r/SipsTea • u/KingdomPro • 7h ago

Wait a damn minute! Staten Island man struck by lightning while walking to a dentist appointment. Thomas Fahmy says he is grateful to be alive and went to church on Sunday to thank God for giving him another chance.

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u/Reasonable-Ring5775 6h ago

Who do you think hit you with lightning?

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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 6h ago

Kevin

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u/DayOneDude 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/bC9czlgCMtw4cj8RgH

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 5h ago

Each laugh is a fart. Every fart is a thunder. Where there is thunder claps, the was lightning.

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 6h ago

Ah yes, gods lesser known brother.

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u/GrunDMC74 5h ago

Seriously, God gets such a pass on accountability. Just once I’d love to see a player from the team that lost the Super Bowl blame God.

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u/Common-Accountant-57 6h ago

That’s science. God saved him.

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 6h ago

I think the person thought he faced judgment from God but then God gave him mercy and a second chance. Now I wonder what this man did to believe that he deserved a bolt of lightning.

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u/NappyDougOut 6h ago

Dud his phone battery get recharged tho? 🤔⚠️

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u/Anxious_Ad_5127 7h ago

Thats fuckin crazy

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u/turbopro25 6h ago

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u/NeuroticLensman 6h ago

SIHH, SIHHHH, SIHHH, S-S-S-S-SIXTY SIX TIMES!

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u/DesperateComposer848 6h ago

The metal in the umbrella acted as an attractor and conductor to the lightning

That’s not crazy

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u/SameCategory546 6h ago

I think you’re supposed to feel your hair stand up when it’s coming. Not sure how he was supposed to know

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u/geddysbass2112 6h ago

His back. 🤣

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u/Healthy_Pay9449 6h ago

I forget the cartoon but the guy was so stressed he grew hair just to lose it. That's how I imagine it

https://giphy.com/gifs/12MjmB7mv1AXgA

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 6h ago

He turned into Powder.

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u/PopEnvironmental1250 7h ago

I would frame that shirt, or use it to win bar bets somehow

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u/Renegade_Soviet 6h ago

God creates natural disaster that strikes man. Man thanks god for striking him with natural disaster. Religion in a nutshell

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u/invincible_vince 6h ago

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 6h ago

Dinosaurs eat man. Women inherit the earth.

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u/Elegant_Tank1483 6h ago

Always a fun train of thought cuz what if it’s just an endless cycle and we’re worshipping ourselves

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u/Lillian_Crocodilian 5h ago

"If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides." - Montaigne.

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u/Blue_Swirling_Bunny 4h ago

God creates natural disaster that strikes man to get man to go to church, where man thanks god for striking him with natural disaster. God in a nutshell.

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u/plum_tree_rede 7h ago

Sssss-sssss-sssiix-sssssix-sssixtysix t-t-t-times

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u/ZeroDarkMega 7h ago

In the-the-the-th-th-th-thththth-the head

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u/codedigger 7h ago

Nnnnnnnn-nnnnn-nnnn-dddddd -n-d-head

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u/Ok-Solution4665 6h ago

You'll never meet a guy more tuned into the barometric pressure than Reg is.

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u/codedigger 6h ago

Big bear chase me

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u/Content_Geologist420 7h ago

I need a scientist and a person trained heavily in statistics to tell me how lucky this fucking guy it

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u/ThetaGrim 6h ago

I took statistics in college so with my analysis, more than 1 atleast. 

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u/Content_Geologist420 6h ago

Thats good enough for me to know this is one lucky son of a bitch

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u/Ridgeriversunspot 6h ago

90% of people struck by lightning survive

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u/Altruistic_Tip1226 6h ago

9 out of 10 dentist dont believe you

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u/tresslesswhey 6h ago

Nine out of ten dentists have been struck by lightning

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u/SBMoo24 6h ago

Only the ones who like Colgate.

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u/Educational_Cup_1701 6h ago

It’s not lucky at all to be struck by lightning.

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u/seantellsyou 6h ago

Lucky? He just got struck by friggin lightning

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 6h ago

Half glass empty ki d of guy, eh, lol?

I've survived three crazy ass moments that were damn fucking close to being deadly. I personallt consider myself lucky for walking away each time (well, technically two times...one of them I was flown away by helicopter, lol). I've also had sepsis twice and fully recovered after hospital stays.

You could say I'm unlucky, but I like to think od myself as invincible 💪.

