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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Insanely easy too. Fill a nerf super soaker with gasoline and glue a match to the end.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just in case people actually think this is a good idea: do not. Plastic, uncontrolled spray, and blowback is just really shooting uncontrolled fire in all directions. It works in your cartoon world head, but I know someone who tried and suddenly the failure (like escaping fumes around the holder, gasoline versus rubber gaskets meant for water) make you go, "Oh. Right." Thankfully, they only got first degree burns on their face, head, hands, and arms, a weird balding patterns, and missing eyebrows. Thankfully, someone had an ABC fire extinguisher nearby. Yes, alcohol was involved.

The ones I have seen that work involve metal tubing and a secondary mixing of forced air along with a special fuel. https://www.recoilweb.com/flamethrowers-once-tools-of-war-now-toys-67763.html

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

We were all thinking it, he just said it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Gas tends to dissolve/soften plastic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm starting to get a little scared considering the amount of people taking this seriously. Perhaps it's time to begin a charter to research and develop the most readily available and destructive improvised flamethrowers and other destructive devices

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I've known at least 3 idiots in real life that has tried that at various points in time.

So, yeah, welcome to reality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

So just fire it faster.