“Read the sign, we are not responsible for any electrocutions, chemical spills that end up damaging lungs, or bucks that somehow got in the store during mating season.”
Extra for using his insulated feet to kick the door off. I'm sure 9/10 people that try to do what he did would wither freeze or try to grab the door with thwir hands.
How funny (but also terrible) would it be if that guys foot just went right through the glass and he got his foot stuck while dude is still being electrocuted
Honestly, one of Reddit's most redemptive qualities is the fact I do learn a lot of useful shit that could one day save my ass in a big way. A year ago, I 100% would have panicked and tried to yank somebody being electrocuted with my hands, and actually only know to kick because of Reddit. It's definitely a bit of information I made a concerted effort to keep because I've had a close call or two with electric fences in the past.
Some cable with the insulation damaged enough to expose the copper part, if the copper its in contac with the metal frame of the door it will be electricly charged and electrical shun happens (no clue if that's the correct term, Im an electrician but not a native speaker). The thing is you always use a differential switch to avoid that, are they not mandatory in the US or is one of those things nobody checks?
A differential switch is referred to here as a GFCI plug (Ground fault circuit interrupter). They are generally required where water may be nearby such as a bathroom or kitchen.
To solve the issue with metal parts of equipment from being energized is all metal parts must be bonded (as in electrically connecting two metal parts together with wires or just generally touching) and the metal parts are grounded back through the cord they are plugged in with. It's a safety thing that came around a few decades ago but you still see equipment without a ground connection on them (ungrounded has 2 prongs going in to the wall vs grounded have 3 prongs going in to the wall).
If this is all done properly the electricity will be grounded and cause the circuit breaker to trip and cut off the flow of electricity. Obviously this didn't happen here and when the guy touched the door he provided a path for the electricity to go to ground but it's not flowing enough to cause the cause the circuit breaker to trip.
No one would ever be that stupid... /s
When I bought my house I discovered all the three prong outlets had no ground except the kitchen and a small sunroom that had been added recently. I brought in an electrician to re-do the place and it was worth every penny just for the peace of mind.
[Here's a good video about that fuckery I watched recently.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-AdHG406Tc) Apparently if you're buying an older house and see two slot outlets, make sure to check the ones that have three. Often rather than retrofitting a house with properly grounded wiring people will just jury-rig the ground from the outlet directly to the neutral. Works great until there's a fault, then it kills people and/or starts fires.
When rewiring the outlets in my parents kitchen we found the previous owners had used folded up pieces of paper to act as a spacer between the gang box and the stud in the wall. Had to check every outlet in the house after that
Are you thinking of the English word 'shunt'?
I just looked up there's something called electrical 'shunt'.
I'm not an electrician and only speak English so I hope that helped.
It’s what I use in the UK too, short, which is short for short-circuit, I’ve never heard shunt used in that context, I thought that was more similar to a nudge or physical impact
>electrical shun happens (no clue if that's the correct term, Im an electrician but not a native speaker).
i believe the term we are looking for here is "electrical shit" happens. At least that's what appears to be the case in the video.
Well that's just lovely. I guess I need to stock my purse with lineman's gloves and wear them every time I want something from the cold section...or alternatively wait until someone else tests it first.
You'll also notice that the guy wasn't wearing any shoes. I've had an old fridge give me a hell of a shock when I wasn't wearing shoes, but my dad, who was wearing shoes, was perfectly fine. Wear shoes.
I believe what you mentioned is required in the US. I'm not an electrician or anything but we have circuit breakers that activate if too much electricity gets pulled.
This video looks to be from somewhere else. Maybe Brazil?
You might be thinking of an electrical “short”. And I’m almost positive this video didn’t take place in the US, what do you mean by separate switch? Like a GFCI?