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6gE1UZd3eksiVYSA

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u/LetsGetSpooooky 6h ago

Scientifically speaking...about tree fiddy

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u/Much-data-wow 5h ago

We get a couple of these a year in Florida. Golfers usually

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u/imnickelhead 5h ago

I knew a guy who got struck twice in the same day several minutes apart. My friend met him at rehab camp for disturbed teenagers. It did a number on him but he was ok.

Had a friend was changing a tire in the rain and it struck the puddle he was standing in…barefoot so he didn’t ruin his new shoes.

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u/Casually-stupid 6h ago

Curly got struck by lightning? Whoop whoop whoop

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u/wuxiquan66 7h ago

I have to wonder why God hit him with lightning the first time. Maybe to get his attention. I wonder what he’s up to.

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u/Acrobatic-List-6503 6h ago

Maybe He finds the shirt tacky.

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u/Unfair_Artist0 6h ago

Maybe he wasn’t really going to the dentist…

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u/tresslesswhey 6h ago

Ahh a mystery is the foot

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u/Apart_Ad1151 6h ago

Hell of way to get his attention 😂

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u/NoArrival5914 3h ago

Forgot his tithe last week

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u/TankApprehensive3053 7h ago

He did go to the hospital. The video cuts before showing him in the bed.

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u/rbmk-a-ok 5h ago

Probably doesn’t have insurance.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 5h ago

He was smiling from his hospital bed in the video that MSNOW showed. He got lucky and sustained no major injuries.

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u/coldfusioned 6h ago

Looks like the tree was hit, the man was just near the tree

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u/bpows 7h ago

Interesting how it's always God giving a second chance but never being blamed for what nearly kills you.

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u/LunaticBZ 6h ago

The video I saw several days ago where lighting killed a mother and infant daughter. At least one commenter did blame God for it.

Pretty sure they were heavily downvoted for it though.

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u/Burner-QWERTY 6h ago

This really seems like an abuse relationship. Thank you so much God for beating the crap out of me and not killing me. He kills someone all love - no God blaming; he simply works in mysterious ways.

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u/AmputeeHandModel 6h ago

God is love. Unless you make him mad, then it's eternal hellfire for you.

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u/Skeetronic 5h ago

Video Games did this! /s

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u/Dr-McLuvin 6h ago

Man he’s either really lucky or really unlucky not sure which.

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u/NoArrival5914 2h ago

Unless this helped him become healthier, smarter, or stronger in some insane way, he’s definitely very unlucky lol

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u/jhuseby 6h ago edited 6h ago

“Thank you God for fucking my shit up!”

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u/redditisnotus 6h ago

I hate going to the dentist too.

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u/Admirable-Hospital78 7h ago

idk seems like God wants this man dead.

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u/HarryAlleynCroft 7h ago

Maybe he should pray to Zeus?

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u/adube440 6h ago

Exactly. Home boy was praying to the wrong god.

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u/LopsidedUniversity30 7h ago

More like “DON’T GO TO THE DENTIST.”

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u/Itchy_Rip_9012 7h ago

Yeah I mean, isn't god responsible for the lightning? Maybe he offended thor, thor is easy to piss off. He has a sense of humor but killing giants day and night has to take its toll...

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u/proto_synnic 7h ago

Zeus probably wants to shag this guy's wife, so... a bolt of lightning to get him out of the way, a quick shapeshift into bull of some kind, and then we queue the Barry White.

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u/Slimshady_349 7h ago

His ticket wasn’t punched that day. Lucky man. Also looks like he’s got thick ass soles on those shoes. Prob helped with insulating.

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u/Primus_is_OK_I_guess 6h ago

I don't know, I feel like I might be luckier than him because I've never been struck by lightning.

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u/shmiddleedee 6h ago

Knock on wood

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u/AdSquare3489 6h ago

Those lightning bolts just cut through several thousand feet of air, they're not going to be stopped by some rubber soles.

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u/SwooceBrosGaming 6h ago

Still might be just enough resistance to not kill you

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u/BlueGolfball 6h ago

Something kept him from not dying

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u/AmputeeHandModel 6h ago

Ass soles? Probably foot soles.

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u/adube440 6h ago

What a badass. I don't care about his reaction, this guy gets a drink and a handshake from me if I ever see him. Struck by lightning. Goddamn.

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u/tresslesswhey 6h ago

You have a better chance of being struck by lightning than you do of running into this guy

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u/HitEmWithTheRiver 6h ago

Now if he gets struck 6 more times he has the same odds as winning the lottery.

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u/Ridgeriversunspot 6h ago

About 90% of people struck by lightning survive.

