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Old 01-08-2011, 04:03 PM   #45 (permalink)
stonedboss
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so i ran into this thread through google and found it helpful. i read everyones replies and was delighted to find the post by assnaked, but i was taken back by the replies to it. then felt i had to register and reply. im replying just to MSD cause its close enough to the other replies

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Originally Posted by MSD View Post
There's an important difference between "you shouldn't have used drugs in the first place" and "you're going to blow yourself up." This thread is the latter.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is telling me that I should poke a hole in a pressurized reservoir, fill it through that hole, and trust the assuredly high-quality plastic in the 50 cent lighter to seal itself up.
lol, yeah the important difference is one will kill you internally and one will kill you externally(although it cant unless youre a baby). you're obviously ignorant to the dangers of drugs and explosives alike, but also at the safety of them. your example fails because using drugs is actually exponentially more dangerous than a FULL lighter, let alone an EMPTY one. im sure the people posting buy a new lighter werent solely thinking of his safety, but more likely being dumbasses. either way they were a dumbass, cause theres no way a lighter can do harm to you in this method. the only step that can be stretched closest to "untrustable", is gluing your own refill valve. the only time i wouldnt trust this is if i used elmers glue and i tried lighting fire crackers. even if your superglue fails(i doubt it), the tiny hole you made will just release all the butane. oh noes!! chemical spill of butane! quick, grab your gas mask!

yes you are wrong. first, the author clearly states it is dangerous, warning any dumbass. also, the FIRST step is releasing any leftover gas... and yes i will trust my life with the same plastic that has been keeping that fuel in my lighters, and everyone elses' in the world, without fail for past 35 years bic has been making disposable lighters. are you going to trust your computer, stero, cd player, etc with every 5 cents they spent on the plastics making your CD? yes, because you know the past billion CDs they've played have had the plastics tested to make sure its safe, and it won't shred inside your drive and tear it to pieces. so if our world's physics don't change and the laws of chemistry stay the same, i think its safe to predict the next billion lighters bic makes will not have spontaneously decomposing plastics with a half life of a week.
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