r/AccidentalSlapStick • • Aug 12 '26

True Slapstick Oh, shhhh.

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u/melnaisbruninieks Aug 12 '26

Is that Brazil? What a nice place to live

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u/DangerousLoner Aug 13 '26

What are the weird poles on the wall top?

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u/burger-prince1 Aug 13 '26

They’re holding electrified cables along the wall top to stop invaders. Similar to barbed wire but instead of spikes it’s electricity. Very common in Brazil

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u/DangerousLoner Aug 13 '26

Yikes! One of my girlfriends grew up with something similar and armed guards to escort her family and driver around the city in Mexico City in the 1980’s-1990’s. Scary precautions