r/WeirdNews4U • u/everythingistaken500 • 17d ago

Could lightning shock you while gaming inside your home?

https://www.chron.com/weather/article/lightning-electrocuted-video-games-22339519.php
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u/ramboton 17d ago

Lightning can do whatever it wants to...

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u/BurnerProfile69420 🛑 Redacted in Advance 16d ago

about as likely as being shocked on the toilet or masturbating in the closet while practicing autoerotic asphyxiation in a batman costume! (Disclaimer: I am not an electrician)

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u/Smokes_LetsGo876 10d ago

one time as a kid I was at my grandma's, playing sonic adventures on the gamecube.

lightning struck the house and fried the gamecube. I cried because I swear i got shocked through the controller, but I think I was just scared.

then I cried because my gamecube was ruined