Ok but something that’s really bothered me about A Quiet Place (besides the writing being god awful).
When she’s giving birth in the bathtub, the lights start flickering. They provide no explanation for why the lights are flickering. It’s legit just a scary movie trope in-action.
When the light flickers …
1% Electrical Issues
59% Demons
40% Nuclear war has startedYou sound overly anxious, it’s only nuclear war if the internet has gone down.
Thanks DOOM 😩
Turns bulb slightly in socket
I AM AN EXORCIST!
burns hands because the bulb is still incandescent and literally won’t die to be replaced with led
99% demons, 1% shit
I’d rather deal with demons than bad wiring.
I work at electricity distribution, can confirm, we never have any issues, it is evil spirits, not us.
The wiki page on leading and lagging current might as well be “demons and shit”. Practical Engineering talks a bit about it in this video on power grids.