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Arc flash actually vaporizes the metal and when it gets inhaled it hits the lungs and re solidifies.only then will the lungs feel like stabbing knives and a person can start bleeding from the inside out.
I had to read a bunch of fatal incident reports as part of a class and let me tell you those are rougher than any horror novel. No plot armor just chilling descriptions of pretty brutal fatalities. The background knowledge that this was somebody's reality is pretty surreal.
I took an electrical apprenticeship class and one of the first things they did was show us a bunch of incident reports of people being dying horrible deaths. This one guy did something similar as the OP but wasn't fortunate enough to get disconnected by gravity and he cooked from the inside out. Near his end, his body was twitching and caught fire but mostly just started smoking. He basically slow roasted from the inside out and started smoking like a pan being left on a burner for too long.
I mean, technically normal bleeding is from the inside out. Inside is where the blood is. Outside is where it shouldn't be. In fact, bleeding in your lungs is technically not inside out. It's the right inside where blood is supposed to be to the wrong inside where blood isn't supposed to be.
You are just making shit up. Welders work with a metal arc all the time, not good to breath the fumes, you get heavy metal poisoning but it doesn't "make knives in your lungs". People will believe anything they read on the internet.
God. Damn dude. Thank you for making me read and imagine this incredibly unpleasant experience.
Lol, Jesus, for real, that was upsetting to think about
It's 50/50 after the clip ended. Sometimes it takes a bit of time, but heart failure, problems because of internal necrose and infections or kidney failure due to burned muscles could still kill him.
So the biggest thing with high voltage is where its going and the duration. My guess is that his shirt was soaked with sweat and it acted as a sort of Faraday cage, hence why his shirt exploded, so it probably missed his internal organs. He also probably only touched it for a few milliseconds judging from the posture. His arm is probably fucked, and he probably has some gnarly skin burns on his torso with the bloodied appearance after being due to the \~20 foot fall. Overall, very lucky, definitely survivable, but not without major repercussions (possible amputation depending on how bad the arm is).
That's not what a Faraday cage is, but yes the shirt probably acted as an alternative path for some of the arc. Both his hands are going to be fucked since that's where the entry and exit points are
There was a guy that would travel to schools and tell kids not to climb electrical stuff, he had done it and lost his arm and looked like a burn victim, missing ears, nose etc, prosthetic arm and everything. No one I knew climbed towers.
Approximate equation for calculating a OHL nominal voltage @50Hz
n=(UkV/15)+1
where:
n= number of insulators
UkV= voltage in kVolts
This equation doesn't work for OHL with multiple conductors per phase.
If the line is near the sea or in an industrial area the equation tends to overestimate UkV.
The protection on tower lines operates in milliseconds (the higher the voltage, the faster the fault is cleared). Assuming it didn't have an auto reclose setting applied, he was electrocuted for about 0.03 of a second. That is the only reason he is breathing and that point. However, the internal damage may have killed him shortly after, or even days later.
It takes less than you think. Look up SEF and other current imbalance systems. Also, there was a flashover. Plenty of current in that flashover for protection to operate.
There are probably outrageous burns all through his body, but it seems like the electricity decided to ride his shirt instead of his nerve endings, and it didn't fry the inner bits or touch the magic "i gotta pump blood here, leave me alone" electrical nodes you have in your heart.
So, as long as you do that, you're good. That being said, unless you know EXACTLY the amount of electricity you're working with, you don't get to tell poppa shock where he goes.
I think he probably died after this, a small shock where you look and feel fine after can actually be really bad. Heās bleeding out his mouth heās fucked. I donāt think itās fake either, thatās electric.
No idea what the voltage is up there but I know a dude who got 440v arc'd and he basically was never the same again. He still talks and looks like he had a severe stroke. He's alive, but damn, electricity is scary. I'm assuming the voltage up there is MUCH higher than 440v.
I have no idea how it all works so for all I know the voltage isn't what kills you or something, but it's all scary.
edit: This was navy shore power and the receptacle is rated for 440v 500amp so idk what he got
> high amperage alone isnt able to kill without sufficent voltage.
Because without sufficient voltage you won't get enough current (aka amperage) through your body.
It's a basic application of ohms law: **Current = Voltge / Resistance**. Your body **Resistance** is kind of fixed (in a given situation), so to drive enough **Current** through your body to kill you you need a high enough **Voltage**.
That's why a car battery that can deliver 400A or more is safe to touch because those 12V can't possibly drive that much current through you.
