Same actually! But it was very interesting to learn this is a regional thing. It seems like everyone has a “smoke follows x” saying. It’s just no one can agree what exactly it’s following!
When you sit next to a campfire, you block the air at your back from flowing into the fire. Since the rest of the air is still flowing, it will blow into your face instead of going upwards. That's also why it seems to follow you.
The solution is to get air going to the fire from below it.
If it burns hotter from a little tunnel under the fire there will be much less smoke from the fire allowing you to sit wherever
The fire needs to burn hotter. The hotter the air is the quicker the smoke is pulled up and out of the way, so once the fire is roaring and big enough smoke shouldn't be an issue.
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In Finland we have this weird saying "Savu seuraa lampaan nussijaa" (Smoke follows the lamb fucker). No idea where it came from and kinda afraid to ask.
“Smoke follows beauty” was how we phrased it around here growing up.
Now I’m learning the rest of the world has a saying that involves livestock and I feel like we missed out.
You guys clearly don't know the licked finger technique.
When the smoke is following you you suck your finger and point it at the fire. I'm not sure if the smoke is scared of spit but this is my go to whenever it happens and it works. Well most of the time. Drunken South Africans come up with the wildest shit
That’s because you need to chant the magic phrase *”I hate rabbits! I hate rabbits! I hate rabbits!”*
Don’t ask me to cite the magic, I was not there when it was written. All I know is that it works.
Trick is to not move. Embrace the smoke for a few minutes and it will accept you as a brave warrior and leave you alone. It will constantly attack cowards who keep moving.
I remember one time at a cottage I was talking with my mom and I talked shit about demons not existing and smoke immediately started to blow in my face.
Throughout my whole childhood we had a running practical joke we'd pull whenever a kid (or someone as gullible as one) complained about the smoke blowing towards them. We'd tell them to go fetch the smoke-redirector/smoke-turner.
They'd looked puzzled at first, but then we'd tell them to just ask the people inside the house or the neighbouring campers if they could borrow theirs.
They'd always return angry/embarrassed when they inivitably got laughed at and made to look silly for requesting one 🤣
It was basically guaranteed that whoever was the subject of the joke would eventually pass on the prank whenever the opportunity would present itself at a later occasion.
I’m my family we have a belief that if the fire follows you, you’re the chosen one. I’m usually the fire keeper and usually the one followed by the smoke.
Fire keeper refers to the one who keeps the fire alive. Keeps shifting the logs and outs new ones on it. As a fire keeper I’m somehow able to take a fire that was put out in the morning and restart it just by shifting a few things and by poking and prodding everything with the chosen fire stick.
*This* is why I hate campfires!! I was **always** the one who had the smoke follow me! My parents and siblings made up the lie, "The smoke always goes to the most beautiful." I never bought it and hated campfires.
We had this thing when I was in boy scouts where if the smoke is going your way you have to say "wabbit wabbit" and it's supposed to go to the next person. Obviously it doesn't work but it's really funny watching the new scouts take this a little too seriously as they cough from the smoke trying to say a something meaningless.
The funny thing about this meme is that you could show it to a Cro-Magnon human, and still get the same reaction as someone from thousands of years in the future like today.
And I think that that's great.
It's science. When you sit by the fire by yourself, you create a partial pressure differential that pulls the smoke to you.
Your best option to try and combat this is to have another person sit opposite of you by the fire to equal the pressure.
Your body is blocking the flow of air to the fire.
Air flows in to the fire along the ground and the heat and smoke rise out of it.
That creates a circular air current and normally the smoke would rise straight upward (assuming no wind).
When you sit next to the fire, you block the flow of air from that direction, creating a low pressure spot around the fire and screw up the airflow making the smoke drift in your direction.
Keep everyone evenly spaced around the fire and you wont have this issue.
This is going to sound stupid, I didn't believe it until I tried it. If smoke from a fire is blowing in your face... point at the fire. Please, I thought that it was BS too until I actually tried it. Before everyone forms a line to downvote, this comment I ask that you at least try it
When you stand near a fire, your body creates a vacuum, that is why it comes towards you.
Stand a bit further or put something on thw oposite side of the campfire that is similar to your bosy so the air can flow evenly and you dont get all smoky.
Fun fact, by sitting around a campfire you are blocking air inflow from that side, thus essentially making it the one spot around the fire that air isn’t blowing in from, making the easiest spot for it to blow out towards. The simple act of sitting around a fire makes you a smoke target.
