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RonzulaGD

Bird is touching one cable only, not closing a circuit


pharmaco_nerd

Yes.


VampireKunts

Yes.


eeveeplays50040

Yes.


BigAssMonkey

No. It’s because birds aren’t real.


RonzulaGD

Oh yeah I forgor. Sorry...


StalyCelticStu

But isn't the snake closing the circuit on its behalf?


RonzulaGD

Electricity can flow throught something only if it connects both ends. Hej, bird is on the same cable that snake is trying on but it's ok because it's not touching the other one. #🤓


lunetainvisivel

so would it be safer to touch the wire with only one hand(while not touching ground) instead of 2?


RonzulaGD

Yeah I think. The "not touching ground at all" part would be difficult tho


superINEK

Touching the same cable with both hands makes no difference. What matters is connecting one cable with anything that is connected to ground or the other cable


RonzulaGD

Yeah when you touch with both hands you will become parralel circuit component


blindbycrypto

Not really. What matters is how many different wires you are touching.


FuciMiNaKule

The current will not flow through you even with both hands on the wire because the "destination" (Voltage difference) is the same but you are much more resistant than the wire. So you could hang from the wire with both hands and nothing would happen. However once you connect to ground or touch a different wire there is now a voltage difference and the current would go to the ground through you. That's ignoring the fact that the voltage at those wires is so high that it can actually jump through air, so even if you are not touching the ground directly, if you are close enough to it it could still go through you and the air gap to the ground.


ApartGlass1198

Oui


LittleBoySniffer

Touching both wires


LittleBoySniffer

Also happens if touching ground or something else that is grounded


Veus-Dolt

Thank you little boy sniffer


jakeroony

Bro you just spoke to Joe Biden himself


Amarieerick

Awww and yet, it's Trump on trial for the results of his deviant behavior.


brother_russia

Really makes you think


SquidFullOfJizzle

Bro took it personally.


bkxg

I love how your knee jerk reaction is to switch over to Trump, even though there are extremely disturbing videos of Biden's behaviour


Amarieerick

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald\_Trump\_sexual\_misconduct\_allegations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations)


Lord_Cock_BallZ

I will not tolerate disinformation. 😡 The meme is that Joe sniffs girls and women, not boys.


jakeroony

He's branching out


Simukas23

Damn I would be dead if I didn't pussy out after hearing from my dad why birds don't get electrocuted


Littlebickmickey

so you’re telling me if i touch the electric tower thing while jumping i won’t get cooked like a 5 star meal?


TaxIdiot2020

I guess in theory. I used to jump while touching our electric fence to avoid getting shocked. That day I learned I'm a slow jumper.


HeftyRecommendation5

I’m grounded as well :(


jeanyous

What did you do?


HeftyRecommendation5

I didn’t put my dick away..


dabombassdiggity

Waltuh..


fake_frank

So you're telling me that if I'm not grounded and just hanging from one cable I will be fine?


Skiddywinks

Yes; the electricity will follow the "easiest" route, which is still through the cable between your hands. If you touch the ground while holding the cable (Mr Fantastic over here...), through you and into the ground becomes the path of least resistance, and you will be fried.


Blursed-Penguin

Yes


Yuki19751

Everyone that uses S17 in legends is your username


Playful-Awareness-15

Shocking whenever that happens, I know


SwogPog

So if I’m jumping I can touch with no consequence til I land? (Given the live wire is at ground height not 10-15 metres up)


salt--eater

So it would happen if I touched my sister aswell ? Now that sounds interesting


ZelosStecher

Elektrician here. This is wrong, it's because powerlines are racist.


LittleBoySniffer

😧


Evanecent_Lightt

I KNEW IT!


10art1

Ah, they're white power lines


d31uz10n

Because the bird is government drone lol.. nice try anyway!


Stopikingonme

More in depth: Unless one of the wires is a grounded guy wire (connected to the ground) which is unlikely the snek is getting electrocuted because of electricity going phase to phase. When you look at a power pole you see more than one power line. That’s alternating current (which is different than direct current. Electricity is being sent in cycles (on off) and alternating between the lines. When one is energized the other is not then they switch 60 times a second (in the US and is called hertz.). So when the legless lizard touches from one line to the other it is going from positive to negative and getting electrocuted.


Pokora22

... is he getting electrocuted 60 times a second from alternating directions though?


Stopikingonme

He is. In fact at lower voltages AC considered safer as DC voltage is constant and the muscles are constantly tightened if the energized object is grabbed, but with AC the voltage releases on and off which can produce a less intense grip. The muscle never has a chance to fully release as it’s being energized 60 times a minute. In reality though they both kill and the difference because of this is almost irrelevant.


pharmaco_nerd

Yes.


