#HOUSEFIRE

[oxytocinatrocities]

A comic I drew about leaving the Mormon church.

Can also apply to other things. Ex. constitutional originalism in the US

[sunbegotten]

where were you when it all came crashing down?

[marzipanandminutiae]

Sorry if this is inappropriate, but I was kinda wondering what caused your house fire? What to avoid doing the future if it was preventative ya know

My housemate's e-bike battery was charging in their room, and combusted. I was at work; thankfully everyone else got out safely. But we all lost our apartment and most of our personal possessions. The bike's owner lost literally everything- they were in the shower and escaped wearing only a towel. Their room looked like a crater; that's not an exaggeration.

I support electric vehicles as part of the fight against climate change, but I REALLY need people to be aware of the risks. The lithium ion batteries they use are not like the one in your phone or your computer, or even in an electric car. While any of the above can catch fire, it seems like the ones in e-bikes and e-scooters are more likely to at the moment. And the fire burns hot and fast- I've heard conventional extinguishers can't even put it out, though I don't know much about that. This wasn't an off-brand bike or battery, either. It was by Rad Power, a well-known and popular company.

Follow all the recommendations for charging the batteries: on a flat surface, attended, and DO NOT leave them plugged in past full charge. That can help, but since this battery was not fully charged when it exploded, I strongly recommend charging them outside if at all possible. I believe some people do it inside an enclosed charcoal grill, the round sort with a cover? The cord would have to stick out but it's still SOME sort of protection in case of fire.

Personally, I will never live in a house with one again, but I have Trauma Reasons and some people need them for cheap reliable transportation. I get that. They're here to stay. We just have to protect ourselves until the technology gets past its teething troubles.

Close your bedroom door when sleeping and when you leave the house. I lost a lot, but my room was the least damaged because my door was closed- the fire literally skipped over my room and up through the ceiling crawl-space.

Beyond that- basic fire safety, I guess. Don't leave candles unattended, etc.

Take care of yourselves, people. Trust me, you don't want to go through even a nonlethal house fire- and this was the best-case scenario.

[thegoodmorningman]

Ignite your passion!!! Good Morning!!!

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for joking about a traumatic experience I went through?

Hi. Recently I (17M) got into a bit of a spat with a guy who I thought was my best friend, and so I’m looking for opinions.

For some context, a while back I took some freaky drugs. Some can’t-even-look-it-up-on-the-internet, top-secret type of shit. Something-something quantuam nanotechnology CPU.

Listen, I don’t really get it, but all you need to know is that they put a computer inside my brain. And the computer told me what to do. It helped me to be cool. It helped me rule.

That’s how I befriended stupid J (My “friend,” 17 M) in the first place. Before I took those drugs, I had NO-ONE. I was a LOSER. A dork who didn’t have a clue! But my computer brain made me POPULAR. Suddenly, I had all sorts of buds, and he was my favorite of them.

Real cool, badass sort of guy. A little bit dumb sometimes, but nice, too. I appreciated his friendship.

…However, eventually, things went tits up with my computer. Stupid thing started harassing me and I realized I wanted it GONE. It was going to, like… drive me insane or something if I left it be. I came to this realization in the midst of a party J was hosting, and desperately tried to get rid of the computer. But the only way to shut it off was with some long-discontinued nerd soda, and I didn’t have any of that! No-one did! So I did the next best thing.

I set a fire and I burned down J’s house.

Listen: I know how nuts that sounds… but you’ve gotta understand how desperate I was! I HAD to get that thing out of my head. Right then and there. And if the only way to do that was, like, ending my life or whatever in some terrifying inferno, then so be it.

And I DID almost die— passed out from smoke inhalation and everything. But stupid J had to intervene. Initially, he evacuated at first signs of the fire like everyone else, but then he realized I was still inside and decided to play hero. He ran in to rescue me, desperate to save my life.

