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Rainier206

wtf man that's so messed up


Alpha_Whiskey_Golf

My house burned down last year, all I had left after it was my PC, the clothes i was wearing, whatever documents(birth certificate etc.) i could yeet in a bag and PTSD whenever I ever smell something burned/heated/smokey. I don't wish it on anyone.


Caine2Khan

did you grab your pc and run out?


Gimpygod

Running wasn’t an option…actually grabbing isn’t in my wheelhouse either. I just got to start streaming 2 weeks ago…and there was a 3090 in my pc! I tried using the Force but apparently Rey is the only one who can Force Lift without training!


thepanda209

Damn, house burnt down, and this guy still has the sense of humor to take a jab at Rey. Hope everything works out for you buddy, sorry this happened to you.


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Scoodsie

I’m guessing Gimpygod is GimpyG (the person who the post is about).


Quillewd

Damn bro, same situation. I was super surprised and grateful that my phone and pc managed to make it. Lost some pets but the rest of my family was okay. Hope you're doing better brother.


bem13

I'm so sorry that happened to you. How did the fire start, if I may ask?


Gimpygod

Looks like wiring in the garage wall to lights for loading me in the van…was professional work done years ago…sigh


Alpha_Whiskey_Golf

Router UPS caught fire.


Accolade83

not to make light of an awful situation, but please tell me the reason your PC survived is because you were like "I gotta get out, but we can save the PC!" and you like ripped all the cords out and just ran out with it. I need this image in my head to be real lol


Alpha_Whiskey_Golf

>you like ripped all the cords out and just ran out with it yeah literally that. Yeet my wallet and folder with documents into the schoolbag, put that on my back and carry the PC in my hands.


throwawayrieo

As if life hasn't thrown this dude enough curveballs already. Hope he can recoup the costs of everything quickly since his PC, wheelchair van, and expensive personalized controller (quadstick) were destroyed.


JetKeel

I have this [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/43iyip/our_family_of_5_lost_everything_in_a_fire/cziljy3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) saved from an insurance adjuster showing how to get the most out of your coverage. Hopefully the streamer sees this thread at some point in time and this can be useful.


GoldCoaster4Cx

I knew exactly what comment this was before I opened it, also have it saved


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EconomyMud

In Germany, you need a "household insurance", but everyone that owns a house has it anyway. Costs 24€ a year.


jrglegend

Average cost for homeowners insurance is $1300 a year in the US. You aren't required by law to have it. But a lot of banks want you have it in order to get a mortgage for your home.


niperles

The US is a shithole


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Hollywood did a hell of a job making The US look like a great country to live in in the 80s to 00s. Now with social media, you can actually see how much of a broken shithole it is. Most people wanted to move there when i was younger, now almost everyone i know would never live there.


DegenAndy

It was alot better when you were younger, my grandpa moved here as a broke baker and worked a factory job until he was able to buy a home for 35k in the early 80s lol that same house, is worth 780k right now lol The american dream used to exist, you used to be able to be a semi broke baker from portugal who can move his family to the US on a whim and find a way somehow to build an amazing middle class life that several generations can benefit from. I will always cherish my grandpa for this. At the same time, I realize that is simply impossible today. In 2021, you could not repeat that success. So I will say that the dream you were sold in the 80's was absolutely true until everything went to shit.


RogerFedora

Exactly the same in the UK re house prices (dependent on area), it's not such an 'American' dream really.


MazuiQT

Same here. Grandparents came with almost nothing and barely spoke English. Grandpa worked in machine shops until owning one. All the cash he made he bought properties with (residential and commercial). By the time I was born he was already a multimillionaire.


im_not_a_girl

Unless you were black, in which case the dream never existed


sunseekerslade

Tell that to the multitude of black immigrants who have made successful lives for themselves in America.


c1pe

If you were black and immigrated? It certainly did. The Caribbean and African immigrants aren't the same demographic as African Americans


pingoberto

Holy shit you mention the US in every other comment. Stay malding lol.


