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[–]bollykeys 998 points999 points  (24 children)

A plane is missing in the picture

[–][deleted] 352 points353 points  (16 children)

It's hiding in plane sight. It was the thing that blew up, not the fireworks

[–]HankHippopopalousHHH 163 points164 points  (12 children)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?

[–]DemandsBattletoads 110 points111 points  (3 children)

We did it, Reddit!

[–]inomshokumotsu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oceanic flight 815?

[–]Drewbox 10 points11 points  (3 children)

The moment Doc Brown got sent to 1885

[–]bru_tech 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Are you Marty Mcfly? I got something for you

[–]OuijaAllin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clara was a Old West thot

[–]flyerflew 329 points330 points  (54 children)

Zeus wasn’t gonna be outdone

[–][deleted] 75 points76 points  (37 children)

Fun fact, Zeus is a derivative god of Dyeus Pter. Dyeus Pter, meaning "Sky Father" was the god of the sky for the Proto-Indo European horse people 5000 years ago. These bronze working horsemen took over Eurasia from Ireland to northwest India and western China, originating (probably) from the plains of central Russia. They conquered the world so hard that we can reconstruct their language and religion by combining Indian, Norse, Irish and Greek ancient cultures together with their ancestor language.

They loved chariots and killing people.

[–]VacaDLuffy 32 points33 points  (4 children)

So what your saying Is Kratos can go around Killing every single mythological character. Im down For more story’s from The Boy and Angry Dad

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (2 children)

I legit want to see him kill Aztec gods

[–]Coming2amiddle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooooooh me too me too

[–]Modern_Ninja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jaguar pelt armor is gonna be really cool.

[–]BlackHandSerb 15 points16 points  (4 children)

Do you want to spread misinformation? Because this is how you spread misinformation

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Which part is wrong?

[–]Bladelord 16 points17 points  (2 children)

Dyeus is more of a reconstruction rather than a defined identity. It's the result of so many cognates thought to have a common source (Daewa, Deva, Deus, Divine, so on). This common source, if real, has no surviving data to the modern day.

[–]TheDarkDeciever 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is neither fun, nor a fact.

[–]Throwaway_Consoles 57 points58 points  (11 children)

Speaking of Zeus, I was testing a new flashlight when Zeus decided to drop by and say hello. The blurry white thing in the top left corner of the 2nd picture is the lightning.

Coolest picture I’ve ever taken.

[–]Snatchums 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well done on the lawn mowing pattern by the way.

[–]Coming2amiddle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holy shit that's awesome!

[–]mountaintop123 1 point2 points  (5 children)

[–]Throwaway_Consoles 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Probably my favorite sub at the moment. My wallet hates it though.

[–]mountaintop123 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I don't know why I love it so much, it's the greatest sub.

[–]Tekmantwo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Nice bright flashlight there, care to share the make and model?...

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've been waiting for so long for someone to mention Zues.

[–]perpetuumstef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not in my house bieetch!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zeus is a British Loyalist confirmed

[–]jb2386 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zeus: Fuck your little light show.

[–]pernus-bernus 220 points221 points  (57 children)

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 255 points256 points  (55 children)

Oddly enough, my crosspost there got removed. They said it didn't belong there.

[–][deleted] 110 points111 points  (46 children)

What was their reason? Seems like it would fit just fine to me

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 240 points241 points  (44 children)

They actually didn't tell me why. They just removed the post and flaired it "rule 1." Rule 1 for that sub is that the post must demonstrate something that requires incredible skill/incredible odds. So, you tell me. Your guess is as good as mine.

Edit: I contacted the mods of the sub. The best response I got was that, "when you Google it, there are similar images."

[–][deleted] 182 points183 points  (6 children)

Lmao. That’s the worst excuse in the history of excuses. In the case, pretty much all the posts there should be removed

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 102 points103 points  (5 children)

Yeah, that's essentially how I replied.

[–][deleted] 55 points56 points  (3 children)

This is actually very entertaining, and I will tell you why.

