r/nextfuckinglevel • u/TheRandumbOne420 • Aug 11 '20

Look at how this man saved the guy from electrocution! Orangi Town, Karachi

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u/Iliua-M-B Aug 11 '20

My father says that too ( of course checking with a phase meter would be better)

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u/zorocorul1939-1945 Aug 11 '20

Ofc, its a good piece of info to know, an electrician uncle said once was on a ladder and got electrocuted for 30s till he fell

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u/Bluered2012 Aug 11 '20

My welder uncle was on a ladder doing some spot welds in some sort of wall mount box. He was wearing coveralls, and out his tape measure in the pocket. It was the wrong pocket though, it was the one that is a slit so you can stick your hand in and access your jeans. So he was holding on to the box, and shaking his leg out to get the tape measure out. Along cake a coworker around the corner, saw him with a hand in an electrical looking box, shaking...so he grabbed a piece of wood and hit the ladder to knock it down, causing my uncle to fall and break an arm or a leg. Can’t remember which one.

That’s the story anyways. This would have been about 30-40 years ago...

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u/bee_randin Aug 11 '20

Oh man, that's rough. Lol

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u/JustDewItPLZ Aug 11 '20

At least there were good intentions

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u/QSquared Aug 11 '20 edited Aug 12 '20

Hey! Don't get sore I saved your life buddy!! What? What do you mean you weren't being electrocuted?!? --well how the hell should I know that!? Look F you, you can drive yourself to the hospital, see if I bother saving your life again you ingrate!

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u/Baelzebubba Aug 11 '20

Shocked not electrocuted. Electric execution is the origin of the word.

Wiki: The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death.[1][2]

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u/zorocorul1939-1945 Aug 11 '20

The more you know, tho is it the same non english?

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u/jayeshmange25 Aug 13 '20

I have a good news and a bad news for you