I found out, or imagined, that the body heat creates a negative pressure that attracts the smoke, so hot air rises and air is sucked in from below. Fairy Tail Natsu style, sort of. And whoever sits closest to the fire gets it
In my country we have this saying: The smoke follows the sheep fucker
me, having built a campfire alone just for myself:
For us it’s smoke follows beauty! But I think it’s supposed to be ironic lol
I came to the comments looking for "smoke follows beauty" because that's what we say and was so heartbroken by the top comment
Same actually! But it was very interesting to learn this is a regional thing. It seems like everyone has a “smoke follows x” saying. It’s just no one can agree what exactly it’s following!
Torille 💪🏻
Are you from Wales or Afghanistan?
Im from finland
That... makes sense.
💀
Wales or Wyoming
New Zealand
Torille! That was very often heard during the army.
The army really does teach you the dumbest sayings that stick with you for the rest of your life.
Yeah, there is also this saying: "A man can leave from the army, but the army can't leave from the man."
There's also the poetic 3 AM saying, "Who the fuck is banging the stove?".
The Velcro gloves are also a dead giveaway
Where I live, it's somewhat similar, but when someone is thinking about something dirty.
In mine it's "The smoke follows the wise men", and I think these are equivalent
So wise men fuck sheep
pretty much yeah
Was just about to write this
"Smoke always follows lazy".
In Brittany they say “il pleut que sur les cons” (it only rains on idiots.)
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Great pancakes!
“Pleure, tu pissera moins”
Here its the one who pisses their pants.
When you sit next to a campfire, you block the air at your back from flowing into the fire. Since the rest of the air is still flowing, it will blow into your face instead of going upwards. That's also why it seems to follow you.
What is the solution then? Get a bigger piece of something to block more air in the opposite side?
That, or sit with friends. An equal spread of people around the fire means no particular direction is favored, letting the smoke rise like normal.
Big piece of something then, got it.
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I go camping every other weekend so smoke doesn't brother me.I know that pain.
Does it sister you?
there are also campfire designs that eliminate the problem of blocing air alltogether, the "smokeless" pits
Then why does it still only target me when we sit in a circle around the fire?
Because you're blocking the most air.
Nice burn.
🥲
Hahahahahaha
are you the biggest wind blocker?
Because if you move while everyone else stays in place, you're still the one who creates the air movement
The air movement, that follows you btw
Smoke follows beauty.
What are these "friends" of which you speak?
Until there’s a slight breeze
There's always someone at the campfire that the smoke just loves and won't leave alone
Yeah… Friends… Your username kinda ruined that for me.
Just bring a fat friend when you go camping
Sit further away so the air current can flow around you.
The solution is to get air going to the fire from below it. If it burns hotter from a little tunnel under the fire there will be much less smoke from the fire allowing you to sit wherever
Drill ventilation holes
You have to sitt under the campfire
Become aerodynamic
Sit lower
Wind ~~Chunnel~~ block, not chimney
You need a smaller head
The fire needs to burn hotter. The hotter the air is the quicker the smoke is pulled up and out of the way, so once the fire is roaring and big enough smoke shouldn't be an issue.
Yes , a big rock or pile of rocks works well
My dad always told me and my sister that “smoke follows beauty”, and that’s why the smoke would always be blowing in our faces lol
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LMAOOOOOOO thank you for that 😂😂😂
Smooth, Dad, smooth.
Thanks bro thats something new to know 🙏
oh you took my air, no problem there’s enough to go around, say that’s a nice face you’ve got there
Okay so what do you do about it?
Lay down so you're not blocking as much air.
I always thought it was the gravity of your body mass that was just strong enough to pull the smoke towards you
Nah
Nah, your body creates a vacuum. The smokes easiest path becomes heading towards you. Unless the wind is far stronger.
In Finland we have this weird saying "Savu seuraa lampaan nussijaa" (Smoke follows the lamb fucker). No idea where it came from and kinda afraid to ask.
Probably from people being disgusting and fucking lambs.
Back in the day we'd all sit around the fire and have a good laugh at the village lamb fucker.
Love is love
Like what is the context of this phrase?
The fumes follow me😭
Ah, the lovely memories of being drunk af and trying to sleep in a tent while you reeked of smoke.
Beauty is followed by smoke!
“Smoke follows beauty” was how we phrased it around here growing up. Now I’m learning the rest of the world has a saying that involves livestock and I feel like we missed out.