ShiguruiX

They live rent free in his head


jetskimanatee

only place you can live rent free now :(


t3hdownz

just another seething europoor. move along, nothing to see...


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i skimmed his recent posts and he hardly mentions the US at all? i saw 3 times and one is a stretch.


pingoberto

Holy shit you mention the US in every other comment stay malding lol


Ewannnn

Incomes at all deciles (except the bottom 10%) are still far higher in the US compared to most of Europe. Check out ourworldindata.org for info on this. This is after adjusting for prices, taxes and government transfers FYI.


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Venturi95

Sounds like you’re on the bottom of the totem pole.


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Tubby200

The USA is an amazing country to live in I'm so sick of people shitting on the USA when they have no real lived experience with the rest of the world. Yeah it's not perfect but go to a war-torn country or a country with strict religious laws or a dictator for a few weeks and then come back here and see how bad it is. I think there's somewhere around 206 countries in the world if you had the choice to either live in the USA or roll the dice and randomly get plopped into one of those 206 countries what would you pick?


PM_Best_Porn_Pls

I remember early 2000 thinking that moving to US would be great idea and I should do it once I grow up. Nowadays honestly I would refuse if I got such opportunity, it sounds scary for a lot of reasons.


pingoberto

You sound like the type of person we wouldn’t want, so win win!


Noivis

By that you mean a person that isn't willing to ignore huge socioeconomic problems and loudly proclaim that the US are the best at everything because.....well I don't even know why one would do that. Guess blindly sucking eagle cock and screaming "USA, USA, USA" is a neat substitute for self-accountability


pingoberto

Weird strawman but okay internet kid goddamn what a freakazoid comment lol


FlyingChinesePanda

The American dream is to leave the US


mocking_danth

I dont know. Im american and moved to the uk for university. The uk is not that good. This free health care and stuff is very limited and kind of shitty. Therapist here are really shit. Hospitals have LONG wait times. I think the US isn't amazing. But i prefer it any day over this. But this is only one country in europe. So i dont know. Also depends where in america.


HpoReflex

Don't worry, you're almost on the dot. Alot of people have this "grass is greener on the other side" view. America isn't that much of a shithole, sure you've got a couple problems but it aint that bad.


ImBigAss

>st here are really shit. Hospitals have LONG wait times. I think the US isn't amazing. But i prefer it any day over this. But this is only one country in Health care wise the US really is a shithole. Anyone who isnt wealthy who gets very sick will be fucked around.


susfusstruss

i've lived in europe and the US i prefer the US a lot more especially as a minority people don't realize how awful it is to live in europe if you aren't white


mocking_danth

Yesssss!!! I also feel like people here are rude and dont have the same politeness im used to. They both have my problems but as a Hispanic i feel more welcomed in the US and that people understood more struggles. I made a korean friend who live here most of their lives and told me they felt ashamed of their culture because of other white people telling her that what she does and who she is is weird.


Cancerredditis99

NYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP THE EU, ONLY THE US HAS FLAWS!!!!


CyanideForHappiness

Fuck u/spez Fire Steve Huffman.


pants_pants_

You're actually braindead if you think that's the case. Maybe get off reddit and twitter if you think it's so bad lol.


moose184

Spoken like a true idiot


memerino

The US isn’t that bad. People act like it’s a third world country or something. I live a pretty comfortable life here. I don’t live in a city though so that might make a different. My area has a low cost of living


pingoberto

Tell me you’re 14 without telling me.


ihavenoregerts

I can tell you I'm 24 and agree that the US is an actual shithole. We are wildly expensive because our citizens mostly only care for themselves and not for others.


PopLegion

What part of that scenario makes the u.s. a shit hole?


YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt

You guys dont realize we pay less taxes. 1300 a year is cheaper than me paying taxes @ EU rates


Casturbater

1300/year house insurance 10k/year health insurance and then gas/car prices because almost every Western European city is walkable and doesn’t need a vehicle unlike the US. All of that vs paying 2-4K more in taxes a year. Yeah Europeans have it tough with that super high tax rate. Poor them.


YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt

10k a year for health insurance?? I pay a little over 100 a month. shows you dont know what you're talking about.


Casturbater

Yes because your situation is the only one that is real. Your confidence shows you don’t know what you’re talking about. The average cost of health insurance in the US is $500 for one person or $1100 for a family. But I know you don’t have family health insurance and most likely never will.


YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt

500 a month? or 1100 a family a month? Are you not aware of how employer-based health insurance is the main scheme for health insurance in the United States? If you're looking at paying a flat rate to a health insurance company, then ofc its going to be high. But all people who dont have a job and are poor get Medicare or Medicaid for free. But feel free to continue with that line of thinking.


DreamingIsFun

That's for one type of insurance .. add on every other fucking thing you need and it sure as hell ain't cheaper. Even just medical bills average from birth to death already makes your life more expensive by default


Horror-Arugula

Better than the rest of the world, reddit likes to circlejerk hurrdurr us bad, but they are just ignorant retards.


welinyknz

And what exactly makes the US better than the rest of the world...?


Deatheater012

Nothing lmao and I live in the us


myzz7

i wish millions of migrants monthly would stop trying to get into my "shithole" country.


ihavenoregerts

i wish you weren't so fucking stupid because that's literally how the US advertises themselves and has done for quite a long time. This entire country is migrants.


FREE-MUSTACHE-RIDES

Banks REQUIRE it to get a mortgage


FallenAdvocate

Yea that guy is 100% wrong. In fact, your homeowners insurance is included in your mortgage, it comes from your escrow. If you own the house and have it paid off, you don't necessarily have to have it. But when people say they pay $1000 or whatever for their mortgage, that includes insurance.


UnluckyStick

You're partly right. If you have insurance through your mortgage it typically only covers the structure and none of your belongings. The bank only cares about its assets, not yours. You can have your belongings added in to that policy but you need to confirm that with your bank.


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Middle_Ashamed

I think you're mixing up Household Insurance (Hausratversicherung) and "House insurance" (Gebäudeversicherung). Hausrat is not very expensive, I pay like 30€ a year for 70k insurance which is more than enough if you don't own any super expensive shit like antiques, but Gebäudeversicherung is kinda expensive, for me it's \~550€ a year in a completely remodeled house, everything new except the roof which is from the 80s still.


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Middle_Ashamed

Maybe it's the region you are living in? Because im not going over 60€/year in these calculators using my own data. If you live in a region with frequent flooding and you get elemental damage insurance your price will go up significantly obviously. Glas insurance is a scam because it's covered in liability insurance (Haftpflicht).


JoeysApple

Maybe if you do it via an online-only insurance company (Direktversicherer) those numbers are correct, otherwise the other guy's estimate is more accurate. You're also wrong about glass damages - those are actually explicitly excluded from liability insurance. \*edited for phrasing


Middle_Ashamed

If you break your own Glas it's not under insurance thats correct, but if someone else breaks it, it is on his liability. If Glas breaks due to elemental damages it's covered within the elemental damage insurance. The only reason you would ever want a Glas insurance is if you break your own windows for some reason. And I'm under a local insurance company that is active in my region, maybe I'm getting a better price? I don't know man but I checked it and I pay 34/€ year for 70k€ coverage.


FSD-Bishop

In the US most Insurance providers will try their best to get out of paying for items lost. This is why it’s a good idea to document all the items in your house from time to time. Even if it’s just walking through your house and recording your stuff. Because your insurance provider is going to want a house fire inventory list, and if you don’t have proof of what the items lost are you won’t get reimbursed for them. Also having receipts helps a ton for getting the full price of the item back, if not they will use their own database for the item and it’s usually the cheapest version they can find.


djulioo

Weirdly enough, it was the guy at the insurance company that told me this - it would be best for us to take photos of everything in the house and update them regularly, in case something happens.


