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[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, I'd have just lit it on fire, but to each their own I suppose

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

Easier to light on fire if you pull it down first I guess?

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I mean aren't all flags held on by rope? And rope can be lit on fire... 🤷‍♂️

[-] notabot@piefed.social 21 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't burn anywhere near as well as you'd hope, unless you soak it in oil, or similar, first sadly, and manmade fibres are even less likely to carry the flame than natual ones.

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Why does this rope smell like it's been soaked in kerosene?

[-] notabot@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Uhhh... it helps lubricate the pulley to make it easier to raise and lower the flag. Yeah, that's it, definitely nothing to do with this ligher. Nothing at all.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nylon rope mostly just kind of melts a little bit of exposed to flames, but doesn't want to catch.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 weeks ago

Lower it, light it, and run it back up. At night, obviously.

Instant viral video.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

i probably would have too, but he thought that ahead better. arson charges are worse than trespassing, you know they wouldn't have just gone for vandalism.

this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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