• Bluewing@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Meh, that’s only going to “coulda killed you”. The one piece metal wire will create a dead short across the circuit and trip it out instantly. He IS going to need new underwear and possibly pants also. He’ll have some scorched fingers with maybe a bit of temporary tingling in them after pissing off the angry pixies. But as far as death goes, god would need to be looking down directly at him and go “Fuck this guy, right now”. Not impossible, but it would require an exceptional amount of bad luck.

    US outlets are safe. Not only does this out show a bit of recess at the surface, but the metal contacts that are carrying the current are also recessed inside about 1/8"/3mm where you can’t see them.

    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
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      14 hours ago

      I dropped a penny into the gap between the plug and the socket when I was a toddler. The sparks were FANTASTIC, and long lasting, like a sparkler shooting up the wall.

      My dad tried to remove the penny with his metal pliers, my mom stopped him before he killed himself. She yanked the cord and it stopped.

      We saved the penny for awhile, might still be somewhere. It burned two trenches in the penny, it almost made it all the way through.

      Lessons were learned.