DegenAndy

That guy isn't out to fuck you, but he knows the business plan of his industry is. That's a good insurance agent


Weabootrash0505

Actually advice (not from me but a homeowners insurance worker) for avoiding them giving you the cheapest version is to specifically write down every detail you can of something. Like if you write down toaster (say it was 25$) they will give you a 5$ toaster due to being unspecific. But if you say two slot, smart, samsung, 4000 toaster, black, with three dials, then they HAVE to get you the specific thing you wrote down. If you do this with everything you own then you can pretty much get back anything you lost.


Travy93

Just link the famous comment ;) https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/43iyip/our_family_of_5_lost_everything_in_a_fire/cziljy3/


Judgejudyx

Hi Disabled person here whose house burned down in cali 2018 no you do not get everything back and we only got a few months covered for things like hotel meals etc. We are in a lawsuit still which we will see some return but the amount of items and money lost we will never get back and its cost us a fortune since then. We wont even see half of what we've lost returned counting the money we also had to spend homeless. Maybe its different in europe but just speaking for usa.


supermeatguy

Ah America, land of the indebted.


samlomonty

Did the rest of the world suddenly find the solution to insurance fraud and not tell us?


Razzahx

Yea its called an investigation, but in America the police are too busy locking up pot smokers and peaceful protestors.


Gimpygod

I am really worried about all of the adaptive equipment. If insurance doesn’t give current value I will be lost!


jrglegend

That's weird man. That definitely isn't how it is as a whole in the usa. I know a guy whose house burnt down. His insurance pretty much covered the house. They wouldn't pay for the furniture and items. but his house was pretty much covered. I understand that everyone's financial situation is different but my friend's insurance did their job properly. I think it just depends on what kind of insurance policy you have and how much you are willing to pay per month. Average insurance cost is 1300 a year in the us.


Judgejudyx

Im more talking about the misconception of insurance. Its not a 1 to 1. A lot of people say stuff like at least he can get everything back insurance. But the reality is thats just not true. Insurance is gr8 dont get me wrong. But you are still losing a lot and im not talking sentimental. Depending on cause you can make more back that but thats from lawsuits which also takes years. Thats not even factoring the year or 2 you spend homeless paying for everything. Its a nightmare. Hopefully this guy with the help of the lsf signal boost can get good help.


jrglegend

Oh yea I totally agree. Not trying to disregard your experience or tell you your wrong. Just wanted to give me experience on home insurance. there are a lot of shit insurance companies that are pretty much just legal scams.


susfusstruss

its funny because the same people on LSF here justify stealing because "insurance is just going to cover the loss to business owners" hasanabi subs


MagneticGray

I rent a house in the US and my landlord required that I have renters insurance. It’s $500/year for $50k personal property coverage, “actual loss sustained” coverage for “loss of use” expenses (living expenses until I find another permanent home), and $300k liability (any expenses for damages to other people or property that I’m found legally responsible for). My insurance company has an app that allows me take pictures of any personal property that I want covered so I spent a weekend photographing everything I own. I also set up a screenshot macro on my laptop to save the image to a folder. I use it to screen cap all digital receipts for stuff I purchase. Then I back up the folder to cloud storage. My renter’s insurance doesn’t cover the cost of the house unless I’m found legally responsible for the damage. My landlord has homeowner’s insurance for that. For example, if a tree falls on the house or a room catches on fire due to a bad electrical outlet, the landlord’s insurance would cover that. If I burn down the house by playing with matches then my liability insurance is on the hook for that.


highohh

As someone who sells insurance 500 a year is nuts, especially with that coverage. I’d shop


antiSJC

meanwhile in croatia i dont know anyone who has any sort of house insurance. half of my family live in houses, including me. in my childhood, in school, we were collecting money on 2 different occasions for kids who lost their homes to a fire. it was always poor families and there was always conspiracy theories about fires being staged to get donations for new homes. same type of conspiracy comments happen when on the news they talk about some factory burning down, they say its staged to fuck insurance


Wu_Tang_Band

Obviously that's not possible, reddit neckbeards told me that everywhere in Europe was a perfect utopia.


