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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 123 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

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.

[–] Anticorp 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I once voluntarily shocked myself with a dog collar at a party. It was kind of fun, so I did it about 20 more times and shocked other people with it too. In my defense, I was drunk.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a whole sexual kink associated with those collars. I'm just sayin'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The electroshock tag is a thing on nhentai for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you ever find a regular electric fence, it hurts way worse if you aren't wearing shoes. Just FYI.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah but it also puts you one step closer to death.

[–] Feathercrown 3 points 4 months ago

I once stepped too close to an electric fence, barefoot, right after it rained. OW.

[–] smort 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

We would sit around the fire pit taking turns zapping ourselves with the electric fly swatter. Good times!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It allegedly hurts you much more than them due to differences in skin thickness and moisture as well as them having a load of hair in the way

[–] tinyVoltron 3 points 4 months ago

You chose unwisely.