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Vineheart01
I'd expect the insulation to not handle that but she's holding it in 1 hand.. at worst severe burns in her hand nothing more. Busted bulb.
kluang
VigorousButtstuff
In my young-and-dumb days, I did this with a Capsula motor. The pins to connect it to the battery pack matched my radio's plug.
The motor glowed blue. I unplugged it quickly, but yeah, it was for that moment forward very, very dead.
rusrsdude
Which anime?
Levithemetalguy
YURI YURI
DirebadgerRPT
I did this as a 4y old. Little story ending in a big flash. First time I got 220v.
zeacorzeppelin10
aguywholikeslife
Oh no...
Maultasche
NACHOFRlEND
MikuMikuSan
Always upvote fire marshall bill
curtan309
LET ME SHOW YA SOMETHIN'
whatamidoingpleasehelp
Where is this from? I love Jim Carrey, but I don't think I have watched this one
BenderRodriguezz
The show is In Living Color. The character is Fire Marshall Bill.
ExiieWolf
I did this with an rc truck motor and a lamp cord. It worked great for like a second.
wastedwarrior
I used two paperclips in a wall outlet to charge the battery for my rc hummer. Left it there for an hour, car drove for maybe 5 seconds
ESChapin
I bet you still haven't found all the pieces that went flying after the first second
NickRivieraMD
it'd prolly just melt those wires
iancarry
it will shine brighter... just for a milisecond... but SO BRIGHT!
Nullspeak
i actually stuck my finger into a bulb socket when i was younger, thank fuck it was my right hand
Royalwerewolf
I think I got her beat. I once shocked myself for several seconds with a laptop charger.Cause I used to have a habit of chewing on shit cont
Notice how I say used to? Well I was playing pokemon, and got a lucky crit. I stuck my tongue out as I moved to shout. the tip of my tongue
Pressed against and into the charger point, while it was connected to an electrical socket. What followed was a burning pain, and my body
Twitching and shaking as electricity literally danced down my tongue to my spine, for like 15 seconds. I managed to rip it off my tongue
before anything more than that happened, and I was still holding my DS. the screen had dimmed and always flickered after that. stupid injury
MechanusIncarnate
I tried to power an electromagnet like this, since the 9v battery could barely pick up paperclips. Fuse blew, all the lights went out.
CaspianQuix
That's not how any of that works.
ThisWasATriumph
The actual scene is that it blows up.
playstation360
It kinda is, it just gets too bright to exist from being plugged in to the wall.
dirttrackmtber
Yeah it is.. kids do that all the time!!
grabus
Kids puts insulated cables into sockets and die.. all the time?
SV97
It actually is
Minoxus
Its clearly insulated cable, worst that can happen is the bulb blows
If you put a higher voltage to a simple bulb it will light up brighter. I was refering to that and not the danger. Yet, the danger is high 1
as you could easily grab the wires on the non insulated part(even only the phase wouldn't be good) or the bulb explodes and shoots glass.
BrianTheNomad
mattihase
Dumbass country with a 2 pin plug. *Smugs in British*
gentlemanjubbins
I've seen electroboom do that dozens of time and he is still kicking.
JacaByte
Most of his hijinks are staged to demonstrate why you shouldn't be an idiot around electricity
ChronicBoredom
PrincessSugarTits
I folded a paperclip and accidentally shorted out the school in fist grade. I did it in third grade to help my class hurt out of a test
dark12
Put your.. Put your dick in it.
5P4C3M4N
I did it didn’t get shocked just a big puff of smoke
LitchLitch
You dint do it right
ItsSevii
Meh its only 120Ac shes fine
StupidIdeaMaschine
Did that once. Did not die. Became elektrician. Not kidding.
samsonguy920
You think explosive technicians became such because they were florists?
CaptainQuarkk
DarthFutuza
Yet another poor human infected by the electrons and made a slave to their will.
AngelxOfxSin
v
ichoosethering
A Quiet Place (2018)
Solivoid
Took me a few replays to make sure I am not staring at a newly shaped BETA.
silfarion
Coffin Princess!
hgcarlos12
darthlawsuit
Pasta Sauce: Hitsugi no chaika
McFisticuffs
What show is this?
Ilovedoingnothingandnothingiswhaticallyourmom
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Multisphere
Kilyrka
avkamit
InRiceITrust
AReallyBakedTurtle
GrissVioleGrace
Yeah, Like that person said, this is Yuru Yuri
FernandoLopez1
Number1Nun
ThatSuperHappyGamer
SuperHighwayCosmosChild
lol, people downvoted this
HighKingDoge
ThomasTheSexyVampire
ConveyEmotionsViaGifs
thanks, any excuse to use this
YharnamsFinest
mrKallah
Boku no Pico
cloudless9
Do not listen to this one. He will lead you down a dark and horrible path
I've heard so much about this show. I might have to watch it one day out of morbid curiosity.
If you do, delete browser history. May actually be a blacklist
Yikes.
