It's more likely for you to be hit by lightning in the next couples seconds, then there is for other life to exist off our planet.

That's completely ridiculous. The universe is so big, it's almost impossible for there NOT to be life out there.

I just realized how stupid I am... I meant it the other way around... I was trying to say that it's impossible for there not to be life on other planets. God I feel silly.

No worries man, it happens.

Cuz I totally didn't just pull that out of my ass.

well the odds of being struck by lightning are 1/600 thousand
the odds of being struck twice are 1/360 billion
there are an estimated 500 billion planets in the milky way galaxy alone
so although you meant this to mean that it is unlikely, using math, your statement means that it's nearly a certainty

Are you certain for a fact that lightning occurs on other planets? And I meant him, in his home. Not lightning in general.

this is a photo of lightning on mars
can't find statistics on lightning strikes on homes, but they are actually more likely because lighting hits the tallest thing around. if not properly grounded, lighting will travel into anything that is plugged in if your house is struck, including your computer, so yes to both, although I'm not sure what lightning on other planets has to do with anything.

if the odds of him being struck by lightning twice in the next 10 seconds indoors at his computer and surviving both strikes are 100 times greater then the odds of life on other planets, then mathematically, there are hundreds of thousands of planets with life.

I misspoke in my original comment. I meant to aid in the idea that there HAS to be other life in the universe, my mistake made it seem the opposite.

Sorry, I meant EVERY other planet. I knew it occured on some. And you know I just made up that statistic right? I actually have no idea.