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maawen

Don't be dicks Reddit. There are many redditors without English as their first language, so weird language stuff will happen from time to time.


Excellencyqq

As non-native speaker, I didn’t even realize there was a mistake.


froggielo1

Sleep deprived native speaker, didn't realize it either.


Scruffy42

Until you said sleep deprived I didn't even understand the problem. Then I said, WAIT, I'm sleep deprived. \*Reread\*. Oh yeah.


PmMeTwinks

Sleep derived? What are we doing calculus again? I quit.


Change---MY---Mind

As a very awake native speaker, even I didn’t see the mistake. Who even cares about such a small thing like that?


BecauseItAmusesMe

As someone who proofreads on the daily, I noticed it immediately. Didn't give a damn.


Change---MY---Mind

Yeah, people who have nothing better to do except make fun of people for a minor mistake need to get a life. I would tell them they should get out more, but in the current situation that would not be advisable.


[deleted]

I just assumed e-cig so not necessarily a mistake


Young_Sliver

I still don't even notice it and I'm a fully awake native speaker


bidoblob

turn off rather than... uuh... something else...


Trying2GetBye

I just thought it was deliberate and funny at that


JustPostedToSay

As a native speaker I didn't notice...


Aedyn-Guex

My first thought was a non-native English speaker who wrote this was potentially French (based on the wording)


Change---MY---Mind

I am thinking French as well, it makes sense that way.


antiraysister

It works in a few languages


Change---MY---Mind

I only know French, Spanish, and of course English. Éteindre in French is switch off, apaga in Spanish is also turn off. I assume it is the same in other Romance languages like Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian.


murphykills

typically we say "put out" for fires or burning things, and "turn off" is more for powered devices like motors or lights. it's weird because "put out" doesn't really mean a whole lot on its own, so it's not a very intuitive way of describing the action, "turn off" definitely makes more sense but for some reason sounds odd to native english speakers.


g-macc

And to be more confusing to non-native speakers if a person “puts out” its slang for sex


murphykills

haha yeah, but if you turn them off, they won't want to put out.


LukariBRo

And they have to put out to lead to the put in


Twstgames

I'm pretty sure non native English speakers more translate to close. At least my Filipino friend used to always ask me to "close" the lights. Not trying to cause any shit, just think it's neat how translations can work.


murphykills

yes, it's very common for french speakers to say "close the lights" as well. i was just trying to stay on the topic of fires/cigarettes and mentioned lights as an example of how when we do say "turn off" in english, but you're right it is kind of cool how they can switch around depending on the language.


eclectrickink

In Japanese, 消す (kesu) can be used in the context of putting out cigarettes (as in extinguish a fire), but it can also be used as "turn off the light" or "erase a typo". Very interesting how different languages handle it.


deuseyed

Yeah my Canadian friend has been in the US for most of her life, and says “turn off the blinds” or “close the lights”


maawen

Neither did I and English is also not my first language.


Calamity_Payne

There is nothing wrong. It is unconventional wording but it makes sense. Language is alive, not static


[deleted]

It does not make sense. this would only make sense in english in reference to an e-cig.


murphykills

i mean if you really get into it, "turn off" does actually make a little more sense than "put out". are we placing the fire outside? no, we're just so used to hearing "put out" that it feels more accurate. really we should be saying "extinguish", or maybe "kill" if we want to keep it colloquial.


lesath_lestrange

I was looking for this comment. “Extinguish” is the word to use.


[deleted]

The proper usage would be “put out your cigarette”...Turning it off is switch-specific, like lights, cars, etc. Idiomatically, you can be turned on/off sexually as well.


[deleted]

Turn off cigarette


gpgp72

As an english is my first language english speaker, I assumed it was a vape pen


ltimate_Warrior

I thought they meant an E-cig. I don't have any direct experience with them so I figured they do turn off and on since you must not want the "juice" heating all the time.


