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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Total-String-8963 on 2025-12-21 14:57:19+00:00.
This is a throwback but I feel like I had to share this story as my buddy and I laugh about it to this day.
When I was 20 M (I am now 28 M) I had the great idea of smoking a little weed. My roommate (20 M) was in class and I finished my day and played video games. We went to a small college and my RA (21 M) was my fraternity brother so I was pretty much able to do whatever I wanted as long as I didn’t get the RA in trouble.
Now I know what you’re thinking, I must have smoked way too much and stunk up the hall…I can’t say you are more wrong. When I was a stoner, I had a lot of curiosities and always felt adventurous with doing new things when I was high. This particular day, I was shirtless and I am a very hairy guy. When I say hairy, I mean my entire class in college would call me “the yeti”.
I only did what I thought was logical, I wanted to see what would happen if I lit my armpit hair on fire. So I grabbed a bic lighter and sparked a flame onto my armpit hair. Next thing I know, all of my hair on my front was on fire. I immediately stop, drop, and roll. Thankfully I was able to get the flames out before any of my skin could catch fire.
To make matters worse, the fire alarm went off. I had already thrown the joint out the window and the room had smelled more like burnt hair than weed at this point. I get a text from the RA and he texts me saying “what the fuck did you do” as he knew it was me.
The campus police came, they didn’t find my weed but they had to ask me what did I light on fire to make this much of a smell. I immediately told them the truth, that I got bored and lit my armpit hair on fire to see what would happen. The cops only looked at me and shook their heads, said I was an absolute idiot, then left.
Nobody got in trouble, my room reeked for a few days, and I ended up with a wildly stupid story for years to come.
TL;DR: I accidentally lit myself on fire because I was high and the cops came and called me an idiot