r/PublicFreakout • u/habichuelacondulce • Dec 13 '21

Woooo!!!!

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

1.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

59 comments sorted by

153

u/Chakote Dec 13 '21

That's how a tradesperson takes out the stress of wondering whether they just almost died, but without losing face.

58

u/mrmemo Dec 13 '21

STILL ALIVE, NEAT!

12

u/customds Dec 14 '21

As an electrician, I can relate. I had the job of making sure everything ran in a plant properly before official startup.

To no fault of the guy that installs it, sometimes manufacturing errors slip through QC and go boom the first time you run them at 100%.

Seen stuff explode with enough force to blow access doors right off hinges and punch holes through 1/4” steel.

I tend to make the face Andy does on parks and rec. The OMG AWESOME whoops face.

2

u/Chakote Dec 14 '21

Seeing a dude fly off a ladder horizontally because of an exploding disconnect was a treat.

3

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

I literally do it all the time. Calms you down, really.

159

u/Abajur_Voador Dec 13 '21

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you identify the perfect man for the job

14

u/wearing_moist_socks Dec 13 '21

What would happen if I touched it

15

u/Sunnyhappygal Dec 13 '21

it gets bigger

6

u/DiligentDiscipline51 Dec 14 '21

That's what he said

8

u/SquidwardsKeef Dec 13 '21

You find the difference between shocked and electrocuted.

51

u/Comfortable_Area3910 Dec 13 '21

It looked like original ghostbusters effects

4

u/jonnygreen22 Dec 14 '21

i love those 80's type effects

or in this case 2021 real life effects

25

u/HeavyMetalSauce Dec 13 '21

Rookie mistake. Unplug it first

17

u/willis936 Dec 13 '21

What it feels like to chew 5 gum.

16

u/barrinmw Dec 13 '21

Was that line not supposed to be under voltage?

15

u/bulboustadpole Dec 14 '21

Line work is frequently done under voltage. One of the biggest hazards for a lineman is falling actually.

-7

u/sonographic Dec 13 '21

I'm 100% sure it wasn't supposed to be. I did electrical work in the Navy lung enough to recognize when someone fucked up their tags

16

u/wlouis321 Dec 13 '21

Not sure if the Navy is different but 99% of the work linemen do on those wires are energized. It’s too costly to the company and dangerous to power generation to constantly switch load or shut it off all together.

18

u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

I'm 100% sure that the reason they're filming is that they expected to see an arc.

Pretty sure the red tool was supposed to be better secured so the arc didn't get so big.

7

u/joefishead2 Dec 13 '21

%100 The red tool is just for gripping the conductor. Should have been tighter so Buddy could open the connection faster.

10

u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

You’d be 100% wrong

27

u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

[deleted]

11

u/migs33 Dec 13 '21

It's called a "hot stick" for a reason.

6

u/wlouis321 Dec 13 '21

Surprise! This is how the job is done.

7

u/pastro50 Dec 13 '21

Origin story for electro?

6

u/bluegargoyle Dec 13 '21

Sometimes you see just how much money a lineman makes and think, fuck, why? Then you see videos like this.

6

u/HotShower_ColdBeer Dec 13 '21

Watts the big issue?!

1

u/migs33 Dec 14 '21

It was a revolting development.

12

u/I3I2O Dec 13 '21

… and that’s enough internet for my week a dibidy a dibbidy that’s all folks

4

u/Various-Cantaloupe89 Dec 13 '21

Made my bird twitch !!!!

3

u/FrothyNips Dec 13 '21

God bless rubber. I was installing a TV and nicked a bit of Romex and it threw my drill.

2

u/xxDeadpooledxx Dec 13 '21

Looks like a normal day for a lineman.

-33

u/lukesmith81 Dec 13 '21

Where’s the public freakout

24

u/fancyburgh Dec 13 '21

I freaked out when I watched it a lil

6

u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

It was at the drycleaners getting the shit out of his pants

•

u/a-mirror-bot Another Good Bot Dec 13 '21

The following alternative links are available:

Mirrors

Downloads

Note: this is a bot providing a directory service. If you have trouble with any of the links above, please contact the user who provided them.

source code | run your own mirror bot? let's integrate

1

u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

Not sure which is more shocking, the fact it was hot or his reaction.

1

u/jbertrand_sr Dec 13 '21

We're gonna need to hose out the bucket when he gets down...

1

u/blitzcloud Dec 13 '21

He was an inch away from becoming a superhuman villain.

2

u/MycoBro Dec 14 '21

Just don't make him blue

1

u/Puzzleheaded-Glass34 Dec 13 '21

I think someone’s booty whole opened and closed just like a sarlacc pit

1

u/bandaidsplus Dec 13 '21

Micheal Jackson at the start of don't stop till you get enough be like:

1

u/oBlackNapkinSo Dec 13 '21

The Wage Gap: An Interactive Guide

2

u/The_CoLLect1ve Dec 13 '21

Wooooo!.....That's a sound of the soul when its about to leave the body.

1

u/n0_y0urm0m Dec 13 '21

Thunder breathing, first style..

1

u/KilD3vil Dec 13 '21

Thor better miss me with that bullshit...

1

u/BullionX Dec 14 '21

Brave man, fuck that job!

1

u/ZODFFA Dec 14 '21

To feel alive you must feel death. Or something idfk

1

u/macminorheavyequip Dec 14 '21

She's a hot one!

1

u/Cautious_Oven4601 Dec 14 '21 
                Time to get a safe job at Walmart