I don't think I'm human...
I don't think I'm human...
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mattikake

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5,109 posts

228 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Someone explain;

Why is it I can switch street lights off just by walking underneath them, and watch them turn on again once I'm 10 yards away?

Why is it I can get static electric shocks off non-conducting materials, like plastic seat adjusters on my car?

I kid you not. I have seen these happen probably 50 times in the past year and have had mates witness said events while I'm in the middle of recouting them!

Is there a place I can go to get my genome sequenced to scan for alien dna?

TheEnd

15,370 posts

217 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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NASA will check for you, you'll get a full print out and a certificate afterwards regardless of how it turns out.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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I'm not going to respond, or you'll get into my computer...

Damn...

Google [bot]

6,828 posts

210 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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It could be your cheap synthetic clothes and shuffley demeanour.

freecar

4,249 posts

216 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Video it and put it on youtube, visit the randi (sp?) institute and get a million dollars. There are loads of things you can do with this.

Codswallop

5,258 posts

223 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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mattikake said:
Someone explain;

Why is it I can switch street lights off just by walking underneath them, and watch them turn on again once I'm 10 yards away?
It always starts this way. The government is onto you. They know. They know you haven't paid you council tax. No lights for you, fraudster!

Seriously though, you should go see a Psychologist you nutter wink

slaveunit

188 posts

191 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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It's an elaborate government research department using the latest kit to identify the people who will be our planetary embassadors for when the aliens come.

mattikake said:
Someone explain;
Why is it I can switch street lights off just by walking underneath them, and watch them turn on again once I'm 10 yards away?
They are watching your every move via satellite, and remote switching the streetlamps. they are judging your reaction for when they direct the alien craft to your location.

mattikake said:
Why is it I can get static electric shocks off non-conducting materials, like plastic seat adjusters on my car?
whilst at work your car was taken away and rigged with a small electrical charge linked to your adjusters. it's to see wether you can resist the probing

mattikake said:
I kid you not. I have seen these happen probably 50 times in the past year and have had mates witness said events while I'm in the middle of recouting them!
You're not the only one being tested, there are 100s of people going through the same deal, they have to find the right people through trial and error.

mattikake said:
Is there a place I can go to get my genome sequenced to scan for alien dna?
No need - if you are chosen the aliens will come to you, otherwise it'll all stop without any warning.

Hope that helps...

mattikake

Original Poster:

5,109 posts

228 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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@ all Haha!

Seriously, am I to believe no one else gets this kind of stuff?

I mean, I can even set off burgler alarms without making physical contact with the house or alarm.

I've blown fuses in too many kettles, TVs and PCs to count.

I can do this wearing anything from trainers and tracksuits, to Austin Reed jackets and shoes, to wearing nothing... although not for public street lighting examples of course.

ALL dogs freak out. ALL cats love me like catnip. Horses think I'm a horse whisperer (yet I've only ridden a horse once as a kid - I'm no horse lover). Squirrels follow me down public pathways yet run and hide the moment a human apppears.

freecar said:
Video it and put it on youtube, visit the randi (sp?) institute and get a million dollars. There are loads of things you can do with this.
And it's so predictable, I've thought about doing this! Well, the recording it part at least. There's me walking along a lit street. No-one is about. Perfect scenario for a light to go out as I walk under it. Do I get my phone out to record the evidence? Nah. It's not going to happen this time. And sure enough...!

After the a light has gone out, I've even got the knack of spinning round and doing a pretend gunslingers draw shot at the light for the exact moment when it comes back on.

Edited by mattikake on Tuesday 17th January 13:15

rotarymazda

538 posts

194 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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mattikake said:
Someone explain;

Why is it I can switch street lights off just by walking underneath them, and watch them turn on again once I'm 10 yards away?

Why is it I can get static electric shocks off non-conducting materials, like plastic seat adjusters on my car?

I kid you not. I have seen these happen probably 50 times in the past year and have had mates witness said events while I'm in the middle of recouting them!

Is there a place I can go to get my genome sequenced to scan for alien dna?
If you are generating huge amounts of static then spray yourself with this stuff :



I spray the carpet area around my desk with it otherwise I get shocks off equipment racks, even through a few mm of insulating material.

I used to get half a dozen shocks a day, people at could hear the spark up to 6m away. Static can easily get to several thousand Volts and 40+Amps (for a very short time). ESD testing with human body models can use up to 32kV. That can jump a one inch air gap or less if through an insulator (metal under/near seat adjuster). Maybe you are a bit more special than the rest of us.

Blowing standard kettle fuses doesn't make sense (not enough power to heat the fuse) but the other items are vulnerable to ESD discharge if you get very close. I've designed ESD protection for alarm systems and they are particularly vulnerable due to the long cable lengths and use of unshielded cable. Its very easy to blow them up with a few kV. PC chassis ground shields often don't meet EC standards even when new .

As for the street lights, no explanation for that since you probably aren't close enough. Is your halo interfering with the night-sensor?

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Do your turds come out shrink wrapped...?

mattikake

Original Poster:

5,109 posts

228 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Interested stuff re: anti-static spray and tbh static is what I put it down to. Though what you say about street lights and range is mildly worrying, as I put that down to static as well!

btw is the 1 inch air gap proven science? I ask because I've seen around a 2 inch white-blue spark jump from my hand to a mate when getting out of a [different] car once. He got a massive shock from it too and was like WTF?, whereas I was unmoved, as in oh yeah, happens all the time.

I do have a high metabolism and as said, wear loads of different types of clothes and footwear. It doesn't seem to make much difference.

When I master the laser-eye superpower, I'll let you know! biggrin

rotarymazda

538 posts

194 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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mattikake said:
btw is the 1 inch air gap proven science?
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Dielectric strength of air is proven science. Around 3kV/mm (subject to temperature/pressure/humidity). So multiply 3kV by the distance you were from your spark target in mm and that tells you your charge voltage.

Above 30kV (10mm) is unusual unless you like breakdancing on vinyl floors.

A video would be good to see of the street lights going out.


BuzzLightyear

1,426 posts

211 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, OP but you died some time ago and it is your ectoplasm that is causing these effects.

If you would just simply accept the fact that you are dead, you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

HTH
wink

ApexJimi

27,650 posts

272 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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mattikake said:
After the a light has gone out, I've even got the knack of spinning round and doing a pretend gunslingers draw shot at the light for the exact moment when it comes back on.
That's brilliant!

rofl

Henry Fiddleton

1,597 posts

206 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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Might work:



If not:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li6zx3ovMv1qalg5...

Do you wear a one piece?

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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mattikake said:
Someone explain;
Look, I found a picture of your sister...


poo at Paul's

14,594 posts

204 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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mybrainhurts said:
mattikake said:
Someone explain;
Look, I found a picture of your sister...

Off topic but what a fantastic gif!

Happy82

15,078 posts

198 months

Saturday 21st January 2012
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mybrainhurts said:
Look, I found a picture of your sister...

That's some impressive fart power! Wonder if we could utilise her as a replacement for the Harrier? scratchchin

0a

24,133 posts

223 months

Saturday 21st January 2012
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OP last night I walked under a streetlight and the bulb burst, I attempted to explain how a stranger on the internet "infected" me but my mates just took the piss. Do your find that your gifts also attract this kind of ridicule?

Oh and my microwave is talking to me (it makes noises when no one else is in the room).