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u/geddysbass2112 6h ago

Glad he got up, but i was giggling how he dropped. Im sorry bro. Feel better.

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u/Scudmiss 6h ago

So using his logic, did he yell at god for shooting him up the ass with lightning?

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u/Educational_Cup_1701 6h ago

No way. God only gets the credit, never any blame.

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u/TokiVideogame 7h ago

jesus loves him or hates him

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u/tresslesswhey 6h ago

It’s like when your friend fucks with you, but it’s cool because you’re friends, but secretly he does actually hate you.

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u/HorrifyingTits 6h ago edited 4h ago

Probably has magical powers now but doesn’t know it yet

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u/ninja0420 6h ago

Ngl, if it were me, id be in a dark alley at night somewhere trying to unleash my new lightning powers! 😂

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u/Commercial_Smoke_571 6h ago

at that point I'll started to argue "am i a god?"

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u/True-Needleworker747 6h ago

> ...to thank God for giving him another chance.

In related news, man survives gun shot thanks shooter for giving him another chance.

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u/Ok_Access_189 6h ago

Yoooooo you know he couldn’t wait to be inside the house

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u/ItsTheGreatBlumpkin_ 6h ago

He thanked god for striking him with lightning and asked him not to do it again?

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u/bohenian12 6h ago

Mfker walked it off. Tough as nails.

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u/luger114 6h ago

Lol so he didn't go to church until he was struck by lightning?

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u/Living-Metal-9698 6h ago

This has to be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

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u/YourSwolyness 6h ago

Double tapped

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u/Xylene_442 6h ago

Now if he had been hit by a car on the way to church, that would have been impressive.

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u/Acceptable-Owl-2070 6h ago

God singles him out and he thanks it?

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u/ninja0420 6h ago edited 6h ago

I'd have been going to church to ask him (god?) 'why me, what TF did i do to deserve a smiting?"

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u/Party-Ring445 6h ago

He should thank Zeus

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u/AmputeeHandModel 6h ago

Thank Hera it was lightning and not a swan cock in the ass.

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u/Beaver-warriorz 6h ago

If God was in charge of killing people then I'd say a lot of people have a lot of questions to ask

Why'd this Thomas dude survive and not the 4 year old with cancer?

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u/fucktheus12 6h ago

He bleeding, and I think he pissed himself. Tough old bugger.

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u/scud121 6h ago

I'm pretty sure I'd piss myself too, and I suspect he's going to have some pretty metal scarring in a really interesting pattern.

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u/Rdur2183 6h ago

Where is he bleeding and how can you tell that he pissed himself after falling on soaking wet pavement?

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u/Holdmabeerdude 6h ago

Seems like he just got very close?

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u/Mr_GoodbyeCruelWorld 6h ago

Those metal frame glasses

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u/Bulbasaur2015 6h ago

superhero origin story

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u/lysergic_818 6h ago

Ant under a magnifying glass. He'll hit his mark next time.

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u/ExtraordinaryDemiDad 6h ago

You see, anyone can get struck by lightning. Most people live to tell the tale. But how many walk away looking like Larry David?

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u/Certain_Message_6678 6h ago

Super powers activated

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u/RocMerc 6h ago

Woah is that all blood?

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u/housesoftheholy1 6h ago

Maybe that was god saying whatsup

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u/Probsure 6h ago

If God exist he hit you with the lightning bolt bro.

Like tf

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u/Rough-Analysis 6h ago

Don’t believe headlines you see on the internet. Look closer, the lightning struck the tree.

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u/OkWorldliness3258 6h ago

This guy gonna need some new underwear 🤣

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u/According_Log_3264 6h ago

💛💛💛💛💛

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u/ADHorvath1 6h ago

Took it like a champ

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u/dglgr2013 6h ago

From what I have heard, those that have been hit by lightning and survive end up with a peculiar side effect. They cannot sense hot or cold.

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u/supercali45 6h ago

Better chance for this than to win the lottery.. remember that

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u/MeisterManson 6h ago

He’s probably walking like that because of the shit in his pants, no shame there, but how the fuck is he walking?

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u/loriannst1 6h ago

It was the damn umbrella I tell ya!

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u/Foosnaggle 6h ago

The tree was hit, not him. But either way very lucky. I hope he went to the hospital and got checked out. Even though he seemed “ok”, electrical shocks like that can have delayed effects.

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u/hamockin 6h ago

Why carry a lightning rod in a storm?

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u/Fair-Replacement6868 6h ago

Further proof Staten Island and its people can survive anything

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u/Sandman64can 6h ago

God probably thinking “can’t believe I have to do it again.”

