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[–] AgentGrimstone 140 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh yeah I definitely would have been curious.

[–] [email protected] 83 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.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also: does it only work once?

[–] TealTallMachine 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ceenote 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can I build up an immunity to electrocution?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Another fool taken by the iocane myth!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

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

[–] thesporkeffect 16 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] barsquid 8 points 3 months ago

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

[–] redisdead 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.