Icomeinpeaces
That looks like the younger version of the science teacher from Yuru Yuri. I forget if that's what this was from.
Ascharit
denwerism
EggBird
dotto
Galvanax
011101110110010101101001011011100110010101110010
jackalwsu3
Doot
Thoraxe123
It is. This is where she discovered her love of explosions.
CassiTheVainQueen
YouExpectedAUsernameButItWasMeDio
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
aznanimality
Megarith
Show any good?
failedtodelete
I'd go with no.
also has 3 seasons
ObliqueRay
Yuru Yuri? I'd say it's on the good side of mediocre. Kinda fun, but not gonna win any awards either.
Juggalomidgetparty
It got a few big laughs out of me and the creepy sister scene is still great
RatKingCerf
It's hilarious, cute and gay-
ydwyrd
"These are a few of my favorite things"
Napathetik
Do y'know what Yuri means? I enjoyed it at any rate.
Yokonui
I actually did this when I was younger. Not sure how I'm still alive tbh. . .
JoJoJoghurt
Vacines.
phailphox
I did something similar and im thankful I'm alive
grannypanty
same..but i connected mine on a plug
DarthFluffyBottom
I found out about rechargeable batteries. A 9 V battery died on my favorite toy, so tried this. Breaker blown and the battery a ball.
ktheman
Same. I took the one wire and stuck it in each side of the outlet and yanked back as soon as I did when sparks came flying out lol
Pygmyshrew
Removed my bedside lightbulb, got my thumb nice and wet with spit, stuck it in the socket and flipped the switch. I was not a smart child.
redbikemaster
Same.
forreAppHero
Haha same
ShadowMalice
Will complete the circuit through your hand. And ground to the nearest, ground. Which is the socket. Breaker trips, you live.
EwGrooss
My physics teacher brought in an old cord. We ended up setting off the fire alarms during free time
bleedth3sky
Dude same. 2 small keys on a ring. I was 3 threw me across the room shot black up the walls. Still have melted keys somewhere
cleverusername182
120 aint so bad. Youre skin is resistant enough to not cause it to be super painful. Dont know what voltage they use in japan though...
dwalker958429
Less at 110.
AmoxTails
You are more resistant than the threads
Markamanic
Did it with darts at a young age. Nothing like 220v to mess up your internal wiring
JagdPanzer38T
I've had my finger slip between the two contacts of my phone charger before.. no burns, just a bit o' tingle.
ilovemyboobs
5th grade teacher said a kid lost his entire hand two years prior sticking a fork in the socket. Thought she lied till I met him in HS. lol
LuxVertas
The grim reaper couldn't stop laughing!
AntiPiety
If you held both wires in one hand than you would be zapped. Separate hands and your heart would be having a bad time.
AirplanesgoZoom
Cause you were holding insulated wires? Not like you were touching bare contacts
alberteinsteinwasagreatmagician
Same. My mom told me not to so I went to a friends house and did it. Tbh, it was an electrifying experience.
muffypuffin
I connected a small bulb between 220 volt ac.I looked backwards to be safe. it just blackened. I tried to see the next bulb. It blew up .
NorwegianJim
Meh, I've been shocked by the mains several times, and I turned out bubblegum
FixedsysLabs
US socket is lower amperage, not non-lethal but less Lethal
krispykrabs
My shitty parents had replaced a thick wore instead of the fuse (bad in the day we didn't have mcb's), I had run out of batteries and hooked
Up a tiny DC motor into the plug, to this day I still remember the pain
JapanesePizza333
Me too. All I can remember is that our stupid cat wouldn't stay with me and let me pet him.
iMake3DStuff
I was 3 when I stick a piece of copper wire in to a 220V socket. I was stunned crying like hell before someone found me in time.
Beckdel
My brother stuck a paperclip in the socket in high school shop class, why? No idea, but the power went out for the whole school
Oh and he's fine btw
MrPietorian
Bro i licked a socket when i was 7 and woke up like 6 hours later cause someone was getting me for dinner. Electricity choose who it ends.
Boopdoot
Who leaves a 7 year old unattended for 6 hours??
Taishosama
the voltage in standard home outlets are not at a high enough voltage to kill, but enough to hurt like hell and trip the breakers
RBMK30000
First, yes it can kill, if passed threw the heart, second it's not gonna trip the breaker unless you have a GFI outlet and even then 1/2
BetoForToo
Electrical Engineer here, 120V is absolutely able to kill you, not only that, but it accounts for the majority of deaths by electrocution.
It will still pass alot of Current into the body 2/2
IsamuDragon
It’s not voltage that you need to be afraid of, amps are what you should be afraid of. 10 miliamps are enough to kill a human being
Someone in the comments that's using logic, that's why even if there is a GFI outlet it won't trip before you could die
hks003
Amps = volts / resistance. The human body is roughly 100 kOhm (dry). 110/100, 000 is just over a milli amp.