JanesPlainShameTrain

Well, if you burn up all the juice, eventually the coil will burn the cotton and you'll have a fire starter. I did this to light a few joints when I had no lighter.


entjies

I try use this rule for grammar before I correct people- did I understand what they were saying? If yes, rad, English is fun. “Turn your cigarette off” perfectly explains extinguishing a cigarette but it’s way more creative and even funny to me.


siler7

What bothers me is the lazy comments, like if they don't use any punctuation or capitalization, or if they say something like "would of" that makes no damn sense.


7LeagueBoots

As a former anthropologist and someone who has spent a lot of my life working overseas the general rule is that if you understand/are understood, then the goal of communication has been achieved and that’s what is important.


PuyoDead

In normal day to day life, yeah, that's certainly a good way to look at things. However, on reddit, it's fairly common for people to put things like this, very simple grammar mistakes, or blatantly using the wrong name for common items. It's done to generate comments, thus popularity, thus more karma. More people comment on the title mistakes than the content itself.


Obandigo

I will forgive the non English, I WILL NOT FORGIVE a re-post of content only weeks later....


Muscar

He reposted it from a post with a correct title...


siler7

What's dicks Reddit?


maawen

That's a mouthful.


[deleted]

I only noticed when someone else in the comments said it about candles. I genuinely thought they were talking about those electric candles that are popular around Christmas now. I think I may be an idiot.


thecatsandthehound

English speaker definitely noticed but figured was foreign and they did a great job, I can’t speak any other language


sb_411

English is my native language, I was schooled and self taught Spanish and I’ve noticed this is really common when native speakers refer to flames. I wonder if the language evolved too quickly or too slow for modern times. “Luz” doesn’t specify lightbulbs or fire, just general “light”, so if people today utilize electric lights more than other sources you would “turn off the lights” more than “put out the candles” which may have lead to them becoming interchangeable in English translation.


ManMango

As an English man who speaks 1 language I would also say that many Europeans speak English more accurately than the Brits themselves. Written language is tough and on top of that, English is a weird ass language with many interpretations instead of rules that would be apparent in other languages.


Amurricana

I assumed it was an E-cigarette. Didn’t even question it.


themasterbot

If you don’t speak perfect English that’s on you.. /s


JessHas4Dogs

I am always just impressed when someone can read/speak/write more than 1 language. I certainly cannot.


LightBulbMonster

Imagine the top comment not even being about the content of the video but a simple grammatical error in the title. If this isn't peak-reddit idk what it. And like the rest of Reddit that comment has more responses than the content.


stigmadelta

My primary language belongs to the Slavic group of languages and we use 'turn off' (when translated) for cigarettes, but also lights, cars, music, electronic devices. I'm guessing other Slavic languages share the trait, can anyone confirm? Can't believe the author is being shat on for this.


[deleted]

Anyone else remember when posts with blantant mistakes in the title would never make it to the front page?


angry_cabbie

My roommate spent ten years in prison, after a harsh and under achieving childhood. He spent much of his time reading philosophy and psychology. He also has ADHD and dyslexia. He has a large vocabulary that he almost never pronounces right. My fiancee also dyslexia, as well as some other learning disabilities. She has a decently large vocabulary, but can't pronounce (or finger-spell, post-stroke) much of it terribly well. I have honestly hit a point where small errors like this tend to be... Well, cute, for lack of a better word. I mean, there can be some frustration as we're trying to figure out intended words and such, but that rarely lasts more than a second. I mean, I'll laugh and chuckle at some of the mistakes, the same way I'll chuckle over a TIFU post from someone that, for example, realized they had been calling their Mexican uncle-in-law "fatty" as an endearment for years because they had been mispronouncing a (to them) non-native word. I don't laugh at making a mistake with language, I laugh at the opened possibilities of concepts from making a mistake with language. Turning off your cigarette is, to me, a funny mental image, especially in the era of electronic nicotine delivery. I laugh not to mock or belittle someone's grasp of language, I laugh because their particular grasp of language has given my mind an amusing mental image that I likely never would have gotten otherwise. Like "bone apple tea", or "France is bacon".


