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Darwin Awards: Penny SMPS Challenge
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donotdespisethesnake:
I used to enjoy watching stupid people doing stupid things, then I watched the video of the Chinese "rooftopper" falling off a building. That made me feel pretty sick. Die for a cause, ok, die for Youtube clicks?

After that, not so much.
Shock:

--- Quote from: Stray Electron on March 08, 2020, 10:06:49 pm ---I don't think that in China that an individual can sue the government, or a business or another individual for an injury. Hence there's no need of Good Samaritan laws there.

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I'm fairly sure you can take them to court otherwise Pengci fraudsters wouldn't be thing. This one is almost like performance art.

coppercone2:

--- Quote from: tooki on March 08, 2020, 06:25:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gyro on March 07, 2020, 09:21:11 pm ---That second video is utterly bizarre (and sad!). How can people sitting right next to the poor guy completely fail to react? They can't be that absorbed. :-//

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Please. That could EASILY happen, it was literally just a few seconds.

Moreover, the culture in China is reported to be one where good samaritans are often accused of malfeasance, resulting in a culture of not providing first aid.

Finally, as others have said, touching someone who is clearly being electrocuted is very dangerous itself. The kid did the right thing by yanking the cable.


--- Quote from: coppercone2 on March 08, 2020, 05:25:30 am ---sit there and play DOTA to the smell of burnt flesh??

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That level of electrocution doesn’t require current sufficient to burn flesh. It’s highly unlikely any significant heating occurred.

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there is an episode of seinfeild (the final episode) actually, about this,

I just noticed that in China everyone is looking mad cool/slick despite a guy being fried (yes, I know its mostly because some officials can get a promotion harassing 'persons involved'). I don't think they are THAT addicted to the game. It's just what you do usually to get away from a crime scene (act cool). They can probobly take you on a 48 hour hold because you 'got involved' so some crooks have something to write on a time sheet to get a promotion. 'interviewed' witnesses to a crime vs 'monitored police station'. What sounds better? Hell, it could go down as 'quelling unrest in a computer laboratory caused by electrical malfunction'

No doubt though some people in that room need a computer detox...
0culus:
Am I the only one that read the title to mean building SMPS where the BOM cost is 1 penny?  :o Either way crappy switch mode supplies are a cancer.
edy:
Sorry for maybe stating the obvious, but whether or not the accessory was faulty or not, why didn't the building fuse blow or trip some protection circuit? Is this all due to the fault of using garbage chargers and power supplies or could the building wiring/protection (or lack thereof) also have contributed to this serious situation?
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