Who was the idiot that allowed the elderly mother to get all the tools necessary to burn the house down (or at minimum, potentially burn her face off) in the first place?
Oh no, I used to take dozens of calls daily from people who needed the fire department or police to come save them from problems (often of their own doing) which largely could have been prevented with a little common sense.
I thought that the old woman shouldn't have been doing that, but then I saw everyone else spreading the fire more and more. Seems like it just runs in the family.
At one point they appear to be actively feeding the flames. Line, hey! This paper plate and plastic table cloth would go great with those bright blue flames!
Considering she actually poured MORE alcohol on top of the fire after it started getting out of control and opened the door trying to leave when they were still trying to put out the fire, yeah, that's in line with her thinking.
That’s the kinda incompetence my mom has, but she’ll scream at everyone ELSE for it and weeks later we’ll still be hearing about how WE almost burnt the house down and how abused she felt hearing us go “mom!”
Seeing Granny just casually sneak out the back door while everyone was busy spreading the fire out makes me think she might not really be the fool here after all?
I always tell myself I would be way more calm and rational in a situation like that.
But of course it all gets tossed out the window when it actually happens and you have the confusion of 6 other people trying to help. People love to laugh and this shit like they wouldn’t also panic.
The trick is to understand that what you're about to do is potentially dangerous and plan your sequence of actions beforehand. This would prevent lighting the flame while there's still a combustible path into the alcohol container. This lack of planning and general overconfidence is where most boomers start their foolery
I'm a fully functioning adult with a job and responsibilities but one day I decided to reheat my grilled cheese in the toaster. I had to buy a new toaster after I learned that butter can start a fire in a toaster.
My guess is something more like straight alcohol, and it’s clear so it’s not vanilla extract — it could be vanilla-flavored vodka, though. Possibly a white rum or something.
Either way, lighting the cake while you’re still pouring the alcohol is idiotic at best.
Wow ok even worse than I thought. I figured maybe an extract or something like she wanted a flavor the cake with a taste that she likes, but damn. Booze on a cake? And while lighting it no less? Next level stupid.
Boozy cakes are a whole-ass thing, from fruitcakes to plum puddings (also often set alight) to rum cakes to shit like this. An actual extract would be far too overpowering, but the right kinda booze can work really well as a flavoring.
Well, they likely started out strong in regards to their entire family tree. However, with each passing generation, they gradually become dumber and such.
This poor lady is acting in a way that many people with dementia/azheimers do.
What stood out to me was her fighting to continue to pour the alcohol. The Signal to pour the liquid was sent, and she shows no reaction at all to the fire. No self preservation instinct to put down a cup of flames. No reaction at all to people yelling.
Her leaving is an instinct because she can't understand what happened, or why. She may have an incling that it had to do with her, but she may have already forgotten. She just feels the need to get away from the ruckus.
Her mind can't process, but the deepest instincts are trying to protect her from disaster by filling in details after the fact.
Why do all these flaming assholes need flaming cakes? This is the second video I am seeing of the same stupid act, down to putting the flaming cakes on flammable chairs.
My first thought is I bet they don’t have a fire extinguisher in that house, much less a “kitchen” one made for liquid fuel fires.
Why?
The sheer lack of basic firefighting skills displayed by all. Like it is a video to see how many things you can point out are the opposite of what should be done. And everyone missed ten of them because of so much chaos.
I've seen this from multiple different angles. There were at least 4 people in that room who just stood there and filmed the whole thing. And no one in the room did a thing to stop Grandma when she set the flaming cake on a FABRIC chair and ran for the door. I swear some people just want to watch the world burn.
The more I watch the better it gets. There's the teenager filming, laughing his ass off, almost purposefully getting in the way. There's the nonchalant moving of the cake from point A to point B, for no reason whatsoever. There's grandma about to dip at the end, without a word to anyone. The whole thing is art.
Who was the idiot that allowed the elderly mother to get all the tools necessary to burn the house down (or at minimum, potentially burn her face off) in the first place?
