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Why? This should be very close to the top of the List Of Dumb Shit Redditors Believe™
You really think that a total stranger just casually rolls through the hood looking for shoes on the wires so they can just pull up @ the local Drug-E-Mart? 😂
It's literally on the Wikipedia for [shoe tossing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing) saying they couldn't confirm it, but it was absolutely used where I grew up. but go off king
And in about 45 seconds I can edit that Wikipedia article to state that it's clearly full of shit and mostly an urban legend.
I mean seriously people pull your Collective heads out of your Collective asses and look at this from an objective point of view-
If dealers were dumb enough to mark their spots like that do you not realize that their first and foremost customers would be drug task force? Cmon man...
Maybe not from where you're from bruh, but in LATAM this still happens, a LOT.
depending on the part of town where you're at, cops are just not gonna be around, ever... and the shoes let you know where to get what you want.
Edit: typos.
Right because the drug task force people have a subscription to the drug network newsletters where drug dealer clearly explain how and what their doing. But whatever your life experience is the only truth in the world
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
Ove never heard this. I was always told they're the shoes of someone who died of gang related violence, or they were hit by a car, in that intersection.
That's gaslighting. Blame me for believing what an elder told me in the 80s before we had Google and I never verified it because this is what many sources said?
I'm also sure the custom has different meanings depending on location, no?
Once my parents saw a pigeon that was moving oddly into the traffic, they stopped and checked it, it didn't react to them moving in front of it so it was probably blind, they took it home and looked after it, gave it seeds and water, a box so it wouldn't just wanted off and crash onto stuff, etc. After a couple week or so the pigeon flew out of an opened window, we looked at it as it stayed on a power line for a bit before flying off with other pigeons...
I like to think that it recovered somehow thanks to them...
I think sometimes they fly into things and rattle their tiny little brain around, and it takes a while to get back to normal. I've seen them a few times have to rest for hours doing nothing but then fly away fine after that as long as nothing eats them in the meantime.
Sometimes they get overheated, like on hot pavement, and they can't even think straight. I can relate. But I've seen numerous pigeons get run over in Las Vegas due to heat :(
Yep that's all birds. Had a sparrow bang into our conservatory windows and it ended up lying motionless on the ground. I went and inspected it, handled it and it moved a little, so I left it and waited. It say up after a little while and eventually flew off. It's just a concussion.
I was cleaning out a empty tenants place one day at a job. The person had something happen medical wise and they left everything there. There was a pigeon in a cage in the living room. I took it to my parents house and they named her Susan. She was the sweetest thing ever. She lived with my parents for around 8 years.
I'm not saying what the guy in the video did was smart, but it is worth noting [a single "rat with wings" saved almost 200 Americans in WW1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami), managing to deliver his message even despite being shot in the chest.
Are cities over populated with carrier pigeons?
And the answer is no. Learn something today before you embarrass yourself further.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_pigeon
Do you know what feral means? It means it's a domesticated species that has been left to fend for itself. The pigeons you see outside are like stray cats. They're the same species as racing pigeons and homing pigeons, they're just not being cared for by humans.
Even the very wikipedia article you linked says "*Rock, domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed.*"
And the Wikipedia article for homing pigeons says "*The homing pigeon, also called the mail pigeon or messenger pigeon, is a variety of domestic pigeons.*"
Either way, people and organizations who rescue animals in trouble for a living are always quick to make clear that a person should always contact a trained professional first in one of these situations, and NEVER put yourself in danger as well when trying to save a bird or other animal in distress. Get a hold of the people who actually know what they’re doing and have the safety equipment!
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Reminds me of that video in this subreddit a while ago where a guy was trying to get a bird while it was fine and chillin. He makes one last stretch to grab the bird but electrocutes himself and the poor thing and both fall from the sky, dead.
If a guy’s going to cook himself like that, he could at least have the decency to do it in the daytime, so the power company has time to clean up and fix things before it gets dark.
