Don’t need to be a science wiz to know that’s a bad idea.

What makes fires accelerate? Fuel, obviously. From the time you first have access to matches, most people are aware of the fact that, if you bring an open flame near something like gasoline, you’re more than likely about to see a pretty severe “boom.”

You’d think that most people would be aware of this by now, and yet, the internet is filled with people who seem surprised by the fact that gasoline really likes going “kablam.” In this case, a dude decides to pour gasoline on a fire — and then makes everything a whole lot worse.