My wet sand mold blew steam. Too close for comfort. | Foundry Workers

Steam's just water vapor, harmless really.

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Tell you what, that first puff of steam always makes me jump a mile. Saw my own shadow and nearly dropped the flask last week. Guess my fight or flight is set to "screaming like a cartoon character" for stuff like that. Harmless or not, the brain just goes "BOILING DEATH" for a hot second. My reaction was way over the top for what was basically a sad little kettle.

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the_logan7mo ago

That "fight or flight" setting is a real design flaw.

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