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.
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.
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.
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
I’d enjoy knowing I was an interesting statistic in the experiment. Maybe I can be an outlier worthy of a footnote or appendix.
15m is a long time…
15m feels like half an hour, which is basically all day
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.
