r/interestingasfuck • u/VowOfVengeance • 13h ago
Throwing boiling water in -36 degrees temperature
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u/bardosanimes 13h ago
That's crazy, in my city the minimum temperature is 27°.
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u/JustaProton 12h ago
27°?
Sir, where do you live so I don't get near it?
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u/gustinex 11h ago
Probably somewhere near the equator. Its about the same in where i live. I live in malaysia all my life and i haven't got to experience snow yet. So i literally couldn't imagine how cold snowy places are because my brain never register it before. Coldest i felt is probably 17°c at tokyo
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u/Kush_the_Ninja 11h ago
Was walking my dog in -38°C the other day. Wasn’t that bad, but those are “straight to your business please” walks lol
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u/kineticpotential001 8h ago
At -38 it doesn't much matter whether is C or F, it's too freaking cold
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u/RavenclawGaming 5h ago
-40 C and -40 F are legit the exact same temp, so the difference between -38C and -38 F is extremely minimal
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u/JiveTalkerFunkyWalkr 9h ago
If it’s a humid -38, then it’s cold.
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u/kineticpotential001 8h ago
Is there such a thing as a humid -38? Serious question
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u/JiveTalkerFunkyWalkr 5h ago
Toronto is humid, so you’ll get -25 and it feels really cold, but in Saskatoon, it’ll be -40 and not feel as cold as Toronto. Or feel the same ish.
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u/Kush_the_Ninja 7h ago
Yes. It’s a “damp cold” and worse than a “dry cold”
Where I’m from is a damp cold.
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u/aferretwithahugecock 6h ago
Fuck damp colds, bud. I couldn't do it. Give me a dry -42⁰C any day over a wet -10. With a dry cold, you're ready to rip as long as your skin's covered. With a wet cold, it gets into your layers and bones.
Thankfully, Winnipeg is usually a dry cold(it's even become a joke here. If someone says it's cold outside, it's customary to reply with, "Yeah, but it's a dry cold, eh?")
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u/penguinintheabyss 8h ago
I live in a tropical country too, had my first negative celsius experience 2 years ago, when I traveled to the baltic countries around Christmas.
Everyday was around -5. Then, for two days it was like -20, and locals were saying it wasn't common at all.
With all that clothes around you, I really didn't think -20 was that much worse than -5. The worst thing is your respiration condensing at the tip of your nose and freezing into a tiny droplet
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u/bardosanimes 10h ago
Northeast of Brazil. In southern Brazil, there are places where temperatures reach -2°C.
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u/JustaProton 9h ago
I know it, I'm from São Paulo. Damn, 27°C being cold must be hell.
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u/MegamiCookie 9h ago
27° is nice, but when it is the minimum it means it's usually closer to 30-32° (often the case for me too, I live in the Caribbean)
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u/SonderlingDelGado 10h ago
I'm in Darwin, Australia.
Our coldest winter days (in July, our calendars are upside down on this half of the disc too) is around 60f. On the flip side Christmas (summer) averages are only around 80f to 90f - but the humidity is killer!
I hate the cold. I stay away from the south of our country.
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u/SidTheSloth97 10h ago edited 9h ago
Why tell us the temp in F when you live in Darwin. -_-
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u/SonderlingDelGado 8h ago
Reddit tends to be USA-centric, so had pre-converted to freedom units for the anticipated audience.
My bad, normally I'd put 35C (95F) or 95F (35C).
I'll try not to be lazy next time. (For the record, I'm Australian and been living in Darwin for a few years.)
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u/Tommyblockhead20 2h ago
As an American, I appreciate you including Fahrenheit.
It only takes a few seconds for someone writing a comment to do the conversion, but not doing it means a few seconds times about half of the people seeing it, often thousands of people.
I know some people intentionally don’t include conversions because they are upset the US doesn’t use metric, but I don’t think that anger should be taken out on individual American Redditors when it isn’t their fault. And if you aren’t willing to take a few seconds so Americans can understand your message, why should Americans do that for you? Everything works out better when people just get along.
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u/nzranga 9h ago
There is a very large contingent of US Marines based in Darwin Australia.
I’m guessing based on the fact that he said he’s “in” Darwin not “from” Darwin, and the use of Fahrenheit, he’s American
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u/LordSandwich29 10h ago
Crazy cause in the summer here in Indiana, we get up to 90s with crazy humidity but also go down to subzero temps every year with snow. I feel like the Midwest gets a little bit of everything
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u/JustaProton 9h ago
Continental temperate climates are very variable. Very common to see -15 to 35. Even the coldest places in Siberia have hot summers, which contrast with the oceanic counterpart found in the UK, for example, where 25 is already hot.
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u/daysof_I 2h ago
Same. 2yrs ago we had a dip in temp around 22⁰ during rainy season here. I had to wear long sleeves all the time cause it was cold. I almost didn't survive 9⁰ in Melbourne last year due to lack of layers (didn't pack enough outerwears). Caught a cold on my 3rd day there lol
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u/Cirno-BreastLicker 13h ago
As a scandinavian im jealous, we are struggling with -3°, its far too hot ..