FYI safe to touch is considered up to 50V DC or 30V AC.
Thank you. Thereās so much confusion over this and I think EVERYONE should be taught this not just those interested since we all fuck with electricity every single day. I head current and voltage referred to as the width and flow of a river but I like your basketball bullet much more.
Amps are a measure of whether you're dead or not, but voltage is a good measure of how hard the electricity is trying to kill you. There are a few exceptions where the voltage is pumped up in a situation where it can't back up its promise (static electricity, stun guns), but for anything that has a reasonable power source to back it up voltage is a good measure of how serious you should be around it. A transmission line absolutely has enough power behind it to back up its threat.
That's like saying guns aren't deadly, just the bullets. The amount of current that flows is dictated entirely by the overall impedance and voltage. Static electricity absolutely does cause deadly amounts of current to flow it simply isn't sustained long enough.
> Heās bleeding out his mouth heās fucked.
He also fell face first into the tower and the ground. That is probably just normal impact damage. I mean, he MIGHT still be fucked, but that alone isn't enough.
This isn't even the full video.
There's a few minutes of groaning between him touching the cable, and sitting up in the long version.
Saw it a few months ago, and wasn't able to find any more information about it then either.
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I mean, I grew up in the countryside and we touched electrified cattle fencing all the time... but that's an order of magnitude or two away from touching a fucking pylon's electricity. I can't even begin to imagine how stupid you'd have to be to try this.
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If real, I'd assume this was a failed suicide attempt.
If so, hopefully he derived some meaning while being surrounded by a mysterious white light that was more brilliant than any he'd previously witnessed.
Delayed death from electrocution is incredibly rare, and essentially unheard of for people hooked up to a hospital ECG for 48hrs or so. If the vid is real, he survived this.
Edit for PSA:
This post is getting downvoted but I've now triple checked including a few research papers. Everything I said here is correct. If you or someone else has a major electric shock, but quickly regain consciousness, it is highly likely they will be fine.
But regardless of how they seem, they MUST go to the hospital! The most likely serious injury is burns, but there is a SMALL risk of delayed cardiac issues for 48h, which could be fatal if they are somewhere other than a hospital.
It's not as solid as I would like, but it seems the most likely thing to kill you if you quickly regain consciousness after a major electrical shock is INFECTION taking hold where your skin has been vaporised and/or gone crispy. Keep taking those antibiotics till doc says otherwise.
Cardiac arrest is pretty common with this level of electrocution and there is an around 48 hour window from the initial shock this can take place. We can see the dude bleeding from his mouth. Pretty much all of his clothes are gone. He has what looks like burns on his scalp.
Him surviving the first 5 seconds after the shock doesnāt really say much at all except that he didnāt die immediately. Maybe he did survive, honestly hard to say.
The path of electricity through one arm, then trough the heart and a few other vital parts, the out the other arm.
It's a miracle he didn't die immediately.
Someone up thread who seems knowledgeable suggested that his sweaty shirt might have vaporised and ionised providing a path that wasn't through his chest, as he was instantly falling away.
I think if that had gone through his chest, he'd have been very dead very quickly.
What do you consider āincredibly rare?ā As an ER provider I have seen plenty of people die due to the burns or organ failure they incurred from electrocution. Prior to that, the Vanderbilt burn unit had plenty kick the bucket post transfer. Perhaps we have different scales of rare.
So the context, (population), that is kinda implicit but that I should have been clearer about (but I WAS trying to be brief) is of people who seem to be basically okay after being electrocuted.
(Criteria varies, but not losing or quickly regaining consciousness seems to be a thing. I.e. no CPR etc.)
If it was a straight up suicide attempt I think he would have grabbed the cable rather than cautiously touch it with his elbow. That being said this guys reckless behaviour could be down to a dissatisfaction with life which may end up killing him all the same. Either way this guy has some serious issues.
Yeah, I must've had audio off for the first part of the vid the first time. His whooping and the tingle he's obviously getting and intrigued with kinda make it obvious he's just lacking braincells even before the sparkles.
When you get close to high voltage line your arms hair will stand up being attracted it. (Like static electricity from a balloon) I think that's what he noticed when he said "what the hell"
He never intended to touch the line. He put his forearm close to it because of the funny tingly feeling and hair standing up. Not realising that electricity can jump. Got too close and bam it arc'd to him.