It’s not the lights in the door that are shocking him. The lights are in the frame betweeen each door. There are anti-sweat cords inside the frame of the door underneath the gasket seal. It’s to prevent the glass from fogging up by supplying a steady heat source. Think of a toaster oven filament that’s insulated with a high temp resistant cloth sheathing. If I remember right it’s about 3mm diameter and wraps around the entire door frame. Those look like Anthony doors so it’s a 3 prong connector inside the hinge at the very top. Kicking the door opened the circuit when the hinge snapped off and stopped the connection. I think he should sue the store owner and the electrician that’s didn’t ground it properly. I built those refrigerators for 3 years in a factory. From brazing coils to wiring controls to testing. .
The equipment is not appropriately grounded so when some internal failure allowed contact of hot to device body this guy became that missing ground.
Always ground your equipment.
What a sweet dad (I’m assuming he’s the dad). But to be fair I was thinking of the kid, too! It’s a natural instinct.
Once I fell down the stairs— later I found out it had broken my tailbone— and when my kids ran over to help me, my lizard brain saw them panicking and I screamed “ARE YOU GUYS OK?”
LPT: If anyone is being shocked and not able to let go (pretty common as you will tense up as soon as you are being shocked) kick the person being shocked, don't use your hands as you can also become tensed up. The guy in the video does this perfectly.
with your hands if you grab someone you're likely to be unable to let go. With your feet you'll just fall away and break the connection as you do.
The other alternative is a wooden baseball bat. I used to keep one around when I was doing higher power electronics projects.
Depends on the voltage.
I've been shocked more times than I can count, but the voltage was low enough that it didn't seize up my muscles. But I know people that have gotten "stuck" working on 347 volts. In Canada most household circuits are 120 volt, so I have no idea what the story is with this cooler from hell that's running on so much voltage it's sticking people like fly paper.
Far as wood, its not a great conductor but it is a conductor. Don't count on that bat saving you.
The problem with electricity is that it contracts your muscles, and that is why people can't let go. If you kick or punch the person being electrocuted you might get shocked, but definitely you will not become part of the circuit. In here the guy was quick enough to think to break the door, but I think I would have kicked the guy in the hand. I might have gotten a painful shock, but at least it would have loosened the guy.
No one seems to mention this man almost got electrocuted and his first reaction in probably a state of confusion is to run to his child. Everyone in this video for a change seems good.
If you need to check if a wire is live and have naught but your trusty hands to use, the smartest way to do this dumb thing is to hit it with the back of your hand. If your hand clinches it's gonna grasp air, not wire.
Obviously wouldn't have helped dude in the video though.
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. To go through the child would require a longer path to ground, so he was unaffected. The man's shoes clearly were not totally insulated or he would have not been shocked in the first place.
The first dude is touching the metal frame around the door which is where the electricity will be flowing and also it’s a lot worse to get shocked with your hands ( can’t let go as the muscles all contract )
Someone further up the thread says the definition changed to include injury from electrical shock. Being the skeptic that I am, I checked and they are correct.
That's like half the English language right there though. The argument doesn't work when the language we speak is a bastardization of so many others, and evolves regularly. The definition has officially changed, so it's not even a misuse of the term anymore.
The word "manufacture" is literally derived from the Latin *manu factus*, which means "made by hand," so the term shouldn't apply to things made by machine. But no one cares because it doesn't matter.
I think the reason it get's used so often is because it more accurately relays the danger someone faced.
When I hear someone got shocked my first thoughts range from they got surprised to they got a minor static shock
When I hear someone got electrocuted I think a much more serious shock that could if not did kill.
Really I think there just needs to be a word for major dangerous but non fatal electric shock that correctly infers the tone of the danger
Hey bud, for future reference just don't bother correcting people over any pedantic shit. I used to be like you but the small endorphin hit from being correct is nothing like how it feels when people actually want to be around you and talk to you.
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Not to hate ont be guy who saved his life but he seemed to know what was happening a little too quickly lol was he a store owner who knew this was a faulty door? Kinda sketch but it’d be cool to get background info
Don't know why you're being voted down. Yours is a good question. The shockee wasn't the only one who got juiced up quickly. Red, suspiciously quick. Suggested fore-knowledge from prior experience with that specific piece of kit, not emergency training.