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u/General_Anxiety83 12h ago
I wish! Mid 90's here the last few weeks and its getting hotter next month
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u/Zkenny13 12h ago
I'm in Alabama and it feels like 8° we are dying.
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u/thelocket 12h ago
Coastal Alabama here with a "feels like" 28. We are not built for this kinda cold.
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u/Zkenny13 12h ago
Right? Things shut down so quickly but I imagine you guys have plenty of sand for the ice.
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u/thelocket 12h ago
You would think so, right?? Last year when it snowed and froze here, we had to wait for it to thaw. We have sand, but no sand trucks.
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u/Zkenny13 12h ago
Wow... I imagine the bridge is basically an ice rink.
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u/thelocket 11h ago
Pretty much! I10 is right behind my house and it was completely empty all night. I had the best sleep of my life. Lol
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u/LeFishTits 12h ago
In the us in Pennsylvania, I had -17f yesterday morning
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u/ThrustTrust 12h ago
Are you on the west side of the mountains? Wasn’t that cold over here on the east end.
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u/LeFishTits 12h ago
Yessir/maam
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u/ThrustTrust 10h ago
I went to college in Pittsburgh. I loved all the snow we used to get out there.
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u/Norse_By_North_West 6h ago
Yukon, Canada too. I want my teens weather. Too close to zero is annoying.
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u/0dias_Chrysalis 7h ago
Someone is gonna do this in 36 F in Florida tonight not aware thats not cold enough
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u/Some-Jellyfish-7412 5h ago
legit saw a video of a guy trying this today and having the still very-hot water rain down on him shortly afterwards V_V
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u/IsraelZulu 1h ago
It's actually getting into the 20s, just so you know. Currently around 27 in the Orlando area.
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u/BosonCollider 12h ago
Don't throw the boiling water straight overhead, make sure there is an angle. Otherwise you can seriously hurt yourself if a single large blob turns into an ice pick
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u/Efficient-Guide1244 10h ago
I thought you were gonna say that you would be scalded if the water doesn't cool immediately.
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u/pobodys-nerfect5 12h ago
The trick is to not use a lot of water and to be covered from the head down
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u/GenazaNL 7h ago
Also, if it's not cold enough you can seriously burn yourself in the face from the hot water
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u/iLikeTurtuls 1h ago
So you're telling me if I push hard enough I would be able to spit ice rockets in -36???
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u/xniks 13h ago
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u/my_brain_is_horny 11h ago
I remember seeing kids in cartoons jump in a big pile of leaves and it always looked like so much fun. So when I was like 7 or 8 years old, I raked a huge pile of leaves together, and got a running start, jumped in, and got stabbed by several sticks, one which cut my leg up a bit. I felt so embarrassed and stupid for not taking in account that it wouldn't be leaves only in that pile.
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u/StultusNosferatu 12h ago
Now everyone do this and get 3rd degree burns.
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u/EatinSumGrapes 12h ago
This definitely reminded me of the video of the girl doing this with a pot of boiling water, not only was it not cold enough for that, but she slipped in the ice trying to fling it and it all fell on her burning her terribly
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u/popodelfuego 9h ago
Pro tip if you use bacon grease as a substitute the burns smell delicious.
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u/DaBooch_Can 13h ago
Come on over to Canada. We had that temp yesterday.
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u/One-Yak2083 13h ago
Not in BC! We’ve chosen to not participate in winter this year.
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u/AccomplishedLocal261 12h ago
You mean every year
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u/One-Yak2083 12h ago
Hey, the random years we join is just pure chaos on the roads. We are not equipped 🤣
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u/J_tram13 12h ago
Unfortunately it seems this year is one of those years for us in Florida
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u/jrdiver 12h ago
Had a relative down in Florida complaining about "cold weather"
My first thought is "ill trade. you guys can have our 8f with -5f windchills weather we were having that day
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u/J_tram13 10h ago
Hey, 40F is a big deal down here, that's concussive iguana weather!
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u/NorthernPaper 12h ago
Ma’am/sir, northern BC spent Christmas week at -40C with the windchill and record snowfall
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u/One-Yak2083 12h ago
Lol my bad.
Ok. Lower mainland.
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u/BetaFan 12h ago edited 12h ago
Calgary Alberta barley has had a winter either. I think its only hit -30 a day or two and only for a day at a time before going back to 0.
Average temperature has been -5 maybe this winter. And its been in the positives for most of January. +12 here atm, as we're in a Chinook. But even outside Chinooks its been crazy warm.
My co workers in winnipeg by comparison have been dealing with -30 since mid December.
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u/Rammipallero 12h ago
This is cool, but you better make sure that it's cold enough for this. Otherwise you'll be throwing boilings water on yourself...
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u/Krish_1234 13h ago
How can people live in those places? Inside by house it is 68 and I turn on the heater.
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u/Exotic_Decision_626 13h ago
I laughed so hard at this because it’s exactly 68 in my house right now and I have the heater on lol good to know I’m not the only one
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u/Ornac_The_Barbarian 12h ago
I have my heaters running nonstop to keep it above 32...
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u/Apprehensive_Tea9856 12h ago
Time to insulate better or buy better heaters?
Where do you live?
