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[–] Vraylle 25 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Ouch. Hopefully they didn't actually feel that. I didn't when it happened to me, either time. Conveniently woke up later.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Either time.

You're saying that happened to you twice?

[–] Vraylle 35 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yes. Witnesses figured I died each time. Temporarily paralyzed the first time and with a "missing" few seconds, knocked out cold the second time. I try to avoid thunderstorms these days.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna ask, where do you hang out for this to happen to you twice lmao.

[–] Vraylle 3 points 10 months ago

Oklahoma, but different places and times of year.

[–] Vraylle 6 points 10 months ago

No, just lucky I guess.

[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

You out there flying kites tethered with piano wire on top of a skyscraper or something?

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In Olde English 'Vraylle' surely means 'one who walks about carrying a giant metal rod in a thunderstorm'. That's got to be it.

Seriously, when you were told you had potential this is not how you were supposed to demonstrate it! I hope you're Ok and these incidents are just a good story you can tell now.

[–] Vraylle 3 points 10 months ago

Ha! "Potential"

Yeah, was fine in both cases. First time it was cloudy but not storming. Literal "bolt out of the blue" that liked me more than the large metal pole next to me. Second was trying to leave a park before the storm rolled in (obviously didn't quite make it).

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