PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoWe are truly reaching levels of doublespeak not seen since the GWB Administrationhexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkWe are truly reaching levels of doublespeak not seen since the GWB Administrationhexbear.netPM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoSometimes you also do it in urban environments, though normally you’d just chop down the surrounding houses. It’s pretty wild.
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHigh explosives are used to put out oil well fires. Not sure what the theory is there, though.
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoMy guess would be the shockwave disperses the fuel and deprives it of oxygen, like blowing out a really really big candle.
Sometimes you also do it in urban environments, though normally you’d just chop down the surrounding houses. It’s pretty wild.
High explosives are used to put out oil well fires. Not sure what the theory is there, though.
My guess would be the shockwave disperses the fuel and deprives it of oxygen, like blowing out a really really big candle.