Untrue. There’s a reason the safety signs say “danger high voltage.” A car battery cannot kill you because it is limited to 12 volts, 1/2
Even though it’s capable of over 500 amps. Basic ohm’s law. It’s like saying a gun doesn’t kill you, the bullet does.
RudsterDeltaTech
But If you did basic physics, you would know that voltage is the multiple of current and resistance. Your body's resistance is too high 1/2
For the voltage you touch to deliver the current to kill you. However that's with DC, AC is a whole other game
woodbanana
kiinghow
My brothers and I used to jam our finger in the uncovered ones and pretend we were being bitten. Little did we know we were being shocked.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Because amps kill, not volts
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
If I have a 10A DC circuit at 10V, the current is high but the voltage is low. I could close this circuit with my tongue and be fine. 1/?
The reason is that my body has a huge resistance so instead of the circuit having 1 ohm of resistance it now has 100,000 (roughly) 2/?
Therefore the current flowing through my body is 0.0001A. You need voltage to push the current through resistance. High voltage can kill 3/?
..because it can push a large current through you. So to clear it up, amps across the heart or volts across the fingers will do harm. 4/5
crissyfox
i grabbed two bits of a plug end that got stuck in the outlet. i remember thinking that wasnt safe to have them in the plug XD
charliefirpo
I've "charged" the battery once this way.
SpinkyKrindleman
Yeah, me too - bobby pin in the socket. Sparked like hell, so I threw water on it to keep it from catching fire. Slightly less dumb now...
eykoi
same. used a paperclip, tho. kicked off the breaker box and was suspended for 3 days.
Lanka
Done similar with two 8-plugs (ones the old radios used) and two pieces of copper wire. I have faint memory of bright light, that's all. <.<
PosPoTatos
Did this once with those fuzzy pipe cleaners. Got a nice jolt in my hand and the power wet out. Never again thank you.
Blud4BludGod
I also. Got serious burns in the fingers I held it with. Also has to switch elementary schools because my parents were told I would be...
...expelled if I stayed. That principal was pretty shitty
LarnRegis
Ditto. Result was a short flash and then a completely black light bulb. No harm done on me, since i was holding the cables with 2 pliers.
treeburner000
God loves idiots and children. This is the only thing keeping some people alive, tbh.
xHydragyrum
Well to be fair they are the only ones not smart enough to protect themselves so they are the primary ones accidents happen to like this
DieselWolf
Don't forget the retarded. Ain't no other explanation as to why I am still alive. Been shocked multiple times.
abhorance
A friend and I tore a wire off a lamp, electric taped the stripped end to a bulb and plugged it in, fried the breaker. Got our asses beat...
I did this dozens of times and now I'm an electrical engineer so sometimes it works out.
So im not the only one! This makes me happy.
HookersandBlow
there are dozens of us!
cigaro
I think this is a real thing. I got shocked once as a kid and it ignited a lifelong fascination with electricity and electronics.
diontheunstable
Tech school was fun. We had a 600v supply, set up the bench, went and flipped the breaker, and watched things explode.
speak for yourself, I make those electrons my bitch
That's just the currents running through your cranium making you think that. :P
yourmomisminenow
yea it's always fun to have 12vrms flowing through you.
120*
shit, I'm an idiot, I was working with a 10:1 transformer today and forgot about the 10:1 lol.
Volts don't flow, current flows. Consider yourself schooled for the day :)
Nigga I know, I just don’t have a better term, and if you get me Idgaf
VonKripplespac
Nothing like getting kissed by 120v.
If by kissed you mean tongue-fucked in the tonsils, perhaps. 120 don't fuck around.
ProbablyDrunkAgain
Just don't get locked in doing the 60hz shuffle.
NotMyUsualOnlineName
110/120 tickles, 220/240 stings, 277 is enough to piss you off, and 480 can put your ass in the hospital or the ground in a hurry.
MCHousekey
It's not the voltage you wanna worry about, high amperage combined with a pathway across the chest is what gets you
Amps = voltage/resistance increase voltage and you get more amps that make it through the resistance. Also, high voltage is known to
quickly break down the skin, lowering the body's resistance. Lower resistance = higher amps getting through.
iMalinowski
How do you get high current across high-resistance? I bet there's a law for this.
IMadeThisAccountForButts
hmm... could it... could it have something to do with the voltage...? nah that sounds too simple
There’s a reason the signs say danger high voltage, not high current. A car battery cannot kill you because it’s only 12 volts.Voltage kills
DisguisedLizardThing
Cattle fences go up to 10.000 Volts and above, but only sting you a bit.
RailgunZx
Its 4 factors: volts, amps, pathway, and resistance (wearing shoes or not, etc)
They say high voltage because it's shorter than "Voltage hurts. This amperage will kill you. And it will hurt the whole time you're dying."
CPTNNemo
he is right... tasers have high voltage yet it will not kill you as it doesn't have the amps
Wynrel
Concerning current : since you have a fixed resistance, the current is determined by the voltage. High voltage means high current
Ofc being wet reduces the resistance of your body, and increases the current flowing in it. AC and DC behave differently (DC have to crack
High voltage=high current. That argument is retarded. Touching a 120kV line will kill a person.
