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by sandworm101 418 days ago
Yes but if you are covered in electrolyte and standing atop a well-grounded drain pipe, you may just be that path.

Also, lighting is not simple mathematical electricity. It is subject to innumerable, even quantum, fluctuations at the precise moment it chooses to move. Lighting also partially creates its own path as it ionizes air/water into plasma. That's why bolts are jagged and not smooth beams between cloud and ground. It may or may not choose to go through or around you. It is best to avoid needing to ask such questions.

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