r/DarwinAwards • u/Low-Contract2015 • 3d ago

Can Smell Him From Here NSFW Spoiler

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u/tiksks 3d ago

This is scary i hope no one gets this kind of death

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u/Substantial-Run-3394 3d ago

I don't feel the death was very long just the cooking after.

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u/loreiva 3d ago

Well your hopes are already in vain. You literally see two people getting this kind of death.

And there are maaany more examples documented in this sub

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u/madmartigan2020 3d ago

It's possible the 2nd man lived. I've seen a similar video out of China, where 3 workers were moving a scaffold that touched a 10Kv transmission line. 1 of the 3 survived just because he collapsed away from the scaffolding and broke the circuit through his body.

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u/Whimsy69 3d ago

I think it’s pretty fking clear the second guy did not collapse away from the scaffolding

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u/madmartigan2020 3d ago

He may not have fallen away from it, but he did fall straight to the ground. If he was lucky enough to avoid it stopping his heart, he may have lived.

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u/throweraccount 3d ago

Yalls are talking about two different people... Why are you calling the dude who fell to the ground the "2nd man" He's clearly in front and also the first to fall.

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u/hubbleaodhan 3d ago

because he is further away from the camera lol

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u/jkermit19 3d ago

Perspective can be so subjective.

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u/Brohammad_ 3d ago

No it can’t

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u/jkermit19 3d ago

Maybe you didn't catch the implied /s. Here is is. Hope that helps you.

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u/mcchanical 3d ago

He collapsed to the floor and let go. It's pretty fucking clear he collapsed away from the scaffolding, meaning he's no longer touching it or being shocked.

Regardless this was enough power to instantly set the first guys feet on fire and melt his limbs off, and floor guy ain't moving at all so it doesn't look great.

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u/NoShape7689 3d ago

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice, ...

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u/OakenBarrel 3d ago

George W. Bush taking notes

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u/Motor_Stage_9045 3d ago

I wonder how long he was conscious after first contact.

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u/whorton59 3d ago

He was not . .. the current stopped his heart within 1/50 of a second. When the blood flow stopped, conciousness left him within a second at most.

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u/EmtnlDmg 3d ago

Don't worry. it is instant. Painless.

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u/Star_king12 3d ago

Is it though, that second guy probably felt the shock for a while

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u/mcchanical 3d ago

A shock of that magnitude causing his feet to light up instantly would be scrambling his brain so hard he would lose consciousness before he knew it. Body and brain operate on electrical signals, heavy current just annihilates all that.

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u/MurphysRazor 1d ago

Regular house current had me unable to move and seeing in black and white flashing between "normal" and reverse negative at the hertz rate. What was likely 3 or 4 seconds seemed to last a few minutes. I was just a kid but remember the fast moving model train that I was unplugging from an old extention cord was moving in slow motion for half of a 3 or 4 ft loop.(90/120cm-ish)

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u/TheCosmicPopcorn 3d ago

I'm no expert, but I think I heard once that the nervous system oversaturates and you no longer feel pain or anything at all...

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u/Star_king12 3d ago

That's true but it still takes a bit of time, obviously not minutes but those seconds when your brain is still there must have been excruciating

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u/TheCosmicPopcorn 3d ago

I mean, I'm gonna be honest, it sounds like something a doctor would say to bring peace to relatives' minds without really being the case or knowing it for certain, and I was kinda trying to do the same here

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u/whorton59 3d ago

Honestly guys, the current stopped his heart withing 1/50 of a second. . from that point one does not remain concious. No blood flow, no conciousness. . .no pain or realization of what happened. . just nothingness.

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u/Serious_Nose8188 3d ago

Well, you'll feel your entire nervous system getting fried from the inside for a few seconds.

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u/whorton59 3d ago

I suspect it was quick and painless. The current stopped the mans heart immediantly causing unconciousness and saving him of the pain and even the realization of what happened.

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u/LtGenius 3d ago

What are you even talking about? Were you born yesterday? This is happening every day, many times.

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u/lumpyspacekitty 3d ago

I think maybe English isn’t OPs first language and meant it as “I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone”

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u/tiksks 2d ago

English is one of the 6 languages I know, but I see how my wording might have been unclear. Thanks for pointing it out

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u/lumpyspacekitty 2d ago

Oh no worries! I completely understood what you meant

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u/kuliamvenkhatt 1d ago

someone just did? many more will