• bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
    14·
    8 months ago

    When I was growing up, my oh so loving mother decided I wasn’t allowed to be in the house alone and she would only pay for child care for my brother.

    I got very used to sitting outside the back door starving for 4 hours after school waiting for her to get home.

    15 minutes is nothing. I’d probably only just get started on a good daydream by then.

    And, yes, I’m no-contact with my mother.

  • enkers@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    8 months ago

    There’s an electric fence where I volunteer to keep animals out, and apparently it’s quite painful if you accidentally touch it, but not lethal. I constantly have to fight my curiosity to know just how painful it is, so I don’t blame them.

    • The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOP
      5·
      8 months ago

      When I was growing up, a neighbor had an electric fence for their dogs, and a bunch of us bored kids would take turns daring each other to touch it. It hurt like hell.

    • pezmaker @sh.itjust.works
      2·
      8 months ago

      From my one experience on my cousin’s farm, it felt like he had given me a solid kick to the ass. I legitimately thought he kicked me in the seat, and asked him why he did it. He said he didn’t, it was the electric fence.

      Once was enough.

    • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
      2·
      8 months ago

      I worked at a dog kennel and they had small wires on top of the fences to dissuade them from going over. Obviously, it had to be tested. It was like a 9volt battery to the body. It guess one could describe it as painful but I found it more weird than anything. 7/10 did it several times.

      Interestingly, the people who owned the kennel also raised horses. That fence I touched on accident and it absolutely sucked. Parts of me were also numb for almost a minute. 1/10 do not recommend

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      8 months ago

      Well let me tell you. It’s a lot more painful if you’re barefoot than if you’re in work boots. Either way won’t blow off a finger, though.

  • Lame One@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    8 months ago

    If this is the study I’m thinking of, one particular guy just kept shocking himself nearly a hundred times. Some people are just built different

    • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      I’d enjoy knowing I was an interesting statistic in the experiment. Maybe I can be an outlier worthy of a footnote or appendix.