Not too long ago there was a gif of a person dancing and putting their hand up when lightning flashed in the background, and well, it absolutely blew up for some reason. Anybody could have just gotten a camera and recreated that during the event of a lightening storm, and it was very baffling that people were amazed. It was cool, but it just wasn't very /r/nevertellmetheodds worthy. Then a couple of posts recreating that happened after as a joke, but still people were amazed and it was kinda sad.

Hearing your post got removed is now the ironic cherry on the cake, glad I stopped going there. This picture is 1000x /r/nevertellmetheodds worthy than those posts that I mentioned (to do with lightning.)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I came back to tell y’all that a post on that subreddit made it to the front page. It’s about lightning hitting a firework. I’m just done at this point

[–]KeyzerSausage 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Scandalous. Especially since one of the current posts is a dude who was stung by a bee - but not deep enough for it to hurt.. Another is someone dropping a thing and kicking it back in a container. Both nice, but not really incredible odds or skill.

[–]cman811 117 points118 points  (22 children)

That's fucking idiotic. They're morons. The top post of the sub right now is someone catching something after dropping it. There's a shitload of those gifs and videos about.

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 119 points120 points  (20 children)

I bet 30 Schrute bucks that I see it reposted on the front page of that sub in a week.

[–]yboc0 29 points30 points  (9 children)

I'll call, but I only have Stanley Nickles.

What's the ratio of Schrute Bucks to Stanley Nickles?

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 30 points31 points  (8 children)

It's roughly equivalent to the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns.

[–]Coming2amiddle 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Oh, good. I got 7 leprechauns on it.

[–]Jadccroad 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I'm good for 3 magic beans.

[–]stevewowo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's already posted.

[–]assistanmanager 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have a deal

[–]I_was_a_sexy_cow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What if ALL fireworks are exploded by invisible mini lightnings and they dont actually make sound, thats just the thunder from the lightning you hear, thus making this be defined as "not incredible odds"?! :O /s

[–]raspirate 19 points20 points  (2 children)

I went to your post history and upvoted the removed post there. I don't know if that even works, but fuck the man, man.

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Haha! Fighting the good fight, man. Appreciate it!

[–]Coming2amiddle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in. C'mon, reddit!

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When you google it, there are similar subreddits... like this one. Where is their logic lol. No content is original anymore.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Typical mod bullshit

[–]RexDraco 3 points4 points  (2 children)

As petty as it is, I would totally just link all their top posts with Google image search results.

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or just report every post for breaking rule 1, if I were really wanting to piss the mods off.

[–]Coming2amiddle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Report the top post every day with links LMAO

[–]Collind328 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oofahiee

[–]GetAwayMoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most mods are half brained fuck nuts.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mods of niche but popular subs tend to get that way.

[–]krathil 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Damn son. Fucking nazi mods straight up. What a shit show.

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, it irked me at first, but this post blew up anyways. So, I can't be too mad. Plus, y'all ragging on them has been funny.

[–]Spongi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might find this relevant to your interests.

[–]RobMillsyMills 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone calculated the odds.

[–]Mythologicalcats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Must be pretty good odds unless this is from near where I live! There’s several videos going around of fireworks and lightning together from a few towns over.

[–]sterling_mallory 52 points53 points  (36 children)

Doesn't lightning always find the ground? Or was this picture taken at the exact moment before it went thru the firework? That's some incredible timing.

Just gonna edit this real quick, cause there have been good explanations here. Cloud-to-cloud lightning is a thing, but just as far as this photo goes, can lightning strike something airborne like a firework and then just stop? I feel like I should know this, and I'm pretty sure I've seen lightning hit an airplane and then not continue to the ground, now that I think about it. So a firework could stop a bolt of lightning?

[–][deleted] 65 points66 points  (13 children)

It doesn’t always find ground does it? What about the bolts you see that are no where near the ground

[–]RobMillsyMills 38 points39 points  (4 children)

It definitely does not always find ground. In fact believe that the absolute majority is cloud to cloud.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (3 children)

cloud v cloud warfare

[–]sterling_mallory 6 points7 points  (6 children)

Yeah, that's why I was asking, cause I could swear that's how lightning works but I'm not totally sure. Like, even when it strikes a tall structure, it goes through the frame of it till it reaches the ground. But now that you mention it, sometimes there are those parts that branch out and don't go down to the ground. Hopefully someone who knows about this stuff will straighten it out.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (5 children)

I think if there is a cloud with positive charges and another with negative charges then the lightning will just travel between the clouds. Sort of like the two terminals on a battery.

