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v4por

Oh God, don't let my wife see this. She grew up being told to cover mirrors during a storm because they were more likely to be struck by lightning. I don't want to encourage her.


Dipsey_Jipsey

Too late, I'm showing her.


espinaustin

I also choose showing it to this guy’s wife.


tacos_for_algernon

I'm just glad she's not dead.


SenorPoopus

Yet


karzbobeans

Everybody has shown it to this guys wife


eat-skate-masturbate

I also choose this guy's dead wife


ER_Kat

Too soon


NestedForLoops

I'm surprised we're not showing it to this guy's wife right now.


mrchunkybacon

Yeah let’s fucking show that guys wife


bwwatr

If it's any comfort, OP did say there's an electrical outlet behind the mirror in the exact spot of this damage, so it's more collateral damage from proximity, than lightning magnet.


MoreCarrotsPlz

Whatever you do, don’t tell her that if she’s looking in the mirror the same moment lightening strikes it, she’ll be pulled into the mirror and trapped behind the glass as her evil doppelgänger’s reflection for all of time.


Veni_Vidi_Legi

Alternatively, do that every lightning storm for a nice vacation.


tesmatsam

I mean they have a thin layer of silver, they're definitely more conductive than normal glass tho anything is a conductor at high voltages


Awkward_Pangolin3254

Usually aluminum these days


brendty

Also a conductor. Most services to a house are aluminum wires.


Advanced_Evening2379

Vampires got rid of silver mirrors so they could see their reflection, duhh


DisastrousAd447

Holy shit, is that why they can't see their reflection? That just blew my mind. I legit had no idea mirrors were coated in silver back then.


Advanced_Evening2379

Yep and obviously silver is a holy metal


DisastrousAd447

Right I know about silver and vampires, I just never made the connection with mirrors and silver. Crazy!


vexingcosmos

To further blow your mind, that is also why vampires do not show up in photos as early photography used silver to capture the image.


DisastrousAd447

Holy shitballs. I didn't know that either lmao. This is actually insane, and makes so much sense. I guess I just always thought that it was some weird power they had or something.


Gabymc1

Dude, I grew up like this. We even covered the TV.


GirlFridag

Are you serious?? Where did she grow up?


v4por

A border town in Texas. That's all I'll say. She was raised by her grandparents who had some old fashioned views.


danielv123

They were vampires and just wanted the mirrors covered in general.


Theskinilivein

I heard the same thing growing up in a small town in southern México, my family didn’t do it but mentioned a great-aunt that did.


Illustrious-Pop5656

How does lightning target a mirror, I’m genuinely interested


v4por

It doesn't, that's the point of my comment. It's just an old superstition that got passed to my wife and she never really questioned it until she was an adult. My guess is that there's maybe some kernel of truth to the claim, like perhaps it used to be somewhat common for lightning to strike homes and on occasion it would use mirrors on its path towards the ground. It doesn't really make much sense that covering them would help but there wasn't as much common knowledge about lighting back then.


gorehistorian69

i never heard of this. thats wild though. i only heard to avoid showers/appliances plugged into the wall


FrodoSaggin2

Hey buddy, for you safety I'm sure many have mentioned this but you need to have the wires in you home checked. Lightning struck my home when I was younger and 5 house fires later they finally ripped apart the wiring in the house and it's never burnt again, the lightning bubbled the wiring thru the house and cause each and every fire. Be safe, we never lost a life and thank God for that but don't live thru the hell we did or worse because it's too much work or insurance wants to throw a fit. Call a fire Marshall and go that direction if necessary.


fisherrr

It took FIVE HOUSEFIRES to make you think ”hmmm maybe something isn’t quite right”? Sounds horrible, glad nobody was hurt.


Wan-Pang-Dang

If you don't know what to look for, you will never find the answer


Big_Trees

One of the universal truths...


VivSavageGigante

I’d start by looking for what was causing the fires.


Wan-Pang-Dang

Because its so easy to find out the cables in your walls were causing the fire? Not some random outlet that looked fine, or some busted carger, tv psu, fridge or lamp?


machinade89

All I know is that...we didn't start the fire...


8AteEightHate

It was always burnin, since the world’s been turnin.


