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[–] [email protected] 167 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We know these power lines are in a dangerous location (as confirmed by three concerned engineers who approached us independently of each other), and are likely to injure or kill people if they sag too far in the summer heat, but the state legislation hasn't been updated since the '40s when the lines only carried a fraction of today's amperage, so we're legally in the clear."

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Shit 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The onion used to be so good 😂

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The onion is the same, the world just caught up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no? they just don't create high budget content anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just watch real news. It’s actually crazier.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you stand under transmission lines with a fluorescent light bulb it will light up.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no one can hold me back from trying it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait is this actually dangerous? I've never heard of this and it seems cool to try but would it actually explode or something?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I'm just joking because they said nobody could stop them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

i was concerned for a second

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It's completely safe, other than you'll be waving a thin glass tube around and immediately want to pretend it's a light saber when it lights up. Remember, they all contain mercury, ~~if~~ when it does break, don't inhale.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You can power your house wirelessly with a large antenna near power lines. But that would actually use power from the lines and co soldered theft.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just paint a biker-shaped scorch mark on the asphalt.

[–] darkstar 3 points 1 year ago

I would pay money to see someone do this

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got shocked by those in Oregon while biking regularly when I lived there. Trick is to touch the metal frame with your legs and hand as you go under and it doesn't hurt

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if I have a carbon fiber frame?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Then you probably won't get shocked. It's actually kind of interesting how it happens, it's because of your body's position as it passes through the electromagnetic field. Passing through the field generates a charge, but since your head is closer than your feet to the wires, and the field strength decreases with radius, you end up with more charge at the top of your body than at the bottom. Touching your bike frame provides a path from one part to the other (and perhaps to the air) which is how you get shocked in the first place, but if your frame is carbon fiber and there's no path, I would expect the charge to dissipate on its own fairly quickly.

It's been like 6 years since I looked this up though so my understanding may have rotted a little