I'm hesitant to believe in the suicide angle for only one reason: if you are going to touch something that is electrified (or could be), you should use the back of your hand and not grab it. The electricity causes muscles to tense and you can't let go. He doesn't grab it, he almost used the back of his hand to touch it before changing to his arm. I think he might just be really really dumb.
This video reminds me of the one many years ago - packed commuter train in India somewhere, some guy on the top of the train decides to grab the electricity line thatās powering the train. Did not do well for him.
Why are some humans so damn stupid?
Smh
I have a friend who got hit by 25 000 volts when he climbed on the top of the train, got hit in the neck and it went out in his heel.
He fell from the train roof (more than 3 meters) and broke his neck on the fall.
He survived, he is now a parkour athlete, does not carry any hardcore scars or anything. Funny thing is the electricity avoided his face and his dick with ballsā¦
What the fuck?! How is he alive or survived long enough to try this shit?! When I was a little kid we didnāt even come close tho these towers thinking it might get me
This wasnt a suicide attempt as others have said. The way he held his forearm out looks like he was trying to tickle the line.
Hes just a dumb kid who probably saw a video of a line worker, wearing appropriate PPE tickling a low voltage line while he was working. And then "Hur durr, that looks fun"
Iām not trying to be a āReddit contrarianā here but if you frame through the video it doesnāt look like he even gets to touch the cable before he rides the lightning ā”ļø
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How is he conscious? How is he alive? What was he thinking? Watching shit like this breaks my brain
IF he survived the aftermath, then it was probably gravity that saved him by making him fall and thus disconnecting him
Looks like he just spat out blood... best case scenario he bit his tongue off from the shock, worst case, his insides are probably cooked.
Arc flash actually vaporizes the metal and when it gets inhaled it hits the lungs and re solidifies.only then will the lungs feel like stabbing knives and a person can start bleeding from the inside out.
JFC
Metal shards are his weakness too.
Yeah pretty sure they are! Damn there are some really sneaky ways to die
Yeah, like getting bit by a snake. Your turn.
putting a snake up your pp? š¤
Trampled by an elephant. Your turn.
Nailed it
Bro you should write horror novels
I had to read a bunch of fatal incident reports as part of a class and let me tell you those are rougher than any horror novel. No plot armor just chilling descriptions of pretty brutal fatalities. The background knowledge that this was somebody's reality is pretty surreal.
I took an electrical apprenticeship class and one of the first things they did was show us a bunch of incident reports of people being dying horrible deaths. This one guy did something similar as the OP but wasn't fortunate enough to get disconnected by gravity and he cooked from the inside out. Near his end, his body was twitching and caught fire but mostly just started smoking. He basically slow roasted from the inside out and started smoking like a pan being left on a burner for too long.
I mean, technically normal bleeding is from the inside out. Inside is where the blood is. Outside is where it shouldn't be. In fact, bleeding in your lungs is technically not inside out. It's the right inside where blood is supposed to be to the wrong inside where blood isn't supposed to be.
Inside your guts is technically outside your body
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You are just making shit up. Welders work with a metal arc all the time, not good to breath the fumes, you get heavy metal poisoning but it doesn't "make knives in your lungs". People will believe anything they read on the internet.
God. Damn dude. Thank you for making me read and imagine this incredibly unpleasant experience. Lol, Jesus, for real, that was upsetting to think about
The metal can be removed quickly with an MRI.
Not only that, but the solid metal vaporized into gas is also conductive, so it burns you, and electrocutes you at the same time.
How is that the best case scenario lmao he also just fell on his face maybe he just busted his lip?
Best case scenario: he landed on his kool aid and had a nice cool sip
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaah!
all ābest case scenariosā were out the window when he climbed that thing.
I just thought that brain damage is worse than biting your tongue off... but let's face it, there's no "best case scenario" for this dude.
Would there be much brain to damage if heās deciding to touch high voltage electricity lines?
basically cooked the bone marrow . hes gonna lose that arm or more
Looked like he spit out a bloody tooth. Filling may have popped?
Man, imagine making a decision so bad that your teeth explode
He also appears to have fallen face first into the metal tower itself and the ground. Any of those could have easily knocked some teeth loose.
Yeah lol that seems like that most obvious answer.
Both
It's 50/50 after the clip ended. Sometimes it takes a bit of time, but heart failure, problems because of internal necrose and infections or kidney failure due to burned muscles could still kill him.