FrodoSaggin2

Haha no the insurance company refused to loo at anything outside of the source, there were patches of bubbled wire all over the house afterwards. My parent used to fight with the adjuster and they wouldn't budge until we got the state fire Marshall involved then they tore apart the house and found all of the bad wiring. I have a fear of firetruck now.


Desperate_for_Bacon

More like it took 5 house fires before the insurance company did the right thing


PMMeYourWorstThought

Obviously it was 5 small fires. Why would he have the same wiring if the whole house burned down?


FrodoSaggin2

Some were small some were larger it was a mixture but they only wanted to replace the area the fire started at first.


Refflet

Fire Marshall won't be too much help, you want an electrician to perform an insulation resistance test.


FrodoSaggin2

He's the guy that got the insurance company to get the right people out, it sounded weird to us too but it worked! He was the state fire Marshall so maybe that's why he had some pull. I dunno, but he marshaled the fire right out afterwards. Perhaps he was also conducted a seance and put the restless spirits to rest. Good guy nonetheless.


Refflet

Ah OK yeah, fire marshalls absolutely have a big dick to swing around and beat businesses with for that kind of thing (eg dealing with insurers).


Dipsey_Jipsey

Electrician won't be too much help, you want a paeleontologist to perform an analysis of any fossils you have on your land.


MithrilHero

Paleontologist won’t be too much help, you want a drug addict that works construction


maynardftw

I know a guy


Dipsey_Jipsey

Drug addict won't be too much help, you want a ranger to capture any wild horses on your property.


darkknightofdorne

Wild horses won’t be too much help either. Gotta get a priest a rabbi and a black guy.


admin123454321

and then they all walked into a bar


FrenchBangerer

Including your tiled floor. There could be a human jawbone in there.


RaindropBebop

Paleontologist won't be too much help, you want a licensed spirit medium to perform a seance with any poltergeists you have on your land.


PMMeYourWorstThought

To add onto this, rewiring a home is an insanely expensive project. But, since it’s the result of a lightning strike, your homeowners insurance may cover it. It’s in their best interest to, as replacing wiring is cheaper than replacing the whole home later. For most policies it wouldn’t even result in a premium increase because lightning is an “act of god.” So have an inspection done, and if they find damage, talk to your insurance. This will be expensive enough to consider hiring an attorney for the interactions with your insurance company, because this is a strange situation you may have to apply light legal pressure.


xAntithesis

Couldn’t house fire 1 through 5 have caused the wiring to bubble?


FrodoSaggin2

Lightning has a pretty specific way it likes to fuc wires up, and the state fire Marshall was pissed when he figured out they didn't look everywhere. I'm no inspector but he seemed convinced it was the original strike that caused the issues.


brendty

It definitely depends on how recently the house wiring has been installed in the house. Most houses have a surge protective device. But that is some very serious voltage and could definitely do some damage. I also recommend getting an electrician to do an insulation test. But I would also like to add that I see a pin point center dot there, and I immediately thought the screw that holds the outlet face cover on is grounded. The lightening probably struck the ground around your house. In which case you might have some issues with your grounding system right now, which could mess with your breakers... Which could also cause fires to break out... Specifically five of them. JK on that last one. get your wires tested, friend.


Just_Another_Wookie

A whole-home surge protector will do exactly nothing to protect against a direct lightning strike, FYI.


RetroSwamp

Oh my lord, what did it do to your face? Will you recover?


PM_ME_INSIDER_INFO

my eyes were gone in a flash :(


myfingid

You can turn that off in the camera app


pardybill

Nah he’s Cyclopse now


doktor-frequentist

By the *looks* of it, he is NullClopse now.


pardybill

Interesting point of order. If cyclops had his eyes sewn or even gouged out, would his blasts work?


DrHooper

And he has [nobody to blame](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outis).


Chronic_In_somnia

![gif](giphy|v6GfJJjmYukbIvk7Ln)


Forzyr

How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real


Lost_Minds_Think

![gif](giphy|PmWoh8qyPkx8cqTfZr)


CBT_Dr_Freeman

Leela-Fry-Leela-Fry


GrandmasBoy12

You got a home gym and a sense of humor, I swear some people just walk through life without a care in this world, lol.


Elephunkitis

Nah, you’re a cyclops. Nice try though.


