• Blaubarschmann@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Well, at the currents associated with a lightning strike, those thin chains would probably explode instantly and spray molten metal around. And the conducting path from the top would probably make a lightning strike more likely than without

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        The article basically kept repeating ‘theoretically protect the wearer’.