Cats alone in a room with an open flame is a recipe for disaster, don't do it.
(this cat had good instincts, but many cats don't seem to understand what fire is and would not react this way)I immediately thought of this video: https://youtube.com/shorts/mM2-DnaEfwA?si=Bas5Tt8zFaDKDFXK
(Don't worry, the cat doesn't get hurt!)
Oh this is interesting knocks candle over
Some cats just want to watch the world burn
Is the second pic implying that she dumped hot wax down the drain?!?
That, or the cat got sick in the bath tub. I'm not sure why either is necessary for the story.
Maybe ran cold water on it and wax spilled out in the process? Either way, not an ideal way to deal with it
yes. what we have here is a photo of a cat, and a photo of a woman who just clogged their sink drain in a very bad way. the story of the "out of hand candle" is very clearly not real, this is honestly the first lemmy post I've seen similar to the ones that made me stop going on reddit
What does a candle 'going out of hand' supposed to mean?
I read it as "i left it unattended and set up in an unsafe manner to begin with." Lady is lucky the cat hissed.
Lady's lucky the cat didn't go up, run around, and burn the whole place down.
I like candles...but I only buy the big jars and won't leave one unattended at all until the flames are below the top of the jar. Can't imagine using tiny candle containers like this when you have a cat.
The cat knocked it over and it started to burn the carpet.
...Or you know, the whole story is some made-up BS but people will upvote it anyways.
If the surface of the wax overheats the whole surface can catch fire not just the wick.
Wax, when vaporized, is highly flammable. If the surface gets hot enough it starts vaporizing.
This more often happens when the wax is low and more heat is trapped by the sides of the jar. Or if you're a stupid kid and try to heat things with a candle.
The flames can actually be quite large
The flames can actually be quite large
so you're telling me this cat extinguished a large flame by hissing at it?
Never leave a room with a burning candle in it.
And then there is my orange dunce who would just stick his face in the candle and burn his whiskers off. Miss him.
It's also possible to have neither open flame candles nor cats and be in an equally "heroic" situation of not having a fire.
Captain danger here is my hero
One time my cat got up on the table and just walked by a candle and lit his tail on fire and didn’t even notice
And he's a handsome lad as well!
I was looking at the right picture way too long, wondering why there is a nipple in a glass