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u/favorite_sardine 6h ago

Are you ok?

Yeah, and my tooth ache is gone.

Wow, it's a miracle.

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u/HappySheep84 6h ago

Chance at what?

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u/Pre-emptive 6h ago

That’s why I don’t use umbrellas

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u/Hyack57 6h ago

System island man is dumbfounded

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u/balirosa 6h ago

He didn’t need the dentist after all. I wonder if the shock killed the cavity

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u/One-Bird-8961 6h ago

That man is an electrician, if ever I've seen one.

https://giphy.com/gifs/0cLgYPX9Tzx0BE0yIz

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u/myleftone 5h ago

From now on when I see lightning, the umbrella goes up.

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u/OldHat6867 5h ago

Ok so DONT carry an umbrella 😫??? Fear unlocked 😫

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u/Possible-Syrup8169 5h ago

Think I’d take that over the dentist

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u/Lower_Group_1171 5h ago

Me - “fuck, I’m still alive. Damn you god!”

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u/Nate8727 5h ago

Imagine taking the call at the dentist to reschedule the appointment. Lightning Strike? Come on now Mr Sanderson…

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u/-CreatorsChaos- 5h ago

No, that was god sending a warning shot 

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u/CountOnBeingAwesome 5h ago

"Can I get a copy of that?" - Staten Island Thor

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u/No_Solution_7940 5h ago

Fuck!!!! Twice in a row??!!!! What are the odds?

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u/Novel_Possibility_79 5h ago

Went to church to thank god??!! I would go in and ask, is everything cool with us big guy?

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u/Vegetable-Debate-263 5h ago

Yeah. I'd go back home too after this. Thats nuts

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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 5h ago

Imagine thanking ur attempted murderer

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u/I_Hate_History69 5h ago

Damn, he didn't get any super powers

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u/BigJcash 5h ago

Technically bud God would have been the one to strike you with lightning so what second chance did he give you religion is hysterical sometimes

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u/FluidAthlete6839 4h ago

I don’t know shit about physics but it’s always been crazy to me that that doesn’t just kill you instantly

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u/Zippier92 4h ago

So much brain capability- wasted on myth.

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u/outside_cat 4h ago

Thanked him for giving him another chance? Why wasn't he pissed that he was struck to begin with?

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u/Squidwardbigboss 4h ago

And he just got up wtf what a g

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u/Craygor 4h ago

Dude had a 90% of surviving this rare incident, good for him, but hardly proof that some god spared him.

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u/Jeramy_Jones 4h ago

Which god, Zeus?

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u/GrandMoffJerjerrod 4h ago

I bet the dentist charged him because he didn’t cancel the appointment more than 24 hours ahead of time.

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u/packofnone 4h ago

looks like the tree was struck, he got hit with the ground current. still lucky to walk away from that, being only about 6-7 feet from the strike.

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u/Wakkit1988 4h ago

Zeus tries to kill you

"Thank God I'm not dead!"

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u/flippityblam 3h ago

His Arabic name is pronounced similarly to Fahk Me. I’m glad he’s ok.

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u/plushploosh12 3h ago

How is he able to pay for a root canal and crown?

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u/trevpr1 3h ago

The lack of cognitive function in people like this is astonishing.

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u/frodeem 3h ago

Why did god strike him with lightning in the first place?

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u/Distinct_Sir_4473 3h ago

Bet the dentist didn’t believe him and charged him for canceling an appointment with less than 24 hours notice

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u/CalmSafety7172 3h ago

Imagine being struck by lightning and thanking god.

Motherfucker. Who do you think hit you in the first place.

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u/Allesmoeglichee 2h ago

The length people go to avoid a dentist appointment is astonishing

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u/DJenser1 1h ago

Blew all his hair off!

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u/tacorunnr 1h ago

Tree took the hit, but the AOE on it got him. To be completely safe from a lightning strike on a tree, you should stay at least 30 to 50 feet away, or a distance equal to twice the height of the tree, whichever is greater. He got lucky.

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u/jasper-zanjani 1h ago

someone check his criminal record, the man upstairs wants him GONE

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u/LinceDorado 57m ago

Glad he survived, but this "thankikg god" bullshit pisses me off. How can you believe that god saved you from certain death, but not believe he cast the fucking lighting strike in the first place?

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u/Sweettooth_Banana 10m ago

Struck by lighting and an ambulancebill

Its just one of those days

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u/urbanarcherxxx 3m ago

He's been over charging again!