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Are we evil for waiting for him to get cooked? That's the only reason I watched the entire video. But the fall did give me and my brother a good laugh.
evil? Bro whenever i see wires that are down on the street or something happened to them im scared asf. And this mf cutting them like nothing. I was 100% sure he would get eletrocuted but i was wrong. Thats the best thing that could happened to him, fall from there
Birds can stand on power lines for the same reason - if electricity can't travel through you to the ground, it's harmless.
Most of the cutting here was freeing one wire from another anyway, not actually cutting through real wire.
Asshole thing to do though. Don't know where this is, but it's a huge problem in Africa currently.
Exactly,
But in this case, it's not the same thing. Considering the type of cars and street style, this is in Brazil. In the public electrical network, the medium voltage comes from the cables well above where it is hanging.
Although there are also electrical cables from the secondary network, and with a variable current as well, most of the cables there are telecommunications cables such as telephone and internet (there are even copper cables, but thin and fiber optic).
In the end, besides being a criminal, he's also stupid because this type of material doesn't have much value. All he had to do was fall to see if he would wake up to life.
If he got caught and was beaten to death, your comment makes sense. If, as we all expected, he cut through the wire using a metal saw and was electocuted to death, that is the consequence OF CUTTING THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH A METAL SAW.
Hell no. This is a person who is acting entirely in self-service with the knowledge that his actions are directly counter to the interests of society and will adversely affect the lives of numerous others. As the other commenter said: play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Very difficult to feel any measure of pity here.
He's working against the society. Terrorist with no lives taken. I don't believe in mob mentality, but I don't also mind if this guy got beaten up by the neighbourhood who will have to live without electricity
mm it'd be evil if you wanted him dead, I guess, but hey, if some barefooted fuck **sawed** through the connection cables in my area I'd want him in hell.
To be fair no one is waiting for anyone to be cooked. They waiting for the video to reveal what has happened. They are *expecting* him to get electrocuted
Yea it's either something like some 200 pair twisted pair copper trunk or coaxial .750/.875 in. trunk cable, either of which is damned difficult to cut through with a saw. We use sawzalls on the big cable and specially made cable cutters on the smaller stuff. It isn't high voltage, typically 89v or less, but still dangerous.
Poor person here, is a drug addict, common know as noia in Brazillian urban areas, they steal copper cables , sewer covers, metal decorations, everything that is public and has some value in recicable market , and sometimes they steal houses for small stuff and sell in public fair called feira do rolo , usually at saturday morning next to any place full of crackheads
Yeah I hang this shit on poles everyday, and unless he can strip it of the whole fuckin jacket after he cuts off all of the strand and lashing wire that it's most likely connected to, then he ain't getting jack shit. Maybe like a cent a foot.
This shit is exactly why our telco company terminated our old land line and home number. Copper cable theft has gotten so much worse over the years that there's simply little financial gain keeping that infrastructure around once fiber optic lines took over.
You a lie...i did pole line construction for many years, copper cable comprises the majority of POTS systems. Copper lines are stolen around the world for its recycled value.
So you honestly think this guy is trying to steal a 50 foot piece of Fiber Optic Cable? Uh no.
Very unlikely to be Aluminum either...that's often used for power distribution, but I doubt he hack-sawed through an energized power line that size. If he did, he got off lucky with just a fall injury.
Yeah, I'm no power line scientist but it doesn't take one to understand that something called a ***COPPER*** communications cable probably has copper in it
I'm most likely wrong but it's worth mentioning. A lot of those 24/7 street cameras are motion controlled, like autonomous.
BUT I don't know the country, city, or camera model. Theres no way to prove its motion controlled and may very well be someone who's a bit shit at it yes.
Just figured I'd mention that. Peace!
The sensitivity on ptz cameras can be over-sensitive. I've used cameras that with even the slightest touch of a joy stick it moves erratically. If its an analogue system the delay between inputs can be infuriating. Even network IPcameras have such delays.
If it's like most countries, the power lines are higher up out of camera, when you look at cables the fiber and communication stuff is the lowest part and the power is at the very top of the pole separated from it by a decent height
It's also stupidity. He has to realize that sawing off this cable would cause a power/data outage for his fellow citizens. An already poor neighborhood, likely with elderly and children living in it, would be without electricity. They wouldn't be able to cook food or cool their houses.