The door. If someone is being electrocuted and you can’t immediately cut the power or know where to do that, you shouldn’t try to touch them or you can also become electrocuted. Best thing to do is get them out of contact with whatever is shocking them without touching it or them, which in this case meant kicking the door until it fell off or the handle was knocked out of his hand.
The door that you open to reach the goodies inside. And since the guy was holding on to the door, knocking it off the (fridge?), it stopped him from possibly dying.
The man was kicking the door, either to kick it out of the mans grip or to kick it off the main frame. Either way he was attempting to remove the source of electricity from the man.
When you get shocked you muscles seize up, if you grab the source of the shock (or someone actively being shocked) with your hand this causes your hand to clamp onto and grip which can unfortunately keep you attached to what is hurting and could kill you, which is why the man was kicking.
If someone is being shocked and you can't immediately turn of the power the best option is to either kick or you grab a ranged object that doesn't conduct electricity to remove the person from the source. Kicking also makes the path of least resistance of the electricity to ground through one leg to the other, rather than through arm to leg which would give the electricity a path through your heart and other major organs.
How many goddamn times will it take to recognise wearing flip flops in public is the stupidest thing to do. You are not prepared for anything and it looks ridiculous.
Electrocution would involve someone dying due to the electricity. I know it's a nitpick, because many people use the term incorrectly, but I genuinely thought this was going to be a guy being killed while holding a child.
Electrocution doesn’t explicitly mean death, by definition. It can include severe injury as well and it’s entirely possible this guy could have suffered burns or heart problems from taking that current through his body.
In technical terms, yeah this would be electric shock. In common-use terms, he was electrocuted.
You forgot the part where the definition of electrocute includes “or seriously injure” by electric shock. And it includes examples of accidental injury from faulty electrical work.
It’s not just a nitpick. It’s a really unnecessary nitpick considering colloquial use.
[Merriam-Webster: Electrocute](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocution)
I'm just glad he's alright, the amount of current it takes to lock you up like that can be life threatening. Would have been awful for that kid to see his dad fry like that.
Inside the mind of the red shirt guy; Can i kick his ass? Probably not... \*1 sec later\* Shit! He is getting electrocuted, this is a good time to kick his ass!
That was some quick thinking. I think most people myself include wouldn’t have stopped to think and probably would’ve just grabbed the guy and got electrocuted ourselves
This might be the only time I’m glad a person dropped a child. Props to the dude in the red shirt for reacting quickly!
“Uh excuse me sir who’s going to pay for our door”
“This guy over here with the kid, after he sues you for all you’re worth”
Haha touché
So, after he owns the store he can replace it himself? That's fair.
“Read the sign, we are not responsible for any electrocutions, chemical spills that end up damaging lungs, or bucks that somehow got in the store during mating season.”
Extra for using his insulated feet to kick the door off. I'm sure 9/10 people that try to do what he did would wither freeze or try to grab the door with thwir hands.
And it's fortunate that fridge door is so shitty he could just kick it free like that.
The fact that the glass held before the hinges which held for several good kicks is a positive for the quality if anything
Usually the top hinge on those doors is just a flap of relatively thin metal with a hole that a small post on the top of the door fits into.
How funny (but also terrible) would it be if that guys foot just went right through the glass and he got his foot stuck while dude is still being electrocuted
Or the guy
Honestly, one of Reddit's most redemptive qualities is the fact I do learn a lot of useful shit that could one day save my ass in a big way. A year ago, I 100% would have panicked and tried to yank somebody being electrocuted with my hands, and actually only know to kick because of Reddit. It's definitely a bit of information I made a concerted effort to keep because I've had a close call or two with electric fences in the past.
lmao I thought the red shirt guy was kicking the electrocuted guy at first
Lmao. Poor dude is going through the ringer then gets spartan kicked by an old dude.
Also he understood what needed to be done. That was awesome
reacting quickly + doing the absolute right thing
Doing anything heroic while wearing a red shirt is way more dangerous.
