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[–] 141 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh yeah I definitely would have been curious.

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  • [–] 84 points 2 years 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.

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

    Also: does it only work once?

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  • [–] 124 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago

    I'd love to be judgemental about this, but I'd absolutely be in that 25% of women who did it too.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The best part is "at least one". What's the breakdown of more than one shock?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Bored people give themselves a bunch of painful shocks and when that isn't enough to feel alive they increase the amperage of the shocks. Really the perfect metaphor of all of us using doomscrolling on social media.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If I know that I'm in an experiment then I must gather information about the experiment.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, totally right. Although I would like to know, whether the instructor giving them the 'this button is for shocking yourself' was a woman or a men. Just ensuring not for any Interviewer bias. ...

    Anyway, I am recruiting some people for a unique experiment to test something out.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I want to see the percentage who gave themselves more than one. They're the real heroes of this study.

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    [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    I licked a 9 volt from the beeping smoke detector the other day to see if it was dead. Nobody was around to impress and it wasn't for fun, just wanted a quick result.

    Would probably shock myself if stuck alone for 15 mins too. Heck, I find those shocking handle games to be hilarious fun.

    Note: have ADHD which may or may not be related since I keep forgetting how much getting shocked hurts. Burns leave a mark and are more memorable so I wouldn't touch anything hot for fun.

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

    "Ow, that was painful. What would happen if I press the button again?"

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    I'd zap my dick and give them a whole new category for their charts!

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Can't believe they shocked themselves :o

    Meanwhile millenials:

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    'Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's a guy,

    — Once-ler, 2012

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Honestly, I would do it in the first 5 minutes.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm really surprised no one here said they would pull down their pants and start violently jerking off while intently staring at the researchers through the one-way window thing.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Where is the shock happening? I might be pressing the button a lot if it's to the prostate.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I need to see a chart of how many times they shocked themselves

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Boooring.

    Hey...

    ZAP.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Girls not curious or just used their knowledge base?

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    [+] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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