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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In his view, the missing factor is that other animals don’t tend to “wrap themselves up in blankets and drink whiskey and smoke,” he says.

But what is they did?

John DeHaan, a forensic scientist, set fire to a pig carcass wrapped in blankets

Science!

[–] blimthepixie@thebrainbin.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least they had the decency to use a dead pig

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 1 day ago

But living burning pigs are hilarious!

At least according to toddler me who invented a "joke" about a burning pig which was put out by a firefighter. I thought it was hilarious. A burning pig! The firefighter was soooo confused!

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

other animals don’t tend to “wrap themselves up in blankets

uh lots of animals are naturally wrapped in blankets, and fat for that matter.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fat sheep is hella flammable

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I clicked on them in Warcraft 3

[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago

if i have to make one more "betterridge's law of headlines" (if a headline's a question, the answer is no) post them i will write a bot

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Why is it that I cannot find a science community that actually posts good science?

I mean it could be argued that discussing the myth of spontaneous combustion, is in a way pop science for a lot of people and that's okay.

But I just can't seem to find a place that isn't saturated with either finger-puppet style posts, or completely overwhelmed with new "theories" that are actually just new, jobless phd grads who have to scramble to try to get funding and they're publishing bullshit to do that.

Whyyyyyy

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Smoking causes spontaneous human combustion. Which means it is not spontaneous.

[–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

I mean, in an atmosphere of pure oxygen, technically...

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 7 points 2 days ago

The flame is the soul’s breath. The black smoke is the soul’s release. Ashes thou wert and art. May thy soul return to the great flame of fire. Látom.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee -3 points 2 days ago

Oh, I've seen that anime. It's a pretty good show, but a bit too much fanservice at times.