I suspect that people aren't being hurt, business wise, Tony. It is the perception of hurt, rather than actual pain.
I suspect so as well, actually. But I'm gonna wait on longer experience before I go any further than suspecting.
I'm recalled of a lesson taught to a child about how matches are still hot after they've blown out (as a means of convincing them not to play with matches)... light a match, blow it out, apply to child. Child will struggle and fight, allow this, as by the time the match head touches the child it is quite cool, harmless.
This, however, ran so counter to my suspicions that I just went down to the kitchen to test it out. Guess what? That last bit? The bit about the match head cooling down? LIES. Very, very hot. Like, "Ah, DAMN!" hot. Not at all like "Oh, that's just a psychological reaction to the heat I expected to feel hot.
No, I'm not going to hold it to my skin long enough to develop an actual burn, just to prove a point on the internet. Don't tempt me
It is entirely possible that there is some
more specific trick that would, indeed, end up with a cooled down match head. But as written? Not so much. So hey, let's
not suggest that parents do this to their kids, okay? Particularly let's not suggest that they
hold the match in place while the kid complains that he's being burnt, because they know better.