This. Even being close, since at these levels a path can ionise in the air and zap you ded meters away.
When I was about 3 I became a part of the electrical grid. Via a halogen lamp.. Got some nerve damage and an irregular heartbeat. No regert
Saedynn
Could you see everything that was plugged into the mains? Like the Neo of electricity?
antoinebugleboy
“I’m in.”
I could smell sounds. 1kW is a hell of a drug.
Liquidxhuman
I did this with a calculator but I twisted them onto a plug first. Shot out a shower of sparks and shut out all the lights in the house.
Jerojero
Super speed calculations!
koda5300
Do math super fast
Lunavalve
Ahahahaha!
Math level = Asian
Falos
gotta mine that crypto somehow
PunsOfQuickening
Breakers
No that wouldn't flip a breaker
SexyAttackHelicopter
Preventing natural selection since 1941
d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
You had a fancy house. We had fuses, blow one of those, get your ass beat.
bamblebimble
Kod won't get deadly current eithout warm soapy contact points going across the body.
that makes sense, the lights did go out. . .
complainsabouteverythingpmuch
Or maybe you've absorbed the power and now you're a lightning mage.
AnotherDayAnotherName
Worst you'd have done is burned yourself a bit with something like that.
No I'd just instantly burn out the bulb
That wont help since they trip at 15 amps minimum and 0.5 amps in the right spot will kill you.
RoTaLuMe
RCD's my friend. Install them!
it takes roughly 10 milliamps (0.01 amps) directly to the heart to stop it. But that way could get messy.
Benbot16
It depends where the electricity goes through. If it doesnt hit the heart or brain, you can probably escape with burns.
NerdN1
In the right spot. Don't let it go through your heart.
DCprinces9000
if you look on the side of a breaker, it says instantaneous amps can be as high as 10k + on 15 amp breakers. and it takes only (1)
100 milliamps to cause deadly heart issues. but at low house voltage, you have to try pretty hard to die from it. neutral shocks are the (2)
worst though. a live wire has voltage potential, but a broken neutral has already pulled the amps through the device to go back to ground.
Stockyhome
Depends on the fuse or breaker if it's 15amps... Could have a risisdual current detection device in the breaker.
*circuit
120v is unlikely to kill you, its possible if it passes through your heart but otherwise you're pretty safe. High amp dc is to be avoided.
moonmoonjupiter
120v AC can definitely do serious damage
Amps are a side effect of voltage and resistance. You don't get high amps through the body without a lot of voltage.
Thank you
A car battery can push 500 amps but cannot kill you as it is limited to 12 volts. Also humans are capacitive rendering DC much safer.
Syphryn
.015 amps can kill you if it crosses your heart. The voltage isn't a huge deal, it's where it's applied.
How many volts do you need to apply across your arms to achieve .015 amps across the heart?
If your hands are wet or you have broken skin, as low as 15.
That’s a stretch according to ohms but I’ll bite... what about 14 volts then? Safe?
But the voltage of DC has to be over 100volts for it to actually have any real feeling
You’re vaguely correct assuming you’re holding a lead in each hand in dry conditions
I wouldn't work with with electricity while I'm wet ;)
SciencePetsComputers
It much more complicated then one number, please rad : https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-3/ohms-law-again/
On skin contact, yes I know all about ohms law
Camelspotting
Well that's absolutely false.
Care to explain
Manufacturer mislabelled the terminals on a 12V battery I was using for a robotics project. It left a black spot on my hand for a week.
A 12v lead acid battery can provide massive amounts of current if shorted out, what you got is a burn
Go lick a 9V battery and report back here.
That's different than skin contact, I've licked more 9v's then most people, the skin has a higher surface resistance
You're directly contradicting yourself. Maybe you should find another hobby?
What wasn't clear? The tongue has a lower resistance than the skin thus you will feel it more on the tongue
"But the voltage of DC has to be over 100V for it to actually have any real feeling unless it's a 9V applied to your tongue"
I'm sorry, I only have 140 characters, I didn't realize you needed an essay?
The tongue has a lower resistance than the skin thus you feel it alot more
Vineheart01
I'd expect the insulation to not handle that but she's holding it in 1 hand.. at worst severe burns in her hand nothing more. Busted bulb.
kluang
VigorousButtstuff
In my young-and-dumb days, I did this with a Capsula motor. The pins to connect it to the battery pack matched my radio's plug.
VigorousButtstuff
The motor glowed blue. I unplugged it quickly, but yeah, it was for that moment forward very, very dead.
rusrsdude
Which anime?
Levithemetalguy
YURI YURI
DirebadgerRPT
I did this as a 4y old. Little story ending in a big flash. First time I got 220v.
zeacorzeppelin10
aguywholikeslife
Oh no...
