3w ago

Two people were struck by lightning. News reported that both survived and are in stable condition.

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What's the opposite of a Darwin Award? Something to give people who survive random acts of nature.
- The Violet Jessop Award?
- I mean, they walked in the middle of the street with a metal pole raised up during a thunderstorm.
  
  I guess they were dumb but lucky to survive.
  
  Those are umbrellas, and there are much higher metal poles in the surrounding buildings. I don't think this would qualify for a Darwin award if they died, it's the usual thing to go out with an umbrella in storms.
  
  their intelligence has nothing to do with it. only whether they kept themselves in the gene pool.
- Nothing is perfect not even Darwin.
Ouch. Hopefully they didn't actually feel that. I didn't when it happened to me, either time. Conveniently woke up later.
- This is just a reminder, that this is more likely to happen than winning the lottery.
  
  And you don't even need to buy a ticket!
- Either time.
  
  You're saying that happened to you twice?
  
  Yes. Witnesses figured I died each time. Temporarily paralyzed the first time and with a "missing" few seconds, knocked out cold the second time. I try to avoid thunderstorms these days.
- Did you get burned?
  
  Some redness and temporarily paralysis, but nothing permanent, unless it's hidden in my brain. Disappointed I didn't get superpowers.
Whoa.
Whenever you hear the intro, you should probably be putting your metal umbrella away... :P

Glad they are alright!
fuck you two in particular
fuck you two in particular
Before reading the title I thought this was a poor quality movie rip
Why were they filming?
- You can see this is a video of a computer screen.
  
  Presumably this is from a security camera.

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