Maybe the guy who decided to scrape the flames off the table and onto the wood floor?
Perhaps, but I think it was the guy who didn’t have a fire extinguisher available.
There was no thought here and you're expecting forethought? You have more faith in people than I do
Oh no, I used to take dozens of calls daily from people who needed the fire department or police to come save them from problems (often of their own doing) which largely could have been prevented with a little common sense.
Beat me to it. I have seen this video multiple times and always thought the same. Grandma doesn’t even look all there.
With enough alcohol to burn it down twice
This whole family is doomed.
Well....gramma had a good run.... It's about time...
She certainly could run!
She was first to the door to gtfo lol
Not at her age
Honestly, guy trying to grab the cup from her hand made it so much worse. If she just set down the cup it would have been fine.
I’ll just put this over here with the rest of the fire. /Moss
I thought that the old woman shouldn't have been doing that, but then I saw everyone else spreading the fire more and more. Seems like it just runs in the family.
Thank fuck she wasn’t in a seaparks
At one point they appear to be actively feeding the flames. Line, hey! This paper plate and plastic table cloth would go great with those bright blue flames!
Must be Kevin's family
Dear sir/madam, there is a fire at... no too formal. Fire! Fire! Look forward to hearing from you.
Considering she actually poured MORE alcohol on top of the fire after it started getting out of control and opened the door trying to leave when they were still trying to put out the fire, yeah, that's in line with her thinking.
I QUOTED THAT LINE TODAY AND NO ONE GOT IT.
It had the benefit of making me sound original, but I wish my coworkers had better taste in tv.
Someone call 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3 !!!!
I'm so glad this is the top comment.
I’m holding my sleeping baby and about pissing myself silently laughing
You know what would make this situation better? If we just spread the fire out as much as possible.
Panic is one hell of a bugger.
It’s a miracle that she didn’t set the whole house, or herself, on fire.
Put the plastic out with plastic...
Well it was that, the flaming cake, or the rum soaked tablecloth. Not the best options.
I like how you can see her trying to slink out the door at the end
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That’s my favorite part of this whole thing.
A single situation of plastic cover actually protecting the table cloth and not just an uncomfortable eye sore
Please tell me this happened in Alaska, and they were all high.
Because then you’d have a baked, baked, baked Alaska.
As an Alaskan, take my upvote
That's like my grandmother who went to check for a gas leak in her gas stove with a match 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Luckily there was no leak AND I was around to stop her in time. My grandmother used to be a nuclear physicist. Old age really rots your brain.
Grandma’s going up in flame, Doo-dah, doo-dah, She’s become a charcoaled dame, All the doo-dah day.
Why have the lighter lit while pouring it? First mistake.
Why light it while still holding the container of alcohol next to it. Not a single person in this video has ever seen an action flick.
And this children is why we keep fire extinguishers easily accessible in our homes.
Especially if you're doing something like this. You keep it right there when you're going to be playing with fire.
Gran gran: has dementia
These morons: "let's give her fire"
too many idiots here to just be boomers being fools.
I love how she clearly wanted to keep pouring the thing that started the inferno ONTO the inferno to put it out
That’s the kinda incompetence my mom has, but she’ll scream at everyone ELSE for it and weeks later we’ll still be hearing about how WE almost burnt the house down and how abused she felt hearing us go “mom!”
Seeing Granny just casually sneak out the back door while everyone was busy spreading the fire out makes me think she might not really be the fool here after all?
https://preview.redd.it/pf90b8krr6ag1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=3cd24165087ffdbc00f793e50e765e97988bbb07
"it wasn't me"
Love how the woman protects the cake after setting the fire
Best burnt marshmallow cake ever!
I always tell myself I would be way more calm and rational in a situation like that.
But of course it all gets tossed out the window when it actually happens and you have the confusion of 6 other people trying to help. People love to laugh and this shit like they wouldn’t also panic.