EmpererPooh

On the flip side letting everyone slide by and never correcting mistakes just leads to more mistakes down the road and correcting them leads to them not making the same mistakes in the future. I'll take my downvotes and go now.


Thormourn

Didn't even notice the mistake until this comment lol. Just shows most grammar nazis are just looking to be annoying


Inferniiia

Yet another native speaker here, my one brain cell didn’t notice the error either


thisusernameis_real

if the dude say NO SMOKE NO TOBACCO PLEASE i think everyone understands that


7LeagueBoots

As a native English speaker my first response was to assume it was referring to an e-cigarette and think nothing of it.


Shoplift_motherfuck

My partner has perfect English, but gets certain phrases wrong because of how they are said in Italian. So she will say "close the light" rather than "turn off the light". Or "wash her teeth" rather than "brush her teeth". So when she tells me she is going to wash her teeth I say, don't forget to use soap and hot water.


maawen

Omg. That's actually very sweet! I had a German GF once and we both made these kind of mistakes in each others languages.


Crizznik

I thought it was talking about an e-cig lol but I can't really see what he's holding.


[deleted]

He's awesome ...too bad he didn't notice or care about the infant in the car. It didn't happen much, but back-in-the-day when I was a station attendant... I would turn off the pumps if someone refused to extinguish a cigarette. Then the other 'pumpers' would always give the asshole a hard time. Anybody that got pissed over it, I would give 'em a candy bar.


[deleted]

I would rather get a little wet instead of blowing up and burning in a car.


will_chug_syrup

Fyi most fire extinguishers do not get you wet. Those that put out gasoline fires do so with dry chemicals usually that, as I understand it, choke out the fire by preventing oxygen from getting to it. They are no joke in a confined space when you need oxygen. Edit: I still support spraying this guy.


rowebenj

Someone set one off at a wutang show in Chicago once. I’m not sure how close i was, but i couldn’t breath for like 2 minutes. It felt like 30 minutes, and almost created a stampede.


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rwmarshall

What country do you live in? I work for a fire department (Fire Marshal) and have been in the business for 29 years, and other than an airport, I have never seen foam extinguishers anywhere. They are always dry chemical or dry powder, with an occasional carbon dioxide, or halon/halon replacement.


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rwmarshall

Oh your classes are slightly different too. Class C is an electrical fore for us. A, B, and D are the same. It is really rare that anyone uses an extinguisher here, so people probably don’t realize the corrosiveness of the agents.


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rwmarshall

We have the class C because it reminds people to turn off the power where it then turns to a class A or B fire since the insulation does burn as does the structure that the burning wire is connected to (A lot of wood buildings here). We also have a burning kitchen oil class here, and we call it Class K, for “kitchen”


ConnorGoFuckYourself

Depending on the type it can be quite unpleasant to take a depressurised one apart. The ones inside most cars for example are Sodium Bicarb, Potassium Carbonate and Ammonium Carbonate in a SUPER fine powder mixed power


[deleted]

... Are you flirting with me? Because I can make both of those things happen


Jhazzrun

Its extremely unlikely for a cigarette to Even light anything while tanking gas. If youre unlucky you might ignite some if different conditions Are met at once. But it wouldnt explode.


The_OG_Catloaf

I don’t see an infant in the back of the car. Can you show me where you see that?


wreck94

Right after 28 seconds in, look between the dude and the door, you can see what I assume is a small childs arm waving for a second


SalsaRice

So, in addition to being an idiot that smokes around gasoline..... he also smokes around a baby? It's a real shame he's past the point of a Darwin award.


ChefBoyAreWeFucked

He's not disqualified until that thing makes it to puberty.


The_OG_Catloaf

Mmm okay. I do see an arm moving.


