Polish YouTuber Heats Home With 133 Lidl Donuts - Energy Crisis Joke
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A Polish YouTuber just heated his house by burning 133 Lidl donuts in his stove.
14°C→22°C. Burned for 5+ hours.
Donuts have almost the same energy value as wood pellets - but at €0.0024 per donut, they're insanely cheaper.
Fat Thursday in Poland just solved energy crisis 🥟
Overview
This is a screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter) by verified user InvestorFromEurope (@TheDealMakerGuy), sharing a viral real-life experiment by a Polish YouTuber. The post details that the YouTuber heated his house by burning 133 Lidl donuts in a wood stove: the temperature rose from 14°C to 22°C, with the donuts burning for over 5 hours. It notes that donuts have nearly the same energy value as wood pellets, but cost only €0.0024 each, making them far cheaper. The post includes a playful pun tying to Polish culture: "Fat Thursday in Poland just solved energy crisis" — Fat Thursday is a Central European holiday centered on eating donuts (pączki), so this twists the traditional treat into a makeshift fuel source to joke about the ongoing energy cost crisis. Below the text is a two-panel collage: the left panel shows the YouTuber loading a stack of Lidl donuts into a stove, and the right panel shows him grinning, pointing at the stove, clearly amused by his unorthodox experiment.
Origin notes
The image is a screenshot of a post from the social media platform X (Twitter), shared by the verified user InvestorFromEurope (@TheDealMakerGuy). The content originates from a Polish YouTuber's original experiment video, which this user is reposting and commenting on to highlight the humorous, resourceful solution to high energy costs. The post leverages a cultural holiday (Fat Thursday) to add a comedic layer to the viral real-life hack, and the collage image is likely a clip still from the YouTuber's original content.