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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My arm once got pulled into an electric fence when I was a kid and I couldn't stop getting shocked until someone physically pulled me away. It was more of a self-control issue than accidentally bridging the gap.

That was the day I learned that some pain can be pleasant. The owner of the property didn't seem as pleased with my discovery as I did. He had to shut off the fence and yanked my arm away and then told me to go explore my perversions somewhere else. I was too young to understand the word "perversion," and I'm now eternally grateful to that poor unprepared rancher.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You find it enjoyable? I regularly touch electric fences, but not because I want to but because I'm too stupid to think of another way to figure out if the thing is working. I find it to be the opposite of pleasant.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Oh. Here's your fix:

    A longish piece of green grass. Hold it by one end, then slide it on the fence wire like the grass was a violin bow, getting your fingers closer and closer to the fence. At some point you notice a pinging, or your fingers are touching the fence.

    You can use this to gauge, very roughly, how powerful the charge is at that point.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I never said it was pleasant. But sometimes some types of pain are the right kind of pain.

    Example of the opposite: when I'm swapping a switch in my old-ass house, sometimes I'm too lazy to turn off the breaker. When I inevitably shock myself, I say "dammit" because I'm trying to concentrate, not discover my preteen proclivities.

    Edit: well slap me silly and call me a liar, I literally said the words "some pain can be pleasant." I blame this error on undeserved confidence and complacency.

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