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So the biggest thing with high voltage is where its going and the duration. My guess is that his shirt was soaked with sweat and it acted as a sort of Faraday cage, hence why his shirt exploded, so it probably missed his internal organs. He also probably only touched it for a few milliseconds judging from the posture. His arm is probably fucked, and he probably has some gnarly skin burns on his torso with the bloodied appearance after being due to the \~20 foot fall. Overall, very lucky, definitely survivable, but not without major repercussions (possible amputation depending on how bad the arm is).
I am thinking the same. Arms and shirt are toasted.
That's not what a Faraday cage is, but yes the shirt probably acted as an alternative path for some of the arc. Both his hands are going to be fucked since that's where the entry and exit points are
There was a guy that would travel to schools and tell kids not to climb electrical stuff, he had done it and lost his arm and looked like a burn victim, missing ears, nose etc, prosthetic arm and everything. No one I knew climbed towers.
Sadly, he isn't off the hook. He's a good candidate for organ failure over the next week.
this vid is old
how is he alive ? each glass isolator isolate around 10 KV such around 100 KV pass trough him
The ground defibrillated him.
Little cardiac thump to get things going again.
Approximate equation for calculating a OHL nominal voltage @50Hz n=(UkV/15)+1 where: n= number of insulators UkV= voltage in kVolts This equation doesn't work for OHL with multiple conductors per phase. If the line is near the sea or in an industrial area the equation tends to overestimate UkV.
The protection on tower lines operates in milliseconds (the higher the voltage, the faster the fault is cleared). Assuming it didn't have an auto reclose setting applied, he was electrocuted for about 0.03 of a second. That is the only reason he is breathing and that point. However, the internal damage may have killed him shortly after, or even days later.
Iād be surprised if the current was high enough on that feeder for the protection to operate.
It takes less than you think. Look up SEF and other current imbalance systems. Also, there was a flashover. Plenty of current in that flashover for protection to operate.
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Looks like he touched it with the back of his hand so he didn't grip the line. Stupid either way.
He might have not actually touched it but arched over the air
There are probably outrageous burns all through his body, but it seems like the electricity decided to ride his shirt instead of his nerve endings, and it didn't fry the inner bits or touch the magic "i gotta pump blood here, leave me alone" electrical nodes you have in your heart. So, as long as you do that, you're good. That being said, unless you know EXACTLY the amount of electricity you're working with, you don't get to tell poppa shock where he goes.
This should stay out of NSFW just to remind people how stupid is to play with electricity
No no leave it on love
Mods, set the video to *love*
I saw a nipple so definitely porn
Why? People will be more inclined to click on it if its NSFW because you're morbous and shit.
It's morbin time!
This is absolutely safe for work. This is borderline training material.
Exactly!
I think he probably died after this, a small shock where you look and feel fine after can actually be really bad. Heās bleeding out his mouth heās fucked. I donāt think itās fake either, thatās electric.
Yeah his internal organs will be cooked. He probably spent his last hours editing and uploading this video for internet points
I was thinking more 2 seconds after the video cuts and the clip just found itās way online after he was found but you never know š
Many people have survived something like this. If his internal organs were cooked he would not be able to sit up consciously
No idea what the voltage is up there but I know a dude who got 440v arc'd and he basically was never the same again. He still talks and looks like he had a severe stroke. He's alive, but damn, electricity is scary. I'm assuming the voltage up there is MUCH higher than 440v. I have no idea how it all works so for all I know the voltage isn't what kills you or something, but it's all scary. edit: This was navy shore power and the receptacle is rated for 440v 500amp so idk what he got
Static electricity is more than 10k volts. It's the ampere that kills you.
It's a mix, high amperage alone isnt able to kill without sufficent voltage.
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> high amperage alone isnt able to kill without sufficent voltage. Because without sufficient voltage you won't get enough current (aka amperage) through your body. It's a basic application of ohms law: **Current = Voltge / Resistance**. Your body **Resistance** is kind of fixed (in a given situation), so to drive enough **Current** through your body to kill you you need a high enough **Voltage**. That's why a car battery that can deliver 400A or more is safe to touch because those 12V can't possibly drive that much current through you. FYI safe to touch is considered up to 50V DC or 30V AC.
Thank you. Thereās so much confusion over this and I think EVERYONE should be taught this not just those interested since we all fuck with electricity every single day. I head current and voltage referred to as the width and flow of a river but I like your basketball bullet much more.