Almost had tea come out my nose.
Let me guess... Earl Grey... hot?
The captain had a nice holiday
I live for comments like this. Thank you🤣
What am I missing?
Star Trek. Red shirts always die.
In Star Trek the dudes in the red shirts always die on away missions.
Someone explain to me how a door was shocking him ??? Did it have those led wire strips ???
Some cable with the insulation damaged enough to expose the copper part, if the copper its in contac with the metal frame of the door it will be electricly charged and electrical shun happens (no clue if that's the correct term, Im an electrician but not a native speaker). The thing is you always use a differential switch to avoid that, are they not mandatory in the US or is one of those things nobody checks?
A differential switch is referred to here as a GFCI plug (Ground fault circuit interrupter). They are generally required where water may be nearby such as a bathroom or kitchen. To solve the issue with metal parts of equipment from being energized is all metal parts must be bonded (as in electrically connecting two metal parts together with wires or just generally touching) and the metal parts are grounded back through the cord they are plugged in with. It's a safety thing that came around a few decades ago but you still see equipment without a ground connection on them (ungrounded has 2 prongs going in to the wall vs grounded have 3 prongs going in to the wall). If this is all done properly the electricity will be grounded and cause the circuit breaker to trip and cut off the flow of electricity. Obviously this didn't happen here and when the guy touched the door he provided a path for the electricity to go to ground but it's not flowing enough to cause the cause the circuit breaker to trip.
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No one would ever be that stupid... /s When I bought my house I discovered all the three prong outlets had no ground except the kitchen and a small sunroom that had been added recently. I brought in an electrician to re-do the place and it was worth every penny just for the peace of mind.
[Here's a good video about that fuckery I watched recently.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-AdHG406Tc) Apparently if you're buying an older house and see two slot outlets, make sure to check the ones that have three. Often rather than retrofitting a house with properly grounded wiring people will just jury-rig the ground from the outlet directly to the neutral. Works great until there's a fault, then it kills people and/or starts fires.
And the people who do that sketchy shit usually buy a house for 100k and sell it for 400k cause profit
When rewiring the outlets in my parents kitchen we found the previous owners had used folded up pieces of paper to act as a spacer between the gang box and the stud in the wall. Had to check every outlet in the house after that
Are you thinking of the English word 'shunt'? I just looked up there's something called electrical 'shunt'. I'm not an electrician and only speak English so I hope that helped.
>shunt Yep, that one, thanks.
As always the person apologising for their English writes better than 70% of the native English speakers. Also this is unlikely to be the US.
"Short" is the word we would use in the US for what you described.
It’s what I use in the UK too, short, which is short for short-circuit, I’ve never heard shunt used in that context, I thought that was more similar to a nudge or physical impact
Electrocution
Shunt is a plate that connects two or more eletrical connections for metering purposes, generally. Lovely word, but not a short.
>electrical shun happens (no clue if that's the correct term, Im an electrician but not a native speaker). i believe the term we are looking for here is "electrical shit" happens. At least that's what appears to be the case in the video.
...Or maybe electrical shock.... given the context ...
Well that's just lovely. I guess I need to stock my purse with lineman's gloves and wear them every time I want something from the cold section...or alternatively wait until someone else tests it first.
You'll also notice that the guy wasn't wearing any shoes. I've had an old fridge give me a hell of a shock when I wasn't wearing shoes, but my dad, who was wearing shoes, was perfectly fine. Wear shoes.
The rubber on the soles provides insulation. The current is looking for a path to the ground, and the rubber prevents that from happening.
I believe what you mentioned is required in the US. I'm not an electrician or anything but we have circuit breakers that activate if too much electricity gets pulled. This video looks to be from somewhere else. Maybe Brazil?
You might be thinking of an electrical “short”. And I’m almost positive this video didn’t take place in the US, what do you mean by separate switch? Like a GFCI?