The trick is to understand that what you're about to do is potentially dangerous and plan your sequence of actions beforehand. This would prevent lighting the flame while there's still a combustible path into the alcohol container. This lack of planning and general overconfidence is where most boomers start their foolery
People were trying to help? Doing what, burn down the house?
I'm a fully functioning adult with a job and responsibilities but one day I decided to reheat my grilled cheese in the toaster. I had to buy a new toaster after I learned that butter can start a fire in a toaster.
Grandma noped outta there without hesitation
That is all
This family all signed off on this. This family is dumb.
What exactly was she pouring on top of the cake anyway? I’m guessing some kind of vanilla or almond extract or something?
My guess is something more like straight alcohol, and it’s clear so it’s not vanilla extract — it could be vanilla-flavored vodka, though. Possibly a white rum or something.
Either way, lighting the cake while you’re still pouring the alcohol is idiotic at best.
Wow ok even worse than I thought. I figured maybe an extract or something like she wanted a flavor the cake with a taste that she likes, but damn. Booze on a cake? And while lighting it no less? Next level stupid.
Boozy cakes are a whole-ass thing, from fruitcakes to plum puddings (also often set alight) to rum cakes to shit like this. An actual extract would be far too overpowering, but the right kinda booze can work really well as a flavoring.
Has to be alcohol to flambé, no?
But it looked like it had already been done so idk.
Wow, it's a good thing that Feuerzangenbowle is not a thing in the US 😵💫
What did they… even WANT to happen? The hell is this?!
So many bad decisions.
So. Many. Idiots.
How have these people survived long enough to breed? 🤣
Well, they likely started out strong in regards to their entire family tree. However, with each passing generation, they gradually become dumber and such.
I get so frustrated watching people deal with fire, it’s always lots of unnecessary panic and nothing actually being done
You would think, “let’s keep a fire extinguisher nearby, just in case…”
Just imagining eventually sitting back down for cake after that is killing me
This poor lady is acting in a way that many people with dementia/azheimers do.
What stood out to me was her fighting to continue to pour the alcohol. The Signal to pour the liquid was sent, and she shows no reaction at all to the fire. No self preservation instinct to put down a cup of flames. No reaction at all to people yelling.
Her leaving is an instinct because she can't understand what happened, or why. She may have an incling that it had to do with her, but she may have already forgotten. She just feels the need to get away from the ruckus.
Her mind can't process, but the deepest instincts are trying to protect her from disaster by filling in details after the fact.
Poor woman isn't a fool.
Her brain is sick.
Why do all these flaming assholes need flaming cakes? This is the second video I am seeing of the same stupid act, down to putting the flaming cakes on flammable chairs.
When did candles go out of style?
She doesn’t give a shit about the chaos she caused, she’s lucky no one got hurt!
Ngl...I was kinda hoping she'd sit on the cake afterwards 😅🤷🏾
Jfc
Some revoke your dad’s dad card. That was some next level dumbass shit.
What complete idiots. How did they even live this long?
The mom headed for the door to leave her family behind in the fire she started.
Fucking idiots
My first thought is I bet they don’t have a fire extinguisher in that house, much less a “kitchen” one made for liquid fuel fires.
Why?
The sheer lack of basic firefighting skills displayed by all. Like it is a video to see how many things you can point out are the opposite of what should be done. And everyone missed ten of them because of so much chaos.
I've seen this from multiple different angles. There were at least 4 people in that room who just stood there and filmed the whole thing. And no one in the room did a thing to stop Grandma when she set the flaming cake on a FABRIC chair and ran for the door. I swear some people just want to watch the world burn.
😲 🫣🤣
Why does that cake need to be doused in alcohol and set on fire anyway?
Almost cremated
The more I watch the better it gets. There's the teenager filming, laughing his ass off, almost purposefully getting in the way. There's the nonchalant moving of the cake from point A to point B, for no reason whatsoever. There's grandma about to dip at the end, without a word to anyone. The whole thing is art.
Happy birthday grandma!🎉
These people can vote
Is she okay to be living independently?
At first, I thought she was going to slop up that cake. 👀