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While talking about writer's block an idea just flew into my head...........

Do you know why we don't get shocked when we go and stand in a spot on the ground that was just struck by lightning?

Well lightning is static electricity, which is electricity in the form of charged particles at rest. There are two types of charges, positive and negative charges, and like charges repel and unlike charges attract. Now the attraction of two charged objects all depend on the elections or the negatively charged particles in an atom, which can, compared to protons (positively charged particles) and neutrons (null charged particle, but is important in keeping the nucleus although I'm not sure how), moves more freely because they exist in electron shells outside the nucleus. Some electrons in substances move easier (conductors) than others (insulators) because of the amount of electrons in the valence shell (outermost electron shell). The mass of an object must be also be taken into consideration as well, since then the object will, whether a conductor or insulator, will take the charge given. So we can just think of the earth as a huge metal conductor..........