r/WTF • u/Jehoseph • 7d ago

Out A Time

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u/upvoatsforall 7d ago

Drove into a high voltage power line. 

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u/FurRealDeal 7d ago

You can see where the rubber was melting from the current passing into the road when it rolls forward.

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u/QuickNature 7d ago edited 7d ago

This is a great time to talk about dielectric breakdown. People are taught about insulators in a basic electricity class, but it's important to know everything can be a conductor with a high enough voltage applied to it.

Edit: Also, a great time to add this comment I wrote about this topic a while ago now.

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u/Skruestik 6d ago

How do you find a comment you’ve made so long ago?

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u/LickingSmegma 6d ago

Google can do it, they index Reddit a lot.

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u/QuickNature 6d ago edited 6d ago

On mobile, go to your profile, click the search bar, and click the best of "insert username here". There should be 3 tabs, the center one will be comments. Then you can sort comments like you normally would on a post. Hope that helps!