started the race

found it: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/marathon-man

After reading that, I'm totally on Kip's side.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:41

Railing Kill: Nov 14, 2008; You are the first crack in the sheer face of god. From you it will spread.

acejackson42 posted:

I write about and cover local sports for a living and tonight I saw one of the most ridiculous immediate 'hockey gods intervene' losses I have ever seen in 20-plus years on the job.
Puck is cleared into the home team's end. Home team goalie goes to clear the puck, fires it around the boards where it's kept in by a defenceman. As the goalie scrambles to get back in position, a Visiting forward circles around behind him on his way to behind the net.
Now get this:
In spite of the obvious lack of contact in any way shape or form between the goalie and the player who skated past him, the goalie dives like he had his skate taken out from under him. Only when he dove, the Visiting player was well, well past him. No penalty because seriously, WTF Greg Louganis?
Oh, did I mention it was overtime in the first game of the playoffs? Forgot to bring that up.
The puck gets to the guy behind the net who whips a pass back out to the point... who scores easily into the empty net for the OT win because Divey McDiverson couldn't get back in position because he dove. Had he reacted the right way, he wouldn't have even had to scramble, he'd have been back with ease.
The team was in an uproar and pissed off and screaming about the 'penalty' that 'wasn't called'. Gonna guess team chemistry is going to take a hit once they review video at the next practice and see what really happened...
I effing hate, HATE diving in hockey. That it created a crippling loss in a crucial game is as schadenfreude as it comes, even if it was the team I cover.

Was this the UMaine/Northeastern game? Because I was listening to that game on the radio and it sounded like something similar happened. The color commentary guy thought it was a trip, but the play-by-play guy thought it was a dive (it being a UMaine broadcast, he didn't say it quite that bluntly though). UMaine lost in OT a few minutes later and the play-by-play guy said flatly, "And the Hockey Gods hand UMaine a loss here."

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:52

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

acejackson42 posted:

I write about and cover local sports for a living and tonight I saw one of the most ridiculous immediate 'hockey gods intervene' losses I have ever seen in 20-plus years on the job.
Puck is cleared into the home team's end. Home team goalie goes to clear the puck, fires it around the boards where it's kept in by a defenceman. As the goalie scrambles to get back in position, a Visiting forward circles around behind him on his way to behind the net.
Now get this:
In spite of the obvious lack of contact in any way shape or form between the goalie and the player who skated past him, the goalie dives like he had his skate taken out from under him. Only when he dove, the Visiting player was well, well past him. No penalty because seriously, WTF Greg Louganis?
Oh, did I mention it was overtime in the first game of the playoffs? Forgot to bring that up.
The puck gets to the guy behind the net who whips a pass back out to the point... who scores easily into the empty net for the OT win because Divey McDiverson couldn't get back in position because he dove. Had he reacted the right way, he wouldn't have even had to scramble, he'd have been back with ease.
The team was in an uproar and pissed off and screaming about the 'penalty' that 'wasn't called'. Gonna guess team chemistry is going to take a hit once they review video at the next practice and see what really happened...
I effing hate, HATE diving in hockey. That it created a crippling loss in a crucial game is as schadenfreude as it comes, even if it was the team I cover.

Ha HA! Sounds like some krazy hi-jinx at the old Sports-Plex tonight.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 11:24

Rockman Reserve: Oct 2, 2007; "Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

The post was funny and I love getting schadenfreude from all the goons that trip over each other to Kramer the gently caress into the thread to scream "I DON'T GET SPORTS" the loudest every time something more complicated than tripping at the finish line of a race comes up.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 11:31

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Almost as funny as people that follow a 700+ page thread and still don't have a firm grasp on what "schadenfreude" means.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 11:35

Peanut Butler: Jul 25, 2003

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Almost as funny as people that follow a 700+ page thread and still don't have a firm grasp on what "schadenfreude" means.

y'know if you do a good enough job educating posters having a good time jawing over hockey stories with your superior edified notions, teacher might notice and give you funbux for the class store

# ? Feb 25, 2017 11:44

Rockman Reserve: Oct 2, 2007; "Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

I do, thanks. Just because you're not aware that you're owning yourself doesn't mean it's not funny.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 11:44

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

My favorite forums schadenfreude was when that guy didn't know the Confirmed Bachelor perk in Fallout: New Vegas meant "you get gay dialogue options" and freaked out when he took it.

wonder whatever happened to that guy

# ? Feb 25, 2017 11:58

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Alaois posted:

My favorite forums schadenfreude was when that guy didn't know the Confirmed Bachelor perk in Fallout: New Vegas meant "you get gay dialogue options" and freaked out when he took it.

wonder whatever happened to that guy

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:02

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

Alaois posted:

My favorite forums schadenfreude was when that guy didn't know the Confirmed Bachelor perk in Fallout: New Vegas meant "you get gay dialogue options" and freaked out when he took it.

wonder whatever happened to that guy

This was apparently super common somehow. My favorite was the game's lead designer (and SA forums member rope kid) commenting on all the confusion

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:04

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

What did they think it did? :psyduck:

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:07

Disgusting Coward: Feb 17, 2014

Sunswipe posted:

After reading that, I'm totally on Kip's side.

Me too. I kinda hope he's just a ridiculously fast weird guy.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:08

HPanda: Sep 5, 2008

Platystemon posted:

What did they think it did?

I remember him saying he wanted to bro out or something like that with Boone. He thought it was gonna be like someone that was no ladies' man, who was dedicated to being single and super masculine.

Just a couple of dudes, going camping in the mountains, guzzling some buds.

He was genuinely surprised by all the innuendo and wondered why the devs made him gay, as I recall.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:14

Peanut Butler: Jul 25, 2003

its kind of rad that we live in an era where a euphemism for 'gay fella' is so unnecessary that lots of people don't know it

...except I guess the dudes most upset by that probably used a term way shittier than 'fella'

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:21

Somfin: Oct 25, 2010; In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.; Nap Ghost

HPanda posted:

He was genuinely surprised by all the innuendo and wondered why the devs made him gay, as I recall.

It's kind of an interesting design choice that being able to act on one's sexual orientation is a perk in the Falloutverse. Bisexual characters just have to take two perks.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:49

AlphaKretin: Dec 25, 2014; A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

Somfin posted:

It's kind of an interesting design choice that being able to act on one's sexual orientation is a perk in the Falloutverse. Bisexual characters just have to take two perks.

It's a hell of a lot better than how many games handle it, especially in not treating it like a big deal.

E: Wait, Christ, this is the Schadenfreude thread?

# ? Feb 25, 2017 13:45