Talk:3231: Lightning - Revision history

DollarStoreBa'al: unsinged

2026-04-17T13:28:29Z

unsinged

2A00:23EE:2378:B3DB:A4E2:4E65:9C3C:659F at 13:07, 17 April 2026

2026-04-17T13:07:30Z

81.179.199.253 at 21:07, 15 April 2026

2026-04-15T21:07:02Z

BunsenH: zot vs. zot

2026-04-15T20:53:26Z

zot vs. zot

2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433: reply

2026-04-15T20:13:35Z

82.132.237.68 at 16:43, 15 April 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 07:49, 14 April 2026

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2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B: moved paragraph from explanation

2026-04-14T03:58:14Z

moved paragraph from explanation

Lordpishky: delete garbage

2026-04-13T18:58:30Z

delete garbage

156.1.40.35 at 18:41, 13 April 2026

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	::: But, hey... I'm as happy that what I wrote is now permanently down here, where everyone can read it and discuss the correct and incorrect parts about it. Whereas what could have happened up in the Explanation is that it gets totally deleted (as it did!) or rewritten as something totally different, unless you actually dig away into the page-history. ;)[[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:07, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		::: But, hey... I'm as happy that what I wrote is now permanently down here, where everyone can read it and discuss the correct and incorrect parts about it. Whereas what could have happened up in the Explanation is that it gets totally deleted (as it did!) or rewritten as something totally different, unless you actually dig away into the page-history. ;)[[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:07, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

−	A tinfoil hat connected electrically to a conductor on one of the wearers shoes might actually provide some protection, despite marginally increasing the chance of being struck. I think it's kind of funny that wearing such an apparatus as a precaution would be "tinfoil hat" level paranoia about lightning, unless it's just for one occasion when for some reason the wearer is deliberately visiting a location where being struck at the time would be unusually likely.	+	A tinfoil hat connected electrically to a conductor on one of the wearers shoes might actually provide some protection, despite marginally increasing the chance of being struck. I think it's kind of funny that wearing such an apparatus as a precaution would be "tinfoil hat" level paranoia about lightning, unless it's just for one occasion when for some reason the wearer is deliberately visiting a location where being struck at the time would be unusually likely. {{unsigned ip\|2a00:23ee:2378:b3db:a4e2:4e65:9c3c:659f\|14:07, 17 April 2026 (UTC)}}

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	::: The tinfoil hat addition is differemt, but it already says that with the caveat to having suitably current-rate ground connection (likely extremely impractical, as already described along with the foot-spike bit. (And as the reply just before this one says.)		::: The tinfoil hat addition is differemt, but it already says that with the caveat to having suitably current-rate ground connection (likely extremely impractical, as already described along with the foot-spike bit. (And as the reply just before this one says.)
	::: But, hey... I'm as happy that what I wrote is now permanently down here, where everyone can read it and discuss the correct and incorrect parts about it. Whereas what could have happened up in the Explanation is that it gets totally deleted (as it did!) or rewritten as something totally different, unless you actually dig away into the page-history. ;)[[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:07, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		::: But, hey... I'm as happy that what I wrote is now permanently down here, where everyone can read it and discuss the correct and incorrect parts about it. Whereas what could have happened up in the Explanation is that it gets totally deleted (as it did!) or rewritten as something totally different, unless you actually dig away into the page-history. ;)[[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:07, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
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		+	A tinfoil hat connected electrically to a conductor on one of the wearers shoes might actually provide some protection, despite marginally increasing the chance of being struck. I think it's kind of funny that wearing such an apparatus as a precaution would be "tinfoil hat" level paranoia about lightning, unless it's just for one occasion when for some reason the wearer is deliberately visiting a location where being struck at the time would be unusually likely.

