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Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 08:32 AM Aug 2023

Give us this day our daily idiot! Brainless dipshit starts fire on beach as "Romantic Gesture"

A bungled romantic gesture which saw a man light a heart-shaped line of fire on what is believed to be Chesterman Beach has outraged Tofino residents, who are wary of danger during peak fire season.

A video distributed on social media sites shows a couple embracing while standing in the midst of a heart-shaped line of flames in the sand at dusk.

In the video, the man sets the design alight. Black smoke quickly rises, partially obscuring the couple from view. The man starts to kick sand to extinguish it.

A man’s voice can be heard saying, “It’s a black [expletive] smoke cloud. I have to kick it out.”



https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/attempted-romantic-gesture-with-fire-on-a-west-coast-beach-angers-tofino-residents

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Give us this day our daily idiot! Brainless dipshit starts fire on beach as "Romantic Gesture" (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 OP
more 'me me me meeeeeeeeeeee look at meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee' shit CurtEastPoint Aug 2023 #1
I love romance Floyd. Duncanpup Aug 2023 #2
What did folks do before social media for their made up outrage?? Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #3
Read the article! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #4
What was the real versus social media danger?? Gas and paper towels on a beach...far from anything. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #5
Read it again! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #6
Perhaps the naughty bits could be quoted? Cause don't see any. Nice wide sandy beach btw! Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #7
I can imagine this summer most Canadians viva la Aug 2023 #8
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
3. What did folks do before social media for their made up outrage??
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 08:50 AM
Aug 2023

If someone on social media is outraged, then it must be an outrage…pile on, no more logic or facts needed!

The little fire is surrounded by sand… in Canada or anywhere else…can’t set on fire.

Sand is sometimes used to put fire out!

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
5. What was the real versus social media danger?? Gas and paper towels on a beach...far from anything.
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 08:58 AM
Aug 2023

Social media level fake outrage!

It’s not personal, it’s pervasive and useless typical social media drivel.

viva la

(4,636 posts)
8. I can imagine this summer most Canadians
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 09:23 AM
Aug 2023

Are losing patience with fire and smoke.

These performative gestures do get tiresome. Gender reveal stunts have started fires, injured people. So often the point seems to be getting likes on Instagram.

But if you're insisting on starting a gasoline fire in the middle of a fire season, the middle of a beach is a good choice.

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