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My own experiment. It took seconds to start smoking and burning the fabric....
Feb 29, 2024 11:21 AM
Choman82
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Video posted on TikTok
My own experiment. It took seconds to start smoking and burning the fabric....
KILLERCHROMATIC
Yeah this happened to my windowsill
OutrageousAvocado
Bro sacrificed his cum sock for science
taez555
jsexton
Settle down, Archimedes
eggman989
psmith00
some glass sculptures can to the same trick acting like a magnifying glass.
Keeperofthe7keys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_heat_ray
NLOVNI
Cray cray
Headcase444
"Aziz, light!"
ILikeToFindTheAnswers
skippieelove
Glad I wasn’t the only one to think of this 😂
CrispyNougat
He just takes the time to get out his phoneto and start filming as furniture is about to start on fire. Right.....
Gotta get those views. Probably was going to throw that out and wanted some internet fame so he pretended to have a fire related accident
SidneyStratton
The fellow is bent on destruction. Any normal person would have removed the mirror as soon as there was any hint of damage.
djzapz
"Wasn't me" -Obvious arsonist
kettlewallace
As an adult that was once a child, yes.
metricman67
Dobby is not pleased! It was his only way out of a life a misery!!
mikeatike
Let's go get the camera instead of stoping it from burning the house down. Great idea.
PennsylvaniaPalindrome
Good God, that camera work! I had motion sickness before I found the mirror.
BrunoTheWulf
Thank you.
I thought I was the only one. Bwelrk....
Quizz25S
"I don't know what it is!" *Immediately moves what it is*
OnlyWantToSayOneThing
If he hit the table the mirror could have moved while he was 'focused' (hehe) on the phone screen trying to get a good video. Its not like he said "I dont know what it is" while purposefully wiggling the mirror and pretending he didn't understand... It only took him like 15 seconds to figure it out even WHILE focusing on video taping.
utz504
House that i bought burned previously in a similar way. they had a 5 gallon glass water bottle delivered, sat in the sun, boom, shit's on fire yo.
IslaNublar
I forget exactly where it is but there's an infamous case of idiotic design with an entire BUILDING doing this due to the way the windows were angled. It was literally melting vehicle parts across the street from it. They eventually used a coating to dull the reflectivity but for awhile there was literally a danger zone that burned things on the opposite side of the street.
KipperFillets
The Walki-Talki in London. Forget the proper name, even though I used to work right near it.
The designer had two more that did the same thing.
ebonyfaery
Australia? Can't place the accent. Could be British but we've had shite weather so I'm assuming not
JaromirAzarov
Yeah, that's why the only concave mirror we have is placed in the bathroom where there's no way direct sunlight could hit it...
bnuihj
One simple trick: CURTAINS. Even thin curtains diffuse the light, preventing this.
apLundell
Sure. because curtains are never accidentally left open.
bnuihj
Just don't.
JangoF76
Laughs in UK
cousteau
Because of safety regulations? (Is the weather cloudy because of a safety regulation?)
Mercurybird
But it doesn’t look concave. Then again, maybe I don’t know what concave means?!
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
It is slightly concave. Its more apparent in the video with the sock.
Mercurybird
Ah. I couldn’t really see that very well. Thanks!
OnlyWantToSayOneThing
Any amount of curve, even imperceptible, will do this, it just changes the focal length. The focal length is half the radius of curvature, seeing as the focal point is like 2.5 feet from the mirror that means the radius is 5feet, aka this is like cutting out a mirror from a ball that is taller than a house. it would look pretty flat. By my calculation the center "bowl" of the mirror would only need to be 0.04 inches deep, just slightly thicker than a credit/debit card, in order to cause this.
Mercurybird
Amanda55andcows
concave means it has a depression in the center. Basically any magnifying makeup mirror can focus like a giant magnifying glass and then light your house on fire. Always place the magnifying side of a mirror face down, or put it into a drawer or cabinet.
cousteau
TIL I am concave. :'(
Amanda55andcows
remember to leave yourself face down in the sun, or hide in a drawer or cabinet. Perhaps a closet if you want more space. Only come out of the closet when it's dark.
EveNeedsAHairCut
This is an expensive "experiment.... you could have just demonstrated with a piece of paper !... Can I suggest just putting your bank notes in the light !!
Strangedays2024
Dude it'd a sock and an old one, how much do you spend on socks?
Choman82
Lol, I did it with a blue sticky note paper and it took less than 25 seconds to burn it. The sock was much better for awareness and it was a used one :)
ILikeFood2000
“Used”
CouldntCakeLess
Trick is to not clean your windows.
pyr0max
I'm good at that trick!
nemocares
I used to work at a place that had sheets of armour-grade steel plate welded in place inside of every window.
