People think they are safer because they do not explode, they just sparkle!
And they give them to kids and drunk people who run around wildly with them.
They do not realize that sparklers are basically sticks of shitty thermite, burning at 2000 F.
If you had a candle or even a piece of kindling set on fire, and were waving it around willy nilly and bumped into someone, it’d hurt for a bit, but you could probably treat it with cold water, a minor burn.
People think they are safer because they do not explode, they just sparkle!
And they give them to kids and drunk people who run around wildly with them.
They do not realize that sparklers are basically sticks of shitty thermite, burning at 2000 F.
If you had a candle or even a piece of kindling set on fire, and were waving it around willy nilly and bumped into someone, it’d hurt for a bit, but you could probably treat it with cold water, a minor burn.
Two fucking thousand degrees?
Different story.