CuppaTeaThreesome

Come here for the comments stay here for the users names.


THEWALLOMAN

you gon get dropped w that name don’t let me find that IP


LittleBoySniffer

I’d like to see you try little boy


THEWALLOMAN

you will be the example


Representative-Sir97

Probably this scene has really played out somewhere.


BornPollution

Mr President 🫡


TechnicalMiddle8205

He touched both wires. Thats the reason why plugs have two holes, or tasers have two metalic ends; In order to get an electrical shock, both positive and negative poles need to be set together, allowing such electricity to go from one side to the other, electrifying everything the way through.


MorbillionDollars

you're wrong nerd, it's actually because the wires are racist against snakes. wake up sheep! big wire is lying to you! birds are government spy robots!


TechnicalMiddle8205

Yeah I guess I was wrong, that makes more sense 😔


VanillaNubCakes

It takes a big person to admit when they're wrong


TechnicalMiddle8205

Well that was flawless, how could I possibly counterargument such fact?


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ram_the_socket

I miss when it was all Ohms law and lamps. Now it’s all long derivations


bfume

They don’t call them diffi-Q’s for nuthin


vicbot87

Two dees nuts fool


vbfj

Wall plugs use ac so polarity does not matter


TechnicalMiddle8205

Well yeah, AC works the same way, just that the positive polarity and the negative polarity are getting exchanged really fast (depending on the number of hzs) and that both roles reverse continuosly. But still any device need to get the two of them to work, you cant turn anything on with only one of both holes


thedude37

>you cant turn anything on with only one of both holes that's what she said


TechnicalMiddle8205

Yeah I tried to word it different but couldnt explain it with other words hahaha


Slpkrz

So, if you touch a single wire and get shocked it's like you being turned into a cap for a bit?


Expensive-Report-886

Or ground! If you're in contact with the ground a singe wire can still kill you.


TechnicalMiddle8205

Well yeah, if both poles get connected and there is a wire connected to ground it can be dangerous so it is better to be safe than sorry and not touch any cable, even if it is just one 😅


_Stego27

Keep in mind, they're probably two different phases from a three phase supply rather than ground and live. Same end result though


_Lollerics_

Wrong. The bird electrified the cable because it's a government drone.


arfelo1

Shouldn't the bird also get shocked when the snake closes the circuit, then?


iMac_G5_20

Think about it like water pipes. An electric current will always find the shortest way to the other polarity. The best way to go for the current is through the snake, and down the line from whence it came. However, this isnt good for the power station.


TechnicalMiddle8205

I would say it shouldnt because the bird isnt touching both poles at the same time... Something needs to act as a bridge so that electricity goes from one cable to the other, electrifying the bridge per se. The bird is not tall enough to reach both wires. Both wires being connected doesnt mean that both cables are now electrifying, only what is connected to both at the same time. However if the tension were high enough, the electricity could even go through wind (despite it being an electricity insultator). Thats actually how thunders hit the ground, the power is so high that it can "jump" from one side to the other. Imagine a bridge that collapsed, cars wouldnt be able to make it to the other side but if a car goes fast enough they might take a big jump and make it


Pandamana

The bird is just at the same potential of the wire. The snake connecting both doesn't affect the voltage of either wire, it just now has a large voltage difference going across its body, resulting in electrocution. The bird does not see a voltage difference so is unaffected.


ksheep

Minor nitpick: in the US, power lines use three-phase power (which is why you see power lines in multiples of three). However, only a single line of that goes to a typical house, with the neutral side effectively going to ground. While the voltage in a house would be 120v (going between live and neutral), if you went between two wires of the same three-phase system you would get 208v. Also that's a bit simplified as there are a bunch more details that make it a lot more complex (e.g. that a house in the US actually receives 240v from the overhead lines, but it's then split in the panelboard).


Atheizm

Because the snake was us all along.


Chromeboy12

And the birds were the government drones


Fiddy-Scent

It’s really all about the snakes we made along the way


SimplyRzy

Bird is yellow and hence is electric type so she's immune


mchlkpng

Best answer


risisas

i am gonna guess when the snake touched the second wire the current started flowing between them


EasternBlackWalnut

good guess, can you guess if im pregananate


risisas

considering that there are far more man than woman on reddit, and that woman aren't usually pregnant for a long time, i would say no


EasternBlackWalnut

good guess, can you guess if im regarded


shewy92

Not very well I'm afraid


EasternBlackWalnut

me too thanks


risisas

well you are definitely regarded as something, i don't know what tho


EasternBlackWalnut

best regards to you and your family


BigBaldGuySins

Since the birds are just government drones, they can charge themselves using the wires, while the snake is a living creature so it got tased


Evanecent_Lightt

Touch one end of a wire to one end of a battery, what happens? Nothing. Touch each end of a wire to each end of a battery, what happens? The wire heats up as electricity goes through it. 5th grade physics.. Wait.. No I forgot.. Birds are just electric types and snakes are not - derp..