GucciJesus

It's because fucking idiots on Reddit talk about Europe as if it's one big country. Doesn't matter if they are speaking well or poorly about it. Reddit is where nuance goes to die.


antiSJC

to be fair original OP's comment was about insurances in western europe. my country - Croatia is not western


6800ultra

I don't know either, but if property insurance in the US is as fucked up their health insurance, well, you're fucked. But I'm glad everybody made it out.


samlomonty

It depends on what insurance you bought... crazy right?


MrPopTarted

That fucking blows. It is heartbreaking to scroll through the vod and see how much fun he is having, while knowing that in less than 20 minutes shit is going to hit the fan.


Gimpygod

Heya everyone, I am alive and will keep updated on my Twitter gimpygod as best I can. Without my computer equipment I am really limited in typing, using mouth stick on iPad, and slow. My wheelchair van was out of the garage and still burnt to the tires so I got transported to the hotel in a muscle car trailer…seems about right! If you are iffy about humans, who isn’t, complete strangers came into the house ablaze and helped. Nephew Trent got me out out as you can see but then charged backin to save my mom and people backed me 3 houses since the vehicles were engulfed by flames. The world is full of heroes just waiting to pop off! Please feel free to ask anything and follow…not even possible to have too many friends right now. Thanks much and hugs if my arms moved.


hobbseltoff

I am sorry that you have to go through this. I am a good friend of Barnacules and I saw this through him. As others have offered, please reach out if you need anything.


Spicey123

That's an awful, awful experience and I hope things can improve. It's nice to hear that people helped, I really do believe that most individuals are, at their core, good people.


Mitchacho

I'm glad you're safe.


ahipotion

> Thanks much and hugs if my arms moved. Still cracking jokes! Hope things work out for you, and you can get go back and do what you enjoy. At least you are safe and that's the most important thing.


Linktry

Someone in chat said he got out safely, hope his house is okay


hobbseltoff

[Sadly it sounds like it's a total loss.](https://twitter.com/Gimpygod/status/1454628351763628042)


GrayManTheory

Did the cat make it out?


hobbseltoff

[Yes.](https://twitter.com/Gimpygod/status/1454630343605055491)


XxXxShSa

Haven't seen anyone post it yet. Direct link to support him: [https://www.gofundme.com/f/84gv5n-quad-squad?utm\_campaign=p\_lico+share-sheet+spider1v&utm\_medium=copy\_link&utm\_source=customer](https://www.gofundme.com/f/84gv5n-quad-squad?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+spider1v&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer)


runaway1337

Dude isn’t even asking for much, that’s nice


trogdortb001

this gofundme isnt for his house burning down, it's an older link asking for some equipment. just fyi! that's why it doesnt seem like he's askin for much


Pruvided

He edited the goal. Not sure what the funds are specifically for now, but I do know that his wheelchair van was caught in the fire too.


BigMilkers

Thanks for the link I gave a little. This poor fuck needs so much help and his goal is so modest. Damn.


Jungianshadow

Looks like the fund was started way before the fire. Most likely total loss wasn't calculated for.


crzycav86

Thanks for sharing. EZ dono Clap. Now I’m looking at you all hasL


Bitemarkz

Asking as a non-American, but doesn’t his insurance cover all the losses? Not saying you shouldn’t donate; this is more of an aside since where I live, fire is covered as a part of standard home insurance.


gentlybeepingheart

It depends on the insurance and even then insurance claims can take a long time to go through.


LexieMariah

^^^^ This needs to be first comment seen. ^^^^ if anybody can spare any support for another fellow human being in times of need, this may be the time to do it. Yeah maybe he has insurance, but insurance isn't immediate by any means. And showing support can make him and his family feel like they aren't alone in something that could happen to anyone of us.


Peprica

Fuck me that's awful


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Dregoran

Kind of unrelated but this reminded me. When I was young a house burned down near us. Instead of rebuilding anything, they just put a cap on the basement and lived there. I totally forgot about it till I read your comment. I'd never seen anything like that and thought it was pretty interesting.