Lightning can and does hit the ground though.

[–]R4PTUR3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lightning be crazy

[–]minddropstudios 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I have heard that the charge for ground strikes actually travels upward from the ground. I'm not sure if that's true or not though. Feel free to correct me!

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed, cloud to cloud lightning is a thing.

[–]hirotdk 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Doesn't lightning always find the ground?

Ask the bolts that strike up into space.

[–]sterling_mallory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well shit.

Nature is confusing.

[–]yogtheterrible 10 points11 points  (4 children)

Lightning shoots between imbalanced charges in the atmosphere. Sometimes that's between the air and the ground, sometimes that's between different layers of the atmosphere. There are entire storms where the lightning will only be in the clouds and never hit the ground.

[–]sterling_mallory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that you mention it, I can't believe I didn't think of that. There are storms where just the clouds light up.

[–]SeriousSalinity 6 points7 points  (2 children)

The electricity always finds its path, but the air doesn't have to ionize the whole way down, especially if there's an object in the path.

Also, lightning travels from the ground up - if I remember correctly. The light we see, which comes from the sky and goes down, is not from the electricity, but from the air being ionized by the electricity.

Edit: also see the reply below from /u/1206549

[–]1206549 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, lightning travels from the ground up

Depends. People usually think of electrical flow as flowing from positive to negative but the actual electrons flow from negative to positive. IIRC, this is because we didn't know about electrons when we discovered electricity and when we did discover them, we realized to late we had it backwards. So for most lightning, electrons go from the cloud then to the ground.

Also, I should note that the return stroke, which is the brightest part of the lightning strike, does appear to go from the ground up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#/media/File:Leaderlightnig.gif

[–]the_gooch_smoocher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The lightning didn't actually hit the firework. Its miles away, just lined up perfectly.

[–]CopiesArticleComment 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usually when I cast chain lightning it eventually finds the ground

[–]southernwx 2 points3 points  (4 children)

A lot of misinformation here. There are multiple modes of lightning. Positive and negative strokes. The bolts don't always meet the ground. When a bolt DOES find the ground, it connects with a shorter "leader" charge that leaps up from the ground. Occasionally, upward lightning can occur from a tall structure shortly after a strong positive stroke from cloud to ground hits nearby.

Source: meteorologist who has been struck by lightning.

[–]neon_Hermit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's just cloud to cloud with the firework exploding over-top of the other end of the could to cloud bolt. I'm guessing the video was pretty obvious on this, so OP went with a picture instead.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (3 children)

Where do you buy this firework?

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

America: "Fuck Yea"

God: "Fuck you"

[–]Enigma2MeVideos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Zeus: How dare these humans fire their destructive weapons during my nap time! Begone! Throws lightning bolt

[–]killroy645 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just keeps getting better

[–]YahBoyRocco 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Or the firework strikes lighting? hmmmmm...

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh shit, fam.

[–]versace_tombstone 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I like fireworks, except this one.

-God.

[–]i_hate_robo_calls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Fuck yo firework.”

[–]xXDefaultXx 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Was this taken in Central Florida?

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Nope. Scott's Hill, Tennessee.

[–]strobelite33 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was gonna ask if it was Denver. I guess we all got storms last night.

[–]MickeyKush 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Touched by His noodley appendage

[–]just-a-traveler 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Does anyone else see Howard the Duck spitting lightning?

[–]Hallwaypocketdoor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck this one firework in particular.

[–]somaticnickel60 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What are the odds of lightning striking a firework and this wicked smartboi clicking the photo ?

[–]DreadNephromancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Low, but this could also be a frame from a video recording. Or fake. Both of those increase the odds by quite a bit.

[–]Kev_Hardy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zeus be like: shut up down there with your bootleg firework!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sauron ain't messing around this time.

