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While planning a conference, [personal profile] azurelunatic is discovering branded swag that could be bought... but shouldn't:

Twitter wanted to know if there were any problems that could not be solved with fire. Oh, Twitter. ♥

I could think of two examples offhand. This thing is on fire and should not be on fire: this usually cannot be solved by adding more fire. (I say usually, because in certain situations, setting another fire going in a direction that is going to collide with the first fire will burn up everything in the first fire's path before it can get there, thus depriving it of fuel (in theory) when the two meet.) Perhaps someone does not like a co-worker: this is a problem that could be solved with fire, but should not be.

Context also includes Cowbell, and More Cowbell.

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Date: 2012-09-30 01:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] nonethefewer
Yes! Not only must some fires exist in order to save us (controlled burns), some fires must exist in order to save forests (things that require fire to clean out the cruft)! Hooray science!

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Date: 2012-09-30 01:35 am (UTC)
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)
From: [personal profile] azurelunatic
Science! SCIENCE AND FIRE!

... just not at my tech conference.

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Date: 2012-09-30 03:24 am (UTC)
nonethefewer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] nonethefewer
Alls I'm hearing is a buncha "blah blah blah". Fire solves everything.

/mid-release

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Date: 2012-09-30 04:33 am (UTC)
ironed_orchid: watercolour and pen style sketch of a brown tabby cat curl up with her head looking up at the viewer and her front paw stretched out on the left (Default)
From: [personal profile] ironed_orchid
Yeah, just because you CAN solve a problem with fire, doesn't mean you SHOULD.

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Date: 2012-09-30 08:57 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] emceeaich
Context is also Cowbell Singularity™.

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Date: 2012-09-30 07:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] archersangel
Twitter wanted to know if there were any problems that could not be solved with fire.

fleas on your pet is the first ting i thought of.

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Date: 2012-10-05 08:30 am (UTC)
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)
From: [personal profile] azurelunatic
That is indeed a problem where fire is very not applicable.

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Date: 2012-11-25 05:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ckd
It will remove the fleas. The problem is underspecified unless you reframe it as "get rid of the fleas without harming[*] the pet".

[*] At least in any significant manner. I suspect flea medicine will do some damage to the pet as well, though probably less than the fleas are already causing.

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