r/oddlyterrifying 3d ago

Stealing electricity in Southeast Asia

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u/ALittleUseless 3d ago

It is more likely stealing cable network signals from a paying neighbour. I know that because a "friend" used to do that when I lived in that part of the world.

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u/B0risTheManskinner 3d ago

You would need more than two wires, and a lot more equipment

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u/ALittleUseless 3d ago

Nope. We used a razor blade half dug into the cable and connected our antenna signal cable (don't know what they are called, but they looked similar to this) and got grainy picture on our CRT TVs.

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u/B0risTheManskinner 3d ago

Ah sorry I misunderstood and misread.

A literal cable network. Thought you meant internet, forgive me.