He did manage to drag me away from the center of the fire, but just as he was nearing the exit, the house collapsed on him. Both of us survived, but we were pretty badly burned, and J broke both his legs.

Obviously, I felt pretty shitty about that. But it’s not like I could apologize right away. I was in the HOSPITAL.

And while I was in the hospital, some nightmare shit went down at school.

J and some other kids were putting on the school play (apparently, he felt well enough to be discharged early, albeit in a wheelchair), and unbeknownst to him, some jackass spiked the punch bowl they were using as a prop. Because of this, all of the actors in the school play, J included, were infected with the stupid computer pill brain drug, and they went on a rampage.

Eventually, another kid (I’ll call him LamerJ) managed to stop the madness. He found that long-discontinued nerd soda and shut off all of the evil computers, including the one inside my head (We all, like, had a psychic link via our computers. Long story).

Before he did this, though, like a complete dumbass, J stood up. Instructed by his computer to try and stop LamerJ, he GOT OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR AND STARTED MOVING AROUND.

The good news is this didn’t hurt him because the computer shut off his nerves or whatever. The bad news is walking around while you have already fractured legs is going to do irreparable damage to your body and he ended up SERIOUSLY messing himself up.

In just a few minutes, J’s prognosis went from “Your legs are going to need some time to heal” to “You will probably never recover fully. You are going to have a semi-permanent condition for life.”

J was… uh, pretty gutted about this. Dude was big into sports, and so that kinda damaged his prospects.

I apologized to J, OBVIOUSLY, and he said it was good. That we were all good. He said he wasn’t upset with me and he got I wasn’t in my right mind, and after that things were supposed to go back to normal. He was going to be able to get to know the real me.

But here’s the thing: I was struggling with some shit, too, and you know how I cope with that sort of thing? Through humor. I’d make jokes where I called myself stuff like “flaming hot’ and all the other kids loved it. Helped me feel a lot less shit about my burn scars. But apparently J had an issue with that.

He pulled me aside into the boys’ bathroom one day and, out of the blue, started demanding I needed to stop making jokes about the fire. All of a sudden, it was upsetting to him. I told him that I got why he was so crabby about things, but that the fire traumatized me too, and that I deserved the right to laugh at myself if it helped me cope.

I told him it wasn’t me he should be mad at for his injuries, anyways. He should have been mad at LamerJ or YetAnotherJ, who were responsible for letting the punch bowl get spiked. If it weren’t for that, the damage wouldn’t have been anywhere near as serious. They were to blame. Not me.

But he said that wasn’t true, and that as his friend, he expected more of me. He reminded me it was trying to save me he was even hurt in the first place.

I told him I never ASKED him to rescue me. That was his decision. I said I was sorry I didn’t go and factor his feelings into my GODDAMN SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

He started getting really angry. I got angry too. He said I ruined his life, and I said he must have wanted his life ruined. Something about those computer chips is they can’t make you do anything you don’t truly want. Therefore, at least SOME part of him wanted to stand up and shatter his legs. Maybe to get out of the responsibility of having to decide what he wanted to do with his future or whatever (Since he’d always been SO flaky about that).

He said if that were true, then clearly I wanted to burn down his house and hurt him. I told him the computer didn’t make me make that decision and he said that was even worse. He said I NEVER thought about how my actions affected the people around me, and then stormed off, saying he never wanted to see me again.

…AITA? I wasn’t trying to…— shit! I was just trying to cope with everything that happened. I didn’t realize he’d be such a stick in the mud about it. But maybe I am still a dipshit? For, like, being so stubborn or bringing him into all of this or whatever? I dunno. I feel really stressed.

This all sucks, man. Wish he’d just left me in that fire. Bet he’s wishing that, too.

[julialundgren]

"Home is where the heart is" 2.0! Originally it also had "...and mine is a housefire" in the title but that felt self explanatory. I decided to redraw it in a sketchier, less airbrushed style, not sure which version I prefer though!