Maultasche
NACHOFRlEND
MikuMikuSan
Always upvote fire marshall bill
curtan309
LET ME SHOW YA SOMETHIN'
whatamidoingpleasehelp
Where is this from? I love Jim Carrey, but I don't think I have watched this one
BenderRodriguezz
The show is In Living Color. The character is Fire Marshall Bill.
ExiieWolf
I did this with an rc truck motor and a lamp cord. It worked great for like a second.
wastedwarrior
I used two paperclips in a wall outlet to charge the battery for my rc hummer. Left it there for an hour, car drove for maybe 5 seconds
ESChapin
I bet you still haven't found all the pieces that went flying after the first second
NickRivieraMD
it'd prolly just melt those wires
iancarry
it will shine brighter... just for a milisecond... but SO BRIGHT!
Nullspeak
i actually stuck my finger into a bulb socket when i was younger, thank fuck it was my right hand
Royalwerewolf
I think I got her beat. I once shocked myself for several seconds with a laptop charger.Cause I used to have a habit of chewing on shit cont
Royalwerewolf
Notice how I say used to? Well I was playing pokemon, and got a lucky crit. I stuck my tongue out as I moved to shout. the tip of my tongue
Royalwerewolf
Pressed against and into the charger point, while it was connected to an electrical socket. What followed was a burning pain, and my body
Royalwerewolf
Twitching and shaking as electricity literally danced down my tongue to my spine, for like 15 seconds. I managed to rip it off my tongue
Royalwerewolf
before anything more than that happened, and I was still holding my DS. the screen had dimmed and always flickered after that. stupid injury
MechanusIncarnate
I tried to power an electromagnet like this, since the 9v battery could barely pick up paperclips. Fuse blew, all the lights went out.
CaspianQuix
That's not how any of that works.
ThisWasATriumph
The actual scene is that it blows up.
playstation360
It kinda is, it just gets too bright to exist from being plugged in to the wall.
dirttrackmtber
Yeah it is.. kids do that all the time!!
grabus
Kids puts insulated cables into sockets and die.. all the time?
SV97
It actually is
Minoxus
Its clearly insulated cable, worst that can happen is the bulb blows
SV97
If you put a higher voltage to a simple bulb it will light up brighter. I was refering to that and not the danger. Yet, the danger is high 1
SV97
as you could easily grab the wires on the non insulated part(even only the phase wouldn't be good) or the bulb explodes and shoots glass.
BrianTheNomad
mattihase
Dumbass country with a 2 pin plug. *Smugs in British*
gentlemanjubbins
I've seen electroboom do that dozens of time and he is still kicking.
JacaByte
Most of his hijinks are staged to demonstrate why you shouldn't be an idiot around electricity
ChronicBoredom
PrincessSugarTits
I folded a paperclip and accidentally shorted out the school in fist grade. I did it in third grade to help my class hurt out of a test
dark12
Put your.. Put your dick in it.
5P4C3M4N
I did it didn’t get shocked just a big puff of smoke
LitchLitch
You dint do it right
ItsSevii
Meh its only 120Ac shes fine
StupidIdeaMaschine
Did that once. Did not die. Became elektrician. Not kidding.
samsonguy920
You think explosive technicians became such because they were florists?
CaptainQuarkk
DarthFutuza
Yet another poor human infected by the electrons and made a slave to their will.
AngelxOfxSin
ichoosethering
A Quiet Place (2018)
Solivoid
Took me a few replays to make sure I am not staring at a newly shaped BETA.
silfarion
Coffin Princess!
hgcarlos12
darthlawsuit
Pasta Sauce: Hitsugi no chaika
McFisticuffs
What show is this?
Ilovedoingnothingandnothingiswhaticallyourmom
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Multisphere
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Kilyrka
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avkamit
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InRiceITrust
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AReallyBakedTurtle
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GrissVioleGrace
Yeah, Like that person said, this is Yuru Yuri
FernandoLopez1
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Number1Nun
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ThatSuperHappyGamer
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SuperHighwayCosmosChild
lol, people downvoted this
HighKingDoge
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ThomasTheSexyVampire
ConveyEmotionsViaGifs
YharnamsFinest
mrKallah
Boku no Pico
cloudless9
Do not listen to this one. He will lead you down a dark and horrible path
McFisticuffs
I've heard so much about this show. I might have to watch it one day out of morbid curiosity.
cloudless9
If you do, delete browser history. May actually be a blacklist
McFisticuffs
Yikes.
Icomeinpeaces
That looks like the younger version of the science teacher from Yuru Yuri. I forget if that's what this was from.
Ascharit
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denwerism
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EggBird
dotto
Galvanax
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011101110110010101101001011011100110010101110010
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jackalwsu3
Doot
Thoraxe123
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ThisWasATriumph
It is. This is where she discovered her love of explosions.
CassiTheVainQueen
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YouExpectedAUsernameButItWasMeDio
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
aznanimality
Megarith
Show any good?
failedtodelete
I'd go with no.