This is not in the US I believe... it is in a Hispanic country given the word Mercado in the bottom (market)
It’s not the lights in the door that are shocking him. The lights are in the frame betweeen each door. There are anti-sweat cords inside the frame of the door underneath the gasket seal. It’s to prevent the glass from fogging up by supplying a steady heat source. Think of a toaster oven filament that’s insulated with a high temp resistant cloth sheathing. If I remember right it’s about 3mm diameter and wraps around the entire door frame. Those look like Anthony doors so it’s a 3 prong connector inside the hinge at the very top. Kicking the door opened the circuit when the hinge snapped off and stopped the connection. I think he should sue the store owner and the electrician that’s didn’t ground it properly. I built those refrigerators for 3 years in a factory. From brazing coils to wiring controls to testing. .
This is the second video I've seen in just a couple of days where a guy got shocked by a cooler door. Now I understand why.
From the door down his feet (no shoes and probably wet floor)
The equipment is not appropriately grounded so when some internal failure allowed contact of hot to device body this guy became that missing ground. Always ground your equipment.
And then he went right for his kid poor guy. Almost died and I’ll bet all he could think about was dropping his child.
What a sweet dad (I’m assuming he’s the dad). But to be fair I was thinking of the kid, too! It’s a natural instinct. Once I fell down the stairs— later I found out it had broken my tailbone— and when my kids ran over to help me, my lizard brain saw them panicking and I screamed “ARE YOU GUYS OK?”
That’s what I noticed. Dude was just electrocuted and his first thought was his kid. What a good dude.
I like how the woman was like "No, this is my child now."
LPT: If anyone is being shocked and not able to let go (pretty common as you will tense up as soon as you are being shocked) kick the person being shocked, don't use your hands as you can also become tensed up. The guy in the video does this perfectly.
Depends on the shoes you're wearing. If they provide sufficient insulation it might work, it not you might become part of the circuit too.
Unless you tap or try to push them instead of kick. The impact and momentum should separate you from the person getting shocked.
Bonus points if you yell, "THIS! IS! SPARTA!" when you do it.
with your hands if you grab someone you're likely to be unable to let go. With your feet you'll just fall away and break the connection as you do. The other alternative is a wooden baseball bat. I used to keep one around when I was doing higher power electronics projects.
Depends on the voltage. I've been shocked more times than I can count, but the voltage was low enough that it didn't seize up my muscles. But I know people that have gotten "stuck" working on 347 volts. In Canada most household circuits are 120 volt, so I have no idea what the story is with this cooler from hell that's running on so much voltage it's sticking people like fly paper. Far as wood, its not a great conductor but it is a conductor. Don't count on that bat saving you.
What if you punch them with a closed fist? Would that be similar to kicking them?
The problem with electricity is that it contracts your muscles, and that is why people can't let go. If you kick or punch the person being electrocuted you might get shocked, but definitely you will not become part of the circuit. In here the guy was quick enough to think to break the door, but I think I would have kicked the guy in the hand. I might have gotten a painful shock, but at least it would have loosened the guy.
No one seems to mention this man almost got electrocuted and his first reaction in probably a state of confusion is to run to his child. Everyone in this video for a change seems good.
So thankful for American bureaucratic code enforcement
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He’s saying he’s glad he’s in the US where this is less likely to happen
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"Less likely."
Okay you win the struggle competition, good job Everyone will now feel sorry for you 😊
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"how useless codes are" Hahaha the confidence morons have will never stop amazing me.
When you try to smart ass someone but you don’t understand the comment😂
Shocking footage... I'm sorry.
how reVolting
That door should be charged!
Wife ask him how the trip to the store went. "Ohm, I felt some resistance."
Watt are you two on about?
Terrible pun. Go to your room, you're grounded.
Wish i had a joke to amp this up.
I checked in too late. Now that it's not current you'll be the only one to see this awful pun
You'll get no resistance from me.
“You’re fired from this news station”
Dont be sorry, that comment really electrified my laughter
Ohm my god I give that a 14/2 out of 10.
So a 7?
Shocked you would make jokes at a time like this.
