Wedding guest pops confetti under power lines - GIF

**Altair** · Sep 15, 2021, 03:42 PM

Wedding guest pops confetti under power lines.

Previously:

Firefighting PPE arc flash demonstration - GIF
Birds cause power line arc - GIF
Lineman playing with live power line - GIF
Scraping ice off of power lines - GIF
Decommissioning a power line with balloons - GIF and video
Underground power line erupts in Amsterdam - GIF

**Frank S** · Sep 15, 2021, 06:01 PM

That could have gotten real serious very quick

**NortonDommi** · Sep 15, 2021, 06:20 PM

Yep. There is always one.

**IntheGroove** · Sep 15, 2021, 07:04 PM

Mylar ribbons...

**carloski** · Sep 16, 2021, 08:45 PM

When they said "take out the bride and groom", they meant "to dinner"!

**nova_robotics** · Sep 16, 2021, 09:36 PM

11 Dead At Pakistani Kite Festival

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/11-dead...kite-festival/

"At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual spring festival in eastern Pakistan celebrated with the flying of thousands of colorful kites, officials said Monday.

The deaths and injuries were caused by stray bullets, sharpened kite-strings, electrocution and people falling off rooftops on Sunday at the conclusion of the two-day Basant festival, said Ruqia Bano, spokeswoman for the emergency services in the city of Lahore."

I love third world country insanity. You couldn't make that up if you tried.

**FEM2008** · Sep 17, 2021, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

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I love third world country insanity. You couldn't make that up if you tried.

in 2020, 20,000 Americans died by shooting (including 300 children), and additional 24,000 suicide by gun. Yep, I love third world insanity too!

**nova_robotics** · Sep 17, 2021, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by FEM2008

in 2020, 20,000 Americans died by shooting

How many died by kite?

**FEM2008** · Sep 17, 2021, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

How many died by kite?

Many, but not in the same gruesome manner for sure. I find it all stupid and unnecessary.
I don't think third world countries have a monopoly on quantity or quality of stupidity --definitely not quantity (as in the number of victims). What is offensive, and what I have seen in posts repeatedly, is that stupidity is ascribed to third world countries only.

While talking about quality, here is some quality stupidity- international edition:

https://klyker.com/safety-is-for-wimps/

**WmRMeyers** · Sep 17, 2021, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by FEM2008

Many, but not in the same gruesome manner for sure. I find it all stupid and unnecessary.
I don't think third world countries have a monopoly on quantity or quality of stupidity --definitely not quantity (as in the number of victims). What is offensive, and what I have seen in posts repeatedly, is that stupidity is ascribed to third world countries only.

While talking about quality, here is some quality stupidity- international edition:

https://klyker.com/safety-is-for-wimps/

Plenty of stupidity to go around in the world, and in the USA. OSHA & CPSC are two of the organizations here that seem to be causing the ramp up in publicly blatant disregard for safety.

Science fiction writers were discussing the problem in the 50's & 60's.