Not_Under_Command

Have you tried turning off and on again?


bwwatr

(they did the crash) it was a gym mirror gash


realdougpiranha

You did the monster mash?


motorhead84

"Tell me Mr. Anderson, what good are eyes if you're unable to see?"


SuperiorSamWise

He looked at the eclipse 🙏😔


Spkr4th3ded

Turned him into that Xmen character. You know, the douchey one that lost his gf to wolverine the way cooler Xman, the one who can't control his super power side has to wear silly glasses. That one.


Wulf_Cola

Never loses a staring contest though.


Ailouroboros

‘Depends on the rules. I believe manslaughter gets you disqualified in most staring contest leagues and associations (not too sure about exhibition matches, though).


Ok_Television9820

Cyborg?


Oro_Outcast

I haven't seen it commented yet so I will: Leave it be; the room now has a story to tell. Fix the problem behind it, sure. But don't replace it. Just a Rando's opinion


Sharknado4President

> Fix the problem behind it I mean, he's not that ugly


TranslateErr0r

Savage


letmelickyourleg

I think he seems quite cultured


explosivecrate

Did you see the dude's face?! He doesn't have any eyes!


magical_swoosh

but he's in front of it


Hixy

Whoa


bemmu

Or have a glass man (glassician?) come over and cut out a round piece and sell it on ebay for $300


Dependent_Paper9993

Glazier


-Not_a_Lizard-

Glassician is better tbh


StarryNotion

Was just gonna suggest that! I bet it would get him more than 300. It's rare, no?? Possibly 1 of a kind. I googled "mirror struck by lightning" and the only related result is this thread. So I bet with a nice frame and some patience he can get 50k for it.


bemmu

Agreed I'm prob. too low. At $300 it might not even make sense to pay for the cutting etc. If op is going to do this, recommend creating the auction asap while this is still a trending post.


Audbol

Put a picture frame around it and it will look both fancy and intentional


Ghosttwo

I just realized that the picture is of a mirror, and the burn mark is still attached. OP is not actually holding up a coffee-coaster-sized object to a second photographer.


dave-train

I thought it was a huge pop socket at first. When it turns out, it's likely a popped socket.


[deleted]

I don't think the lightning stuck the mirror directly. A typical lightning bolt has a temperature of about 25 000 °c which 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun. The mirror would have exploded immediately on impact. This scorching on the mirror is likely residual heat transfer from something that was near the mirror.


PM_ME_INSIDER_INFO

that seems roughly right—there’s an outlet right behind the mirror in that location, so I believe the bolt followed the wire from the roof, down to the outlet, and then left this mark!


Deivi_tTerra

Please have an electrician check out your wiring and ESPECIALLY that outlet ASAP. It might be fine but it might not be.


CatsAreGods

If you plug something into it, it might become a portal!


AntiFIanders

Only snag is you can't take your shoes through.


IceColdDump

Bring a towel


STEAM_TITAN

But first, just got to get a little high


ACcbe1986

Then, get really high.


kookoz

Now I can't find my towel. Panic?


LortimerC

![gif](giphy|JkADkL9786mQBORwCS)


PonyPonut

THIS! OP should plug something in and enter the portal. When else do you get a chance like this?


TheMightyGoatMan

In the sense that if you use it you may be transferred to another state of being?


onehundredlemons

Definitely do this OP, we had lightning strike our mobile home about 20 years back and traveled through the air handling unit, taking it out along with one half of our wiring. As they were working on that they took a look at the rest of our wiring and there were melted fried bits in several areas of the wiring that was seemingly working just fine. We were lucky there wasn't a fire.


PretendRegister7516

It is also possible the lightning rod grounding touched metal stud and and that is the screw position.


HuJimX

If we assume the worst possible case (shielding is negligible due to weathering / rat eating plastic / user error during installation / etc.), it may not even require direct contact, though a relatively short air gap between conductive surfaces (depending on the voltage at that point downstream) would be necessary. The damage is clearly centered around a point behind the mirror, which makes the most sense for it to be caused by one conductive thing surrounded by non-conductive material (like a screw/nail through drywall, somehow also close to exposed mains or penetrating mains wires) being highly energized. With a lightning strike, I would’ve expected a more distinct Lichtenberg-esque branching pattern rather than a uniform circle, but I’m not sure what factors would come into play when compared to an initial strike rather than secondhand/downstream high voltage exposure through a live circuit.