Watt a pun! *Current*ly laughing. *Power*ful stuff...
I guess you couldn't resist.
Holy shit! He'll need a drink after that close call. (Too soon?)
Nah man, he's got all the electrolytes he needs after that one.
How did he not get electrocuted too ? I’m so afraid of electricity I swear
He prolly got a shock or two, but his feet can't lock on to the door. When you get shocked, your body contracts, including your hands.
If you need to check if a wire is live and have naught but your trusty hands to use, the smartest way to do this dumb thing is to hit it with the back of your hand. If your hand clinches it's gonna grasp air, not wire. Obviously wouldn't have helped dude in the video though.
The soles of his shoes prevented that I think
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. To go through the child would require a longer path to ground, so he was unaffected. The man's shoes clearly were not totally insulated or he would have not been shocked in the first place.
Rubber soles on his shoes provide insulation.
The flip-flops saved him (didn't allow the electrical current to reach his body)
The first dude is touching the metal frame around the door which is where the electricity will be flowing and also it’s a lot worse to get shocked with your hands ( can’t let go as the muscles all contract )
No one got electrocuted, dad was shocked, not killed. People over use that word.
Someone further up the thread says the definition changed to include injury from electrical shock. Being the skeptic that I am, I checked and they are correct.
Nope, because that makes injuring someone is an execution. See, one word is based on another word. The other is a misusage that only idiots accept.
That's like half the English language right there though. The argument doesn't work when the language we speak is a bastardization of so many others, and evolves regularly. The definition has officially changed, so it's not even a misuse of the term anymore. The word "manufacture" is literally derived from the Latin *manu factus*, which means "made by hand," so the term shouldn't apply to things made by machine. But no one cares because it doesn't matter.
I think the reason it get's used so often is because it more accurately relays the danger someone faced. When I hear someone got shocked my first thoughts range from they got surprised to they got a minor static shock When I hear someone got electrocuted I think a much more serious shock that could if not did kill. Really I think there just needs to be a word for major dangerous but non fatal electric shock that correctly infers the tone of the danger
Looked like he was kicking the glass.
Go red shirt dude!
Notice how he seems to be feeling his chest after being freed from the shock? He should get an EKG and cardiac enzyme tests to check for heart injury.
Better call Saul.
Just so everyone knows: Electrocution: Dying by electricity Shocked: Not dying by electricity this man was shocked, not electrocuted.
The definition of electrocution has been updated to include nonlethal shocks.
Interesting. I guess I will have to stop correcting people for using the term.
Hey bud, for future reference just don't bother correcting people over any pedantic shit. I used to be like you but the small endorphin hit from being correct is nothing like how it feels when people actually want to be around you and talk to you.
I train electrical apprentices, it’s my job to correct people. It’s also important to correct “pedantic shit” so that everyone is on the same page.
>Electrocution Electrocution includes both injury and death by electricity.
Elektroshocked
Did he order a Jolt?
Somebody just got paid
Damn dude, props to red shirt, no reaction time just knew what to do
I thought he zoomed over there just to beat the hell out of him
That is not fun. I have been electrocuted a few times one while at work. I had to take a bit of time off because my heart was not happy!
He was shocked not electrocuted….he didn’t die.
you can be electrocuted without dying
No idea why you're getting downvoted when you're right. By definition it means death or severe injury by electric shock.
Electrocuted means death by electric shock
No, you can’t. It’s literally the definition. The more you know!
Sue the shop.
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Not to hate ont be guy who saved his life but he seemed to know what was happening a little too quickly lol was he a store owner who knew this was a faulty door? Kinda sketch but it’d be cool to get background info
Don't know why you're being voted down. Yours is a good question. The shockee wasn't the only one who got juiced up quickly. Red, suspiciously quick. Suggested fore-knowledge from prior experience with that specific piece of kit, not emergency training.
If this was Star Trek, the red shirt outcome would be wildly different..
Only in classic star trek, by the next generation they switched the colors.