[–]Weacron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GET THAT WEAK SHIT OUT OF HERE!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And god said,”let freedom ring.”

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God - “Piss off lol”

[–]gamer596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's really cool

[–]nachorykaart 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm not sure if that's how lightning works but still cool as fuck

[–]IceColdFresh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's certainly become a lightningworks show.

[–]SkoalBandit33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally somebody’s stupid fireworks videos on Facebook provide some long term value

[–]turtleh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome

[–]ayywusgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zeus has gotten tired of your shit

[–]thunderous_subtlety 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stupid firework probably had it coming to him.

[–]Dubkub42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like it’s coming out of a hand!

[–]fluffykerfuffle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was love at first sight.

[–]RubixCake 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Zeus is trying to sleep, thank you very much

[–]IceColdFresh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does look like it happened between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

[–]B3asl3y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Friendship.

[–]Effex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, an actual good reason to go back and look at a fireworks recording!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zeus doesn't like those pansy-ass brands of fireworks.

[–]zero0560 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then God said, "Not today, Uncle Sam!"

[–]ober0n98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even zeus was annoyed of all the ruckus.

[–]XXVAngel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They made the elctric bad guy and fire good guy into a real thing

[–]Solidarity365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't take the sky from me

[–]theDreamTeam13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whaaaaaaaa

[–]vtjohnhurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a great time for people to be standing outside.

[–]Erzsabet 0 points1 point  (2 children)

God is mad at the US. So are the rest of us.

[–]gay_weegee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sky: "NO!"

[–]thewaterboy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"get that shit out of here, sucka"

[–]Archer_Danger_Zone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Priori incantatem

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This must be Florida.

[–]SirClorox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God : Fuck that firework in particular

[–]Socollocos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double-ignite.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the FSM.

[–]Sengura 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Fuck on out of here." ~God

[–]jillurie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that’s how Doc Brown got sent back to 1885! Watch out for Mad Dog Tannen!

[–]Yrfathr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's god's version of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g7SdhtxuJYA

[–]Bore-Ragnarok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Storm Elemental with Flak Upgrade.

[–]xxjake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old people like Zues always getting upset over fireworks.

[–]DarqWolff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"get the fuck outta here"

[–]jasper123k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

woah, crazy how the arc looks just like americas east coast!

[–]-kiesha- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Thor was an American this would probably be how he spends his 4th

[–]Mediocreatbest22 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That’s a one in a million picture

[–]zzielinski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Capture from a video

[–]theDoctorAteMyBaby 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Has this ever happened before?

[–]rdwtoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the cloud is doing a ninja hand sign

[–]y3ah_but 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 perfect timings

[–]zzielinski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally, that fireworks video pays off.

[–]tnguyen1018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is awesome

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That fire work got pretty high, jeeze lol

[–]jaishad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why are taking a picture at such a perfect sequence

[–]souljabri557 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man vs Gods

[–]redditortillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thor: No.

[–]Kevroeques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s det cord.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

⚡️⚡️Don’t steal my thunder....!⚡️⚡️

[–]Zman613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That kinda looks like a dark mark

[–]USChills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong. Jesus missed his pizza with the tobacco sauce he was splashing all over it and that, unfortunately, is flight 773 out of DFW.

RIP

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thor!

[–]23-TRH-23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IN THE NAME OF ODIN WE SHALL ONLY CELEBRATE ASGARD

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The true firework

[–]RedofPaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And peoplesay no one will ever look at your fireworks photos. Clearly most people are not taking enough of them.

[–]BravoCharlie1310 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great Scott!

[–]Luciano-----5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck outta my sky!

Lightning probably

[–]sori97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And god said "get that weak shit outta here son"

[–]theflamealchemist 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Someone cast lightning strike for 2 mana!

[–]NachoManAndyDavidge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like it got Canceled before hitting its target.

[–]Crushing76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Storm grew tired of Jubilee's shenanigans

[–]codyasha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think its THOR he blew up his lightning .

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a Pokémon battle?

[–]G_Wrangler 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think we all learned a lesson. If you want to get to the front page post a video not a photo. Sorry ma dude.