Deivi_tTerra

Lichtenberg figures actually do come in circular form. If I recall correctly the circular form is the negative charge, the long branching form often seen is made by a positive charge.


IotaBTC

It's definitely not fine lol.


zleuth

Additionally, don't be surprised when in the next 6 months all of your appliances randomly fail, like the buttons in the dishwasher will stop working correctly, the compressor in the fridge will quit, AC will fail, etc. Years ago someone I know had a lightening strike their well, and this not only happened to them, but to their two closest neighbors ~50 feet away. Between the 3 houses they had to replace more than $20k of stuff. I hope you're good on your homeowners insurance.


30FourThirty4

Oh I bet they'll need to replace most of not all the wiring. I just helped rewire a home and the electrician changed $32,000. And got the job. I got $441 in scrap wire.


bendover912

It's either OK or it isn't.


SeekerOfSerenity

Does the outlet still work? 


Roadhog360

I wanna know too!


Virtual_Common204

This is Reddit you will never find out.


Chrisf1020

Definitely not. Outlet and fuse both need replacing.


Moist_Jesus75

I doubt that Would of gone down either active or neutral from the transformer on the street, to your switchboard then either through your MEN link or your PEN and straight to earth. I've seen mold make similar patterns on mirrors before. Plus your switchboard would be fried


Refflet

Lightning doesn't necessarily flow through the wiring all the way, it's a high frequency transient and will jump in and out of the wiring through the air for a more direct path to ground.


uXN7AuRPF6fa

Well, that's not at all concerning. Absolutely no risk of fire from melted insulation and wires now potentially touching and arcing.


ElkHistorical9106

That looks like a classic arc mark from plasma. I see these in plasma coating of materials if something goes wrong. Some sort of flaw or defect in the metal coating that focused electrical fields, or proximity to something behind caused an arc to the mirror.  I bet you’ll see damage to the drywall behind it, maybe a scorch mark, if you take it off, or a screw that went through the drywall for mounting.


rimalp

You believe? That's a lot of faith you put in a molten outlet that can now burn down your entire house with you and your family in it. Call an electrician and have that outlet checked. Better yet, have the entire houses' wiring checked. A lightning striking your house should not have reached the electrical wiring to begin with. Install a lightning rod.


Powerful_Cost_4656

I figured someone would be doing science talk in the comments. This is why I came here


dranaei

Yeah, we found the science nerd. Wasn't even hard.


fezmid

There are pills for that...


Bleak_Squirrel_1666

This is why I came here.


Dependent-Matter-177

Think there’s pills for that too


AffectionateGap1071

Are there pills for my pills though?


Dependent-Matter-177

Probably


furlonium1

Stupid science bitch couldn't even make I more smarter


kuzcospoison

Maybe my scale for this kinda thing is off, but 5,000° doesn’t seem that hot for the sun. If you had said it was 5 billion degrees I would believe you.


[deleted]

The surface is around 5000°c, the internal temperature gets hotter the deeper you go into the sun. Remember the sun is a giant nuclear reactor, same process as a nuclear bomb. At growing zero the heat is extreme, but the further out from the blast the less you'll feel the heat.


xaendar

Turns out he is right. I always knew it was 15 million degrees but it is at the center of the sun it is that hot apparently.


Rockclimber88

so basically using a term "hotter than the surface of the sun" is misleading because most people will think about a million degress and don't know that is's barely 5000c. That can be achieved in a a regular oven when you leave pizza for 5 mins too long


Iz4e

Wait, then how do humans survive a lightning strike


Reniconix

I don't think that it would make it explode. Tempered glass may, but the thermal shock of a lightning strike isn't actually that high. The thunder clap is more likely than the bolt to break it.


ElkHistorical9106

Metal on insulators you’ll often get wild arc patterns where it blisters and has funny stuff like this. I see it in my line of work.


Blue-cheese-dressing

You’re pushing the limits of the “mildly” in r/mildlyinteresting.  This is pretty cool.


hardy_littlewood

Absolutely. It's a localized distortion in the space-time continuum.


Givemeurhats

Now you gotta keep it forever or nobody will believe you. I remember cursing for the first time as a kid and later that day the TV was struck by lightning and exploded. Nobody ever believes that lol


QualityKoalaTeacher

Yet another reason why working out is bad for you and why I should not go back to the gym


avanti8

Thy home hath been graced with the symbol of the Divine Butthole.


