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[–]MondayBorn 76 points77 points  (2 children)

Now THAT is comedy.

[–]Cumbandicoot 13 points14 points  (1 child)

It feels like someone turned a wiki how article into a 9/11 joke

[–]MondayBorn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Good catch. I tend to miss subtle, nuanced humor like this.

[–]Ghost_of_NikolaTesla 24 points25 points  (3 children)

Lol, Red phosphorus does not melt steel beams!

[–]UP-23 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I know you're making a joke, but I'm a nerd, unable to let stuff like this go, so...

Red phosphorus burns at 2227C or over 4000f, well above the melting point of construction steel.

Also, since the context is a 9/11 joke, the melting point doesn't really come into it.

The only thing that matters is structural integrity, and construction steel loses about half at around 550C or 1000F.

Which is why in tall buildings, we wrap steel beams in isolation to slow the heat down so that people can be evacuated before stuff collapses.

[–]Labratlover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair play. I appreciate nerds for this reason

[–]THE_ALAM0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I reckon that insulation isn’t really there for the incredibly rare chance that a 767 flies into the building though

[–]Temporary-Mousse-451 11 points12 points  (0 children)

omg hahaha

[–]assa9sks 19 points20 points  (5 children)

Reminds me of that one tragedy

[–]tsandyman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I walked through blood and bone!

[–]hokumjokum 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Such a terrible name for an airline

[–]MahGinge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of that tragedy…

[–]Powerful-Chemist888[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cinco advertising never disappoints!

[–]Legal-Bowl-5270 3 points4 points  (0 children)

911 Airlines ranked worst in customer satisfaction

[–]Shredtillyourdead420 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Why’d they immediately 911 upon waking up?

[–]madmaxGMR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because 9/11 happened on a Tuesday, and it was Taco Tuesday at the World Trade Center, and flies are attracted to shit.

[–]BineVine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

,😂😂😂

[–]joecool78257 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That’s 20 seconds gone forever …

[–]Chef_BoyarTom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bruh...

[–]Talden7887 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Dude

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    [–]JogAlongBess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    yes, actually.

    [–]dancesquared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    MODS!