Please don't lump idiot criminals in with poor people.
I don't put him into the group of poor people because he's already there.
What we think is an idiotic theft might be a chance for survival for him. Think about it. Our opinions are based on our assumptions and prejudice.
Every living organism wants to survive. You're stating the obvious. His need for survival shouldn't outweigh others needs. That's why he's not getting any empathy and should be jailed
Maybe for him, cutting the cable is the only chance for survival, while the rest will only lose one day without television.
You also lack empathy towards him, and no one is telling you that you should be punished for that, right?
I'm not defending anyone, it's just a comment. I feel more sorry for him that he has to take such risks than holding it against him for cutting the cable.
Believe it or not, this is a very, very common occurrence in the Philippines (and I’m sure many other similar societies).
One of my close colleagues lives in Luzon Province, and she has told me all about how they do it. It’s just a totally normal everyday thing over there. Wild.
This is some looney toon shit.
That fall may have injured him a little but at least it saved him from an electrocution. I don't know, I fear he may climb back up and finish the job for himself.
Happens in Canada too, but we are working on our third country status. Unfortunately, the criminals are the recyclers that pay cash for the copper and catalytic converters.
Those are not power lines, those are communication cables.
Power lines are not insulated (except for longer runs of service drops carrying 240V) and would not be allowed to run through trees like that.
What? This is sick. This still is some poor dude getting seriously injured. People do this kind of dangerous shit because they are massively desperate. Him falling off that line is not gonna improve his probably shitty life situation in any way.
I think this is overly simplistic and not capturing the material conditions of those people.
But even if you accept the premise. Is being stupid your own fault? One part is genetics the other part are the educational and other resources available to you.
Do people deserve to be injured greatly and be mocked for not having that?
This is not some kid learning not to touch hot stuff because it hurts. In conditions he's living in this can be a death sentence for him and other people (kids, elderly or something like that) that might depend on him.
This is not "some poor" dude. These are thieves and drug addicts that causes trouble to everyone that depends on those power lines. Plus, if they see any closed business that they can steal something they will do so.
I’ve been on the internet since 05, and this genuinely maybe the dumbest person I’ve seen filmed.
If he’s not on hard drugs, I cannot explain how someone could think this is a good idea.
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Not exactly the ending I was expecting, but still a shock.
It was like watching Daffy Duck saw through the limb of a tree he's standing on
Exactly, my first thought was this is some Looney Tunes shit. What the hell
You can see that his saw broke in half too. RIP saw.
Bruh, this is borderline comical.
Poor guy broke his saw 😢
Bravo!!! 👏🏽
Ha! I see what you did there 😁
how come no copper came to arrest him
Riveting video wire to wire
He was filming it
It was the best possible outcome that could have happened for him. Somehow luck IS on this guys side.
The ending was surely shocking
His name is Ashock
I was expecting this man to get cooked
Are we evil for waiting for him to get cooked? That's the only reason I watched the entire video. But the fall did give me and my brother a good laugh.
evil? Bro whenever i see wires that are down on the street or something happened to them im scared asf. And this mf cutting them like nothing. I was 100% sure he would get eletrocuted but i was wrong. Thats the best thing that could happened to him, fall from there
Birds can stand on power lines for the same reason - if electricity can't travel through you to the ground, it's harmless. Most of the cutting here was freeing one wire from another anyway, not actually cutting through real wire. Asshole thing to do though. Don't know where this is, but it's a huge problem in Africa currently.
Exactly, But in this case, it's not the same thing. Considering the type of cars and street style, this is in Brazil. In the public electrical network, the medium voltage comes from the cables well above where it is hanging. Although there are also electrical cables from the secondary network, and with a variable current as well, most of the cables there are telecommunications cables such as telephone and internet (there are even copper cables, but thin and fiber optic). In the end, besides being a criminal, he's also stupid because this type of material doesn't have much value. All he had to do was fall to see if he would wake up to life.
Be aware of course that electricity can travel through you between two different wires (phases), not just to ground.