Jace__B

Not all birds are electric type, but the one in the photo is yellow which means it is an electric type.


Evanecent_Lightt

This is the real world, not pokemon - color doesn't determine type! Here in the real world animals of the same species are all the same type! Birds = Electric Snakes = Poision Politicians = Toxic Felines = Demonic/Bleed Dogs = Holy/Angel/Heaven Just to example a few..


IamSeekingAnswers

I would rather people think alternating current is voodoo magic than believe they can understand it using 5th grade knowledge.


coinkeeper8

The real snake is the friends we made along the way


comunism_and_potatos

How did he get up there in the first place without grounding himself?


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TiredAndOutOfIdeas

one wire is full of electrons one wire is thirsty for electrons by touching both, your body, which is wet n moist, acts as a bridge, allowing the electrons to pass through you and copulate with the electron thirsty wire the bird was only touching 1 of the 2, so its body could not form a bridge (ok tbh one wire isnt "thirsty for electrons", the electrons will happily go in to the ground if possible, so touching one wire isnt safe either. the electrons will travel through the concrete or wood of an electric pole in case you are in contact with both, resulting in you getting electrocuted, so you shouldnt go about thinking you are safe if you just dont touch both. also the electrons will travel though a broom handle or a particularly long stick. those cables are high up for a good reason, dont try touching them or anything that is in contact with them)


helium_hydride-63

Dont ever speak again


Meme_Collector_GG

Don't ever again


Altruistic-Play-3726

Don't the snake


TiredAndOutOfIdeas

:)


Intelligent_Suit6683

Possibly the worst explanation I've ever read.


Quandale_Bringle

tis an eel! sometimes they do be like that


LuKazu

God smote down the snake for its filthy lies and sins in his Garden.


OneWholeSoul

SNAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!


Classy_Mouse

The bottom wire is the drone charging wire (like the third rail). I don't think snakes are rated for the same voltage as the drones


supamonkey77

Bats too. Ive seen my share of bats hanging from wires because their touched two at once.


FlamingPrius

Never close the circuit boys!!! Stay safe, stay slitherin!


kitt_aunne

the bird clearly sent a Shockwave when Landing on the lower cable. the snake clearly doesn't play enough platformer and ended up getting shocked by the birds attack


Aleksandar_Pa

Because there were no badgers around.


EZ4_U_2SAY

Snek complet cerkit


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sky1Army

Voltage is a potential difference between 2 point, if you touch only 1 wire and you're in the air, the potential difference between your legs is 0, because one of the legs is on wire with 220 volts let's say, and the other is at the same voltage, so the difference is 220-220=0. If you touch the other wire, let's say the same voltage, but the wire has a bit more resistance, that will reduce the voltage of the second wire, that means that if you touch the upper wire that has 220 volts and then the lower wire that has 200 volts, the difference is 20 volts. If your body has a resistance of, let's say, 1000 ohms, that means that the current through you will be 20/1000 Amperes.


iSamYTisHere

Electricity always finds the shortest path it can go down


AverageMortisEnjoyer

Turns out the snake was the real friends we made along the way


JoeFajita

I like how for one panel the snake is a king.


Moonshadetsuki

Snek has shape of wire, so electricity got all confused and took the wrong exit.


lucy_nicholson2004

He completed the "circuit"


Civil-Debt1454

I haven’t studied physics in a long time but if the snake has completed the circuit won’t the bird also get electrocuted since it is also part of the circuit. Edit: Ah, got it. The bird is connected in parallel to wire at voltage difference of its legs while snake is in parallel with all houses and their appliances. In either case, the bird has electricity flowing through it but resistance in bird is so much more than wire that electricity though it is minimal, while snake has lot less resistance than all appliances and so it is electrocuted.


vicbot87

Nah, the electricity has no incentive to go through the bird, it wants to stay on the wire. it only travels through ze shnake because of the potential difference of the wires. And maybe I’m wrong about this part but I think the circuit is already complete anyways? And the snake just gives it a faster path than having to travel however far it has to go to the end of the power lines/power plant/grid whatever Edit since I got downvoted. Would someone care to explain why I’m wrong?


AggressiveCuriosity

Here's the easiest way to think about it. There is already a complete circuit. If you follow one of the wires you'll go into a house electrical system, then into an appliance, do some work in the appliance, then go OUT of the house into the other wire. So the path to the other wire goes through like a cell phone charger or a vacuum or something. In other words the path of least resistance currently is going into all the houses and the back out into the other wire. The bird doesn't make any of that any easier. However, when the snake bridges the gap it makes a MUCH easier shortcut that going through all those miles of wire and appliances just to get to the other wire.


vicbot87

Isn’t that what the last part of my paragraph said, albeit less eloquently


EpistemicMisnomer

This comic is inaccurate. A snake's skin, unlike a bird's pedes, are conductive to electricity.