ThisWasATriumph
also has 3 seasons
ObliqueRay
Yuru Yuri? I'd say it's on the good side of mediocre. Kinda fun, but not gonna win any awards either.
Juggalomidgetparty
It got a few big laughs out of me and the creepy sister scene is still great
RatKingCerf
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ThisWasATriumph
It's hilarious, cute and gay-
ydwyrd
"These are a few of my favorite things"
Napathetik
Do y'know what Yuri means? I enjoyed it at any rate.
Yokonui
I actually did this when I was younger. Not sure how I'm still alive tbh. . .
JoJoJoghurt
Vacines.
phailphox
I did something similar and im thankful I'm alive
grannypanty
same..but i connected mine on a plug
DarthFluffyBottom
I found out about rechargeable batteries. A 9 V battery died on my favorite toy, so tried this. Breaker blown and the battery a ball.
ktheman
Same. I took the one wire and stuck it in each side of the outlet and yanked back as soon as I did when sparks came flying out lol
Pygmyshrew
Removed my bedside lightbulb, got my thumb nice and wet with spit, stuck it in the socket and flipped the switch. I was not a smart child.
redbikemaster
Same.
forreAppHero
Haha same
ShadowMalice
Will complete the circuit through your hand. And ground to the nearest, ground. Which is the socket. Breaker trips, you live.
EwGrooss
My physics teacher brought in an old cord. We ended up setting off the fire alarms during free time
bleedth3sky
Dude same. 2 small keys on a ring. I was 3 threw me across the room shot black up the walls. Still have melted keys somewhere
cleverusername182
120 aint so bad. Youre skin is resistant enough to not cause it to be super painful. Dont know what voltage they use in japan though...
dwalker958429
Less at 110.
AmoxTails
You are more resistant than the threads
Markamanic
Did it with darts at a young age. Nothing like 220v to mess up your internal wiring
JagdPanzer38T
I've had my finger slip between the two contacts of my phone charger before.. no burns, just a bit o' tingle.
ilovemyboobs
5th grade teacher said a kid lost his entire hand two years prior sticking a fork in the socket. Thought she lied till I met him in HS. lol
LuxVertas
The grim reaper couldn't stop laughing!
AntiPiety
If you held both wires in one hand than you would be zapped. Separate hands and your heart would be having a bad time.
AirplanesgoZoom
Cause you were holding insulated wires? Not like you were touching bare contacts
alberteinsteinwasagreatmagician
Same. My mom told me not to so I went to a friends house and did it. Tbh, it was an electrifying experience.
muffypuffin
I connected a small bulb between 220 volt ac.I looked backwards to be safe. it just blackened. I tried to see the next bulb. It blew up .
NorwegianJim
Meh, I've been shocked by the mains several times, and I turned out bubblegum
FixedsysLabs
US socket is lower amperage, not non-lethal but less Lethal
krispykrabs
My shitty parents had replaced a thick wore instead of the fuse (bad in the day we didn't have mcb's), I had run out of batteries and hooked
krispykrabs
Up a tiny DC motor into the plug, to this day I still remember the pain
JapanesePizza333
Me too. All I can remember is that our stupid cat wouldn't stay with me and let me pet him.
iMake3DStuff
I was 3 when I stick a piece of copper wire in to a 220V socket. I was stunned crying like hell before someone found me in time.
Beckdel
My brother stuck a paperclip in the socket in high school shop class, why? No idea, but the power went out for the whole school
Beckdel
Oh and he's fine btw
MrPietorian
Bro i licked a socket when i was 7 and woke up like 6 hours later cause someone was getting me for dinner. Electricity choose who it ends.
Boopdoot
Who leaves a 7 year old unattended for 6 hours??
Taishosama
the voltage in standard home outlets are not at a high enough voltage to kill, but enough to hurt like hell and trip the breakers
RBMK30000
First, yes it can kill, if passed threw the heart, second it's not gonna trip the breaker unless you have a GFI outlet and even then 1/2
BetoForToo
Electrical Engineer here, 120V is absolutely able to kill you, not only that, but it accounts for the majority of deaths by electrocution.
RBMK30000
It will still pass alot of Current into the body 2/2
IsamuDragon
It’s not voltage that you need to be afraid of, amps are what you should be afraid of. 10 miliamps are enough to kill a human being
RBMK30000
Someone in the comments that's using logic, that's why even if there is a GFI outlet it won't trip before you could die
hks003
Amps = volts / resistance. The human body is roughly 100 kOhm (dry). 110/100, 000 is just over a milli amp.
AntiPiety
Untrue. There’s a reason the safety signs say “danger high voltage.” A car battery cannot kill you because it is limited to 12 volts, 1/2
AntiPiety
Even though it’s capable of over 500 amps. Basic ohm’s law. It’s like saying a gun doesn’t kill you, the bullet does.
