It's because as the hot air rises, cool air comes in from all sides of the fire. Your body blocks that air from one side, so the prevailing current of cool air feeding the fire is biased towards you and it carries the smoke with it.
110 0 ReplyNO! The smoke hates me personally and is trying to kill me on purpose.
40 0 ReplyProbably true.
12 0 ReplyCampfire smoke definitely has toxic ex vibes.
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I never thought about it that way but it totally makes sense. Thanks!
But than again: it comes always to me and not to others. And it's the same for the others. The smoke always goes to them too
39 0 ReplyI wonder if it could be the largest person blocking the most air.
That would explain why it happens to me anyway…
17 0 ReplyWhen it's coming towards you, it's grabbing your attention, and you make note of it. When it's coming towards someone else, this is not so.
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Imma sell a "smoke diverter" that's a wide piece of cardboard on a stand. Put it opposite your seat at the fire, boom, no more smoke.
3 0 ReplyGonna need to sell left- and right-handed versions if you want to capture the market
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Ancient humans would understand this and I think that's cool.
54 0 ReplyI'm not sure how many people can relate, but this is a thing.
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"Smoke goes after thieves" is what we always say.
8 0 ReplyI've heard about it going after who got laid most recently of the group
2 0 ReplyGeez, that changes some of the boy scout camps!
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Where I'm from smoke follows beauty. Americans are pretty vain.
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White rabbit, white rabbit!
7 0 ReplySavu seuraa lampaannussijaa.
3 0 ReplyHåller med fullständigt
1 0 ReplyI just heard it about generally getting laid, not specifically about sheep lol
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1 0 ReplySmoke is bad for you… mmmkay.
1 0 ReplyI don't think anyone has ever said otherwise.
4 0 ReplySource? Don’t let this man distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.
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