• Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I have, but I was a child and very much not plugging it in the right way. It was in a very cramped space I couldn’t see, and dumbass me thought holding the metal would give me better control. It did, I made it into the plug.

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      11 months ago

      Did you die? I wonder about the truth behind the idea that getting shocked with 120v is less likely/hazardous than double that

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        11 months ago

        As a kid I used a metal tool to cut a live wire 220v-240v wire and besides getting scared by the jolt I was fine. Probably because the protection circuits kicked in