Well with women having these on hand at least the incels will finally achieve one of their objectives:
Women thinking they're smokin' hot.
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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And yet somehow I feel this might not be the best path forward.
Well... let's try it out for a little and see what happens.
Typically without solid training what happens is the weapon gets turned on the wrong person.
But, for the sake of a good time we can imagine some asshole pervs getting lit up like a cigar. Heh heh. Awesome.
Honestly, I hope it is more deterrent than anything else
Idk, having something that could melt metal from a safe distance as a deterrent seems a bit overkill. But don't take my word for it, I might be overreacting.
It's just running on butane - it won't have enough heat mass to melt metal (and produce any notable flames). Probably it won't do much more to a person than startle the hell out of them and maybe ignite their hair.
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I hope the QA is good. Training or no training, these aliexpress specials will probably just self immolate in your bag.
Also, fire doesn't just stay put. Yes, you might burn the attacker, but catch the building on fire killing people.
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There is one benefit to this. If you're talking to a women at a bar and the people around you starting to move away, you know you're crossing some lines.
I am a man. I am buying six of these, a pair of rollerskates, a hockey stick, a mini fire extinguisher, and some string.
See you guys on TV later!
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Hey, idiot asses, it’s a meme. That’s just a dumb lighter for idiots you can get on temu. Are you really stupid enough to believe they are handing out flamethrowers because of a post on a meme instance?
dumb lighter for idiots
Meaning a tool idiots can use to set the dumbs on fire?
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I've never been more sure of anything, ever.
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If I don’t hear about women being arrested because some creep got immolated for catcalling them, I am going to be disappointed.
Over catcalling? That seems somewhat insane though no?
Unwanted touching or stalking or threatening and such i could see of course, but reciprocating men trying to get a womans attention (in a crappy and rude fashion) with literally death and/or permanent disfigurement and pain is a little drastic.
We rightly abhor the insane acid attacks committed on women over some minor transgression out of some fucked sense of honor, sometimes happening in certain countries; how is this a viable position to hold just because the genders are reversed?
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Well, that's the issue I find with this device, the same as guns or general physical force used against harasment and violence against women: it just leads to the woman getting arrested because the issue in the first place is that law enforcement and courts DO NOT take harasment and violence against women seriously
Bingo. This isn't a solution to the problem, it’s a response. The actual problem isn’t being addressed in the slightest. People defending themselves will continue to get blamed for standing their ground. The only solace to be had from that is that women being arrested for “assault” will serve as external confirmation that these things are being used and that they work.
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TFW the party's mage casts fireball in a small room...
You say that as if casting fireball is ever a bad idea.
I can be trusted with this, I promise
None of us can be trusted to act responsible with a personal fire thrower.
That bear isn't gonna know what it hit.
Cool idea but that thing needs a bigger fuel tank, looks like it'll be empty after 30 seconds of use
Does it take longer than 30 seconds to burn someone?
Depends on if you're going for shock or efficiency.
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Because there is no way this could go wrong
"I'll touch your dick if you take a hit of this vape"
Selling something to anyone that can shoot flames up to 20 feet seems like a bad idea. Predators should probably be set on fire, but this sounds like it would take the entire block down with it.
It's all about peer pressure: don't bother her or they will suffer the consequences.
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I kind of get it. It looks a little bit scary so you flash it and some intrusive guy should get the message and fuck of. Probably as effective as spring knife would be but more fancy looking. As an actual self defense weapon it would be useless. I would be easy to close the distance fast and knock it out. I guess this is part of the appeal. It looks scary but is not really that dangerous. Knife would be a better weapon but that's exactly you don't want to carry a knife around. It turns any fight in a life or death situation while a big lighter like this is just a prop. Anyway, just get some pepper spray.
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