• @[email protected]
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    192 years ago

    Use a cellphone under trees in rain.

    Learned few days ago that it’s not actually dangerous, at least doesn’t make you have a higher change to be struck by thunder.

    • @[email protected]
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      212 years ago

      To be honest, I feel like I’d be more concerned with my phone getting water damaged, than getting struck by lightning.

      • @[email protected]
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        132 years ago

        It’s not a good idea to stand under a tree when it’s lightning, but if you really want to for some reason, then don’t stand next to a trunk.

    • BeardedBlaze
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      462 years ago

      … where in the world was/is this a thing? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard xD

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        Someone probably confused the effects of ionizing and non ionizing radiation and thought, a cellphone would create a less resistant path to ground by ionizing the air around it.