Starting A Fire With Your Bare Hands

Fire is the most revolutionary technology that our ancestors discovered in the ancient past. For thousands of years, fire has served as our light in the night, our means to cook food, and as a weapon of war.

Perhaps the most essential skill that we need to learn, outside of the modern life that we have right now, is creating fire with our bare hands. Learning this skill might take some time, but it would surely pay off.

In this video, Bill Schindler, a professor of archaeology and anthropology in Washington College, teaches us how to make fire using two methods.

(Video Credit: WIRED/ YouTube)


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Hmmm...well. I guess there's now one reason I can be thankful for some of the side-effects of working in retail for years, because it's honed my politely-ending-conversations-and-quickly-getting-away skills!

Body language helps a lot, use it!
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I just close my eyes, cover my ears and start screaming while counting up... I usually open an eye to have a peek when I'm around 15 seconds and most times the other person is gone. However, sometimes people don't know how to react and will stand there and stare at me, unable to process what is going on. If by 30 seconds (second peek) the person is still there, I'll start running away as fast as I can while still covering my ears and counting (eyes should be open at that point tho, I tried with eyes closed once and it didn't end well, I was stuck with the person for 20 minutes until ambulance arrived). If by 45 seconds the person followed me when I ran away, well by then they deserve a conversation, so I'll stop running and screaming and just invite them to my house for coffee. Not a lot of people come to my house.
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@everwhere

right, because they've got the exclusive rights to intentionally crudely drawn comics on the internet?

i've read the entirety of both the oatmeal and hyperbole and a half. they are not the same, nor is one a 'rip off' of the other. they are sovereign entities.

how's *your* awesome website that you make enough money to live off of going?

that's what i thought.
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