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>> Yeah.
>> So let me get this straight,
first we use disposable lighters
to make miniature flash bangs?
Go away bad guys!
[screams and laughs]
Oh my god!
>> Right.
>> Then we wanted to see what happened
if you did like 30 of 'em at once,
which was a very bad idea!
[loud bang]
Jesus Christ!
>> It was ill advised, it was reckless.
>> So why are we still messing with this?
>> The comments said,
that if you throw a lighter at the ground,
get a bigger explosion. >> Just explodes on it's own!
So this is called tempting fate,
the sequel to Thor's rock slam!
>> Yeah, it's reckless and ill-advised
and it's so perfectly Modern Rogue.
>> Okay, fine, let's just get it over with. [laughter]
[crackling]
>> Okay, everybody in the comments acted like
we should've already known this,
have you ever heard of this,
that just throwing down a disposable lighter
would cause it to explode?
>> I did hear a story of a guy working in a factory,
and he had his lighter in his pocket,
and a single ember came and burned into his lighter.
It exploded and pierced his heart and killed him.
>> No! >> Yeah!
>> Then why are we doing this?
>> That's probably not going to happen.
>> Okay, I will confess that there was,
in the early days of Scam School,
I saw a trick where you could make the level
of butane go up on one side or down on the other
by warming the one side with a cigarette,
and I thought, well, even better would be a lighter.
So I held the lighter up next to it,
and sure enough it went [whooping],
and I was like, "Let me do the other side,"
and it went [whooping],
and then, and unfortunately, my three year old daughter
right over there at the time,
I did it and I was thinking,
I'm holding a flame up to a... and then it formed a...
it melted the plastic, a hole came out,
and a freaking jet just...
[imitating flamethrower]
>> Let's do that!
>> No, no, no, no, no, no! [laughs]
I suppose the theory is, you throw it down,
the spark happens as it breaks,
and I assume it's the butane that explodes?
>> That's what I'm thinking, I mean,
I don't really know of any science about this,
everyone said it worked, so we're going to test that legend.
>> Okay, I think it's time for us to trademark that phrase.
>> [laughs] I think it might be!
>> [laughs] I mean, it started off as a joke,
but here we are.
Okay, going to set these way over here.
I assume we want to hit with the striking surface first?
>> Sure!
That seems--
>> What else would it be, right?
>> That seems reasonable!
>> Also shouldn't we be on the same side?
I don't want to throw it at you.
Seems like... >> Yeah, you're right.
>> Go away commenters!
[small puff]
Whoa!
[slowed-down small puff]
Huh.
Okay, what that was, I'm certain was--
>> Pressurized butane?
>> It was the... okay, it was a crack in the plastic,
and the butane puffing like a puff of smoke.
>> Okay. >> So I'm guessing,
if you land it right, you also get a spark
that immediately ignites all that butane.
>> Yeah! Yeah, 'cause that wasn't smoke--
>> That was... >> that was just gas.
>> Yeah, correct, it was condensation.
All right, ready?
Good job, commenters!
[small tap]
Nope.
Thank you for your support, commenters!
[small tap]
>> Huh.
>> I'm trying really hard for you, commenters!
[small puff]
That's another puff. >> Again. Yeah, puff of butane.
>> You seem really confident about this, commenters!
[small tap]
[laughter]
It doesn't seem to be as obvious as you thought, commenters!
[small tap]
[slowed-down small tap]
>> There was a spark!
>> That time it hit, so if it had also broken...
>> Yeah.
>> I think we would've had it.
I don't have anymore witty catchphrases, commenters!
[small puff]
Hm, it does feel like I could vanish from a meeting with it.
[laughter]
>> And in a puff of butane, he's gone!
[small tap]
>> Aww.
>> There were sparks! >> Another spark.
We're getting the one or the other.
[small puff]
It does seem that the downward force works better.
So against my better judgment, I'm going to get closer.
>> Okay.
>> So it's more straight down.
>> All right, I'll put you out.
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[small puff]
Twitter.com/shwood!
[small puff] [groans]
>> Ow!
>> Did that hit you?
>> Yeah.
[slowed-down small puff]
>> Should be reminded that we're causing an explosion
that is yielding shrapnel.
>> Yes.
>> It's cheap plastic shrapnel, but this is shrapnel!
>> It is indeed.
>> Here we go.
[small puff]
That time we had the spark and the puff,
but I didn't see anything.
>> Yeah.
[slowed-down small puff]
>> Are we about to defeat a legend?
>> I think we might.
>> I'm going to say that if we get through the whole box
and this never works,
yes, somebody is going to say,
"You are doing it wrong."
>> Sure.
>> But I'm going to say it's not as reliable
as everybody is acting.
[small puffs]
Maybe this is the explosion they were talking about?
>> Maybe so.
[small puff]
>> I think that's the puff of smoke,
is they're just talking about the evaporating butane.
>> Yeah, 'cause that is definitely not the flaming ball
of excitement that I was expecting.
>> Here, do you want to try a few?
>> Yeah, yeah, sure.
>> I'll be the guy to put you out.
>> All right. Spoon!
[small puff]
[slowed-down small puff]
I mean it's cool. >> Yeah.
>> But it's not as exciting as I hoped.
>> Before we call it dog [beep],
let's give it its full try.
>> Okay, okay. Ready?
>> Ready.
[small puff]
Keep going.
[small puffs]
[laughs] I say go nuts man!
>> All right!
[small puffs]
>> Man, I don't want to call the commenters liars.
>> How 'about a fist full?
>> We'll give it a try.
Hold on, what happened last time we tried to do
a whole bunch of things at once?
[slowed-down large explosion]
>> It was awesome, that's what happened!
>> Oh Jesus, okay. [laughs nervously]
>> I got five of 'em here.
>> All right.
>> Ready.
[small puffs]
[slowed-down small puffs]
>> Yeah, that just feels more and more like an explosion.
[sighs] I can't believe I'm doing this.
>> There you go! >> All right, all right.
>> One or five?
>> One, one! Jesus!
>> Okay, so far, the ferrocerium bit
is a much better distraction tool than the entire lighter.
>> Oh, by a lot!
But if there is an ignition source there,
maybe that cloud will ignite.
>> Ready?
>> Ready.
[small puff]
[slowed-down small puff]
What?
It dusted all around the flame.
All right, do it again.
>> All right.
[small puffs]
>> [laughs] That's how wrong this is,
that's how much of a lie this is,
is that it blew out the candle!
All right, I'm not even going to bother with the rest of it.
Hey man...
>> Legend tested and found wanted.
>> Uh, yeah, look, maybe there's video out there
of this thing working differently than we were able to see,
but I'm going to say thank you for your support...
>> Yeah.
>> Fine commenters... >> Yes.
>> But this one I'm going to say
the ferrocerium rod is much more impressive.
>> Absolutely!
>> Especially if you're dumb enough
to do like, 30 of them at once.
[loud explosions]
Jesus Christ!
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>> Oh no! [laughter]
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>> Yeah!
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[laughter] I should stop.
I'm sorry.
>> Cameraman: What now lock-picking lawyer?
[laughs loudly] [clapping]
>> I want him to start showing up in the comments.
>> All of a sudden people are going to be saying like,
"Well, you haven't gone to a lighter exploding doctor."
[laughs] He has the better method for it.
>> Yeah actually, if you prepare the housing by bending it...