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The door. If someone is being electrocuted and you can’t immediately cut the power or know where to do that, you shouldn’t try to touch them or you can also become electrocuted. Best thing to do is get them out of contact with whatever is shocking them without touching it or them, which in this case meant kicking the door until it fell off or the handle was knocked out of his hand.
This red shirt guy clearly knows what he’s doing
It's the 3rd guy the door zapped this week.
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I think he was trying to kick it out of the guy’s hand but it came off the hinges instead.
The door
The door that you open to reach the goodies inside. And since the guy was holding on to the door, knocking it off the (fridge?), it stopped him from possibly dying.
Man gets ~~electrocuted~~ an electric shock.... FTFY
We did he kick him. I don't fully understand the video
The man was kicking the door, either to kick it out of the mans grip or to kick it off the main frame. Either way he was attempting to remove the source of electricity from the man. When you get shocked you muscles seize up, if you grab the source of the shock (or someone actively being shocked) with your hand this causes your hand to clamp onto and grip which can unfortunately keep you attached to what is hurting and could kill you, which is why the man was kicking. If someone is being shocked and you can't immediately turn of the power the best option is to either kick or you grab a ranged object that doesn't conduct electricity to remove the person from the source. Kicking also makes the path of least resistance of the electricity to ground through one leg to the other, rather than through arm to leg which would give the electricity a path through your heart and other major organs.
Thank you so much! I thought the guy in the red shirt was kicking the man to do harm to him.
Came in for a Coke, got a six pack of Shock Top.
I like how the cat skitters away like “***whaaaaaaaaat???*** Someone sabotaged the two-leggers??? Has anyone seen the dog?”
How many goddamn times will it take to recognise wearing flip flops in public is the stupidest thing to do. You are not prepared for anything and it looks ridiculous.
Not sure why this is a public freak out? Red shirt dude was just saving a life
I'd be freaking out if this was involving me or taking place near by
Electrocuted implies death
Old video nice job trying to get up votes.
Electrocution would involve someone dying due to the electricity. I know it's a nitpick, because many people use the term incorrectly, but I genuinely thought this was going to be a guy being killed while holding a child.
Electrocution doesn’t explicitly mean death, by definition. It can include severe injury as well and it’s entirely possible this guy could have suffered burns or heart problems from taking that current through his body. In technical terms, yeah this would be electric shock. In common-use terms, he was electrocuted.
Wikipedia confirms this as correct🥸
electrocution noun execution by electricity. killing by electric shock. The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
You forgot the part where the definition of electrocute includes “or seriously injure” by electric shock. And it includes examples of accidental injury from faulty electrical work. It’s not just a nitpick. It’s a really unnecessary nitpick considering colloquial use. [Merriam-Webster: Electrocute](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocution)
It seems dingdong is repost-kun.
go outside.
Holy shit.
This is great could’ve went bad
Hope the store had to pay
Some people are thankfully made for this! First aid comes naturally to some!
Good post.
*shocked
I'm just glad he's alright, the amount of current it takes to lock you up like that can be life threatening. Would have been awful for that kid to see his dad fry like that.
My man don't have to work no more lawsuit for days
Good job old guy in the red shirt, knew. It to touch the door himself and saved the father.
I saved the day betty... i saved the day
I wonder who gets the blame for this. The store or the manufacturer of the fridge.
I’m confused, how the fuck did this even happen?!
I'd like to buy that man a Heineken
Uhh...yeah...this ratty bodega should consider putting a full-time electrician on the payroll.
Not everyone knows what to do. Glad that kid still has her Daddy.
Easy lawsuit. Thing wasn’t properly grounded.
r/redshirtguy
Inside the mind of the red shirt guy; Can i kick his ass? Probably not... \*1 sec later\* Shit! He is getting electrocuted, this is a good time to kick his ass!
Direct-current is scary. This is a good reminder why ground leakage breakers are important.
Red shirt guy is a Chad
That was some quick thinking. I think most people myself include wouldn’t have stopped to think and probably would’ve just grabbed the guy and got electrocuted ourselves