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Is a lighter effective because it's on fire? Or just because it's hot?

If you made a lighter that was just as hot as another lighter, would it work just as well even if it had no fire?

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[-] honeyontoast@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago

Cars have (or had, I don't know if they're still included) an electric lighter that you pushed in to heat up. It was basically a little metal ring that got really hot. So I think it probably is the heat.

I remember my friend also had a plasma lighter, that unsurprisingly used plasma to light things. It made a really scary noise in the wind and hurt like a motherfucker to touch. We were 18 and dumb.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 months ago

It's the heat and no, cars don't come with lighters anymore. The power sockets are still there but they even come with warning labels to not try use a lighter in them. No idea what happens if you try.

[-] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Itll melt the plastic around the socket as they arent designed to tolerate heat anymore.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the answer though I've seen some metal ones still with the warning label.

[-] charles@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Could be chromed plastic

[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Driving off a cliff is even dumber still. Its not a dumbest thing contest though

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago

It wasn't until you showed up.

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Nah, that was all you. Nobody said smoking was a good idea. Just that it's stupid to create a fire hazard to make a car 0.0001% more profitable. You barged in with a weird non sequitur. I was just pointing it out.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago
[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Was that what it was supposed to be? Don't quit your day job.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

It's OK, not everybody has the capacity to understand the nuances of language.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You don't have to light a cigarette with a lighter. What's truly dumb is forgetting how useful fire is...

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, fire is super handy for all sorts of things while I'm driving a car.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Ah yes, why have the ability to do anything you don't immediately need to do?! I am a smart person!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

We're talking about lighters in cars, buddy.

[-] wiccan2@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

My car seems to be from the transition period, it has a lighter but no ash trays in the front, only in the back.

I guess it's fine for the kids to smoke while watching the in built DVD players but not the driver and front passenger /s

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

There may have been an accessory package available that gave you a cup-shaped ashtray to put in the cupholder

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