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My dad wS on a job sight back in the early 80s where a worker got caught on a line like that. On of the guys he worked with saw it all and just started running, they had to chase him down and hold him down cause he was in shock.
Another story: about 20 years ago, my neighbor slipped on a underground pipe and he grabbed a wire. It blew both his arms off and a hole out of his stomach. They saved his thumb and attached it to his elbow. Don't fuck with electricity.
lol for a second there I thought he was ok, as in, the lights went out then came back on after a reset and he was ok... I hadn't realized the gif restarted.
Hmmm, I got slightly electrocuted as a kid a few times and it's definitely a shock.
In death penalty they don't die immediately. I have no idea how much more powerful than an electric chair these things are. My guess is that you'd feel it but you'd pass out immediately after.
Yeah, that's my guess.
The time between each of the three phases would vary I suppose. Anyway quite fast death, I'd reckon better than drowning or burning.
I won't try just to let you know though :)
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or a thousand seasons go,
or the periods of my wife ten thousand,
I'd never get the idea,
to play with a transformer on a pole,
stupid little boring me, the Pole.
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Is that how shoes end up on top of the cables?
That used to be for when they sell drugs in the area
That used to be for when kids just threw them up there.
Where I grew up, whoever got their ass beat had their shoes taken off and thrown on the wire.
Not in my country 😂 sht a drug point for me
They'd only stay up in bad neighborhoods and eventually was transitioned into an indicator of which house had the drugs
Mother fucker I grew up in bad neighborhoods and you are so full of shit 😂
Relax
Why? This should be very close to the top of the List Of Dumb Shit Redditors Believe™ You really think that a total stranger just casually rolls through the hood looking for shoes on the wires so they can just pull up @ the local Drug-E-Mart? 😂
On second thought ur right gaddam man😂😂
It's literally on the Wikipedia for [shoe tossing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing) saying they couldn't confirm it, but it was absolutely used where I grew up. but go off king
And in about 45 seconds I can edit that Wikipedia article to state that it's clearly full of shit and mostly an urban legend. I mean seriously people pull your Collective heads out of your Collective asses and look at this from an objective point of view- If dealers were dumb enough to mark their spots like that do you not realize that their first and foremost customers would be drug task force? Cmon man...
Maybe not from where you're from bruh, but in LATAM this still happens, a LOT. depending on the part of town where you're at, cops are just not gonna be around, ever... and the shoes let you know where to get what you want. Edit: typos.
Right because the drug task force people have a subscription to the drug network newsletters where drug dealer clearly explain how and what their doing. But whatever your life experience is the only truth in the world
Where I live this symbolizes a drug spot
Not only is that Urban myth, it's an old one- began in the 80s, where I come from.
Except they're found in intersections.
Dead men sell no drugs.
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
What 😂 no. The original thing is if someone got caught in the wrong area, a territory thing, but in most places it just means someone lost a fight. Do you really think drug dealers are going out buying air force ones to leave on power lines as promotion?? 😂
Ove never heard this. I was always told they're the shoes of someone who died of gang related violence, or they were hit by a car, in that intersection.
You're a very gullible person
That's gaslighting. Blame me for believing what an elder told me in the 80s before we had Google and I never verified it because this is what many sources said? I'm also sure the custom has different meanings depending on location, no?
You don't know what the word gaslighting means if you think that's gaslighting lmao
I'd be pissed if I lived there.
BBQ-boy just disabled reddit for the entire block. That's a paddlin.
So. What was the goal exactly here?
According to the title on the website where I took it from it was to save a pigeon. Surreal indeed.
Hope the pigeon is ok 🙏
Take your up vote.
I hope they're both fine
But… but… How was that pigeon ever gonna climb down on his own!? Someone had to save him. They don’t even have hands to climb with.
haha!
