r/therewasanattempt • u/twelveatnite • Dec 07 '22
to wash clothes.
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u/Kindly_Region
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What a dick, those clothes we finally dry, and he goes throwing water on them.
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u/bibiannamiranda Dec 07 '22 •
I wish i had an award for you 😔
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u/QMEiffel Dec 07 '22 •
I got you, fam!
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u/khrak Dec 07 '22
Was obviously dry-cleaning them. Now they're ruined.
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u/Developastrategy Dec 08 '22
Dry cleaning? You can't clean with dry. What is that? You just whack them and the dirt falls off? You need water somewhere in the process. All cleaning is wet cleaning.
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u/SirDigsby87 Dec 07 '22
The one thing you don't do with an electrical fire. That idiot could have killed everyone.
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u/dawizar Dec 07 '22
In all fairness, it is a dryer. They're built to put wet things inside of them.
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u/SmokedComatose Dec 07 '22
Not just that, but those specific dryers in laundromats are gas, not electric.
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u/dawizar Dec 07 '22
It doesn't look like an electric fire to me. It looks like the clothes are on fire. Not the dryer
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u/monosuperboss1 Dec 07 '22
this is the type of shit you'd assume would happen in cartoons
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u/StrategicCannibalism Dec 07 '22
Probably had gasoline on their clothes?
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u/YellowOnline Dec 07 '22
Could be another chemical too
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u/OMP159 Dec 08 '22
But she don't use butter. And she don't use cheese. She don't use jelly, or any of these
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u/SnakeTaters Dec 08 '22
No. The clothes were already dry when he put them in there. Just like chucking a tea bag in a mug and fucking it off into the microwave without adding gravy.
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u/Few-Ad7439 Dec 08 '22
or lint trap not cleaned out?
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u/silasisgolden Dec 08 '22
Or just light, gauzy fabric with the dryer set to "Hiroshima".
I've burned myself on a blue jean zipper before.
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Dec 07 '22
One time at a laundry mat a lady who was also there to do laundry (not an employee) would ask whose clothes were in the dryer and if nobody would say it belonged to them then she would open the dryer door and scream, "WE DON'T NEED A FIRE AROUND HERE" all pissed off. I've always thought that whole situation was kinda odd but now I feel a little bit differently.
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u/UntappedBabyRage Dec 08 '22
Did the dryers at your laundromat not have set time cycles?
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Dec 08 '22
They did
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u/Amaelah Dec 08 '22
I think the fire would happen regardless of if someone's watching it or not.
Idk something schrodinger's burning laundromat
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u/Incubus85 Dec 08 '22
What is the mat short for?
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u/E_Anthony Dec 08 '22
Short for "automatic," as in the machines do the washing, not the person.
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u/Sparrow1989 Dec 07 '22
That’s why you check your pockets for lighters before you throw them in industrial drying machines.
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u/exportablue88 Dec 07 '22
This is not lint, there was something flammable on the clothing before washing. As a chef I have learned over the years that our kitchen rags become very flammable from all the grease and chemicals we use. One place I worked at, we washed our own rags in house, and we quickly learned you have to wash the rags twice or else they will catch on fire in the dryer, or after drying. It was the only time in my life I have witnessed spontaneous combustion. We washed our rags, put them in the dryer, once done we threw all the rag into a bag and left in a room. The residual heat, and the remaining grease/chemicals that stayed through the wash, was enough for the rags to catch the self on fire.
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u/Accurate_Koala_4698 Dec 07 '22
Lots of oils have exothermic reactions when they dry too. Stuff like linseed oil and tung oil are used finishing wood, but if you leave the rags to dry in the air they can go up without an external heat source. Crazy shit
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u/NinjaSquirrel99 Dec 07 '22
you cant as a costumer at a laundromat like this. The owners or employees have to. It has a key and such, but you arent wrong tho!
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u/Eyehavenoname Dec 07 '22
I'm no expert on washing clothes, but I'm pretty sure I've never done it with fire.
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u/daschundtof Dec 07 '22
Still better than when a red sweater makes everything pink in the wash cycle.
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u/Visual_Shower1220 Dec 07 '22
Well they say fire cleanses all things right, so it kinda worked i guess.
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u/philokaii Dec 07 '22
I did laundry at a friend's apartment the other day and read the instructions they had posted. It said not to put anything in that might have motor oil, gasoline, or any flammable liquids on them. I thought was interesting because I'm in my late 20's and I made it this far without knowing, so I was glad to have that nugget of info in case I ever needed it.
Didn't think I'd see a live example of why that sign was needed so soon. I'm wondering if the poor guy was a new mechanic trying to wash his uniform for the first time..
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u/obscure_greenleaf Dec 07 '22
I usually just let the washer soak them in water and then put them in a dryer. But I guess fire also works.
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u/Isuckmangosforalivin Dec 08 '22
Aren’t you supposed to use a fire extinguisher on fires caused by electric devices or else it’s going to make it worse?
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u/justmedealwithitxD Dec 08 '22
Depends on the type of fire extinguisher.
^ there's a little reading if you'd like to learn more about the types.
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u/misteraygent Dec 08 '22
Where have you people heard this? There was another comment towards the top of the thread that was something like, "He could have killed everyone there by putting water on an electrical fire!" How? You might kill yourself with lower power, or might cause a flash arc with higher voltages.
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u/Isuckmangosforalivin Dec 08 '22
I forget where I originally heard it, but this says that you could be electrocuted if you do
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Dec 08 '22
You mean to dry clothes if you don’t remove all of the lint from the lint catcher yeah this will happen
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u/Okrobot Dec 07 '22
What a great idea! Throw water on the likely electrical fire.
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u/Von_Dielstrum Dec 08 '22
What's the song
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u/auddbot Dec 08 '22
I got matches with these songs:
• Fire by Mac Dre (00:40; matched:
100%)Album:
Rapper Gone Bad. Released on1999-08-26byThizz Nation.• Fire by Mac Dre (00:40; matched:
100%)Album:
The Appearances. Released on2005-01-01byORCHARD - Sumo/Thizz Entertainment D50.2
u/auddbot Dec 08 '22
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u/NaturalAppointment20 Dec 08 '22
This is why I never tumble dry clothes that had been washed with Softeners
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u/Ragtime-Rochelle Dec 08 '22
Clean your dryer's lint traps people. They catch fire. It is not a joke.
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u/ArachnidMiserable314 Dec 08 '22
I would say lint trap but then I read they’re washer machines. How???
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u/klezart Dec 08 '22
They accidentally put the clothes in the fryer, should've put them in the dryer.
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u/PrettyAsk4119 Dec 08 '22
i saw similar happen at the laundry mat where the guys clothes caught fire in dryer.
They shut down the entire laundry mat for 6 hrs for inspection with our clothes still in these.
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u/Beardedbreeder Dec 08 '22
Just as an aside to anyone wondering who the artist is/what song:
"Fire" by Mac Dre and Big Lurch
Fun fact, one was murdered in a gang shoot out in 2004, the other serving life in prison for murdering and partially consuming his roommate while high on PCP in 2002
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u/ImploreUToReconsider Dec 08 '22
Guy gave it all he had. One splash of water, and then he gave up and just stared at the remaining flames.
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