r/TikTokCringe • u/Girl-Understood • Aug 22 '26

Discussion This mother has gone viral vlogging her experience during the ongoing Gary, Indiana Blackout, people angered by the GoFundMe support she's attracted decided to report it and doxxed her.

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u/Fool_In_Flow Aug 22 '26

But the Flock cams and the toll collection cams still work.

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u/Xlxlredditor Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

Yeah they have solar power. Which Gary, ID IN should also have, funded by taxes, but hey who cares about people huh?

Edit: Indiana is IN actually

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u/Yung_zu Aug 22 '26

A blackout of this scale is definitely one way to ruin the reputation of centralized power

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u/Xlxlredditor Aug 22 '26

Worst part is that centralized power is a good idea but they want it as cheap as possible and so we get this

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u/Sweaty_Camel_118 Aug 23 '26

Centralized power is a risky idea in the days of ai. Having one system that can be hacked to distrubt an entire nation is too big a risk. The more decentralized our energy system is, the safer is is from external threats like a foreign nation were at war with hacking our systems.

I won't deny there are benefits to having a centralized electric grid, but i think those benefits are far outweighed by the lack or security that would come with it.

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u/krone6 Aug 23 '26

Hey now, you're using logic. We don't do that around here.

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u/jamesph777 Aug 23 '26

If we had a decentralized energy system, a portion of the population wouldn’t have access to electricity anymore

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u/Sweaty_Camel_118 Aug 23 '26

Care to explain how that works?

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u/Xlxlredditor Aug 23 '26

To have a decentralized electric system function you need it to not melt under demand. See Texas in the winter. "AI" can't "Hack" damn copper power cables. If a station goes offline, another picks the slack up

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u/bobbyd1335 Aug 23 '26

But other aspects of power systems can absolutely be hacked, probably not easily, but they can. Agreed though, power generally has to be centralized and you can have scattered microgrids that are capable of sustaining themselves, or individual buildings/residences that are self sufficient.

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u/Sweaty_Camel_118 Aug 23 '26

It's crazy how a simple diy solar system, battery bank, and backup generator can sustain a home completley decentralized from the grid and maintain 100% uptime but we can't figure it out on a larger scale. Mostlikley due to certain power users (corporations) using too much at 1 time. Easy solution, make them produce their own power rather than put a strain on our electrical grid.

Ai can absolutely hack copper wires that have computer controlled switches in line.