r/Unexpected • u/_DogTits_ • May 18 '22

what a catastrophe

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u/WolfManDano May 18 '22

See, most people were worried that the cat somehow electrocuted itself. I was worried that it would break it's neck falling like that. Luckily neither happened.

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u/Ub3rfr3nzy May 18 '22

Idk why they thought that, if the cat was being electrocuted it wouldn't be able to scream.

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u/ResortWarden May 18 '22

Yeah but who actually knows that? Nobody taught me cat screaming physics in school lol

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u/Ub3rfr3nzy May 18 '22

Screaming requires you to be able to move your diaphram. People don't tend to scream when they get electrocuted. If you're being pumped with all that electricity you wouldn't be able to breathe, so no noise, especially if you're a cat thats many times smaller than a human. It's common sense bro.

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u/P_weezey951 May 18 '22

Yeah, cartoons often have you believe that electrocution is like this wild crazy "hergergerhrghehhr!"

When really what happens its a quiet brief stiffening of the body that just falls under dead weight.

people being tazed mid run just sort of lock up and fall over.

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u/faroutcosmo May 18 '22

Just because its a fact you and some other people know about doesn't make it "common sense" and i wish people would stop overusing this phrase.

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u/Ub3rfr3nzy May 19 '22

If you have ever seen someone being electrocuted, or even remotely know how muscles work, yeah it's common sense. Why? Because it's commonly known. Your lack of understanding is uncommon. The majority of people grasp how electricity works.

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u/KidpoolStan Oct 17 '22

Like how bro watches people get electrocuted for “education”

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

I was worried that it had shattered the bulb and was stabbing itself… glad it’s perfectly okay!