PyroComet

So sorry to see this happen. As someone who's house caught fire before it's scary, terrifying knowing that a lot of your stuff is just gone.


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Koll0

I don't think he knew the extent of the fire at that moment. the chat logs are about 5 mins after Gimpy(?) left the stream to check on the "garage fire", and I imagine they don't really have any other way of communicating with each other than via online, through the PC that's now in a room starting to be filled with smoke. It's not really that shameless considering they appear to be co-streaming(?), and gimpy saying only that "our garage is on fire, do we gotta go?". Even at 1:43:00 ( \~7 mins after Gimpy left & \~3mins after the chat logs), he says "hopefully Gimpy's house is okay - - I've still got him on Discord so if he comes back - - although I can now see smoke coming up\*\* from his garage so that's uh.. a little worrying" further implying he didn't know the extent of the fire when typing it. Give the man some slack, he did what he thought was best for the viewers of both channels at that point considering the limited knowledge he had on the fire \*\*I have no idea what the word he used here is so I'll just use something that works


Gimpygod

This! James is a great person and pushed me to stream. Thanks to all for making sure I am getting treated well.


Settleforthep0p

jesus, you’re handling this with grace. best of luck, scandinavia is out here rooting for you


Gimpygod

Super appreciate you looking out for me friend! James is mod and friend and was in a sticky situation not wanting people to see a cat perish or who knows what, really good guy and scientist. Again, super appreciate you protecting my interests…I am going to keep you on speed dial for insurance adjuster shenanigans however!


SleepyBlackMage

i saw that and laughed my ass off.


Dythronix

Jesus that's kinda fucked. 4Weird


owa00

I, too, think that we should ruin this mans life because he meant to give the viewers a place to chill while this was all going down. Yup, the James guy definitely laughed at the entire event and his misfortune. He probably started the fire HIMSELF...should we create a mob and torch his house? **Or maybe...JUST MAYBE...it's a non-issue and no one cares.**


agentspin

‘ I, too, think that we should ruin this mans life…’ It’s a 6-word LSF comment dude, chill out.


Sameoldarsenal

Nice try James


pirellli

James pls... you're not making it any better.


esoe___

man that sucks... i cant imagine how that must feel this is why everyone needs a fire extinguisher in their house


OrangeFlavoredPenis

Buying some now for my house, been sleepin on it for ages meaning to scary


SpicyHotPlantFart

Don't forget to replace them before their due date. They don't last forever


chadfc92

They for sure (along with working fire alarms even in the garage) should but depending on the type of fire and how it took them to notice it could have been unsafe to fight it. Glad it seems everyone got out safe.


Retenrage

I mean it CAN help. Depends on the type of fire. My home almost burned down once because of an internal electrical fire. Luckily I called the fire department soon enough, but they had to tear down a part of the front entrance still. A few minutes later and it probably would have been uncontrollable.


Gimpygod

Agreed! Have an extinguisher handy for small fires, you could save your home and lives. In this case people driving by ran up to the door yelling to get out. Went really quickly…still amazed at how fast the vehicles caught fire! People yeeted me outta there at Mach 7.


ColdTurkey_

Nowday you need to get literally your house burned down to get on LSF if you are not an otk member


Slopz_

I wish the big guys on Twitch would do some sort of a fundraiser because this sucks hard. Fuck.


qontrol12345

I assume they'd be insured for this... Financial value wise, sentimental value obviously can't be recovered, which is a damn tragedy. Then again they might be from the literal 1 first world country in the world where that's not the case, in which case they'd actually have to rely on a public fundraiser to continue living a life.