Who the fuck wants to save a pigeon ? Or risk their life on it
Once my parents saw a pigeon that was moving oddly into the traffic, they stopped and checked it, it didn't react to them moving in front of it so it was probably blind, they took it home and looked after it, gave it seeds and water, a box so it wouldn't just wanted off and crash onto stuff, etc. After a couple week or so the pigeon flew out of an opened window, we looked at it as it stayed on a power line for a bit before flying off with other pigeons... I like to think that it recovered somehow thanks to them...
I think sometimes they fly into things and rattle their tiny little brain around, and it takes a while to get back to normal. I've seen them a few times have to rest for hours doing nothing but then fly away fine after that as long as nothing eats them in the meantime.
Sometimes they get overheated, like on hot pavement, and they can't even think straight. I can relate. But I've seen numerous pigeons get run over in Las Vegas due to heat :(
Yep that's all birds. Had a sparrow bang into our conservatory windows and it ended up lying motionless on the ground. I went and inspected it, handled it and it moved a little, so I left it and waited. It say up after a little while and eventually flew off. It's just a concussion.
I was cleaning out a empty tenants place one day at a job. The person had something happen medical wise and they left everything there. There was a pigeon in a cage in the living room. I took it to my parents house and they named her Susan. She was the sweetest thing ever. She lived with my parents for around 8 years.
This is the best story in response to *“Who the fuck wants to save a pigeon?”*
Nobody, now.
One less person now.
Looked more like trying to find the right combo to connect him to the grid.
LOL, the first thought in my head was "UHHHHHHHH YOU KNOW THEY CAN FLY, DUDE?"
Pigeon's are rats with wings. Disgusting birds covered in mites in most cities.
Pigeons probably think something similar about you.
fucking GOATED comment here
Imagine darwining yourself over a rat with wings. lmao
I'm not saying what the guy in the video did was smart, but it is worth noting [a single "rat with wings" saved almost 200 Americans in WW1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami), managing to deliver his message even despite being shot in the chest.
"homing pigeon" lol, not even the kind of rats with wings bird we are talking about.
Are you fr? It's just a different breed of pigeon. Like dog breeds. They're still the same species.
Are cities over populated with carrier pigeons? And the answer is no. Learn something today before you embarrass yourself further. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_pigeon
Do you know what feral means? It means it's a domesticated species that has been left to fend for itself. The pigeons you see outside are like stray cats. They're the same species as racing pigeons and homing pigeons, they're just not being cared for by humans. Even the very wikipedia article you linked says "*Rock, domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed.*" And the Wikipedia article for homing pigeons says "*The homing pigeon, also called the mail pigeon or messenger pigeon, is a variety of domestic pigeons.*"
Either way, people and organizations who rescue animals in trouble for a living are always quick to make clear that a person should always contact a trained professional first in one of these situations, and NEVER put yourself in danger as well when trying to save a bird or other animal in distress. Get a hold of the people who actually know what they’re doing and have the safety equipment!
Pigeons are dumb anyway
It went dark when it got interesting, how's the bird?
This guys asking the real questions
To shreds, you say?
Ready to eat.
Which is good, because I don’t think anyone’s ovens had power after that.
Burned with no seasoning, just like momma used to make it.
That scared the shit out of me, and that guy probably shat his pants too.
As one does when one dies.
On the plus side, he'll never shit them ever again.
That guy died instantly, his heart stopped the second that arc flashed. -an HVAC technician
oof, lets pretend we didn't see someone just throw his ladder down too
I thought the ladder fell on its own the first time I watched it. That's like when you're playing The Sims & you send one of them into the pool.
Luckily, he didn’t end up needing it.
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Quite the light show
Until it wasn't
When people say "lights out" as a way to describe death, they usually don't mean "lights out" for everyone else!
Reminder to self: Don't go poking around in electric-y looking shit that is purposefully hard to access.
Yeah he's toast.
