Shocking

Oh yeah I definitely would have been curious.

When I was in grad school, a bunch of us were at the house of a guy with an invisible fence for his dog. Someone wondered if it was cruel and that led to each of the grad students there except me putting on the dog's collar and then crossing the fence. (The consensus was that it really hurts, but it isn't agonizing.) At the time I knew that not shocking myself was, in some sense, the smart thing to do, but in retrospect I regret being a boring dork.

I'd love to be judgemental about this, but I'd absolutely be in that 25% of women who did it too.

I licked a 9 volt from the beeping smoke detector the other day to see if it was dead. Nobody was around to impress and it wasn't for fun, just wanted a quick result.

Would probably shock myself if stuck alone for 15 mins too. Heck, I find those shocking handle games to be hilarious fun.

Note: have ADHD which may or may not be related since I keep forgetting how much getting shocked hurts. Burns leave a mark and are more memorable so I wouldn't touch anything hot for fun.

The best part is "at least one". What's the breakdown of more than one shock?

I haven't even started any 15 minute waiting period and I already want to try the electric shock

Then again I'm also the guy who stuck the car cigarette lighter in, and then pulled it out and touched it with my thumb; I've literally done that twice too

If I know that I'm in an experiment then I must gather information about the experiment.

I want to see the percentage who gave themselves more than one. They're the real heroes of this study.

Don't forget the one guy who shocked himself 190 times in the 15 minute period.

"Ow, that was painful. What would happen if I press the button again?"

I'd zap my dick and give them a whole new category for their charts!

Can't believe they shocked themselves :o

Meanwhile millenials:

'Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's a guy,

— Once-ler, 2012

Some buddies and I once spent an evening passing around a bug zapper and having a go at it, to the concern of the one girl present. We were like 22 tbf

Dudes shock

I would like to see a study done with several groups:

1. People who read multiple books each year
2. People who watch lots of video essays
3. People who listen to podcasts
4. People who prefer short-form content such as TikTok
5. Veterans
6. Educators, such as teachers or professors
7. Librarians
8. A control group composed of people who either do not fit into the other categories

I've heard a lot of people claiming some of these groups are better than others of these groups, but I'm rooting for a null result.

Honestly, I would do it in the first 5 minutes.

I'm really surprised no one here said they would pull down their pants and start violently jerking off while intently staring at the researchers through the one-way window thing.

where's the 2 or more chart?

Girls not curious or just used their knowledge base?

Boys rule

Dudes rock

Do you know how many times I've tested the cattle electrified fence just to see what would happen?

I need to see a chart of how many times they shocked themselves

Where is the shock happening? I might be pressing the button a lot if it's to the prostate.

Boooring.

Hey...

ZAP.

Checks out. I'm a man and I would definitely administer at least one shock to myself. Probably upwards of ten.

There is a funny sub at the other place /r/whywomenlivelonger. Or something similar.

Experiment, progress, possibly die

The fact that 25% of women did do it and 25% of men didn't is fascinating to me. What are your favorite explanations here?

I'm going with 25% of people of either gender are just sort of contrarians to their own gender and thus did what they think the opposite one would do. I feel like I would do that.

Would

I just thought of the time machine ordered in Napoleon Dynamite and got a laugh.

Archival footage.

Just use the old one hand in the back pocket trick if in doubt. And poke with a dry finger, don't dip your hand in seawater then grab on to the electrode, you'll be fine ; basic mains elec safety precautions.

I wonder if most sparkies are men - I'm not sure i've ever met a woman electrician.

Why don't the two stats add up to a 100%?

The 35% of men who didn't do it had previous experiences with electric shocks from fences or electronics

Absolutely no way I'd shock myself in boredom willingly. I have way too much respect for myself... says the man who has on multiple occasions twisted a pencil multiple times in my hair to the point it starts to get the smallest pain reaction when I've been bored at home in the middle of the night.