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	:: First of all, if you're wearing a grounding strap that increases the ground potential even at your wrist level, that's not "no effect at all" and it doesn't actually have to be touching the ground, just as long as it has less resistance than your skin and body. A tin foil hat would similarly have increased ground potential relative to hair and skin, and if it is connected to ground it's absolutely not beneficial to avoid being struck. [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433\|2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433]] 20:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		:: First of all, if you're wearing a grounding strap that increases the ground potential even at your wrist level, that's not "no effect at all" and it doesn't actually have to be touching the ground, just as long as it has less resistance than your skin and body. A tin foil hat would similarly have increased ground potential relative to hair and skin, and if it is connected to ground it's absolutely not beneficial to avoid being struck. [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433\|2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433]] 20:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
	:::Assuming that the tin foil hat and grounding cable are sufficiently conductive, they might protect the wearer from being ''harmed'' by the strike. Even in the case where the pointy bits of the outfit don't give protection by bleeding off static charge, there would be a tradeoff between "how much is the risk of a strike increased" vs. "how much is the harm from that strike reduced". [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 20:53, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		:::Assuming that the tin foil hat and grounding cable are sufficiently conductive, they might protect the wearer from being ''harmed'' by the strike. Even in the case where the pointy bits of the outfit don't give protection by bleeding off static charge, there would be a tradeoff between "how much is the risk of a strike increased" vs. "how much is the harm from that strike reduced". [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 20:53, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
		+	::: How does that objection apply to the "if it isn't connected to a handy grounding point" point that starts it, then?
		+	::: I edited bits of that (others added other bits of it, and - as the above IP says - it got even more lengthy), and I'm positive(NPI!) that wearing a wrist-strap with (at best) the actual wire leading just to torso at roughly wrist-height isn't going to signficantly change the effective grounding potential.
		+	::: The tinfoil hat addition is differemt, but it already says that with the caveat to having suitably current-rate ground connection (likely extremely impractical, as already described along with the foot-spike bit. (And as the reply just before this one says.)
		+	::: But, hey... I'm as happy that what I wrote is now permanently down here, where everyone can read it and discuss the correct and incorrect parts about it. Whereas what could have happened up in the Explanation is that it gets totally deleted (as it did!) or rewritten as something totally different, unless you actually dig away into the page-history. ;)[[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 21:07, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

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	:Can't see anything substantially untrue or misleading. Care to elaborate? If it has a fault, it says too much, but then that's not exactly a problem unknown to this site. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.68\|82.132.237.68]] 16:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		:Can't see anything substantially untrue or misleading. Care to elaborate? If it has a fault, it says too much, but then that's not exactly a problem unknown to this site. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.68\|82.132.237.68]] 16:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
	:: First of all, if you're wearing a grounding strap that increases the ground potential even at your wrist level, that's not "no effect at all" and it doesn't actually have to be touching the ground, just as long as it has less resistance than your skin and body. A tin foil hat would similarly have increased ground potential relative to hair and skin, and if it is connected to ground it's absolutely not beneficial to avoid being struck. [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433\|2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433]] 20:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		:: First of all, if you're wearing a grounding strap that increases the ground potential even at your wrist level, that's not "no effect at all" and it doesn't actually have to be touching the ground, just as long as it has less resistance than your skin and body. A tin foil hat would similarly have increased ground potential relative to hair and skin, and if it is connected to ground it's absolutely not beneficial to avoid being struck. [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433\|2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433]] 20:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
		+	:::Assuming that the tin foil hat and grounding cable are sufficiently conductive, they might protect the wearer from being ''harmed'' by the strike. Even in the case where the pointy bits of the outfit don't give protection by bleeding off static charge, there would be a tradeoff between "how much is the risk of a strike increased" vs. "how much is the harm from that strike reduced". [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 20:53, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