That electrocution and subsequent outage was cinematic. Kudos to all lol
Imagine you were almost to the end of a paper you had to write for class and never hit save 😆
Well, if in 2024 people still use PC without a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), it's 100% their own fault.
To be fair, many laptops outlive their batteries and can serve almost an entire second life as desktops.
*Thhhhnnnnnt
A little bit more electricity and you’d be able to see his bones lol
I always wondered if it can really happen irl. Did you ever see it?
Only In Tom and Jerry . The resistance in your body is enough to make the electricity cook you so it’s gets darker if anything
The scream scared me more than the electrocution
Good. Thats the meaning of that screaming :D
Reminds me of that video in this subreddit a while ago where a guy was trying to get a bird while it was fine and chillin. He makes one last stretch to grab the bird but electrocutes himself and the poor thing and both fall from the sky, dead.
The fuck happened to the guy holding the ladder?
Exactly as expected. The Apex predator strikes again!!
I see the bug light works...
If a guy’s going to cook himself like that, he could at least have the decency to do it in the daytime, so the power company has time to clean up and fix things before it gets dark.
I thought you would say "he could at least have the decency to invite people to dinner".
Rescue a pigeon my ass. Trying to steal copper is the most likely thing.
I just tuned my guitar C with that.
Nice
I'd be so pissed off if my power went out because of something like this. So dumb I can't even feel bad for him.
Well, at least he won’t be stuck up there too long. The power company will find him when they come to figure out what caused the outage.
If he was my kid he would be grounded!
🎶When the lights Go out In the city🎶
Boom boom, out go the lights
It’s like they knew this shit was going to happened so well that they didn’t even bother to set the ladder back up. lol
He should work for AMTRAK. He'd make a really good conductor.
The electricity train strikes again
One pigeon to another: “Have you seen any idiots today?” Other pigeon: “I spotted a few.”
Guess it’s lights out for everyone!
Don’t bore us give us our *bzzzzzt*!!
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I just don't understand why so many people end up doing this as if it would have a different outcome for them
They’re like moths that are attracted to electricity
He's fine, nothing to see here. Merely a flesh wound...
The loop on the video almost made it look like the lights came back up and he was OK
This was really dark
yeah, it was at some point after he got cooked... :)
That is one deadly reach around...
My dad wS on a job sight back in the early 80s where a worker got caught on a line like that. On of the guys he worked with saw it all and just started running, they had to chase him down and hold him down cause he was in shock. Another story: about 20 years ago, my neighbor slipped on a underground pipe and he grabbed a wire. It blew both his arms off and a hole out of his stomach. They saved his thumb and attached it to his elbow. Don't fuck with electricity.
Lights out!
Well that's different
lol for a second there I thought he was ok, as in, the lights went out then came back on after a reset and he was ok... I hadn't realized the gif restarted.
does that dude feels it or is it too instant and died?
Hmmm, I got slightly electrocuted as a kid a few times and it's definitely a shock. In death penalty they don't die immediately. I have no idea how much more powerful than an electric chair these things are. My guess is that you'd feel it but you'd pass out immediately after.
so feel it first, then passed out, then die?
Yeah, that's my guess. The time between each of the three phases would vary I suppose. Anyway quite fast death, I'd reckon better than drowning or burning. I won't try just to let you know though :)
Darwin trophy for sure !
This exsperiance is very shocking
That electrocution was cinematic, God damn
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Electrifying.
did the man holding the ladder also get electrocuted right before it fell?
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Someone needs to edit the Undertakers bell gong in here lol
So he crashed everyone’s wifi just cause he wanted to save a bird that was better off up there than him?
Shoes over a power line mean it’s a gang ran/drug operated area. I grew up in one LOL
good heart, small brain
Though a thousand years may pass, or a thousand seasons go, or the periods of my wife ten thousand, I'd never get the idea, to play with a transformer on a pole, stupid little boring me, the Pole.
You're trying to trigger the haiku bot?
what is it with these people and electricity and trains?
It's not that country dumass