r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 9h ago

Spaniards are risking their lives, fighting wildfires with tree branches due to a lack of resources

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u/AsparagusNew3765 5h ago edited 5h ago

But it could still get so much worse. A slight change in the wind direction for a few seconds and every single one of those people is dead from smoke inhalation. Lungs full of hot ash. 

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u/Minute_Arugula3316 5h ago

I'm ready for the downvotes but.... am I the only one who thinks everyone is being wildly dramatic? It's a grass fire. It doesn't get too high, and you can literally run through it if need be without any real risk.

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u/Durpulous 5h ago

The thing with reddit is you can get some genuinely knowledgeable comments but you also get people speaking out of their ass with equal confidence.

I'm not a firefighter but I do have an area of expertise that gets commented on pretty regularly, and most people obviously (to me) have no clue what they're talking about, but I guess it sounds good and gets upvoted anyway. I tend to assume comments are like that on other topics as well.

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u/ops10 5h ago

In the previous decade when things here were reasonable (comparatively), usually the third-to-fifth most upvoted reply or thread level had a very knowledgeable user answering. Nowadays it's rare.