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Any machine can be a smoke machine if you operate it poorly enough
I like the electrical engineering version of this: overloaded electronics stop working because you let the magic smoke out
They taught me this in carpenter school: power tools work better if you keep the smoke in. Once you let the smoke out, they don't work so well anymore.
All diodes are LEDs if you try hard enough
The weirdest thing I ever learned in the navy was how to lay a smokescreen.
i once turned the office printer into a smoke machine and almost a flamethrower, that was an exciting day at the office.
Is this related to 'almost everything is edible once'?
Or well enough, depending on the machine.
Experience proves this is true. Everyone knows guitar amplifiers run on smoke. As soon as the smoke comes out of them they no longer run.
And (With apologies to Woodie Guthrie) any machine can kill fascists if you're creative and determined enough.
This has the same energy as "Everything can be food at least once". And I'm living for it!
... per the pyro members of any stage/theater tech team.
Any doorway is big enough to fit that sofa through, if you go fast enough.
*nods in automotive*
Please, dear god, just do a little over the bare minimum... just a bit.
I _don’t_ love the smell of burning circuit boards in the morning!
Also known as rolling coal.
Proved it when I drove mom's car. Apparently she hasn't checked the fluids for more than a year.
What about a smoke detector?
A favorite of mine along these lines is “you can open any window once”
Yell "Smoke test!" when you turn on large electrical equipment, especially after a build/repair. That way, if you fill the place with smoke, you get to cackle with glee and say, "It passed!". For bonus points, say it with singed and smoking hair. (theater elec, wasn't me, was my boss, no bonus pts.)
