[0653] Persuasiveness
└ posted on Monday, 26 January 2015, by Novil
I have posted the results of the last five polls running on Sandra and Woo. There are now five new polls that appear randomly in the right sidebar:
- Do you generally prefer comedy webcomics or story webcomics?
- Which way do you find most new webcomics that you read (semi-)regularly?
- Did you prefer the American pic or the Russian pic in December’s strip “Propaganda” featuring Larisa?
- Harry Potter should have married […]?
- Which is your favorite type of media?
- Sandra: That’s never going to work.
- Larisa: Don’t you believe in the good in man?
- Sandra: Well…
- Larisa: Me neither. However, I believe in the persuasiveness of…
- Larisa: … a flamethrower!!
- Sandra: Who sold you a flamethrower?
- Larisa: The internet.
Y’know Larisa, there’s a how-to-make-a-homemade-flamethrower on the internet too. It’s a lot easier to modified into many cool things….. *cough*youheardnothingfromme*cough*
No, I did not!
Larissa! Here I see you again <3 It's been a while!
@ DLKmusic:
is that from the discworld series, ive just stared reading hose
Am I the only one who seems compelled to say Fairly Odd Parents reference (it’s probably not but ehh)
Hoping against hope that Larissa never discovers chlorine trifluoride. It is one thing to burn fuel, it’s another to oxidize everything in sight and poison it too. Flamethrowers are really subpar compared to modern super reactive agents like fluorine & phosphorus compounds.
Yup- flamethrowers are freely available in most States & used a fair bit to clear snow etc.
Someone else here got it right: heavy, awkward, difficult to refill, short duration, longer ranged than you might think (depends on fuel mix) & a winning combination of nobody likes you but everybody knows where you are. Larisa & Sandra will soon know if they are wearings synthetics or not
They are also maint intensive: bad things happen when seals, gaskets, hoses etc fail.
Not realty used in most Western military these days but still popular amongst some: NK & PRC come to mind.
Legality (assuming you signed & ratified) under Hague: OK for engineering purposes, not for intentional or planned apers applications.
One of the few weapons I have used that I did not like or enjoy.
Cheers,
Linz
I kinda wish I had one for road-melting duties. Twenty inches, oof.
The major problem with them was the inevitable leaks from gaskets and hoses soaked in fuel. Even a flame-retardant suit is little help if 10 gallons of fuel are suddenly ignited by a gust of wind.
@ CSJTFJ:
Certainly they have legitimate agricultural uses. How do you think they harvest all that popcorn in Nebraska? 🙂
Besides, EVERY kid wants a flamethrower! Much safer than matches and aerosol cans!
Gamesman wrote:
Yeah, It’s like a joke inside a joke. Most people, including BAFTE, recognize a flamethrower not as a “firearm,” but as an “explosive device,” and regulate it as such. Nothing says “Batshit Crazy” like owning a flamethrower and still wanting to use it, personally.
Larissa should know better than to use napalm. Dioyxgen difluoride is where it’s at. Chlorine trifluoride would be a good alternative.
Suuure, blame the Internet!
Larissa, never take things that the internet offers! The internet is a VERY bad influence!
@ Jerden:
Larisa is a VERY bad influence.
But, yeah, this isn’t going to end well.
@ Exponential Incineration:
Possibly because she wants to live?
Linz
Nice. I hope, You already got “little something” for joining to “blame internet” campaign. 😉
I see, what a great idea! Larisa’s gonna throw a BBQ – and everyone’s invited. ;D
That settles it, Sandra should be Lux, and Larisa should be Jinx.
@ Lucario:
Or knows her very well and just wants to watch the world burn. (Pun not intended.)
Propane flamethrower? Civilian.
http://throwflame.com/ Check out the video! 😀
Welp. The world’s over. It was nice while it lasted.
GOD DAMMIT INTERNET! This is why we can’t have nice things…Larisa burns it all to the ground with the Internet-bought flamethrower!
If Larissa got Fairy Godparents … what could possibly go wrong?
The look on her face as she fires is simply priceless!
@ Deadman:
Get that girls some FOOOF. (Difluoridetrioxide) pronto.
@ Nick/Tyrong:
this is the same country where they needed to amend their constitution to allow them to walk around in short sleeved tops (and to arm bears or something)
@ TuxedoPenguino:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE
@ Hogtree Octovish:
Hey, just because Sandra’s Next question was:
“Do they have a Bedazzled model?”
…
Okay. Officially scared.
So that’s who it was that outbid me on eBay for that flamethrower! I needed it to get the moles in my flowerbeds.
According to Cracked.com, in some states it’s legal to own a flamethrower or even protect your property with land mines.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18732_6-things-you-wont-believe-are-more-legal-than-marijuana.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_17016_7-items-you-wont-believe-are-actually-legal.html
@ Sarusig:
Scarey but true.
@ abowden:
You can get killed or worse from homemade flamethrowers as well.
Tip 1: don’t start with a supersoaker
@ Exponential Incineration:
Read ‘Ignition’ or ‘Sand won’t save you from this one’
L would not only gas everyone from primary leakage or combustion products- but destroy everything as well
On the bright side she didn’t find someone to kill online.
Ah Fairly Oddparents. Will your jokes never go out of style?
@ Sarusig:
http://www.flamethrowerplans.com/ Your argument is invalid
DLKmusic wrote:
He who would rather curse the darkness rather than light a single candle, hath lost his flashlight in the powder magazine…
Oh yeah!
So either the internet has horrible judgement (selling Larisa a flamethrower!), or it hasn’t read Sandra & Woo.
The Pointer Sisters sang:
@ Luke:
Me too! xD
Actually the internet didn’t SELL her the flamethrower, it taught her how to BUILD it, seriously there are youtube videos about how to make a flamethrower with a super soaker.
The worst part about this is that this could actually happen. Flamethrowers are completely unregulated in many states, and those that do regulate are rarely strict about it, due to their importance in agriculture with a surprisingly large number of legitimate uses. For example, sugar cane is burned before harvesting to remove the dead leaves and a waxy coating.
@ Sarusig:
LOL
So true.
Larisa must NEVER see the video of the guy that built a device to shoot fireballs from his palms…
I guess I should be surprised that Larisa seems to keep weapons like axes and flamethrowers hidden all over town, but I’m not.
Funny how many things ¨The Internet¨ is a valid answer to. Sort of like ¨Glimmer science¨ or ¨Dina¨.