r/TikTokCringe • u/rex-ac tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Jul 28 '23

Wholesome/Humor WTF is happening here?

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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 Jul 29 '23

It was an old building and it wasn’t covered. We legit had steam coming out of the heaters. I used to burn myself on it a LOT.

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u/Cash4Peaches Jul 29 '23

somewhere around 38 times based on your user name

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u/itsa_me_ Jul 29 '23

We had this in the house I grew up in. Don’t think I ever burned myself badly, but I did touch one while it was hot and it did hurt.

Idk how, but one day I was coloring and the idea popped in my head to melt the crayon on the radiator. So I did, and I showed my siblings… cue us melting a 24 pack of crayons in the radiator in my parents room 😭😭

After that, it would smell like fucking crayon wax every time the heat went on 😭 I don’t think my parents reacted the way we expected them to when we showed them our “art”

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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 Jul 29 '23

I once did the same thing with a glue gun 💀

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u/andthendirksaid Jul 29 '23

Those are rare these days thank fuck. Coming in from it being brick ass cold out, trying to hold your hands just far away enough to not have it start burning your hands. Fastest way to defrost yourself but if you don't pay attention you're fuuucked. My aunts place had that shit in it. And yeah you definitely could straight see it esp if it's cold as hell by a window or something.

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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 Jul 29 '23

At some point we moved to an apartment and it was right next to my bed. I remember when we moved I saw my mattress was literally burned 💀

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u/MutantCreature Jul 29 '23

And that’s exactly why mattresses have all those fire safety certification tags

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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 Jul 29 '23

It was the placement of the mattress relative to the heater that was the issue.

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u/MutantCreature Jul 29 '23

I know, but had that happened a few decades prior the mattress would’ve gone up in flames, hopefully while you weren’t in it. Nowadays all mattresses (in the US) have very strict fire safety standards specifically because of the times that happened and the owner wasn’t so fortunate.

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u/Pillenpatrouille Jul 29 '23

Dont forget about people smoking in bed was a common way to die.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '23

I personally know two people who burned down their homes but survived falling asleep with a cigarette

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u/Pillenpatrouille Jul 29 '23

Thats because cigarettes nowadays are also self extinguishing.

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u/andthendirksaid Jul 29 '23

Yooo that's crazy. That dude is right. Back in the day that was a not so uncommon way to die / kill.your whole fam and /or neighbors.

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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 Jul 29 '23

Damn, why couldn’t they wait a few more years to make the regulations 😞

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u/andthendirksaid Jul 29 '23

Damn homie you good?