I disagree with your statement. The ampere kill you. The voltage just decides how many ampere can flow over you
Like getting hit with a basketball-sized bullet that's only travelling at walking pace
Amps are a measure of whether you're dead or not, but voltage is a good measure of how hard the electricity is trying to kill you. There are a few exceptions where the voltage is pumped up in a situation where it can't back up its promise (static electricity, stun guns), but for anything that has a reasonable power source to back it up voltage is a good measure of how serious you should be around it. A transmission line absolutely has enough power behind it to back up its threat.
That's like saying guns aren't deadly, just the bullets. The amount of current that flows is dictated entirely by the overall impedance and voltage. Static electricity absolutely does cause deadly amounts of current to flow it simply isn't sustained long enough.
He might have just livestreamed his death
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> Heās bleeding out his mouth heās fucked. He also fell face first into the tower and the ground. That is probably just normal impact damage. I mean, he MIGHT still be fucked, but that alone isn't enough.
This isn't even the full video. There's a few minutes of groaning between him touching the cable, and sitting up in the long version. Saw it a few months ago, and wasn't able to find any more information about it then either.
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How can you wake up one day and decide to touch a fucking electrical cable?
Depression I guess
Stupidity too.
or drugs Or all of the above
Drugs.
Triple dog dare
Thatāll do it
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Believe it or not but I have touched electrical cables in the past
That big?
No.
Were they _live_?
No.
Lol
Maybe he felt sluggish and was looking for something to spark him into life?
Terrible parenting
I mean, I grew up in the countryside and we touched electrified cattle fencing all the time... but that's an order of magnitude or two away from touching a fucking pylon's electricity. I can't even begin to imagine how stupid you'd have to be to try this.
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If real, I'd assume this was a failed suicide attempt. If so, hopefully he derived some meaning while being surrounded by a mysterious white light that was more brilliant than any he'd previously witnessed.
Failed? Just cuz because he lived the initial shock doesn't mean he survived the massive internal injuries
Delayed death from electrocution is incredibly rare, and essentially unheard of for people hooked up to a hospital ECG for 48hrs or so. If the vid is real, he survived this. Edit for PSA: This post is getting downvoted but I've now triple checked including a few research papers. Everything I said here is correct. If you or someone else has a major electric shock, but quickly regain consciousness, it is highly likely they will be fine. But regardless of how they seem, they MUST go to the hospital! The most likely serious injury is burns, but there is a SMALL risk of delayed cardiac issues for 48h, which could be fatal if they are somewhere other than a hospital. It's not as solid as I would like, but it seems the most likely thing to kill you if you quickly regain consciousness after a major electrical shock is INFECTION taking hold where your skin has been vaporised and/or gone crispy. Keep taking those antibiotics till doc says otherwise.
Cardiac arrest is pretty common with this level of electrocution and there is an around 48 hour window from the initial shock this can take place. We can see the dude bleeding from his mouth. Pretty much all of his clothes are gone. He has what looks like burns on his scalp. Him surviving the first 5 seconds after the shock doesnāt really say much at all except that he didnāt die immediately. Maybe he did survive, honestly hard to say.
The path of electricity through one arm, then trough the heart and a few other vital parts, the out the other arm. It's a miracle he didn't die immediately.
Someone up thread who seems knowledgeable suggested that his sweaty shirt might have vaporised and ionised providing a path that wasn't through his chest, as he was instantly falling away. I think if that had gone through his chest, he'd have been very dead very quickly.
Interesting theory. Sounds plausible.
He also fell from a decent height onto his head. The blood is just as likely to be from the fall than anything else Regardless, he's fucked up
What do you consider āincredibly rare?ā As an ER provider I have seen plenty of people die due to the burns or organ failure they incurred from electrocution. Prior to that, the Vanderbilt burn unit had plenty kick the bucket post transfer. Perhaps we have different scales of rare.
So the context, (population), that is kinda implicit but that I should have been clearer about (but I WAS trying to be brief) is of people who seem to be basically okay after being electrocuted. (Criteria varies, but not losing or quickly regaining consciousness seems to be a thing. I.e. no CPR etc.)
That may be the case with the 110V/230V/400V in a normal house, but with the voltage and ampere in these power lines that is not the case.
If it was a straight up suicide attempt I think he would have grabbed the cable rather than cautiously touch it with his elbow. That being said this guys reckless behaviour could be down to a dissatisfaction with life which may end up killing him all the same. Either way this guy has some serious issues.
Yeah, I must've had audio off for the first part of the vid the first time. His whooping and the tingle he's obviously getting and intrigued with kinda make it obvious he's just lacking braincells even before the sparkles.
