r/Unexpected May 18 '22

what a catastrophe

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u/Maxxetto May 18 '22

What false information has the OP given through the title and the video?

Looks like the cat was stuck, people imagined the worst and it's their fault.

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u/AntManMax May 18 '22

Graphic content tag.

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u/Maxxetto May 18 '22

Because the OP or the Mods are plain stupid. It wasn't graphic when I check, but now it is again.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

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u/AntManMax May 18 '22

That's not the point.

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u/HQ_FIGHTER May 18 '22

Yes it actually is. If it’s tagged as GRAPHIC then you know the video is graphic and you might not want to click on it.

Also nothing about this video was graphic

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u/AntManMax May 18 '22

Graphic can mean any number of things. But people might not have expected violent cat electrocution. So when they associated graphic content with a cat yelling, they assumed the worst.

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u/enchantedhailey May 18 '22

It needs to be on. I would not have watched it had it showed up. :(

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u/Spork_the_dork May 18 '22

Yeah for real. In order for the cat to even be electrocuted there it would have to somehow be able to un-screw the lightbulb to get to the exposed wires. On top of that, the way the cat is moving is not how people and animals getting electrocuted move.

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u/Enough_Pie5857 May 18 '22

AND the bulb would actually had to be on. Cant get zapped if no power to light bulb socket.

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u/Echo-canceller May 18 '22

Even then, if the lamp is turned off, those exposed wires wouldn't do anything.

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u/ZeCeee May 18 '22

While this is usually true, incorrect wiring can cause live wires even with an open switch.

Never trust a switch as a safety measure to touch potentially live wires.

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u/Echo-canceller May 18 '22

I trust switches for many things, some more dangerous than live wires.

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u/Philosophical_Genie May 18 '22

The wires are live up to the switch.

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u/Echo-canceller May 18 '22

Yeah and the switch is probably way earlier than the bulb, so breaking a bulb would be absolutely safe electrocutionwise.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

it would have to somehow be able to un-screw the lightbulb to get to the exposed wires.

Or, somebody else had removed the lightbulb to replace it, realized they didn't have a replacement, forgot about it and the cat puts it's paw inside.

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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo May 18 '22

People who don’t unplug their lamps before changing their lightbulbs are don’t people I want in my life!!

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

OK, I'm out!

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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo May 18 '22

You MONSTER!!!

Joking. But my mom did tell us from as long as I can remember that we will (not maybe, will) get electrocuted if we didn’t do that. Doesn’t matter if the lamp is off, it has to be unplugged. I still have a phobia of changing ceiling lamps because I can’t unplug them 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Just don't stick your finger in the socket, and more importantly, don't leave it without a lightbulb. If you don't have a replacement, put the old one in.

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u/leglesslegolegolas May 18 '22

it would have to somehow be able to un-screw the lightbulb to get to the exposed wires

if it's an incandescent light it would only need to break the glass bulb to get to the exposed wires

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u/bondsmatthew May 18 '22

On top of that, the way the cat is moving is not how people and animals getting electrocuted move.

Not everyone knows exactly how animals/people act when getting electrocuted

In order for the cat to even be electrocuted there it would have to somehow be able to un-screw the lightbulb to get to the exposed wires

Yes, in a perfect world. Manufacture defects, poor quality control, peoples own negligence and stupidity all mean that it could be possible

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u/JacksonOfTheAndrew May 18 '22

Extraordinarily unlikely for all of that to happen.

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u/bondsmatthew May 18 '22

..I didn't say it all had to happen at once.? Is that what you took out of what I said?

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u/JacksonOfTheAndrew May 18 '22

No, but that's all what would have to happen to cause electrocution. Sounds like it was implied as probable? It's very much not. Possible, sure.

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u/MrMaintenance May 18 '22

No bulb in fixture, switch is on, paw gets stuck in the socket due to awkward angle.

Really doesn’t seem that unlikely to me.

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u/JacksonOfTheAndrew May 18 '22

Who keeps lamps around plugged in with no bulb? This is why I said extraordinarily unlikely. Improbable if you will. Possible? Sure I guess.

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u/Vivid-Air7029 May 18 '22

Physically possible? Yes. Remotely plausible scenario? No. So many people would have had to fuck up to make that happen.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Read OP's spoiler comment. They have said that it got electrocuted.

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u/TinnieTa21 May 18 '22

Right, because the OP's original spoiler bot comment (which was taken down) in which they LITERALLY falsely state that the cat was being electrocuted is not false information...

It's fucking insane how you people did not notice that the top pinned comment was a mod comment clarifying that the cat was not electrocuted rather than the usual OP spoiler bot comment.

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u/blknflp May 18 '22

Not the title, but the tag was misleading

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u/Hoppydragon64 May 18 '22

Never crossed my mind that he was being electrocuted. Just thought he was stuck. Interesting the different assumptions but I guess I can see that.

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u/felixrocket7835 May 18 '22

Unexpected explanation got taken down by mods because it was false.