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	I believe removing that paragraph serves the readers, but it is not beyond repair. Let's workshop it! [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B\|2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B]] 03:58, 14 April 2026 (UTC)		I believe removing that paragraph serves the readers, but it is not beyond repair. Let's workshop it! [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B\|2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B]] 03:58, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
	:Can't see anything substantially untrue or misleading. Care to elaborate? If it has a fault, it says too much, but then that's not exactly a problem unknown to this site. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.68\|82.132.237.68]] 16:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)		:Can't see anything substantially untrue or misleading. Care to elaborate? If it has a fault, it says too much, but then that's not exactly a problem unknown to this site. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.68\|82.132.237.68]] 16:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
		+	:: First of all, if you're wearing a grounding strap that increases the ground potential even at your wrist level, that's not "no effect at all" and it doesn't actually have to be touching the ground, just as long as it has less resistance than your skin and body. A tin foil hat would similarly have increased ground potential relative to hair and skin, and if it is connected to ground it's absolutely not beneficial to avoid being struck. [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433\|2603:800C:1200:596A:A08E:FCB1:F968:D433]] 20:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

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	I believe removing that paragraph serves the readers, but it is not beyond repair. Let's workshop it! [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B\|2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B]] 03:58, 14 April 2026 (UTC)		I believe removing that paragraph serves the readers, but it is not beyond repair. Let's workshop it! [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B\|2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B]] 03:58, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Can't see anything substantially untrue or misleading. Care to elaborate? If it has a fault, it says too much, but then that's not exactly a problem unknown to this site. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.68\|82.132.237.68]] 16:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

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 I don't know if this is important, but at least right now there is no period. Might change later. [[User:Majordesmosnerd|Majordesmosnerd]] ([[User talk:Majordesmosnerd|talk]]) 20:52, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
 im not sure how to insert it into the current state of the explanation, but by being a lightning rod nearby but higher up, he ''is'' providing protection to ponytail, right? - [[User:Vaedez|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez|talk]]) 21:04, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
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 Note: There was indeed a brief period in real life when lightning rods were incorporated into clothing in France in 1778: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashion {{unsigned ip|80.146.191.143|13:53, 13 April 2026}}
 I removed this paragraph from the Explanation because I believe substantial parts of it are untrue or misleading:
-:''Additionally, merely ''wearing'' such a device has no effect at all if it isn't connected to a handy grounding point, which is unlikely to be the case if you're actively moving around, such as with the two characters here who seem to be hiking during the storm. You'd possibly even need a couple of grounding-wires, always one secured to some suitable 'earthing point' even while the other is being unclipped from where you've just been and reclipped to slightly ahead of where you're going. Close examination of the 'protected' individual shows that there is a loop of some dangling wire going from their wrist to their body. If that's all it does, then it's practically useless. There is some vague possibility, however, that the wire goes down the torso (ideally in an insulated manner, to avoid both electrical and thermal transference in the event of a lightning strike passing through it) and splits to connect down each leg and towards a grounding-plate/spike on the sole of each foot. ''This'' would technically create a dynamic 'always active' form of lightning-rod protection (ignoring the discrepancy between the height of the figure's wrist and the possibility that the higher crown of the head might be struck by lightning more in the first instance) where the act of walking will always create a protective connection to the ground — so long as Cueball does not attempt to run or (even momentarily) make any jumping movements. And it still relies upon an effective lightning-conductor connection that is rated sufficient to carry a strike's charge properly, without creating additional surface effects to the skin/clothing it passes down along. This is one of the rare situations in which wearing a {{w|tin foil hat}} might actually be of some benefit, assuming that it was connected to ground via a conductor, all sufficiently heavy-duty to carry the current.''
+ ''Additionally, merely ''wearing'' such a device has no effect at all if it isn't connected to a handy grounding point, which is unlikely to be the case if you're actively moving around, such as with the two characters here who seem to be hiking during the storm. You'd possibly even need a couple of grounding-wires, always one secured to some suitable 'earthing point' even while the other is being unclipped from where you've just been and reclipped to slightly ahead of where you're going. Close examination of the 'protected' individual shows that there is a loop of some dangling wire going from their wrist to their body. If that's all it does, then it's practically useless. There is some vague possibility, however, that the wire goes down the torso (ideally in an insulated manner, to avoid both electrical and thermal transference in the event of a lightning strike passing through it) and splits to connect down each leg and towards a grounding-plate/spike on the sole of each foot. ''This'' would technically create a dynamic 'always active' form of lightning-rod protection (ignoring the discrepancy between the height of the figure's wrist and the possibility that the higher crown of the head might be struck by lightning more in the first instance) where the act of walking will always create a protective connection to the ground — so long as Cueball does not attempt to run or (even momentarily) make any jumping movements. And it still relies upon an effective lightning-conductor connection that is rated sufficient to carry a strike's charge properly, without creating additional surface effects to the skin/clothing it passes down along. This is one of the rare situations in which wearing a {{w|tin foil hat}} might actually be of some benefit, assuming that it was connected to ground via a conductor, all sufficiently heavy-duty to carry the current.''
 I believe removing that paragraph serves the readers, but it is not beyond repair. Let's workshop it! [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B|2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B]] 03:58, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