RudsterDeltaTech
But If you did basic physics, you would know that voltage is the multiple of current and resistance. Your body's resistance is too high 1/2
RudsterDeltaTech
For the voltage you touch to deliver the current to kill you. However that's with DC, AC is a whole other game
woodbanana
kiinghow
My brothers and I used to jam our finger in the uncovered ones and pretend we were being bitten. Little did we know we were being shocked.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Because amps kill, not volts
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
If I have a 10A DC circuit at 10V, the current is high but the voltage is low. I could close this circuit with my tongue and be fine. 1/?
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
The reason is that my body has a huge resistance so instead of the circuit having 1 ohm of resistance it now has 100,000 (roughly) 2/?
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
Therefore the current flowing through my body is 0.0001A. You need voltage to push the current through resistance. High voltage can kill 3/?
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
..because it can push a large current through you. So to clear it up, amps across the heart or volts across the fingers will do harm. 4/5
crissyfox
i grabbed two bits of a plug end that got stuck in the outlet. i remember thinking that wasnt safe to have them in the plug XD
charliefirpo
I've "charged" the battery once this way.
SpinkyKrindleman
Yeah, me too - bobby pin in the socket. Sparked like hell, so I threw water on it to keep it from catching fire. Slightly less dumb now...
eykoi
same. used a paperclip, tho. kicked off the breaker box and was suspended for 3 days.
Lanka
Done similar with two 8-plugs (ones the old radios used) and two pieces of copper wire. I have faint memory of bright light, that's all. <.<
PosPoTatos
Did this once with those fuzzy pipe cleaners. Got a nice jolt in my hand and the power wet out. Never again thank you.
Blud4BludGod
I also. Got serious burns in the fingers I held it with. Also has to switch elementary schools because my parents were told I would be...
Blud4BludGod
...expelled if I stayed. That principal was pretty shitty
LarnRegis
Ditto. Result was a short flash and then a completely black light bulb. No harm done on me, since i was holding the cables with 2 pliers.
treeburner000
God loves idiots and children. This is the only thing keeping some people alive, tbh.
xHydragyrum
Well to be fair they are the only ones not smart enough to protect themselves so they are the primary ones accidents happen to like this
DieselWolf
Don't forget the retarded. Ain't no other explanation as to why I am still alive. Been shocked multiple times.
abhorance
A friend and I tore a wire off a lamp, electric taped the stripped end to a bulb and plugged it in, fried the breaker. Got our asses beat...
ThisWasATriumph
I did this dozens of times and now I'm an electrical engineer so sometimes it works out.
StupidIdeaMaschine
So im not the only one! This makes me happy.
HookersandBlow
there are dozens of us!
cigaro
I think this is a real thing. I got shocked once as a kid and it ignited a lifelong fascination with electricity and electronics.
diontheunstable
Tech school was fun. We had a 600v supply, set up the bench, went and flipped the breaker, and watched things explode.
DarthFutuza
Yet another poor human infected by the electrons and made a slave to their will.
ThisWasATriumph
speak for yourself, I make those electrons my bitch
DarthFutuza
That's just the currents running through your cranium making you think that. :P
yourmomisminenow
yea it's always fun to have 12vrms flowing through you.
ThisWasATriumph
120*
yourmomisminenow
shit, I'm an idiot, I was working with a 10:1 transformer today and forgot about the 10:1 lol.
cigaro
Volts don't flow, current flows. Consider yourself schooled for the day :)
yourmomisminenow
Nigga I know, I just don’t have a better term, and if you get me Idgaf
VonKripplespac
Nothing like getting kissed by 120v.
diontheunstable
If by kissed you mean tongue-fucked in the tonsils, perhaps. 120 don't fuck around.
ProbablyDrunkAgain
Just don't get locked in doing the 60hz shuffle.
NotMyUsualOnlineName
110/120 tickles, 220/240 stings, 277 is enough to piss you off, and 480 can put your ass in the hospital or the ground in a hurry.
MCHousekey
It's not the voltage you wanna worry about, high amperage combined with a pathway across the chest is what gets you
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Amps = voltage/resistance increase voltage and you get more amps that make it through the resistance. Also, high voltage is known to
NotMyUsualOnlineName
quickly break down the skin, lowering the body's resistance. Lower resistance = higher amps getting through.
iMalinowski
How do you get high current across high-resistance? I bet there's a law for this.
IMadeThisAccountForButts
hmm... could it... could it have something to do with the voltage...? nah that sounds too simple
AntiPiety
There’s a reason the signs say danger high voltage, not high current. A car battery cannot kill you because it’s only 12 volts.Voltage kills
DisguisedLizardThing
Cattle fences go up to 10.000 Volts and above, but only sting you a bit.
RailgunZx
Its 4 factors: volts, amps, pathway, and resistance (wearing shoes or not, etc)
NotMyUsualOnlineName
They say high voltage because it's shorter than "Voltage hurts. This amperage will kill you. And it will hurt the whole time you're dying."
