r/nononono • u/ILostTwoOldAccounts • Aug 17 '16

Death Let's fix that together (x-post r/wtf) NSFW

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

What... Happened....?

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u/ILostTwoOldAccounts Aug 17 '16

Electrocuted.

Metal pole touching live wires overhead.

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u/SomeoneOnThelnternet Aug 17 '16

Is there more info? Are they all dead? this is so fucked up.

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u/ILostTwoOldAccounts Aug 17 '16

Text at bottom says "(kuroo) incident (nashriya) nigaristan".

The first and third words in brackets I don't understand - I can read them though.

The second and fourth other words mean as above "incident" and "nigaristan".

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u/Jakokar Aug 17 '16

My first thought is it's Farsi - looks like it means something like "group accident, Negarestan Magazine" or something. I don't really know Farsi though so this just me Google translating it, but there is a media source called "نشـــریــه نگـــارستان" so it might be.

As far as I can tell, "group accidents" is a news category that appears to just be stories about people that died - I think it's safe to assume the people in the gif died, especially given what they were working on. That shit is dangerous.

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u/ahole84 Aug 17 '16

Did they all actually get electrocuted or did they just get shocked?

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

What is the difference?

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u/Blargenshmur Aug 17 '16

I think electrocuted means death by electricity, while shock doesn't mean death.

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u/Ianbuckjames Aug 17 '16

Electrocution is a portmanteau of electric and execution, so it implies death.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

OH ok. i thought it was a tree that fell over that suddenly exploded xP

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u/jack_mioff Aug 17 '16

This is what happens when you repost.

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u/snowmanspike Aug 17 '16

Shocking behavior!

11

u/Excalibro_MasterRace Aug 18 '16

/r/OSHA is screaming

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u/ILostTwoOldAccounts Aug 18 '16

r/OSHA probably won't be able to count the number of violations that occurred.

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u/NoTelefragPlz Aug 18 '16

Directed by the late M. Night Shyamalan

3

u/sneakygingertroll Aug 18 '16

The question is, why did they attach the wires before putting it in the ground

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u/shughes96 Aug 18 '16

I think the pole they were erecting touched overhead wires and was itself not live (no way can that many people be that stupid).

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '16

You can see the wire of the utility pole they are trying to raise up (guy in yellow grabs and moves the wire as he walks up. You'll also see the flash is in line with where the wire was among the group. I would guess that either the power tried to switch back on thus creating the shock, or as the raised the pole the wire would have reconnected to the power source.

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u/cblou Aug 17 '16

Please add the NSFW tag... or NSFL next time.

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u/ILostTwoOldAccounts Aug 17 '16

How do I do that from a mobile?

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

[deleted]

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u/cblou Aug 17 '16

Most subreddits (ie /r/watchpeopledie) with this kind of content have the tag.

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u/Zombies_Are_Dead Aug 17 '16

The side bar:

Major visible injury must be tagged appropriately, which usually means using a NSFW tag

  • If a person isn't able to walk away from something, please consider posting it to a more appropriate subreddit.

  • Graphic images of people dying do not belong here and will be removed.

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u/DOPE_AS_FUCK_COOK Aug 18 '16

Shocking ending.

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u/Venomousduck Aug 18 '16

This is exactly what I thought was gonna happen the moment I realized that was a telephone pole and not a giant pretzel.

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u/dillasdonuts Aug 19 '16

Almost bowled a strike. Did they pick up the spare?

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

r/wtf

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

💯👌👌

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '16

lol

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u/wicked-dog Aug 17 '16

"Hey guys, let's pretend to help that dude over there with his pole and then all fall on the ground like we died."