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[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 106 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not for "some reason". It's out of spite.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago

Which is probably also the reason for the smell

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago

The fire does not want to go near the smell

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

Evil fruit born in hellfire.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is a bizarre claim. It appears to be based on a video in which a durian is briefly exposed to a 3300 degree torch. Anything more than that would obviously reduce the whole fruit to char.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it doesn't withstand it, it just burns slowly because of moist in it. So even less would be enough, given time

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate when my durian doesnt burn cause it got the moist in it :(

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What do you have against Moist?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

Stop. Please, sir. The joke is already dead!

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Char, just like how heat shields used to reenter the earths atmosphere work

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's also why a solid wood beam does better in a fire than steel. Once the outside is charred it shields the inside and the beam can keep a good bit of its strength before eventually failing once the outer layers get burned through. The steel heats up quickly and goes soft long before its melting point.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jet fuel can't melt wood beams!

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Technically correct, the best kind of correct

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Help me name the sci-fi novella I'm (totally) going to write about durian panspermia.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  • Durian Rising
  • Durian supremacy
  • The Three Durian Problem
  • Trouble in the Durianverse
  • The Left Hand Side of Durian
  • The Word for World is Durian
  • Precursor: The Origin of Durianism and Other Catastrophes
[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Durians?

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Durian.”

Chapterhouse: Durian

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Left hand of Durian got me.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

3 durian problem

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Picture of Durian Gray.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Durian, followed by Durian Messiah, Children of Durian...

[–] titter@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I feel like we are ignoring the evaporative power of moisture that the fruit, and not the steel beam, can utilize. Metal transforms along the entire heating process, the durian will evaporate until a husk and then immediately be immolated.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Me: getting on the MRT with a delicious durian
The Singaporean passengers : You can't bring that on board lah! There is a 500SGD fine!
Me: if you think that smells bad , check this out *heats durian to 3000°C*

[–] human@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So you're telling me I can't burn all these durians? Now what am I going to do with them?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nuke them from orbit. Only way to be safe

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

The durian mostly come out at night. Mostly.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Send them to med school so they can get a job at Sacred Heart.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Eat them all and temporarily increase your maximum heart containers.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

you have to be prepared for global warming