CPTNNemo
he is right... tasers have high voltage yet it will not kill you as it doesn't have the amps
Wynrel
Concerning current : since you have a fixed resistance, the current is determined by the voltage. High voltage means high current
Wynrel
Ofc being wet reduces the resistance of your body, and increases the current flowing in it. AC and DC behave differently (DC have to crack
IMadeThisAccountForButts
High voltage=high current. That argument is retarded. Touching a 120kV line will kill a person.
Wynrel
This. Even being close, since at these levels a path can ionise in the air and zap you ded meters away.
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
When I was about 3 I became a part of the electrical grid. Via a halogen lamp.. Got some nerve damage and an irregular heartbeat. No regert
Saedynn
Could you see everything that was plugged into the mains? Like the Neo of electricity?
antoinebugleboy
“I’m in.”
TriedToComeUpWithCleverUseenameButTheSpanishInquisition
I could smell sounds. 1kW is a hell of a drug.
Liquidxhuman
I did this with a calculator but I twisted them onto a plug first. Shot out a shower of sparks and shut out all the lights in the house.
Jerojero
Super speed calculations!
koda5300
Do math super fast
Lunavalve
Ahahahaha!
Liquidxhuman
Math level = Asian
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Falos
gotta mine that crypto somehow
PunsOfQuickening
Breakers
RBMK30000
No that wouldn't flip a breaker
SexyAttackHelicopter
Preventing natural selection since 1941
d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
You had a fancy house. We had fuses, blow one of those, get your ass beat.
bamblebimble
Kod won't get deadly current eithout warm soapy contact points going across the body.
Yokonui
that makes sense, the lights did go out. . .
complainsabouteverythingpmuch
Or maybe you've absorbed the power and now you're a lightning mage.
AnotherDayAnotherName
Worst you'd have done is burned yourself a bit with something like that.
RBMK30000
No I'd just instantly burn out the bulb
ThisWasATriumph
That wont help since they trip at 15 amps minimum and 0.5 amps in the right spot will kill you.
RoTaLuMe
RCD's my friend. Install them!
NotMyUsualOnlineName
it takes roughly 10 milliamps (0.01 amps) directly to the heart to stop it. But that way could get messy.
Benbot16
It depends where the electricity goes through. If it doesnt hit the heart or brain, you can probably escape with burns.
NerdN1
In the right spot. Don't let it go through your heart.
DCprinces9000
if you look on the side of a breaker, it says instantaneous amps can be as high as 10k + on 15 amp breakers. and it takes only (1)
DCprinces9000
100 milliamps to cause deadly heart issues. but at low house voltage, you have to try pretty hard to die from it. neutral shocks are the (2)
DCprinces9000
worst though. a live wire has voltage potential, but a broken neutral has already pulled the amps through the device to go back to ground.
Stockyhome
Depends on the fuse or breaker if it's 15amps... Could have a risisdual current detection device in the breaker.
Stockyhome
*circuit
LitchLitch
120v is unlikely to kill you, its possible if it passes through your heart but otherwise you're pretty safe. High amp dc is to be avoided.
moonmoonjupiter
120v AC can definitely do serious damage
playstation360
Amps are a side effect of voltage and resistance. You don't get high amps through the body without a lot of voltage.
AntiPiety
Thank you
AntiPiety
A car battery can push 500 amps but cannot kill you as it is limited to 12 volts. Also humans are capacitive rendering DC much safer.
Syphryn
.015 amps can kill you if it crosses your heart. The voltage isn't a huge deal, it's where it's applied.
AntiPiety
How many volts do you need to apply across your arms to achieve .015 amps across the heart?
Syphryn
If your hands are wet or you have broken skin, as low as 15.
AntiPiety
That’s a stretch according to ohms but I’ll bite... what about 14 volts then? Safe?
RBMK30000
But the voltage of DC has to be over 100volts for it to actually have any real feeling
AntiPiety
You’re vaguely correct assuming you’re holding a lead in each hand in dry conditions
RBMK30000
I wouldn't work with with electricity while I'm wet ;)
SciencePetsComputers
It much more complicated then one number, please rad : https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-3/ohms-law-again/
RBMK30000
On skin contact, yes I know all about ohms law
Camelspotting
Well that's absolutely false.
RBMK30000
Care to explain
Camelspotting
Manufacturer mislabelled the terminals on a 12V battery I was using for a robotics project. It left a black spot on my hand for a week.
RBMK30000
A 12v lead acid battery can provide massive amounts of current if shorted out, what you got is a burn
JacaByte
Go lick a 9V battery and report back here.
RBMK30000
That's different than skin contact, I've licked more 9v's then most people, the skin has a higher surface resistance
JacaByte
You're directly contradicting yourself. Maybe you should find another hobby?
RBMK30000
What wasn't clear? The tongue has a lower resistance than the skin thus you will feel it more on the tongue
JacaByte
"But the voltage of DC has to be over 100V for it to actually have any real feeling unless it's a 9V applied to your tongue"
RBMK30000
I'm sorry, I only have 140 characters, I didn't realize you needed an essay?
RBMK30000
The tongue has a lower resistance than the skin thus you feel it alot more