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[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 143 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh yeah I definitely would have been curious.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 86 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You gotta be sure, you know? Does it actually shock you? How bad does it hurt? Cant be too dangerous, right? Maybe you'll even like it, you won't know for sure unless you hit the button.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 66 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also: does it only work once?

[–] TealTallMachine@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also, can i get used to it after 4-5 more times?

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can I build up an immunity to electrocution?

[–] Ferris@infosec.pub 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Another fool taken by the iocane myth!

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How could you choose avoiding a little pain over understanding a magic lightning machine?

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Then, a few minutes later, you start to wonder again.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

Remember that reaction game where you got shocked if you weren't first to hit the buzzer? We all played that for funsies.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's not like they were going to apply a shock that would do damage. Fuck it.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

100% what went through my head when I asked myself if I would also do it.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right? People who are like 'lol men r dumb' are the dumb ones. It's a social experiment, now a Saw puzzle.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah its a low risk experiment. On par with poking an animal corpse with a stick, it makes sense that a solid number of men would immediately go with poke it with a stick. Also it kinda makes sense from an evolutionary point of view that men would be more prone to checking things that are low risk out, one man can make a lot of babies at a time while one woman can only make one baby at a time.

I am now curious if the rate is similar for tans folks.