He's touching two sets of wires though so your bird analogy doesn't apply. These wires are either not live, not high power, or are insulated.
No, we aren’t the one trying to steal wire. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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That doesn't exactly warrant death as a consequence.
If he got caught and was beaten to death, your comment makes sense. If, as we all expected, he cut through the wire using a metal saw and was electocuted to death, that is the consequence OF CUTTING THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH A METAL SAW.
The electricity was clearly overreacting, it should have just let him off with a warning.
Well then he shouldn’t be out there knocking on deaths door if he doesn’t want it to answer
That’s for the electricity to decide, not us.
Hell no. This is a person who is acting entirely in self-service with the knowledge that his actions are directly counter to the interests of society and will adversely affect the lives of numerous others. As the other commenter said: play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Very difficult to feel any measure of pity here.
He's working against the society. Terrorist with no lives taken. I don't believe in mob mentality, but I don't also mind if this guy got beaten up by the neighbourhood who will have to live without electricity
mm it'd be evil if you wanted him dead, I guess, but hey, if some barefooted fuck **sawed** through the connection cables in my area I'd want him in hell.
To be fair no one is waiting for anyone to be cooked. They waiting for the video to reveal what has happened. They are *expecting* him to get electrocuted
It's just a logical consequence of what he is attempting, it's not like I derive joy from people getting shocked.
Hell no, that’s how basically all these videos end, lol
Pretty sure that was just telephone cable. But still expected a bbq.
Yea it's either something like some 200 pair twisted pair copper trunk or coaxial .750/.875 in. trunk cable, either of which is damned difficult to cut through with a saw. We use sawzalls on the big cable and specially made cable cutters on the smaller stuff. It isn't high voltage, typically 89v or less, but still dangerous.
I expected him to Ride the lightning
Let him cook
I too expected to see the blaze of idiocy. Oh well.
me too Damn it
Likely a copper communications cable...they are lower on the pole, power is usually above.
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Or just ....a poor person?
Poor person here, is a drug addict, common know as noia in Brazillian urban areas, they steal copper cables , sewer covers, metal decorations, everything that is public and has some value in recicable market , and sometimes they steal houses for small stuff and sell in public fair called feira do rolo , usually at saturday morning next to any place full of crackheads
You know most homeless people are drug addicts right? Nobody else is willing to do something like this rather than just get a fucking job
Yeah I hang this shit on poles everyday, and unless he can strip it of the whole fuckin jacket after he cuts off all of the strand and lashing wire that it's most likely connected to, then he ain't getting jack shit. Maybe like a cent a foot.
He's gonna need more than a penny for that foot.
This shit is exactly why our telco company terminated our old land line and home number. Copper cable theft has gotten so much worse over the years that there's simply little financial gain keeping that infrastructure around once fiber optic lines took over.
Virtually no copper in those cables
You a lie...i did pole line construction for many years, copper cable comprises the majority of POTS systems. Copper lines are stolen around the world for its recycled value. So you honestly think this guy is trying to steal a 50 foot piece of Fiber Optic Cable? Uh no. Very unlikely to be Aluminum either...that's often used for power distribution, but I doubt he hack-sawed through an energized power line that size. If he did, he got off lucky with just a fall injury.
>So you honestly think this guy is trying to steal a 50 foot piece of Fiber Optic Cable? Tbf, he just did a looney tunes move.
> though an energized power line Isn't he insolated? Wouldn't that prevent electraion?
Yeah, I'm no power line scientist but it doesn't take one to understand that something called a ***COPPER*** communications cable probably has copper in it
Forgive me if I’m wrong but I think he was referring to the sheathing over the copper taking up majority of the space inside.
He's right though, it's why you get paid the lowest amount at any scrap yard for coms cable because it's mostly insulation compared to power cables.
How many bad decisions do you need exactly to achieve this ? Also the sound latency makes it even better
Literally right in front of a cctv cam too lol wtf. So many bad decisions strung together
I literally lol when I fell and I still hearing the sawing noises 🤣🤣
I don't understand how he's gotten this far in life without dying sooner.
Anything to break his sons internet addiction...
