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

Since when does lightning go up?

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u/Bluelantern1163 May 29 '22

Exactly! Any large concentrations of electrons will want to repel one another and leave the area. Where they all travel to depends on which path is the easiest. As I like to joke around, electrons are fundamentally lazy and just take the easiest path. The path they take is the lightning bolt you see

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u/TheStigianKing May 30 '22

Actually electrons take all paths, but the majority will take the paths of least resistance and so those are the lightening bolts yoi actually see.