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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby SlyTF1 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:32 pm

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Counterpunch wrote:Pretty sure that this did not happen. Homes have circuit breakers installed for a reason and if the lightning hit the ground outside, it was already dispersed by a non-conductive element.


Someone else told me the same damn thing. I know what happened to me. My mom was there too...
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Autobot032 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:01 am

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SlyTF1 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Pretty sure that this did not happen. Homes have circuit breakers installed for a reason and if the lightning hit the ground outside, it was already dispersed by a non-conductive element.


Someone else told me the same damn thing. I know what happened to me. My mom was there too...


Because they're telling the truth. Besides, the laptop would've been destroyed. Only once have I seen a laptop survive lightning and it wasn't a direct strike. It fried the built in modem. It remained working for a little while, then finally died.

Lightning + laptop + human = no.

I'm sorry. I don't see it being a lightning strike. A surge perhaps, or something failed in the adapter brick, I dunno, I'm not an electrician or an engineer, but I know you'd be hurt. Plus the laptop would be fried.

The only thing I can think of is static discharge. Lightning is a static discharge and if you're too close to it, you can feel the static field. This is why the hairs will stand up on someone's neck just before they're about to be hit. You might've just had a static shock and nothing else.

I dunno. All I know is, you'd be injured and lappy be dead. Neither happened, so count your blessings.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby BeastProwl » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:50 am

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Godzillabot Primal wrote:Please stop! My brain is boiling! :BOOM:

Like if you had been, oh say, THUNDERSTRUCK!?
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby OptiMagnus » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:13 am

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Oh, silly Sly...
you lose what little credibility you have left every time you post.
I'm jumping on the non-believer wagon for this one. >:oP
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Shadowman » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:38 am

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OptiMagnus wrote:Oh, silly Sly...
you lose what little credibility you have left every time you post.
I'm jumping on the non-believer wagon for this one. >:oP


I'll believe something crazy happened to him. But if he and his computer are both still functional, lightning it was not.

I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Burn » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:20 am

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Shadowman wrote:I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.


No doubt that it was robofreak pressing the "execute command" button.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Godzillabot Primal » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:39 am

Motto: "Roll out!"
BeastProwl wrote:
Godzillabot Primal wrote:Please stop! My brain is boiling! :BOOM:

Like if you had been, oh say, THUNDERSTRUCK!?


*Twitch* *Twitch* :BLACKEYE:
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby RhA » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:17 pm

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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby SlyTF1 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:10 pm

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RhA wrote:So... No mutant powers yet?


Nope.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby DISCHARGE » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:58 pm

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SlyTF1 wrote:
RhA wrote:So... No mutant powers yet?


Nope.


:-(

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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby JetOptimus23 » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:38 pm

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I'm pretty sure it wasn't lightning. Are your hands charred smoking stumps? Because if so, it's impressive you're able to type so well. Maybe that darn "Ball Lightning" huh? It's a phenomenon where lightning turns into a ball and flies around.


Also, using your laptop in a lightning storm is about as safe as walking around in Plated steel armor.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby prowl123 » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:29 pm

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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Chaoslock » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:43 am

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SlyTF1 wrote:
RhA wrote:So... No mutant powers yet?


Nope.


Try saying "SHAZAM!"
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Shadowman » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:28 pm

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Chaoslock wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
RhA wrote:So... No mutant powers yet?


Nope.


Try saying "SHAZAM!"


Saying SHAZAM is what got him into this problem in the first place.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby prowl123 » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:03 pm

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What if he jumped into the air and shouted "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND?"
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Heavy B » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:46 pm

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BeastProwl wrote:
Godzillabot Primal wrote:Please stop! My brain is boiling! :BOOM:

Like if you had been, oh say, THUNDERSTRUCK!?

You stole that from me, I'LL SUE.
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Godzillabot Primal » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:46 pm

Motto: "Roll out!"
Dr. Heavy B wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:
Godzillabot Primal wrote:Please stop! My brain is boiling! :BOOM:

Like if you had been, oh say, THUNDERSTRUCK!?

You stole that from me, I'LL SUE.

Good, becuase I'm his lawyer! I sued 56 businesses last year, I once sued a hot dog cart and got everything but the wheels and the buns, which I won in the civil case two monthes later. So before I start taking crime scene photos, I'm a little tired, so I'll be going to my bed, good night.

(I am kidding)
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Heavy B » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:13 pm

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Godzillabot Primal wrote:(I am kidding)

THANK GOD. Here I thought someone was going to take somthing read on the internet seriously :roll:
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby Godzillabot Primal » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:56 am

Motto: "Roll out!"
Dr. Heavy B wrote:
Godzillabot Primal wrote:(I am kidding)

THANK GOD. Here I thought someone was going to take somthing read on the internet seriously :roll:

I never take anything seriously 8-}
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Re: I just got struck by lightning...

Postby 5150 Cruiser » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:24 pm

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Shadowman wrote:
OptiMagnus wrote:Oh, silly Sly...
you lose what little credibility you have left every time you post.
I'm jumping on the non-believer wagon for this one. >:oP


I'll believe something crazy happened to him. But if he and his computer are both still functional, lightning it was not.

I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.


This is the coolest thing i have ever read on this forum...
It will now become part of my signature!

Personally, i'm calling B.S. and think this is just another one of Sly's attempts for attention. Just like his Goverment is out to kill him, Owls are going to take over the world, etc. Actually, now that i think about it, it proabbaly did happen. Since he believes the Goverment is out to kill him, he was probabaly covered in tin foil to block the radio waves that they were no doubt attempting to transmit into his brain. :HEADHURTS:
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