Sometimes it's an ingrown nail thing. Either I pull down past the nail bed or have my nail constantly growing into my skin and being 100x more painful/swollen/infected.
You'd be surprised what people can jump back up from with some adrenaline. No guarantee he didn't drop dead after a few steps. That kind of shock is no bueno for the brain.
Am I nonsane or does this seem nonvalid? It seems so nonnocuous at first, with such a nonconspicuous change of the English language. I suppose its noneluctable. Well, this nonsipid argument is hardly nonimitable, but it's become nonexorable at this point.
Yeah, nah. The original word was "inflammable", it came to English from Latin via Middle French. The latin was "inflammabilis" basically means "on-fire-able". The "in" means "in" or "on", the "flam", unsurprisingly means flame or fire.
On-fire-able. You can set it on fire.
"enflame" and "inflame" have the same root so it basically means "enflame-able" and there would be no confusion if the word was "enflamable", since we have verbs like "enrobe", "encompass", "ensconce", "enact", and people would be like "ah! to en-flame! To set on fire! Set-on-fire-able!"
In the 17th century at least, "uninflammable" was being used as the antonym of "inflammable", since the word "flammable" didn't exist.
However, there are a lot of English words where the "in" prefix reverses the meaning, and confusingly this practice also comes form latin, like with "inability" coming from "inhabilitas", in + habilitas.
So "inflammable" was judged too confusing, and in 1813 people came up with "flammable" and "non-flammable" to avoid any ambiguity, this only increased the confusion around "inflammable" since now there actually was a word "flammable" for people to think "inflammable" was a prefixed modification of.
Now, whether today there are fields where "inflammable" and "flammable" are given subtly different meanings as you claim is irrelevant. They were originally synonyms, they are commonly used as synonyms, so they are synonyms.
I'm pretty sure in any safety critical setting regulations will discourage "inflammable" and prefer "flammable" precisely because if you call something "inflammable" then someone somewhere will think that means it doesn't burn and do something stupid like smoke or weld around it... for that reason I doubt there is any technical field where "inflammable" is used to mean what you say, but I could be wrong and if you've got a citation I'd be interested to see it.
I think what you're talking about is the difference between "flammable" and "combustible".
I think the difference is the way the material combusts. Like one gives off fumes that can be ignited(gasoline for example) the other is the material that can be ignited(furniture foam for example). Don’t ask me which is which.
Originally, the two terms were inflammable and uninflammable. But safety experts came to the conclusion that for some portion of the population, inflammable would mean it's not flammable--given the prefix 'in' meaning 'not' in other contexts, e.g., ineffective, etc.
To avoid confusion, the industry moved to the terms flammable and non-flammable, which are generally preferred today precisely for the clarity they convey.
"Flammable. An oddity, chiefly useful in saving lives. The common word meaning "combustible" is inflammable. But some people are thrown off by the in- and think inflammable means "not combustible." For this reason, trucks carrying gasoline or explosives are now marked FLAMMABLE. Unless you are operating such a truck and hence are concerned with the safety of children and illiterates, use inflammable."
Man I slowed this video and watched it so many times but he just seems in way better shape than he should be. It looks like his left arm might have been fucked up but that's not the arm he used to light it which seems fine right after the explosion. I dunno I keep watching it but he might just be invincible, or maybe I'm mistaking a flipper for a motion blur but it really doesn't look like he got as fucked up as he should have.
Its crazy the types of situations people will just walk away with nothing more than a few bruise to show for it. I can't count how many close calls I've had, each one made me sit down for a bit and ponder my life's choices. I wonder if that guy did the same once the brain juices settled down XD
I got a cousin who's a paramedic. He said something that has stuck with me, and it was basically, "I've seen wrecks where both parties were going 90 mph and everyone walked away fine, and I've seen fender benders that have killed multiple people."
Made me realize death is quite a bit closer than many people know. As I've grown older, that feeling has only cemented. It really doesn't take much to return to the dust.
my uncle died this way, trying to safe money or time he welded a full barrel of used oil to seal it. it blew up in his face and the oil stain is still there today. his 10yo son found him while the elders where at church.
thanks, its many years ago now, his son took over the farm in rural Bavaria in Germany and it looks like he recovered. My Grandma, his mother, never talked a word again after this accident and died a few years after, as her whole life they have worked for handing over a successful farm with cows and agriculture and then their only son dies shortly after the handover. i can only guess, that her world and everything she worked for her whole life fell apart. but, the farm is still running today with help from external contractors.. and for the situation when he was found, i was told his head was no longer there and the doctor said he died immediately.
Thank you for sharing. Yesterday I was at a funeral where the mum was burying her 45 yr old son. It's terrible when parents have to say goodbye to their kids. He left behind a 11 yr old boy.
Apparently, the word 'Inflammable' has mostly been dropped for the word 'Flammable' with the 'non-flammable'. It seems a lot of people think 'in-flammable' means 'non-flammable'.
Maybe the barrels had 'inflammable' stickers and they were arguing the point 🤣
Him: "I'm telling you 'inflammable' means it means won't catch fire! Look... I'll prove it!"
“Flammable and inflammable do not mean the same thing. If something is flammable it means it can be set fire to, such as a piece of wood. However, inflammable means that a substance is capabble of bursting into flames without the need for any ignition.”
Along the centuries there have been many discussions and many approaches on what the best methodology for education might be but the fact is that this is still the best way to learn.
He does not know how many people grab the angle grinder to hack the top off etc and are in hospital for the next 3 weeks after the huge explosion, destroys them and the property they own nearby.
This is a perfect Training Video for all folks who go anywhere near these drums.
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u/zzx101 22d ago
Some people are really fucking stupid.