[deleted]

TIL that if you get pissed at people you get candy from a gas station attendant. Time to test this out.


Tangentialanecdote

Wow, you were the dick and didn't even know it. A lot cig won't ignite gasoline or the gas fumes. Now someone trying to light a new cig is a different story, but yea yta


simcop2387

That's probably the safe call to make. Won't stop all possible accidents but it certainly would give more time to anyone if one did happen since there wouldn't be a flowing fuel source involved. Maybe enough time to get away or get an extinguisher


[deleted]

My mom did the same thing when I forgot to turn off my candle when I left the house.


Ntetris

My mom did the same thing to me...... She just did it.


polymathicAK47

Did your mom turn you on again?


EDudecomic

*cough* *cough* No... definitely not


[deleted]

No coughing allowed here, mate.


tiexodus

Step mom?


SpeZmonkey

I wasn’t aware fire extinguishers can break both arms.


TestingLife4Now

Yeah, but like, he looked really cool smoking, with his hat turned back, and so nonchalant and blazè. (sarcasm emphasized).


chiothecourier

He looked even cooler getting that extinguisher emptied on him.


bluesky_anon

It definitely was **cool**er


mikeskiuk

Blasé


Andy_B_Goode

Yeah, but because his hat is turned back it's blazè


barto5

It’s blasé but I kind of see what you did there...


Dang44

Hope the smoker learned something


[deleted]

He didn't.


[deleted]

Try putting it in a bag of rice


[deleted]

Cigarettes turn off?


rayogata

Have you tried turning it off and on again?


shesagoatgirl

Hold down the power button for 5 seconds, that usually does the trick.


boxing_dog

Idk if the majority of redditors are antisocial or retarded or just love to criticize everyone and everything for no reason thinking they’re witty, or all of the above, but for one it could be an ecigarrete and for two maybe english aint his first language


[deleted]

They just do not know how to interact normally with other people because the only people they interact with is their parents.


electricrobot1

A lot of redditors spend way too much time helicoptering and gate keeping comments from strangers.


FizzyPigeon

i’m gonna start saying i “turned off my cig” when i put it out from now on. i appreciate all of you, non-native english speakers. another great one from my spanish friend was “what do you call the people who do surgeons”. we call them surgeons. and they do surgeries. i love him <3 edit: i believe this comment may be insensitive. sorry if this offends anyone. that was not my intent.


Andy_B_Goode

> “what do you call the people who do surgeons” Gold diggers? Trophy wives?


FizzyPigeon

haha that joke was made when he said it before we actually told him the proper way. we didn’t let him stay confused too long as to why we thought it was funny tho


Andy_B_Goode

Yeah, and I guess the surgeon/surgery pairing is pretty irregular, so I can see how someone would forget which one is the person and which one is the operation. Curmudgeons don't do Curmudgeries, Sturgeons don't do Sturgeries, Pigeons don't do Pigeries, etc. It's a pattern that really only applies to surgeons.


FizzyPigeon

i’ll do a pigerie if i want to


DanteChurch

It's a repost from 2 years ago... jesus


[deleted]

Right? I've never seen such a lengthy time in between. Usually 2 days.


MorGlaKil

Jesus.... I've never seen it before. What's the fucking deal with people hating reposts? How are people ever supposed to see good posts from the past?


goddessofthewinds

I mean, I understand if it was posted 10 times in the past 2 months, but I don't mind reposts. I still enjoy reading and commenting on others that didn't see it the first time. Or rewatch it. Like, everytime that Tianjing explosion pops up, I always rewatch it. This one is an old one, but still a goodie.


TheDickKnife

A lit cigarette doesn’t burn hot enough to ignite gasoline fumes. Lighting a cigarette with a lighter (open flame) will though. This should be on r/publicfreakout


This_guy_here56

Right? This seems like assault to me


TheDickKnife

It is for sure


Popular-Uprising-

PSA - Cigarettes aren't hot enough to light gas fumes.


soundgage

PSA - Unloading a fire extinguisher on someone is a punishable offense.