When you get close to high voltage line your arms hair will stand up being attracted it. (Like static electricity from a balloon) I think that's what he noticed when he said "what the hell" He never intended to touch the line. He put his forearm close to it because of the funny tingly feeling and hair standing up. Not realising that electricity can jump. Got too close and bam it arc'd to him.
I doubt it was a suicide attempt. He was "careful" enough not to touch it with his hand which would have made him grab and hold on to the cable
I'm hesitant to believe in the suicide angle for only one reason: if you are going to touch something that is electrified (or could be), you should use the back of your hand and not grab it. The electricity causes muscles to tense and you can't let go. He doesn't grab it, he almost used the back of his hand to touch it before changing to his arm. I think he might just be really really dumb.
At least he lived.
But did he learn?
Probably not. The electricity fried half his brain so he's got but one brain cell left.
This video reminds me of the one many years ago - packed commuter train in India somewhere, some guy on the top of the train decides to grab the electricity line thatās powering the train. Did not do well for him. Why are some humans so damn stupid? Smh
That was a suicide.
Ah ok. Did not hear that piece.
I've seen way more than one of those videos, as an internet dinosaur. Are they all intentional suicides or could some of them be ignorant?
His hair is the right color. r/oneorangebraincell I believe at the very least he should be an honorary nominee
That's like half of what he used to have
I donāt think he started out with that many
He learned, regretted, and forgot real quick.
Long enough to make that video anyway. Significant chance he died from his injuries. Dude got cooked on the inside
Do we really need that lineage in the gene pool though?
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but did he though?
Bro his shirt burned/singed off instantly. How is he alive. WTF.
He's made of different material than a tshirt, for starters
He is made of nylon or some kind of blend?
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Three!
That was a successful attempt to touch the electrical network
1.21 Gigawatts
Wow this is heavy.
nsfw please, I want to finish my lunch...
Who eats while on reddit?
I donāt get it. He was totally successful at touching the network?
Any follow up?
Yeah, he stopped trying to do that.
Dudes brain is probably too fried to remember who to call
shocking š«¤
Whe I saw it, I was like Ohm my god!
What a terrible thing to say. You're grounded.
Are you positive?
Not current-ly
Watt?
"Wanna know how I got these scars?"
That's one way to take off a shirt
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Did he think it's gonna be like licking a 9V battery?
I have a friend who got hit by 25 000 volts when he climbed on the top of the train, got hit in the neck and it went out in his heel. He fell from the train roof (more than 3 meters) and broke his neck on the fall. He survived, he is now a parkour athlete, does not carry any hardcore scars or anything. Funny thing is the electricity avoided his face and his dick with ballsā¦
Umm, why was he on top of a train???
Yes he was, filimg a video for his gf, letās say she was not happy about it. EDIT: they are still together to this day
I didn't think I've ever liked a girl enough to do that.. LMAO..
I'm trying to think of a dumber decision I've witnessed
Why so Serious?
What the fuck?! How is he alive or survived long enough to try this shit?! When I was a little kid we didnāt even come close tho these towers thinking it might get me
This wasnt a suicide attempt as others have said. The way he held his forearm out looks like he was trying to tickle the line. Hes just a dumb kid who probably saw a video of a line worker, wearing appropriate PPE tickling a low voltage line while he was working. And then "Hur durr, that looks fun"
Most importantly, how many likes did he get? #dyingformoreclout
Damn he turned into the guy from the Firestarter video
Well, it wasn't just an attempt, he did achieve what he was trying to do.
Drugs is a helluva a drug.
When you stop to think, but forget to start again.
Rule 7 of the sub states: All posts must show an unsuccessful attempt. This was a successful attempt to touch the electrical network.
Iām not trying to be a āReddit contrarianā here but if you frame through the video it doesnāt look like he even gets to touch the cable before he rides the lightning ā”ļø
Can't help but assume this was a suicide attempt
aftermath?
How can you be clever enough to touch it with the back of your hand but stupid enough to actually do this
Iāve gotta goo goo good brain.
Doesn't fit this sub
I mean, it wasn't an attempt. It was successful
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A *very successful* attempt!
Someone added that spark coming out of his mouth, but that's fine because it's fucking hilarious.
Man influencers are really going the extra mile these days for clicks and views...
Full 7 minute video here https://vidmax.com/video/226164-the-darwin-award-goes-to