[missspookie]

13 lesbians gather to one apartment to have breakfast for dinner, only for it to all go wrong

[zebrasonice]

Prayer Request for Neighbors who just lost house in fire.

So just a moment ago, our neighbor’s house caught fire. The fire was placed under control, and no one was inside during the fire, except for the family cat which is dead. The whole house aside from the garage is destroyed.

Please pray for them. They already had it rough, but a loss like this is difficult to bear. But thank God for firemen, and thank God no one else got hurt.

[mojomcjones]

This is my brother and his family. Please help by donating or sharing. Thank you so much.

[netherworldcon]

Learn to let go. Cleanse the soul with fire.

by Sam Johnson

[underground-hip-hop-affiliated]

BoriRock & al.divino "HOUSEFIRE"

[oxytocinatrocities]

Think for a minute about all the blessings in your life and say a brief prayer of gratitude to the CEO of the Universe. Also known as God, the work and glory of this self-made sociopath is to spread his gospel - prosperity gospel - to all the ends of the earth. Out of love.

[seccamsla]

Heroic Stranger Saves My Family and Home from Fire | Caught on Camera A huge thank you to the brave man who knocked on my door at 3:35 AM, alerting me to a fire that could have destroyed my house, my family, and the entire block. His quick thinking gave me the precious time I needed to grab a hose and keep the fire at bay until the fire department arrived. The police have arrested a possible suspect, and I’ll be following up for more details. This is a reminder of the power of community and vigilance. Thank you, hero, for saving us all! House fire caught on camera, heroic stranger saves family, fire alert at night, quick-thinking neighbor, house fire hero, fire emergency footage, family saved from fire, community hero, fire department response

Heroic stranger alerts family to fire

Importance of fire safety and vigilance

Real-life hero caught on camera

Community coming together in emergencies

Police investigation into the fire

Fire department response to emergencies

Gratitude for quick action in a crisis

Heroic Stranger Saves My Family and Home from Fire | Caught on Camera A huge thank you to the brave man who knocked on my door at 3:35 AM, alerting me to a fire that could have destroyed my house, my family, and the entire block. His quick thinking gave me the precious time I needed to grab a hose and keep the fire at bay until the fire department arrived. The police have arrested a possible suspect, and I’ll be following up for more details. This is a reminder of the power of community and vigilance. Thank you, hero, for saving us all! House fire caught on camera, heroic stranger saves family, fire alert at night, quick-thinking neighbor, house fire hero, fire emergency footage, family saved from fire, community hero, fire department response

Heroic stranger alerts family to fire

Importance of fire safety and vigilance

Real-life hero caught on camera

Community coming together in emergencies

Police investigation into the fire

Fire department response to emergencies

Gratitude for quick action in a crisis

[security-cameras-installation-la]

Heroic Stranger Saves My Family and Home from Fire | Caught on Camera A huge thank you to the brave man who knocked on my door at 3:35 AM, alerting me to a fire that could have destroyed my house, my family, and the entire block. His quick thinking gave me the precious time I needed to grab a hose and keep the fire at bay until the fire department arrived. The police have arrested a possible suspect, and I’ll be following up for more details. This is a reminder of the power of community and vigilance. Thank you, hero, for saving us all! House fire caught on camera, heroic stranger saves family, fire alert at night, quick-thinking neighbor, house fire hero, fire emergency footage, family saved from fire, community hero, fire department response

Heroic stranger alerts family to fire

Importance of fire safety and vigilance

Real-life hero caught on camera

Community coming together in emergencies

Police investigation into the fire

Fire department response to emergencies

Gratitude for quick action in a crisis

[feuerwehren-org]

Eine weitere Person befand sich noch im Dachgeschoss des Gebäudes und wurde durch Einsatzkräfte der Feuerwehr ins Freie gebracht.

[themagickinus]

Potion - style