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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 07:08:10 JST Evan Prodromou

   I try not to judge people's lifestyle choices, but people who smoke at gas stations seem really dangerous to me.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 10:07:15 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Pax Ahimsa Gethen

     @funcrunch just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, doesn't mean we can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident!

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     Pax Ahimsa Gethen (funcrunch@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 10:07:16 JST Pax Ahimsa Gethen

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     @evan

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xwsZ5vC5Oc

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 12:53:20 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I was kind of hoping someone with engineering experience would tell me that with recent safety improvements and double-super-inverse-pressure-locks or something it's perfectly safe to smoke a cigarette in one hand with a dripping gas nozzle in the other while standing over a literal lake of gasoline but nobody has so I'm thinking maybe it's not the best idea after all.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 12:55:06 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Head Nerd 🏳️‍🌈

     @brian Thanks.

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     Head Nerd 🏳️‍🌈 (brian@fedinerds.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 12:55:16 JST Head Nerd 🏳️‍🌈

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     @evan

     That’s not judging a lifestyle choice as much as it is judging a specific behavior.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 12:58:09 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Thank you for your good question Redditor

     https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1du4wff/why_dont_gas_stations_blow_up_more_often/

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     Bruce Elrick (virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:01:23 JST Bruce Elrick

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     @evan This matches my impression. I mean, I don't smoke so wouldn't be putting myself in such a situation, my impression is it is not not as dangerous as you might think.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:06:27 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Bruce Elrick

     @virtuous_sloth AFAICT the big danger is the vapour, and they've done a lot to prevent that leaking all over the place, so it's a lot safer than it used to be when I was a kid and you could smell a gas station from a block away.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:10:50 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Rich Stein (he/him)

     @RunRichRun wow that took a turn

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     Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:10:51 JST Rich Stein (he/him)

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     @evan
     When I was in high school, I worked as a grease monkey for a couple of summers in a gas station owned by family friends. When it was busy, one of the owners, who was an expert mechanic, would leave the garage and help pump gas. He almost always had a lit cigarette dangling from his mouth. Sometimes he'd have it in his hand while pumping gas, so he could speak more clearly with a customer. The looks he'd get. Never an incident with fire. Sadly he died of lung cancer. He was a nice guy.

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     Bruce Elrick (virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:16:54 JST Bruce Elrick

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     @evan But thats my point, even the vapour is not that dangerous.

     When gasoline is spilled on the ground and catches fire, there is a thin layer above it where it burns well, and beyond that, even though you can smell it, it does not burn.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:27:19 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Rob Ricci

     @ricci this world

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     Rob Ricci (ricci@discuss.systems)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 13:27:20 JST Rob Ricci

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     @evan thanks, u/GorillaRimjob