It's a reference to a vine. "Two bros chilling in a hot tub, five feet apart cuz they're not gay."
Ah yes Vine, definitely a relevant thing in 2023 that everyone references. Thanks for reminding me that Vine existed, I had actually forgotten.
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"...
I can recall like 100+ Vines from a single frame... I have no idea what the other person is talking about.
You guys sent me down a rabbit hole again! Ahhhh!
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Meanwhile most of the world never went on Vine, and its been gone for 6 years now.
Titling a post with basically "no homo" makes the majority of people go "huh why are they being casually homophobic" not "oh wow they are in a pool, so that's like that one Vine from 6+ years ago!".
But by all means join the lineup of people spamming vine quotes at me as if I knew or cared what they mean lol.
If you're complaining someone made a reference you didn't understand it's time to take a break from the Internet
I was never at any point complaining, but sure you guys dogpile on me for not understanding your trash from the 2010s, sorry for not having an encyclopedic knowledge of every meme from the last decade lmao.
Y'all mofuckas need a better hobby than ganging on someone for not knowing some random reference.
Man I hope you stretched before those mental gymnastics, wouldn't want you to pull your victim complex muscle.
I think this is more of a 'why do you care so much about this' situation for the rest of us.
You can choose to ignore things you don't understand on Lemmy. I don't go into the Risa posts because I know they're not for me. If something doesn't make sense and you want to ask about it, go for it, but don't get upset when the explanation isn't one that makes sense to you. For a lot of people, popular Vines were everywhere for a while. Not everything on the internet is for you.
I was never on Vine, and I know what these things are because I've been on the Internet for the last few years. No offense, but this is an Internet place too.
A 6+ year old meme from a website frequented by teenagers, which has been closed for 6 years?
You have a strange idea of what "the loop" is.
You have a strange idea of what "the loop" is.
And you have no idea, keep up.
Just say "all the time" if your memory is that bad mate.
I had to look away. Immediately minimized the image. I can't handle that shit before 6 am.
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.
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.
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
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
Tripping the breaker usually doesn't trip the switch, so that wouldn't actually change anything. Not that I recommend trying.
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.
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?
So , it looks like an inflatable pool - no metal structure nor ladder. Perfectly safe
… not that I’d want to test that
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🤪
Although as electroboom once elegantly showed, it will still hurt like hell
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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.
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
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
