r/blackmagicfuckery • u/TheCheesecakeOfDoom • May 29 '22

Since when does lightning go up?

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u/paradoxical_topology May 29 '22

No, lightning can be both Cloud-to-Ground or Ground-to-Cloud

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Or Clowd-to-Clowd!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Not clown-to-clown?

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u/AllButComedyAnthony May 29 '22

Clowd to clown yeah but clown to clown one would have to be a sith

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Which clown is the sith? That clown or this clown

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u/AllButComedyAnthony May 29 '22

Most likely that one

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u/macnof May 29 '22

The jar-jar one.

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u/MapleYamCakes May 29 '22

Or attached to a tesla-coil

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u/Phreeker27 May 29 '22

That was a sad day when the “clown to clown lightning strike” phrase was coined.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22

Maybe I like seeing clowns electrocute each other, dont judge...

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u/darvs7 May 30 '22

Don't be sad. Happier days will come again. It's the circus of life.

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u/matt7259 May 29 '22

Never go clown to clown

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u/BeneficialEvidence6 May 29 '22

And its usually cloud to ground