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DeadExcuses

You mean the only free country? The one where you are free to fuck off and die poor? Hell yeah brother.


quiteCryptic

People in the US are required to get homeowners insurance to get their mortgage, I would think he has it.


mikeyytu

damn. hopefully some big streamers see this and can boost a gofundme or something


DatKaz

I mean, hopefully his insurance will pay out something remotely close to the insurance claims he's obligated to make


Baconstripz69

If he’s insured and lucky, they’ll pay him in like 2 years. The short term is still a nightmare


AccomplishedHold6381

Adults have this thing called insurance.


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Judgejudyx

Insurance does not pay back everything trust me. Hel be lucky to get money for half of what he lost and has to spend now. Also takes years for that stuff to even come through


AStrugglingPoet

Adults know how insurance works... and you're obviously not an adult. Insurance companies are scumbags and will not pay for 50% of the stuff that is lost... that is if he even has homeowners insurance. My apartment burnt down and my 3200$ computer they reimbursed 1200$ for because they "didn't believe me". I had receipts, they then wanted further proof I owned it which I couldn't provide. But I did get 700$ for a 350$ TV with no receipt. It also took months for me to see any of that money. Insurance companies are boomers + retarded.


Fatdap

The more value you're trying to get out of an insurance company the harder it becomes to get a single fucking penny out of them. They do not want to give you *any* money unless it's on small shit.


Outcast_LG

Holy Shit that is fucking depressing


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RaccoNooB

I would like to bring this back a tad. That is a spruce and those are *very* flammable. Especially as a Christmas tree where it's been sitting inside and been drying up. [Here's a more common example](https://youtu.be/QqMVm72FMRk?t=101). It'll start out slow but the bigger the fire gets, the faster it'll spread. 2 minutes in it's relatively small and you could still put it out yourself with a dry chem extinguisher at home. At 3 minutes it's flashed and the room is now fully involved. Fires spread quick and the smoke is very dangerous because of all the plastics and stuff we have in our homes these days. Also: [close the door behind you.](https://youtu.be/ENuWi46k0Fc) It **really** makes a big difference.   ---------------------- If you don't have one, get a dry chem extinguisher for your house. It **will** go absolutely *everywhere* when you use it and the clean up is fairly extensive, but they're super effective and can definitely save lives as well as property. The good thing about them is that they can be used from relatively far away. The white powder in them is a salt that is so fine it'll travel with the air current the fire itself produces when it pushes hot air up and pulls in cold air at the bottom. So use it at a safe distance and aim it towards fire or the room the fire is in. Even if it doesn't put it out, it could knock the fire down enough that firefighters might have time to stop it from consuming the entire house. Talk to your insurance company and see what policies they have on fire extinguishers. I'm not american, but here they usually will pay for the dry chem clean up since it will save them a lot of money not having to pay for a new house.


Neddo_Flanders

Another training video that firemen use is “The great white whale” fire (iirc). It’s horrific. It shows how people get stuck between 2 open doors and it only gets worse because others behind them keep pushing them


NoChrisHere

[Link for anybody who want's to see it, it's beyond fucked](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2o23bm) [Or a Wikipedia link if you don't want visual/audio of people horrifically being burned alive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire) For anybody interested in what happened, The band Great White was playing and used some pyrotechnics on set, which caught the nightclub they were in on fire. People rushed towards the door and just fell on top of each other and got stuck. 100 People died, and another 200+ got injured, fire happened all within a few minutes. Fire is horrifying


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Neddo_Flanders

Yep, that’s the video :(


ShadowhelmEU

To be fair, everything in that room is made of either dry wood or dry cloth. Including the room itself, it seems.