Atomic2
I feel like that was for a different reason.
nemocares
Somewhat yes, but multi-purpose in the end.
FrozenFor30Years
I just never open the blinds.
forestfart
Thats true! My windows are dirty as hell and my home never once burned down. Coincidence? I think NOT!!!
euphoricopportunity
I just don't open the blinds
ShoulderDeepinGhost
Theres sticky film you can get for that.
Paerg
Magus25
I love not far from the ocean. All it takes is 1 good storm off the water, and I have opaque glass.
aap71
Seaside building windows 🪟 use constant flow water pipes down the pane of glass to keep the view clear. Otherwise salt and brine scum cake on within minutes
TheVoidFrog
I just don't let sun into my house... like a vampire.
shyriath
*cautiously raises blind* *HISSSSSSSSS* *drops blind*
kingkongkeom
TuffyTDog
This is why you always cover your crystal ball when leaving the house.
themikep
"because of like, spirits, and stuff?"
petpet3d
You don't know who else might be watching, they're not all accounted for
SeanBeanJovi
skippieelove
skippieelove
Dammit I have a video for this!!!!
Zoldjah
Of you have decorative glass orbs in your house cover them when leaving or set them away from windows. will have same effect
Vungor
The YWDW podcast has a commercial where they say to put a cloth on the crystal ball or it'll burn your house down. Anchor.fm/you-wanna-do-what
HsuDoNihm
Prisms, lenses, curved reflectors... anything that can concentrate light.
travishawkins2199
Burnt a swath in a wood table with a fish bowl
SnepInTime
That was the goldfish though.
travishawkins2199
We did call him Cyclops
Kehy
Fish bowls can do the same, unless you stuff those stickers full of live plants, and add neocardinia shrimp. Fish not actually needed, and the shrimp/ plants can pay for themselves
BDSMThroatHugs
But what if the require pondering?
RightToUpvote
Cover it up you fool of a Took!
sunyudai
There is a reason wizards ponder in dimly lit seclusion.
neithermenoryou
Ponder them away from the sun's baleful gaze.
Malloon
Ponder them at night. Nobody wants to see that.
Neurisko
It's the demons
Marukina
And spirita
datphone777365
Fancy old latin spirits?
skippieelove
KillingTlme
The spirits will burn down your house
applesforjuice
Whenever I read this I just think about how much of a fucking idiot this guy is "oh wow because of spirits?"
skippieelove
If someone is rocking into a shop for a crystal ball, I’d wager they likely dabble in the mystic arts lol
zeusfdelta
My Grandmother gave me the exact same Lesson, LOL.
VERY TRUE THOUGH!
crischapman
MediocreExtremist
And then there are architects that forget about this and design an entire skyscraper into a focussing mirror
Eroen0
Fuck Anish Kapoor.
Revyloution
And it only too 10 years to discover the problem. Because it's never sunny in London :/
Elnauriel
And Belgium, too, if that girl with the accent is to be trusted. =p
kojitaru
This story will never get old
DeviousChimp2
Twice!
captainfakeypants
AFTER being sued for making the exact same mistake over in the US. What a fucking dumbass; Proof that you can't fix stupid...
BrdCdn
Architecture is filled with pretentious morons.
straha242
KipperFillets
It wasn't the first he did like that either.
bitemark
"Walkie Scorchie" is a pretty great name
Burke616
Doesn't the shape of that building also redirect high winds from above the general roofline into a powerful downdraft at the building's base?
BabeAfett
Happened in Vegas with one of the hotels cooking people on a pool deck about 5 or 6 years back.
kaneinencanto
Ah yes, the good old Vdara Death Ray.
sunyudai
Same architect as the London one, IIRC.
kaneinencanto
You'd be correct, under the Solar Convergence header. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vdara
oliwier216
hey @KaneinEncanto where i can contact with u?
BabeAfett
He did it twice! SMH. I'm going to assume he no longer designs this stuff...
sunyudai
Bad news - 9 current projects in construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Rafael_Vi%C3%B1oly
BabeAfett
NineByNine
starting to think this Rafael dude is doing this deliberately lmao
5knotcans
Great use for old cum socks!
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
The perfect incense
TriumphRider24
burn babies burn
MapleSyrupMafia
Straight to jail!
TriumphRider24
Only in Alabama... for now
Choman82
And the smell while it was burning, eewwww %(
kingkongkeom
Imagine the smell of it burning...
desolatorx
That's the point, burn it like incense.
TheBigMcC
This is gonna stay with me all day …. and I’m not happy about it….
NirvanaNik
kingkongkeom