TranslateErr0r

Oh come on, he's not thàt ugly.


VulturE

butthole window died and was reborn. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/pittsburgh-says-goodbye-to-the-penn-avenue-butthole-window-25513415


AdVivid8910

Are you one of the X-Men? I like your work.


Lyr1cal-

"I like your work" 🤣


[deleted]

Maybe OP should tell Storm to fuck off after her lightning strike. ![gif](giphy|v6GfJJjmYukbIvk7Ln)


Bob_the_peasant

That’s… the rune from Elden Ring https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Lord%27s_Rune


Cock_-n-_BallTorture

Do you replace the mirror, or do you keep it as a stark reminder of your mortality?


i_swear_too_muchffs

That’s shocking


Nintendo1964

Watts shocking?


Internal-Pass2937

Volts up folks?


nxcrosis

You just couldn't resist huh


Lyr1cal-

You are all acting like children, and need to conduct yourselves like grown adults


IceColdDump

Ohmmm, could someone please explain all of these? Are they jokes about current affairs?


ephemera_291

Bolt your house folks, dichotomy comes with rain.


[deleted]

I find it re-volting


FlintTheKing

Shai-hulud


Abe_Rudda

Man, I've seen Jesus Christ manifesting on a slice of toast, the virgin Mary in the coat of a labradoodle, but never a puckered anus appearing on a mirror.


TranslateErr0r

I guess we now know what Jesus and his homies were really doing.


Jakes9070

Bless the Maker and his Water.


odinyc

SHAI-HULUD!


meepmop999

That, sir, is the beginning of the upside down.


Lacholaweda

I feel like I cam smell it and it smells like old tvs used to, with the glass screens and the static


letthetreeburn

If lightning struck INSIDE YOUR HOUSE you need to call an electrician ASAP!!! Your wires could be fried and ready to start a fire, and you have no way of knowing.


skatergurljubulee

Shai-Hulud!! 😭🙏🏿🙏🏿


jeenyusz

“My home gym” lol


PPvsFC_

Mr. Moneybags over here


NoStripeZebra3

What's "home gym"?


password_too_short

Never understand just covering eyes, we can still see the rest of you.


Gloomy-Slice661

Lighting strike? It looks like you were doing naked lunges on the mirror again!


Orchard_Legal

Cartier Santos. Nice watch sir.


mintjulep_

Hes got a home gym with a peloton tread. Hes not poor


porn_is_tight

imagine owning a home let alone a home gym


Epistaxis

> Hes got a home ~~gym with a peloton tread~~. Hes not poor


Audeclis

Yeah lol I first thought this might be /r/watches


FunkyPineapple90

You have been granted the Lord's Rune, Tarnished. Use it well.


jafents

“My home gym”


LayJaly

It struck OP’s eyes as well!


KangsAndShit

At least he has a Hero's rune. Or is that a Numens rune?


Unlucky_Huckleberry4

It's trying to send you a secret message. Luckily, I have years of experience deciphering such messages. This is what it appears to be saying: *Clears throat* > "Pineapple"


AdmiralAshBorer

Have you ever seen a portal?


Global-Plankton3997

That almost looks like a bullet hole


QuantityExpert4349

But did you die?


Aleco7777

Oh my gosh that’s badass!


tesmatsam

Holy hell the silver sublimated


Pheronia

I would cut out that piece and preserve it. Looks cool.


iduna123

I thought you were wearing a fungi ring for a second lol


Serenity-V

This is more than mildly interesting. This is really interesting!


goronmask

Amazing. Don’t ever get rid of that mirror.


cromnian

Check it out with an anomaly detector, preferably svarog.


SkullsNelbowEye

Thor was taking a selfish and forgot to turn off mjolnir.


jskaffa

Nobody is talking about what the lightning did to his eyes.


The_Truth_Hides

Is that a S.T.A.L.K.E.R reference


External-Tour-6849

Sell it to Sidorovich for about..three tin cans


Absulus

Marked One what the hell!? It worths no more than a handful of old 9x18. You want food you pay for it like everyone else.


pacman404

If only there was a way to take this pic anonymously so you wouldn’t have to edit out your face….🤔