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	Note: There was indeed a brief period in real life when lightning rods were incorporated into clothing in France in 1778: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashion {{unsigned ip\|80.146.191.143\|13:53, 13 April 2026}}		Note: There was indeed a brief period in real life when lightning rods were incorporated into clothing in France in 1778: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashion {{unsigned ip\|80.146.191.143\|13:53, 13 April 2026}}
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		+	I removed this paragraph from the Explanation because I believe substantial parts of it are untrue or misleading:
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		+	:''Additionally, merely ''wearing'' such a device has no effect at all if it isn't connected to a handy grounding point, which is unlikely to be the case if you're actively moving around, such as with the two characters here who seem to be hiking during the storm. You'd possibly even need a couple of grounding-wires, always one secured to some suitable 'earthing point' even while the other is being unclipped from where you've just been and reclipped to slightly ahead of where you're going. Close examination of the 'protected' individual shows that there is a loop of some dangling wire going from their wrist to their body. If that's all it does, then it's practically useless. There is some vague possibility, however, that the wire goes down the torso (ideally in an insulated manner, to avoid both electrical and thermal transference in the event of a lightning strike passing through it) and splits to connect down each leg and towards a grounding-plate/spike on the sole of each foot. ''This'' would technically create a dynamic 'always active' form of lightning-rod protection (ignoring the discrepancy between the height of the figure's wrist and the possibility that the higher crown of the head might be struck by lightning more in the first instance) where the act of walking will always create a protective connection to the ground — so long as Cueball does not attempt to run or (even momentarily) make any jumping movements. And it still relies upon an effective lightning-conductor connection that is rated sufficient to carry a strike's charge properly, without creating additional surface effects to the skin/clothing it passes down along. This is one of the rare situations in which wearing a {{w\|tin foil hat}} might actually be of some benefit, assuming that it was connected to ground via a conductor, all sufficiently heavy-duty to carry the current.''
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		+	I believe removing that paragraph serves the readers, but it is not beyond repair. Let's workshop it! [[Special:Contributions/2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B\|2603:800C:1200:596A:B10C:CCAA:E864:EE7B]] 03:58, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

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	Note: There was indeed a brief period in real life when lightning rods were incorporated into clothing in France in 1778: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashion {{unsigned ip\|80.146.191.143\|13:53, 13 April 2026}}		Note: There was indeed a brief period in real life when lightning rods were incorporated into clothing in France in 1778: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashion {{unsigned ip\|80.146.191.143\|13:53, 13 April 2026}}
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−	AITA for injecting my husband with turtle precum? When my husbad came home from his cum tissue eatiting contest he was devistated when his ant sex ring was destroyed and he started crying but when he realized that he wasnt crying blood anymore he started shitting everywhere and when he tasted it he said it didnt taste like turtle precum anymore and he kept complaining to me evern though i was trying to dm minors in discord. So that night when he was sleeping/getting his dick sucked by a random stray cat i started injecting the turtle precum i've been collecting from petting zoos but then my parents came in the furry roleplay 2 girls one cup with me and they said i could be doing better things with my time like trying to remove the 44 pencils stuck inside my vagina, so explain xkcd am i the a hole?.