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brandaglington t1_it4h45b wrote

smelling electricity is the kind of mutation that gets you into Xavier’s school but just barely

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FLdancer00 t1_it5ihq7 wrote

I learned this year that some people can hear electricity, like all the time. That's trippy.

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ColgateSensifoam t1_it64tlm wrote

We're not hearing electricity itself, we're hearing arcing and inductor vibrations

I can hear an inductor failing months before it does, but I can't hear someone talking directly to me, such is life

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FLdancer00 t1_itb6ktz wrote

My apologies. "Some people can hear arcing & inductor vibrations" was too long to type, but I should be accurate in the information I spread.

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Lillfot t1_it685lm wrote

Not really, it's just sine waves and coil whine.
Source: WHAT IS THAT DAMN SINUS SOUND COMING FROM?!

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