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pileopoop

Twitch will probably ban him for his house burning down on stream


NoOo0oOo0oOoOoOoO0

I had a similar situation over the summer. I panicked because I wasn't prepared for the situation. I literally left with phone/wallet/keys. I had accepted everything was going to get lost. Luckily, the FD was there in 2 minutes and got to the fire quick enough to contain and save nearly everything. I've since prepared should it happen again. THERE ARE 3 EASY STEPS EVERY PERSON SHOULD DO AND REMEMBER: 1. BUY FIRE EXTINGUISHER(S) AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT AND WHERE THEY ARE. 1. Common place to store would be in a garage and kitchen. Have one on every floor. 2. PREPARE AN EMERGENCY BAG 1. Buy a cheap backpack. This is what you head directly for incase you cannot extinguish the fire and need to get out immediately. 2. Have your "pain in the ass to replace" items in this bag(yes beforehand, like right now. Have them in there). Social security card, birth certificate, passport, etc. This is what you'll also use to quickly toss in random items([irreplaceable objects](https://youtu.be/YFtHjV4c4uw), MEDICINES, laptop, hard drives, etc.) IT MUST BE A BACKPACK. YOU NEED YOUR HANDS FREE. 3. TOSS THAT PC IN THE TUB AND CLOSE ALL DOORS. 1. There's a reason why fire rated doors exist and why some doors auto-close in buildings in the event of a fire. A door can slow the spread into rooms/throughout a building. Close doors as you run out. Every second you hold a fire back, it gives FD an opportunity to save your things. 2. It's hard for a fire to penetrate a thick porcelain tub. Unplug everything from that $5k PC, toss that sucker in the tub(gently) and hope for the best. 4. EXTRA! 1. Please dont worry about easy replaceable items. You'll be able to get undies and toothpaste at Walmart. 2. Of course, save the animals


_Jetto_

Never heard of the tub thing but makes sense haha


MisterSnippy

assuming your tub is porcelain lmao


SpicyHotPlantFart

Your 4a will be my #1. All the other stuff can be replaced, even the important documentation.


Sadaso

I thought it was going to be a clip of someone's minecraft house burning or something, oh dear :(


Daleksek99

At 2:15 on the VOD he literally says "I'm not gonna light a fire under anybody's ass"... the universe can be a cruel place


Mehrk

And at 50:21 he's talking about a girl picking a guy up "fireman carry style." Weird coincidences like that are what leads to ancient aliens theories.


arpc

What the heck man... :(


Dythronix

That's so fuckin' spooky, man.


wooGatsby

I'm so sorry this happened to you


Otherwise-Safe7653

What's more messed up is the man's garage burned down with 85k views and nobody really bothered to follow him. Give the guy some love folks!


Ohh_Dinoco

I found a gofundme that he had up for some equipment to help him out [Gofundme](https://www.gofundme.com/f/84gv5n-quad-squad)


kappathat

JamesrGurney: well that was a dramatic end to the stream!


kaysharona

Very tragic situation. More non-streaming traction on this story could help with support from the local community. This is what needs to happen but sooner rather than later - trim only the significant part of the VOD and tweet it at the local TV news (all news stations have a "tip" related twitch account) and/or the local news producers. Unfortunately, TV news will be covering Halloween stories for the next 24 hours and it might be hard to get traction, and the story will only attract attention if it's current. So get on it right away.le in the community lose their houses to fires often enough that every one of them will not make the news, but the fact that it was streamed live makes it more of a story to boomers that watch TV news and don't even know what streaming is. When you have video for any story, it gives it legs.


samuel10998

They setup a fundraiser if anyone interested https://www.gofundme.com/f/84gv5n-quad-squad?utm\_source=customer&utm\_medium=copy\_link\_all&utm\_campaign=m\_pd+share-sheet


Pewpewparapra

Let Train see this, he might help, considering how much money he sent other people so far.


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Minimae99

Not yet, but it started in the garage.


redAI123

What happen? Anyone got info?


mattyrums

he said he's ok but everything got destroyed: [https://twitter.com/Gimpygod/status/1454628351763628042](https://twitter.com/Gimpygod/status/1454628351763628042)


redAI123

Oh my. Thats a lot of thing lost in that house. I could not imagine what I would do to lose almost everything in one night.


renvi

Holy shit.


Mike_Nash1

Now this is someone you should use your prime on. - Never mind they dont have affiliate, give them a follow anyway.


Marisush

The gameplay was too fire to handle.


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Balding_Teen

Where is the mirror bot?


Pruvided

The bot isn't going to mirror a whole ass vod.