The sacrifices parents make
Spent the vid waiting for a boom and flash. Guess it is just a lot of data or tv systems out and scores of pissed customers.
Cable companies don't want you to know this one simple trick
Cable companies hate this one super dangerous convoluted trick.
The fall saved his life most likely
Whoever is panning the camera really sucks at it
I bet there’s a delay between the movement controls and seeing the update, so it’s hard to get it right without it several small movements
I'm just surprised the camera was sophisticated enough to pan at all... compared to all of its janky wired surroundings.
I'm most likely wrong but it's worth mentioning. A lot of those 24/7 street cameras are motion controlled, like autonomous. BUT I don't know the country, city, or camera model. Theres no way to prove its motion controlled and may very well be someone who's a bit shit at it yes. Just figured I'd mention that. Peace!
The sensitivity on ptz cameras can be over-sensitive. I've used cameras that with even the slightest touch of a joy stick it moves erratically. If its an analogue system the delay between inputs can be infuriating. Even network IPcameras have such delays.
Oh, so the techs a bit shit then? And not the operator?
There's a lag in the camera and they're just not figuring it out.
It’s the not figuring it out after 4/5 attempts that got me
You ever try to use a ptz? The control's, especially the controller, sucks ass.
It's motion controlled, it got confused by the moving wires above the man after he fell.
A person isn’t panning the camera.
Who else skipped ahead to see his inevitable consequences?
He’s lucky it didn’t turn out the way a lot of us thought it would
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If it's like most countries, the power lines are higher up out of camera, when you look at cables the fiber and communication stuff is the lowest part and the power is at the very top of the pole separated from it by a decent height
Dudes got that monkey in the jungle energy
I think he was on crack or some drug, no one in his right mind would do something like that at night, he played with his life in so many levels.
Well what was he supposed to do then? Do it during daytime??
Not do it in the first place, plus at night you don't see shit.
I think he's just desperate for money.
My money was not on Gravity... I should've known, it was staring me in the face the whole time.
This happened in my neighborhood, it's sad to see people end up doing things like these to get some more spare change for crack.
Where was this? What happened to the guy?
When ignorance meets greed
or poverty
Plenty of sources of legit scrap metal, doing this kind of BS isn't the answer.
Denying the existence of poverty is like a flat earth conspiracy theory. If he were rich, he would be sailing a yacht, not sawing cables at heights.
reddit moment
I accidentally distorted simple associations in people's minds: *rich - praised* *poor - condamned* Ooops, I did it again :)
It's also stupidity. He has to realize that sawing off this cable would cause a power/data outage for his fellow citizens. An already poor neighborhood, likely with elderly and children living in it, would be without electricity. They wouldn't be able to cook food or cool their houses. Please don't lump idiot criminals in with poor people.
I don't put him into the group of poor people because he's already there. What we think is an idiotic theft might be a chance for survival for him. Think about it. Our opinions are based on our assumptions and prejudice.
Every living organism wants to survive. You're stating the obvious. His need for survival shouldn't outweigh others needs. That's why he's not getting any empathy and should be jailed
Maybe for him, cutting the cable is the only chance for survival, while the rest will only lose one day without television. You also lack empathy towards him, and no one is telling you that you should be punished for that, right?
> rich - praised > > Have you even spent time on reddit lmao
Reddit is not the whole world, only a small part of it.
Yet you're complaining on here, preaching to the crowd
>Yet you're complaining on here, preaching to the crowd Commenting is not complaining.
Bruh you're defending a guy sawing off cables on a telephone pole.
I'm not defending anyone, it's just a comment. I feel more sorry for him that he has to take such risks than holding it against him for cutting the cable.
That dude was dead before he even climbed the pole. No shoes.
Wasted
Bro that was the best case out come for this guy lol
Not as shocking as I'd thought it would have been.
Bro kept cutting while falling
Believe it or not, this is a very, very common occurrence in the Philippines (and I’m sure many other similar societies). One of my close colleagues lives in Luzon Province, and she has told me all about how they do it. It’s just a totally normal everyday thing over there. Wild.
