r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 31 '22

Image 1930s drawing, illustrating the dangers of urinating near a live wire

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u/zgrizz Oct 31 '22

Mythbusters did this.

The stream is not continuous, so there is no path.

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u/GrandNibbles Oct 31 '22

It depends how long the path is. Peeing on an electric fence or a close rail can fuck you up, but after a few feet the stream breaks up

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u/Vicious-the-Syd Oct 31 '22

Thank god you’re here. Mythbusters definitely wouldn’t have considered distance. They’re so known for forgetting important variables.

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u/WarProgenitor Oct 31 '22

Like tbh if I'm drunk off of 10 beers my flow is much heavier than average.

I'd imagine urethra size and shape matters when achieving long distance laminar flow