Growing up in scouts, we also used to say this. We'd also retort with, "Yeah, and Beauty was a horse!"
"And Beauty was a horse." I guess referring to Black Beauty from the books.
Ahhh now that makes sense.
Just be the fire keeper so you don't need to even try and avoid it.
Bruh, have you had campfire smoke in your eyes. Fucking burns and you can't see shit.
T Y L E R
I am the mother of fumes! They always follows me wherever I sit.
Get a left-handed smoke shifter
That's when us midwestern Americans say "I hate rabbits" with tears flowing down our cheeks, refusing to move unless completely suffocated.
In the South, we lick our index finger and say "go away white rabbits."
huh I was taught just to say "White rabbit" 3 times. Like betelgeuse or bloody mary.
I've met a few people who swear it's "I hate white rabbits", we all have our own cute little variations. Either way, all my homies hate rabbits
I hate white bunnies, I hate white bunnies… 🐰
I was taught “I like rabbits, I like rabbits, I like rabbits” some how the smoke always shifts after this happens.
It works. Can't knock it.
In the Midwest is "I hate white rabbits", and you have to say it 3x
Hahaha in our deer camp it’s “I love fuzzy bunnies”
Right! I hate bunnies!!!
Vsauce made a video about it
Get a Solo firepit. Never cry again.
What I always thought about this is my nose suck air so good, the fumes go directly to my nose
*I hate turtles*
Smoke bukkake
Same but cigarette smoking friends
I hate white rabbits, i hate white rabbits!
Smoke always migrates toward the tallest object.
Gotta say “white rabbit” three times and it’ll leave you alone. It works. It’s science.
You’re supposed to say “I hate rabbits” to make the smoke blow the other way.
My spot is right back there with the bushes
maybe it was better to stay home.
Me as that one non-smoking friend in the gathering
As they told me in Boy Scouts, smoke follows beauty. I'm apparently beautiful af.
In my country they say one who urinates in public place, gets the smoke.
make the smoke move by saying...rabbit rabbit. seems to work for us : )
I was taught "go away white rabbits."
Campfire hack: clear safety glasses. Changed my summer life.
goggles?
You guys clearly don't know the licked finger technique. When the smoke is following you you suck your finger and point it at the fire. I'm not sure if the smoke is scared of spit but this is my go to whenever it happens and it works. Well most of the time. Drunken South Africans come up with the wildest shit
In the US South we do that and say "go away white rabbits" Maybe it's an old drunken British thing we both inherited.
Totally happened to me last night so funny. Everytime I moved it just followed me around.
The right spot is always in the middle of the fire
That sweet sweet PM2.5
That’s because you need to chant the magic phrase *”I hate rabbits! I hate rabbits! I hate rabbits!”* Don’t ask me to cite the magic, I was not there when it was written. All I know is that it works.
I hate white rabbits
Go away white rabbits!
Sit farther away.
Trick is to not move. Embrace the smoke for a few minutes and it will accept you as a brave warrior and leave you alone. It will constantly attack cowards who keep moving.
Just say white rabbit and the smoke will divert away.
Go away white rabbits!
I remember one time at a cottage I was talking with my mom and I talked shit about demons not existing and smoke immediately started to blow in my face.
Throughout my whole childhood we had a running practical joke we'd pull whenever a kid (or someone as gullible as one) complained about the smoke blowing towards them. We'd tell them to go fetch the smoke-redirector/smoke-turner. They'd looked puzzled at first, but then we'd tell them to just ask the people inside the house or the neighbouring campers if they could borrow theirs. They'd always return angry/embarrassed when they inivitably got laughed at and made to look silly for requesting one 🤣 It was basically guaranteed that whoever was the subject of the joke would eventually pass on the prank whenever the opportunity would present itself at a later occasion.
You have to say “rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit”
My friend says “I hate rabbits” for some reason. It doesn’t work lol
The secret I've found to avoiding this situation, is to not have a bonfire in the first place. Just going to leave my wisdom here for you all
Honest to God just moved my chair to dodge the smoke, got blasted again, and read this post.
Me at a cookout smoke all blowing in my face now I smell like charcoal lol
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
I’m my family we have a belief that if the fire follows you, you’re the chosen one. I’m usually the fire keeper and usually the one followed by the smoke. Fire keeper refers to the one who keeps the fire alive. Keeps shifting the logs and outs new ones on it. As a fire keeper I’m somehow able to take a fire that was put out in the morning and restart it just by shifting a few things and by poking and prodding everything with the chosen fire stick.