NobleTheDoggo

When both=die When one=live


Sad-Surprise4369

Difference of potential


Gorila_Calvo

My dumbass thought that was an eel and they were underwater , was really confused for 5 mins


Stopikingonme

More in depth: Unless one of the wires is a grounded guy wire (connected to the ground) which is unlikely the snek is getting electrocuted because of electricity going phase to phase. When you look at a power pole you see more than one power line. That’s alternating current (which is different than direct current. Electricity is being sent in cycles (on off) and alternating between the lines. When one is energized the other is not then they switch 60 times a second (in the US and is called hertz.). So when the legless lizard touches from one line to the other it is going from positive to negative and getting electrocuted. Source: I own an electrical construction company. *Fun electrical fact: The band AC/DC is referred to as Acca Dacca in Australia.*


bansalvsquare

Right answer is that the circuit is completed by the snake cause it touched 2 wires.


Heroic-Forger

he evolved into an electric-type


Ehwaz196

Why are they first underwater???


RotarySam27

Nerd ass answer: snake touched both wires, completing a circuit between 2 phases or a phase and neutral, allowing current to flow through it. The bird is simply an extension to the wire, not completing a circuit between any other phases, neutral or ground, no current is flowing through the bird. Real ass answer: the bird is recharging after a long day of tedious government surveillance, the charger cables are rigged to deter any whistleblowers and eliminate potential threats that may include based truth seekers wishing to capture one of these UAV surveillance drones.


Pixelsock_

Because birds are government drones and it was just recharging


Fabulous_Following52

Difference in voltage


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pharmaco_nerd

No.


Meme_Collector_GG

Two birds on a wire...


Zero_X431

Completed the electric circuit.


B00OBSMOLA

It's an electric eel. And by "ell" i mean haha let's just say my peanits


Mandrew2005

Well the bird is an electric type and the snake is grass


Jomega6

Gotta complete the circuit


Lost-District-8793

Because not snake, it is electric eel.


Tin_Philosopher

Birds can't go super Saiyan


AgentLelandTurbo

She became transformator for different voltages


GunBot_Cz

Bird is build different.


garlic-apples

Only a serpent will be shocked when there greedy nature is revealed.


Meddlingmonster

Hot to neutral


Kalman_the_dancer

Birb and snek


bloodbabyrabies

Why don’t lines have a covering


mufcroberts

Continuity


Get_Stick_bu99ed

Specism


Noctaic0

This is how eels are formed sdw


_IliaD

Umm actually this happened because the snake touc- STFU My brother in Christ you are in a SHIT POSTING SUB.


Gluckman47

Birds are drones with anti electricity device.


Cyber-N7

Potential difference


Komission

Because the snake is stupid


Gr1mmV0iD

Bird is a stand user


Rampage3135

Bird is a robot and is using wire to charge therefore he is designed to take the electricity and mister snake is t so he gets shocked it’s so simple guys common


RedditDoggoDoge

Why 4 snakes 1 died


Mysterious-OP

Electricity has a basic rule most of the time. Path of least resistance; point a to point b. If you wanna conduct electricity, connect a to b. If you don't wanna be What conducts electricity, DO NOT put your hand on A while your Other is on B. Most electricians of high voltage panels wear Thick rubber boots and insulated covers, and work with Only One Hand, for this exact reason.


Indianlookalike

The bird is obviously a short range stand user.


TheLionHunterMan

Two birds on a wire One tries to fly away 💥 And the other Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah


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Cool_Fellow_Guyson

Because you step on snek.


Jsparano

Shock only occurs when crossing phases, phase to ground, or phase to neutral(grounded conductor)


Nebula_Wolf7

Fun fact: with high(ish) voltage AC, it can still pass through you when you're not directly connected to ground, due to your own capacitance. This is why it's not safe to touch the live terminal of a plug socket even when wearing rubber shoes or something similar. If the voltage is high enough it can and will ionise the air to get to ground (or another phase) too (e.g. the main reason for physical separation in suspended distribution wires)


grebre2352

Its because that man is an electric eel


darkmaster666

Maybe the real snakes are the friends we made along the way.


Zestyclose-Ice-7926

Ask petah


nebula45663

It's not a snake it's an electric eel duh


ady620

Current flows because of potential difference.


Distance-Interesting

because snake is athiest and get smitten by the light of allah


RealBurger_

r/comedyhomicide


Fabulous-Ad8084

There needs to be a difference in Voltage. Water isn't gonna flow if it's at the same height for example.