It is the 4th of July. I'm sure some of you are planning to celebrate America's birthday by blowing things up, as you've been doing since the 1st of July if not mid-June. No doubt you have one of those trendy Pikachu fireworks you plan on igniting. Outside, in an unenclosed space, because fireworks are what we call "flammable." When you light something with a flame, that flame burns a string, and the string sets off an explosive, all three of those things are caused by fire. That's why you light fireworks OUTSIDE! We get each other, right?

One Twitch streamer was unaware of how fire, incidentally devices, and hot things worked.

The Pikachu was embarrassing enough, but the ensuing reaction gives us an epic fail not seen since some dude's cat attacked him over voting rights.

His mother was NOT amused. And if the dude shut off his live stream as his mother asked, it would have saved him the embarrassment of being screamed at by her.

Or the embarrassment of the fire department needing to show up.

The real shame is that had he set off Pikachu outside, it would have looked sick. It's not like they don't make vlogging tripods that allow you to stream outside. They are every third Instagram advertisement. Maybe invest in some mobile equipment instead of setting your bedroom on fire.

That's at least if the dude is still allowed to live stream after this unfortunate occurrence. If it was my mother, I'd have the internet taken away until I thought about what I did.

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