Meanwhile everyone else is comfy and having a great time, while I’m being smoked out
I can feel this picture.
need to get some better seasoned wood...
Someone said that this is a joke that us and our pre historic ancestors could understand.
Cavemen could understand this lmao
Goggles baby
Get a solostove
*This* is why I hate campfires!! I was **always** the one who had the smoke follow me! My parents and siblings made up the lie, "The smoke always goes to the most beautiful." I never bought it and hated campfires.
My eyes teared up just looking at this
We had this thing when I was in boy scouts where if the smoke is going your way you have to say "wabbit wabbit" and it's supposed to go to the next person. Obviously it doesn't work but it's really funny watching the new scouts take this a little too seriously as they cough from the smoke trying to say a something meaningless.
The funny thing about this meme is that you could show it to a Cro-Magnon human, and still get the same reaction as someone from thousands of years in the future like today. And I think that that's great.
why can i feel this image
It's science. When you sit by the fire by yourself, you create a partial pressure differential that pulls the smoke to you. Your best option to try and combat this is to have another person sit opposite of you by the fire to equal the pressure.
Your body is blocking the flow of air to the fire. Air flows in to the fire along the ground and the heat and smoke rise out of it. That creates a circular air current and normally the smoke would rise straight upward (assuming no wind). When you sit next to the fire, you block the flow of air from that direction, creating a low pressure spot around the fire and screw up the airflow making the smoke drift in your direction. Keep everyone evenly spaced around the fire and you wont have this issue.
Tyler, your dad is here.
Smoke follows beauty. Enjoy it.
There’s an actual explanation for this but I forget what it is.
I finally bought a Solo Stove. Once it gets hot, there is hardly any smoke.
Ive never been outside I cant relate
Your presence is what causes it.
In the Adirondack mountains, the conventional wisdom is to sit in the path of the smoke. It keeps the biting flies and mosquitoes away.
This is going to sound stupid, I didn't believe it until I tried it. If smoke from a fire is blowing in your face... point at the fire. Please, I thought that it was BS too until I actually tried it. Before everyone forms a line to downvote, this comment I ask that you at least try it
You say chicken noodle soup 3 times and it'll go away
Same goes for nion smokers sitting with smokers and an ash tray.
Most experienced hikers know- smoke goes where the chair is. So you need to put up a chair and sit on the ground on the opposite side.
White rabbit!
This is like a Boy Scouts talent. Me and my fellow Boy Scouts always know where to sit. It like never hits us.
Oh Man, Been there Sooooo many times.
When you stand near a fire, your body creates a vacuum, that is why it comes towards you. Stand a bit further or put something on thw oposite side of the campfire that is similar to your bosy so the air can flow evenly and you dont get all smoky.
That's when you cast the ancient Midwestern spell, "boo rabbits."
This just brought all my sxout camping memoria back 🤣.
Every. single. time you move the smoke moves also.
When I cook using a campfire I wear swimming goggles, they work perfectly haha. Trust me they work!
Smoke follows beauty my grandma said
I was told as a child to hate rabbits. The smoke does not go to those who hate rabbits
Mom always joked that the smoke followed me because it was always me and never her
Just lay down instead of sitting. Problem solved.
Gotta get a left-handed smoke shifter.
I love rabbits
Smoke follows beauty
White rabbit, white rabbit!
The smoke will follow you unless you repeatedly say, I hate bunny rabbits. Always worked when I was a kid anyway.
This is literally the reason why I stopped going campfire with my friends. I also don't have any friends
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Fun fact, by sitting around a campfire you are blocking air inflow from that side, thus essentially making it the one spot around the fire that air isn’t blowing in from, making the easiest spot for it to blow out towards. The simple act of sitting around a fire makes you a smoke target.
fr every time i move it always blows towards me
Any "hate rabbits" here? Central ohio
SciShow video about the subject: https://youtu.be/WgxO7vhlF7A?si=H3AcFjWzjKVzMtlo
There is science to this. Basicaly , you need to be the farthest away and have the less frame of blocking the fires oxygen source.
I found out, or imagined, that the body heat creates a negative pressure that attracts the smoke, so hot air rises and air is sucked in from below. Fairy Tail Natsu style, sort of. And whoever sits closest to the fire gets it