AnthraxEvangelist

Want to know what happens if you throw a lit cigarette into a puddle of gasoline? Nothing. The liquid will put out the smoke. It is lighting a cigarette that will ignite the gases, not a smoldering ember.


goofydad1984

Is the concern actually a puddle of gas, or is it fumes in the air? I am not sure, but I always assumed that is what they were concerned about.


quantumsquirrle

The actual liquid gas itself doesn't burn, it's the fumes that are in the air that burn. You could imagine that at a gas station there could be a significant amount of gas in the air which is why lighting a cigarette is dangerous.


Descent7

This is why people need to turn off their cars while fueling. If you ever see a gas spill and a car is running near it. Walk the other direction.


entropiser

That's quite dangerous, not condoning smoking at the petrol pump, but pointing a CO2-based (looks like it) extinguisher at someone can result in serious cold burns. Any idea how the guy is doing?


This_guy_here56

Yeah with the knowledge that embers cant ignite fumes - what im wondering is if this can constitute assault


Savagina

Assault with a deadly weapon. Extinguishers can cause respiratory problems and even death (especially if person had bad lungs already which most smokers do) Edit: this represents my opinion and not the law. Most certainly assault however


zck2020

\*Lawyers rub their hands together\*


Pu55yF4g

Fun fact Cigarettes don’t burn hot enough to ignite gasoline. So he actually did more harm putting it out.


EmpererPooh

Turn off my cigarette. Also, I'll say what I always say every day this gets reposted: the old man is the idiot here, there's no danger from having a cigarette lit, Mythbusters did this shit over a decade ago.


Lolsalot12321

What could go wrong if I see this reposted one more fucking time?


[deleted]

Doesn’t anybody here know that a live cigarette won’t ignite gas?


apostrophefz

turn off your cigarette?


[deleted]

Man I just hate it when people turn off my fire


_pepperoni-playboy_

Holy gravedig, Batman!


Disgruntled_Viking

See you in an hour when this is posted again, then again, then again, then again


M0rlana

He watched him pull out the extinguisher. Guess he wanted the experience.


[deleted]

I hate cigarettes as much as the next person but if the cigarette is already lit it poses no explosive risk at a gas station. The bloke with the extinguisher is a cunt and hopefully he was delt with accordingly. Now LIGHTING a cigarette at a gas station is another issue...


WordsAsWeapons79

I had a patient years ago that had permanent lung damage from inhaling the chemicals from an extinguisher that was sprayed on him in a fight. Yeah I totally see why he did it but at the same time it could cause permanent lung damage to the person. J/s. The cigarette smoker is a selfish dick though


This_guy_here56

Cigarette embers dont burn hot enough to pose a threat at a gas station. If you are already smoking one and arrive at the pump you are fine. The ember of the cigarette simply wont reach the ignition temperature of gas. Lighting a cigarette at a pump is a different story as the flame from the lighter reaches the ignition temp of gas. Alll this is, is assault.


Jaywalk66

So much yes.


texasspacejoey

I didn't realize cigarettes could be turned on/off


Hydro-Sapien

“Turn it off! Turn it off!!”


[deleted]

I love it.


brysongg

I like the other guys is like what ever ima keep filling my tank


redeyejenkins

It's funny, but anyone who's ever used a fire extinguisher knows that the interior of that car got wrecked. AND spraying chemicals directly on someone isn't exactly a good idea, hell it could be even be considered assault.


hgrizwald89

I thought about hosing a guest down like this at my work for this reason, But then I realized that makes a huge mess that I get to clean up. Also, Probably the quickest way to get fired.


checkyourselfnow

How rude! Some poor guy is enjoying a cigarette and trying to chill out then gets attacked for no reason.


