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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/whatawynn on 2026-05-16 06:47:26+00:00.

graduating college tomorrow, realized last night my gown and dress are both incredibly wrinkly. quickly obtain the cheapest handheld steamer i can find and am like perfect, i am such an adult, look at me go steaming my outfit.

let the steamer gear up for a second and then proceed to without thinking check if it’s warmed up enough by putting my whole hand right in front of it and burn the fuck out of myself, drop the steamer and also burn the fuck out of my foot.

which in immediate hindsight i was like why did i do that? but also i didn’t even think about it because i feel like in my memory steam even when you’re boiling something isnt that crazy hot. but turns out it can be.

TL;DR steam gets burning you levels of hot and also don’t touch things to check if they’re hot. you think you know that until you’re burning yourself.