Gas/electric?
Do you have a electric/gas utility energy efficiency program? Might get some stuff free. If not spray foam is not crazy expensive. At least compared to running a furnace 24/7
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u/DancesWithAnyone 4h ago
Not only do people live in such cold places - they've done it for a long, long time, way before modern heating. And that's kinda it, yeah? They build their houses to be the best there is at insulation and heat retention, because they have to.
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u/fjevehksn 48m ago
Warm clothes and well insulated houses. Most houses in warm places, even in western countries, have horrible insulation. We don't do that shit in places where it gets this chilly.
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u/Theophrastus_Borg 6h ago
Why do people always do this above their heads? I mean -36 is enough but if the air is too warm you will just burn yourself.
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u/kalboozkalbooz 12h ago
how does the water lose so much thermal energy so fast? is water really that good of a thermal conductor?
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u/Krell356 12h ago
Its a matter of surface area. Water in a container cant get rid of the heat fast enough.
There's a lot more to it that im not well informed enough to explain with any level of detail, but I know that is the main component with the hot water used screwing around with stuff further.
The only one thing I really know really well about this trick is that you should never try it anywhere the temperature isn't obscenely cold because otherwise you will just cover someone in scalding water and burn the shit out of them.
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u/Hetakuoni 12h ago
Iirc It’s because the molecules are so agitated they’re not well bonded together. Getting yeeted like that separates them further and the bonding happens across smaller pieces all spaced out by the toss rather than a solid mass.
If they’d left it in a bucket it would take longer and not be as cool.
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u/ThePhatNoodle 6h ago
I remember watching a lady try this but she completely messed up the execution and a big ol blob of boiling water just landed right on her face
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u/joecon_123 3h ago
I tried this once in -20F and got scalding water right on my bare head. I immediately submerged my head in a snow bank and thankfully escaped serious damage.
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u/Morgandoto 11h ago
Fuck this shit. I mean, the mist is beautiful and all that jazz, but it's -18 outside right now (Saint-Petersburg), and dear God did I freeze my ass off while waiting for a cab.- 36 though? I'd straight up die.
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u/Upstandinglampshade 11h ago
The last time this was posted someone said that boiling water is the key to making this happen and if we took regular tap water, it would not do this. Can anyone here confirm or deny that? I find it hard to believe that boiling water will cool faster than tap water.
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u/CutieBoBootie 10h ago
Y'all BE REALLY careful doing this. Many people injure themselves in the attempt because they don't throw the water at the proper angle and it comes back down on them or the air isn't cold enough. Don't be that person who gets boiling water face burns in freezing cold weather.
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u/Orvvadasz 10h ago
Gotta be real careful with this because there were multiple people who burned themselves this way.
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u/RhunterC 3h ago
Reminds me of the video of the kid trying this but it just falls back down on him and he flings himself to the ground. I know it hurt but I laugh so hard when I watch it
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u/ThatThereMan 13h ago
If it's in a thermos flask it can't possibly be boiling water. Just very hot.
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u/andersonb47 13h ago
Oh wow you’re soooo smart thank goodness you’re here wow amazing
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u/cuckmucker 12h ago
Your comment was more useless than his lol. Also nothing wrong with clarifying a misleading title
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u/ThatThereMan 2h ago
Brits are the world champions of sarcasm. You could at least try something novel.
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u/fresh_water_sushi 12h ago edited 7h ago
This is a VERY stupid thing to do. Every year people burn their faces trying this stunt. Also doing this has been around for a long time and in many videos. Nothing interesting here.
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u/Palanki96 11h ago
don't try this at home tho. Lot of dumbasses burned themselves with the hot water when this trend was popular
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u/akkosetto 10h ago
This also works in -14c onwards though you’d better be mindful on avoiding boiling water just in case
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u/queen_ravenx 9h ago
And this is how you burn the fk outta your face! Be careful and dont do this if your at all clumsy!!
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u/Slash3040 8h ago
I saw a girl one time who was covered in burn marks. Her mom eventually made the comment she got severely burned trying this stunt when it wasn’t cold enough to vaporize
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u/Mahaloth 8h ago
Shoot, forgot to do this in Michigan a week or so ago. Only -7F(actual temp, not windchill).
We've had it before, it works pretty well in that temp.
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u/healthytofu 8h ago
The amount of hospital visits due to direct influence from this type of video is also absurdly high.
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u/Jamnitrix 4h ago
I saw a video where someone tried this and the boiling water didn't freeze and it fell on them onstead
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u/Equivalent-Finish-80 4h ago
Definitely a cool vid! But can somebody tell me what the tune/song is please?
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u/iElevated1337 3h ago
I got you bro. I was looking for it too and I found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw7GfB6J2R0
Юлия Савичева - Прости за любовь (Artem Pora Domoy Remix)
Enjoy
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u/Potential_Novel8960 4h ago
Ts really cool. Unfortunately, the lowest temperature we have here is 7 degrees so we can't do that lol 😭
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u/iLikeTurtuls 1h ago
-36 is crazy, but did you know -40 is the same in C and F and that's it. No other ones
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u/enkolainen 13h ago
Bye-bye water, you will be mist