• Iron Lynx
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      Worse: football organisations in The Netherlands of all places are refusing to wear anything that implies sympathy to LGBTQ+ matters. Being a footballer and called gay is still a popular insult. A comedian had to start selling team captain bands, replacing the organisation’s One Love one with a new Wat Laf version (it means “How cowardly”). At least the Wat Laf is aimed at the national football organisation.

      For some reason on the other hand, the women’s football side has no problem with that, with several overt lesbians playing in the national leagues.

    • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️
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      My sister is a lesbian and she has a fear of being perceived as gay. She said that she’s so straight that she became a lesbian.

      Leviticus doesn’t specify a gender of the audience, so the only acceptable sex is for all straight men to become uwu lesbians.

    • @[email protected]
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      One or none. Electricity is hard to predict though. It tries to find the easiest way to complete a circuit, but the easiest way isn’t always easy to predict.

  • defunct_punk
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    As long as none of them ground themselves they’re fine. Not that I think these people are smart enough to know one way or the other, but the sandals float was probably to keep it easy to plug things in

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        They’re not grounded when they’re standing in the pool, though. If they grabbed a ladder or if someone on the ground tried to hand them something, they’d get a good shock, but they’d trip a breaker before anything deadly happened

        • snooggums
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          Their breakers are probably wired in place because they keep tripping too often.

          • Justin
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            Tripping the breaker usually doesn’t trip the switch, so that wouldn’t actually change anything. Not that I recommend trying.

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            I don’t know why you’re doubting me, but the only reason why “toaster + bathtub” means death is because your body is in contact with the bathtub, which is grounded. Regardless, you still wouldn’t die unless you had preexisting health conditions like a weak heart on account of the aforementioned breakers

            An above ground pool like the one in the picture insulates you with a very thick floor of rubber. Here’s an article about exactly what I’m talking about

            How a backyard swimming pool can become an electrical death trap

            Excerpt:

            “It wouldn’t look or sound any different. You could jump in, swim around and be fine in the water with the electricity but once you become the bridge to ground by touching the ladder or rail you’d die,” said the licensed electrician with 20 years of experience.

            • @[email protected]
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              So , it looks like an inflatable pool - no metal structure nor ladder. Perfectly safe

              … not that I’d want to test that

            • @[email protected]
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              the only reason why “toaster + bathtub” means death is because your body is in contact with the bathtub, which is grounded

              Someone needs to learn about acrylic and fiberglass tubs🤪

            • Flying SquidM
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              Regardless, you still wouldn’t die unless you had preexisting health conditions like a weak heart on account of the aforementioned breakers

              Are you telling me reruns of mystery shows from the 70s lied to me? COLUMBO LIED TO ME?!

              Wait- what about hair dryers?

  • JJROKCZ
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    Eh so long as they don’t ground out then they’re fine, even if they make a ground connection then the breaker will trip long before enough juice hits that pool to seriously hurt them

    • Skull giver
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      Sort of, with the important note that “grounding themselves” can very well be “getting out of the pool”. It’s theoretically fine as long as someone outside the pool disconnects the power before any of them try to get out, but I wouldn’t rely on it.

      Relying on the GFCI wouldn’t be great, use the wrong hand to grab the ladder and you’re still sending a deadly amount of current through your heart. If you only have a breaker, you’ll probably be dead regardless. Where I live breakers will trip at about 16A (32 on sockets intended for high power electronics) which will definitely hurt a lot. Breakers and fuses are usually there to prevent fires, not to prevent electrocution!

      • @[email protected]
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        Bare in mind the nearest ground is also in the power strip. It probably wouldn’t go anywhere near the people. Since you also now have a short circuit it would probably trip the breaker depending on the conductivity of the water.

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      Yeah no thanks. I work in an electrical based industry and I can tell you for a fact that you don’t want 240v at 100 to 200 amps for even a second.

      I yelled at a tech the other day for not wearing hot gloves when working on a set of taps in a MSP. It’s not a joke and you’re gambling with your life.

      I mean think about it. Why make GFCI outlets as a redundant safety feature if the breaker was so good at catching it? The point is that you shouldn’t trust a mechanical switch to be the only thing between you and going home to your family.

      • Kushan
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        I don’t NEED to wear safety gloves because I’M Homer Simps

      • defunct_punk
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        Where in the hell are you at that 200 amperage wall outlets are the norm?? In 99% of US homes outlets are 110v 15a which is enough to put you on your ass but certainly won’t kill you without prolong exposure or preexisting health factors

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          Almost as if places outside of the US exist. Like the EU where the voltage is 230 volts in homes.

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            Keyword being

            voltage

            I sure hope you guys arent pushing that with 200 amps, too

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        A human body wouldn’t conduct that much current with mains voltage. It’s just too high resistance.

        Also pretty sure they mean breakers with GFCI as is required in some countries. If they just mean regular circuit breakers then yeah they are fucked.

        Although tbf since it has both neutral and live in the strip it would probably short and not even reach the people. As in almost no current would go through them because ground is right next to it. This would in turn cause the breaker to trip without even a GFCI getting involved potentially.

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          Lmao it will definitely conduct enough to stop your heart if you’re well grounded. In this case these morons are likely ok because they’re in an aboveground rubber pool. If they were in an in ground pool with a nice metal drain or copper pipes for the water supply, they would be conducting just dandy if they stood in the wrong place.

          • @[email protected]
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            Yeah you were talking about 100s of Amps. A human body won’t conduct that without a lot of voltage/potential difference. You don’t even need 1 amp to kill you though.

            Yeah if there is exposed and grounded pipe work present that changes things somewhat. The lowest resistance path is probably still back through the same power strip the electric came from through, as water isn’t the best conductor out there.

    • Justin
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      Only if they’re using a gfci breaker. Standard breakers trip at 7A+ which is plenty enough to kill you. In the US, this breaker is on the wall outlet, in the EU, this breaker is on the central panel.

    • Stamets [Mirror]OP
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      It’s a reference to a vine. “Two bros chilling in a hot tub, five feet apart cuz they’re not gay.”

      • @[email protected]
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        422 years ago

        Ah yes Vine, definitely a relevant thing in 2023 that everyone references. Thanks for reminding me that Vine existed, I had actually forgotten.

        • DeepFriedDresden
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          Some Vines are so deeply embedded in my memory that I’m sure I’ll still be able to quote them even after the dementia has destroyed my ability to recognize my loved ones.

          In hospice, surrounded by grieving loved ones saying their last goodbyes, the nurse watching on as I’m drifting away confused and irritable, doing their best to ensure my passing is as comfortable as possible, with my last breath I’ll mutter “road work ahead? Yeah I sure hope it does”…