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[–] • 26 pts

You don't want to touch someone being electrocuted anyways.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Kick, shoes are naturally grounded by the soles of leather or rubber/plastic material so you might feel a tingle for a moment but the force or the kick will break the circuit that goes from short to open and no current flow then.

[–] • 5 pts

If there's a greater than 0% chance of harm to myself, strangers can get fucked. Especially if they're suffering the consequences of being retarded.

[–] • 3 pts

He was airport staff adjusting a fan

[–] • 18 pts

The amount of I dont give a fuck there is LEGENDARY!

[–] • 7 pts

Typical Soy Guevara: they've been mistakenly led to believe that when their foolish endeavors go south, they're forcibly co-opted onto the responsible members of society.

That genius knew he had no business reaching behind the counter and touching that fan, but since he's pulled shit like this in the past and gotten away with it, he went back to the well.

Maybe that 50,000 joule attitude adjustment straightened his ass out, but I doubt it.

[–] • 8 pts

Maybe that 50,000 joule attitude adjustment straightened his ass out, but I doubt it.

I mean, he literally died during the video…

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Yea if you've never seen a person die you did right there. The arm movement was his last brain synapse.

[–] • 2 pts

At least he didn't take some innocent person with him that was just trying to do their job/live their lives.

[–] • 1 pt

Actually?

[–] • 0 pt

When he's reincarnated he might have learned. Might not have electric fans in the future, though.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Dude looked like he fried

[–] • 2 pts

And he thought he was hot before he touched that fan.....🤯

[–] • 0 pt

He literally worked there

[–] • 0 pt

Oops

[–] • 1 pt

Agreed but wtf is going on there

[–] • 1 pt

Nerve gas

[–] • 0 pt

I understood that reference.

[–] • 0 pt

Some sort of fault caused the entire metal fan to become electrically charged. When he grabbed it it was basically the same as sticking something metal into the outlet. The electricity causes his muscles to seize and he can’t let go, so he eventually fries.

I think the other guy legitimately didn’t see what was happening. As the video starts he’s already packing up his bag and his head never angles as though he’s looking toward the dying guy

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

I've gotten a shock from a metal-caged fan before. The coils are thin wire and the insulation isn't always great. Stick with three-prong fans and verify that the third prong really connects to the case and the outlet is really grounded.

A trick if you're paranoid is to touch the object first with the back of your hand. If it's live, your clenching hand won't grab the live object.

[–] • 15 pts
[–] • 2 pts

"Lofti Ibrahim al-Shamakh" Apparently he worked there too. weird how hes just wearing street clothes.

[–] • 12 pts

The guy that finally pulled him off was getting shocked while he did it. Watch his hand. Touch, jerk back, touch, jerk back.

So the lesson for today, children, is don't ever touch someone that is in the process of being electrocuted! It will hurt you also.

[+] [deleted] • 14 pts
[–] • 2 pts

you can kick them

[–] • 0 pt

Yes! Haha! Yes you can! HAHAHAHA!

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

For you especially, NOT when they are not being electrocuted, I think that needed to be said.

[–] • 1 pt

I nearly got electrocuted once as a kid and my mother apparently touched me to get me loose and got a shock. My father yanked the cord out of my hands (light bulb socket with the base of the bulb exposed, outside on concrete porch). Fortunately I was able to yell to my parents for help.

[–] • 8 pts

I thought he was just being an asshat until the sparks at the end.

[–] • 7 pts

nah....

watch the guys forehead.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

If not rescued he could be manufactured into an asshat later.

[–] • 4 pts

That guy was an assassin. He walked off with a briefcase and everything like, "My job here is done."

[–] • 3 pts

Thats fukt. He coulda saved that dumbass with a push or kick.

[–] • 1 pt

Dumbass could have saved himself by being less dumb.

[–] • 2 pts

In foreign countries its very common that the standard plugs are 220v rather than 110v. No ground and faulty wiring you get this. Guy would probably be alive if it were 110v. Even then its nothing to play around with.

[–] • 1 pt

In most cases 220 will hit you hard enough to knock you back while 110 will hit you just hard enough to grab hold of you so you can't let go.

[–] • 1 pt

Hard to say. Higher voltage means higher current when resistance is unchanged (e=i*r). it's just as likely that he would have died on a 120v circuit because it takes like 1 amp to kill you if uninterrupted.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Yep correct. I've seen guys in the Philippines put a metal ladder against power lines. Was getting ready to see the great arc of Jesus. But nothing happened.

[–] • 1 pt

Did that kill the dude? My first thought is of course.. but it's just a 110 volt? Or am I missing something

[–] • 0 pt

I believe how fucked you are is dependent on the path electricity takes through your body and voltage. Not 100% sure where the exact path is in this instance but I'm fairly confident 110/120 will still cook you if you just hold 2 wires together.

[–] • 0 pt

Voltage doesn’t matter as much as current. Less than a single amp can kill you, and this would likely be a 20 amp circuit; though normally you can pull your hand away from the 120v stuff.

[–] • 1 pt

There is, like, a lot of context missing from this video

[–] • 3 pts

Electrocution = bad, no fun

[–] • 0 pt

Yeah but why is the outside of the fan electrified?

[–] • 7 pts

Bad grounding of the Fan. Looks like the third world where they don't give a fuck about electrical code.

[–] • 4 pts

Windings get loose and touch chassis. More than likely the strain relief where the wires go into the fan have become undone, pulled, worn or frayed and are touching the chassis. But good chassis ground would still keep this from happening to this extent.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Plug had probably stopped being tested five years prior. Employees keep running over power cord with bags etc. Open current = bad day for that guy.

[–] • 1 pt

Everyone is calling the guy an ass for touching the fan, but put yourself in his shoes for a second. He is at the DMV because the government has mandated that he get a license to do whatever private business he has to do. He has to jump through all these hoops, pay all these fees literally for nothing. Probably all instituted to protect the government employees businesses' from competition. But he has no choice, so he sits there at the DMV/goverment office all fucking day because that lazy ass fuck behind the desk works as slow as he fucking can because he doesn't give a fuck. He know everyone is there to get fucked with and his bosses want him to make it as painful as possible. The building is hot as fuck with no AC. The only fan in the room is literally pointed away from everyone. This fucking hero steps in to possibly save people's lives from heat exhaustion and is killed by a boobietrapped fan.

But fuck him, right?

[–] • 1 pt

Was just thinking about this video today

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