• I’m a fire eater, was doing my daily grind act on stage when it happened. Had a moment of disbelief but only like three people in the room knew what had happened, the audience didn’t. Afterwards I practiced it til I could film it in slow motion. No one has challenged my claim yet and I don’t think they will.

        The trick involves two torches back to back, or one double ended torch. You eat the bottom wick in such a way that it pushes out a ring of CO2, which then rises and sucks the oxygen out of the second wick, extinguishing it like magic. It’s fucking hard.

          • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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            3 months ago

            Circus performing is my second career, though I’m trying to make it my first by starting a new venue. I got into it a decade ago through community.

            The fire doesn’t go in your throat. It’s highly dangerous so the skill is as much safety as it is technique.