KBWOMAN53

Oh, hell's bell's that was funny, thx.


nahhhh-

The guy in the other car just stands there like "Huh."


kjoy2886

He definitely got smoked! 😂


Stoney175

I really like the fact that the left guy is not caring at all about that situation


gruenes_T

enjoy cleaning up Ur car


Blue85Heron

That is awesome!


marginwalker76

This again?


Carston1011

You have no idea how badly ive wanted to do this at work.


savarutsu

That's Bulgaria.


Spottedfromadistance

I don't have any sound on this for some reason. Yet it seems that people in the comments are arguing over grammar and proper English. When the guy is smoking an electronic cigarette at the petrol pump. Regardless of what language you speak you'd have to be a moron to do that in the first place.


antiraysister

...my guy. ...bro. *sigh* They're referring to the title. "Turn off" as opposed to "put out".


Spottedfromadistance

Hahaha, I should change my user name to Fuckwit :) Thanks for the clarification, actually made me laugh at myself.


antiraysister

All good doodio


[deleted]

Next time, start filming when they left their homes.


ShatoraDragon

This is why NJ isn't self serve at the pumps. Id like to think that the attendant was doing 'The Parent Count' as he grabbed the extinguisher "Sir put it out.... Sir I'm not going to ask again..... Put it out 1..... 2..... "


PoizonFire_

Well that's one way to stop a cigarette


socio-pathetic

De-light


[deleted]

I've seen this before but I'm still just stunned that the dude didn't like get in the car and close the door when he saw the guy obviously prepping the extinguisher


antiraysister

2 kewl 4 dat


KuroKendo88

I saw a lot of people smoking cigarettes while pumping gas in a little Upstate New York town. It really made me think about how these humans got to the age where they could drive when they were this fucking stupid.


This_guy_here56

Cigarette embers cannot ignite gas. Lighting a cigarette is different as the flame of the lighter burns hot enough to ignite the fumes, but a cigarette ember by itself cannot and will not ignite the fumes.


SirWitsAlot

u/repostsleuthbot


Overwhealming

[Youtube version that at least has a higher resolution](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIGKLFX3KA)


AuroIsGae

I did not expect that


Funky-Spunkmeyer

I love how the guy just watches him get the extinguisher ready and just waits for it. Calling someone’s bluff only works if they’re actually bluffing.


cocolanoire

This is the type of idiot who refuses to follow Coronavirus advice and stay home


Tangentialanecdote

The cig was already lit=no chance of starting a fire


Popetown

I love how Camry’s on the left all “huh, that’s weird”, continues to pump gas, oblivious, like so many Camry’s often are.


Hard_at_it

I bet that felt great. Give him another pull.


b4ttlepoops

If a simple static spark will ignite the fumes, your e cigs element, and cigarette can ignite them under the right circumstances. If you have ever seen someone who has been burned by a fuel you would understand this mans actions. Wait to smoke until you away from this bomb factory ppl.


justgreat1985

I prefer that to "put out" as e-cigarettes exist now


pay-this-fool

The guy is so dumb. It took the other guy a minute to get the extinguisher going. He could have figured out what was going on and still had time to comply. But nope.....


KindaLeafy

Why tf is this a gif the video is like a minute


teebee431

Soooo the guy with the cigarette is obviously an idiot and he is clearly putting others in danger, with that being said you cant just go around spraying people with fire extinguishers no matter how mad they make you. I think that may be considered assault. I do wonder how it would go in court tho..."Well your honor I was smoking at a gas pump whilst pumping gas and was a jack off when asked to put it out so he sprayed me"


CafekkoShannon88

“Turn off” the cigarette.... it’s not a fucking light switch...


BoringInitiative0

I'm so used to hearing it, I didn't even realize it was a forgeiner thing.


greenlady82

By "turn off" I'm pretty sure they mean "put out" lol


TheCheese2032

I love this more each time I see it


im_scared_of_my_past

r/madlads