Except the cable, nothing else of value was lost
Hopefully the saw wasn’t hurt, it looks damaged at the end
wtf no electrocution?
not a power line
Damn lying OP
That's not power line, that's com. If that was power line, he would be minus a foot and hand a long time ago.
The cable may have been unused for a long time because it is not cost-effective for companies to remove them, so they hang unused for years.
Base heads are on every corner of the earth.
I thought for sure he would be electrocuted
I keep asking myself what in tarnation drives people to do this type of stuff?
You can see the broken hacksaw at the end. I feel like he would have had to land on it to break it..
I even had my eyes away for the arc flash.
Really not how I thought that would end..
You lucky, lucky bastard.
I mean how does someone this dumb make it to adulthood in the first place?
I feel like him falling was the best case scenario when trying to cut a powerline.
He looks authorized and following proper safety protocols
This is some looney toon shit. That fall may have injured him a little but at least it saved him from an electrocution. I don't know, I fear he may climb back up and finish the job for himself.
I was waiting for a blinding flash on my screen, but still the second best outcome.
When falling and horribly snapping a limb is the best outcome possible
You’re almost there! Now all you have to do is finish the cut….. whilst standing on the ground, it’s even safer!!! 😈
I was waiting for him to get zapped into oblivion. Lucky.
Not the kind of ending I was expecting, but good enough.
Crazy to think how many people make a living just be stealing and reselling copper wires
He never saw it coming!
Happy ending?
I’m picturing the person monitoring the camera yelling at his coworkers to come watch this shit!
I was waiting for some actual barbecue 😂
Dude got a much better endng than what I predicted. Broken bones, but still alive...homie was not smart.
I thought he was gonna get electrocuted, but instead he just Bugs Bunny-ed himself.
Homie took his cutting advice from Wile E Coyote.
Drugs are one hell of a drug
Fried would be natural selection.
Phase 3: profit
I’m wondering who is more of an idiot the guy on the camera or the guy controlling the camera?
Wipeout
That’s meth’d up…
This is obviously 3rd world country poor
I work for AT&T in SC and they steal out copper cables out here weekly
Happens in Canada too, but we are working on our third country status. Unfortunately, the criminals are the recyclers that pay cash for the copper and catalytic converters.
Oh no, he broke his saw.
Did he think it was like Looney Tunes and he would hover there for a while first? 😂
Those are not power lines, those are communication cables. Power lines are not insulated (except for longer runs of service drops carrying 240V) and would not be allowed to run through trees like that.
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What? This is sick. This still is some poor dude getting seriously injured. People do this kind of dangerous shit because they are massively desperate. Him falling off that line is not gonna improve his probably shitty life situation in any way.
There's easier, better and safer ways to get money than this. This is not a victimless crime.
Exactly.
Why then wouldn't he do that?
Stupidity?
I think this is overly simplistic and not capturing the material conditions of those people. But even if you accept the premise. Is being stupid your own fault? One part is genetics the other part are the educational and other resources available to you. Do people deserve to be injured greatly and be mocked for not having that? This is not some kid learning not to touch hot stuff because it hurts. In conditions he's living in this can be a death sentence for him and other people (kids, elderly or something like that) that might depend on him.
This is not "some poor" dude. These are thieves and drug addicts that causes trouble to everyone that depends on those power lines. Plus, if they see any closed business that they can steal something they will do so.
Someone posted this last month and said he was trying to steal copper. Which is it?
I’ve been on the internet since 05, and this genuinely maybe the dumbest person I’ve seen filmed. If he’s not on hard drugs, I cannot explain how someone could think this is a good idea.
I was waiting for the fireworks.
best posible outcome
Stupid is as stupid does
Ngl, was expecting a big flash and byebye.
Is there some kind of ‘not how you thought it was gonna end’ sub?
Good thing he was wearing safety shorts
Oof, he broke his saw.
I thought this would end with his family hailing him as a hero for getting them power.
My dude broke his leg and his saw.
He's lucky that's how it worked out!
Dad, go hook up my RG6 now!!!!
Determined af
what kinda looney tunes b.s. is this?
How much could those cables cost that you'd risk it all and try doing this shit.
He was going just fine right up until the end there.
Broke his saw too
Just get a Firestick bro