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[–] polymono@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SciShow has a video explaining the physics behind this. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgxO7vhlF7A

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read somewhere there's a reason for that. The smoke actually does follow you around. I get it at my house burning incense. I even keep a fan to push smoke offof me but it still finds me.

I just now found a lot of links explaining it. Here's one. https://anenglishmanoutdoors.com/2021/11/why-does-campfire-smoke-follow-you/

[–] awsamation@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That explains why when you're alone by the fire, but it doesn't explain why there's always one unlucky bastard when it's a large group. There's plenty of bodies so it's not just air pressure pulling the smoke. It's fate that someone must be the sacrificial smoked lamb.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The nature selection or so I am told when I do something stupid and end up hurting myself.

[–] Graini@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

We have a saying in Finland "savu seuraa lampaannussijaa" which roughly translates "The smoke follows the one who fucks sheep."

[–] regeya@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Decades ago I was at the Visitors Center for the Western band of Cherokee and this woman was giving a talk next to a campfire, and the wind kept shifting. She kept moving and finally coughed and then apologized for the smoke blowing in everyone's faces.

There was another guy there who was clearly hitting on her, and he said, "they say smoke follows beauty." With comedic timing the wind shifted and blew the smoke towards him, and she, quick as lightning, said, "Smoke follows wind."

(And in case you don't know, in American English when someone is "windy" they talk a lot and don't say much)

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I've always heard "smoke follows ugly".

[–] meatmeat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It do be like tht

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Me when a friend smokes near me:

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

This is the way of the fire.

[–] TimeMuncher2@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slpt - Burn two fires a few feet away from each other and sit in the middle.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

mosquitoes HATE this simple trick!

[–] supermurs@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I can relate to this. Every time.

[–] leopardboy@netmonkey.tech 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for reminding me. 😛 I’m camping this weekend.

[–] donut4ever@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Y'all are killing it. Kudos for making me laugh everyday 😂

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Ha. I have glasses

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