[EncomLab]

I was following this yesterday and there seems to be very little commentary regarding the lack of damage to the table surface or the color staining to the scissor blades. This looks far more like someone blowtorching the blades while holding the scissors over the table (one presumes outside) to get some of the plastic to melt, then later placing the cooled scissors on the table and moving it inside. Classic Reddit runaway arguments with no consideration that the OP is pulling their leg.

[alnwlsn]

It does seem awfully similar to that mouse that caught on fire a few weeks ago - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1i7br8w/my_gi...

[dhosek]

Until I clicked the link I thought it was a post about spontaneous rodent combustion.

[yellowapple]

That could very well still be a possibility here.

[jrootabega]

There is a lot of superficial and structural burn damage to the desk there. (Not that I believe the mouse story is true.)

[baerrie]

In the closeup of the table spot you can see the formica veneer cracking upwards, also, you do see discoloration of the blade near the plastic. Most of the heat would be rising upwards so it wouldn’t hit the blade as much.

[Verdex]

The more experience that I get the more I think that serious endeavors should include a magician.

In this type of scenario where we're investigating an interesting one time event, it's important to try and decide how something may have happened. But equally important to try and decide how something could be faked to appear to have happened.

In a world ever driven by attention and lies, it pays to have a professional attention grabbing liar double checking the facts.