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.
Yeah its a low risk experiment. On par with poking an animal corpse with a stick, it makes sense that a solid number of men would immediately go with poke it with a stick. Also it kinda makes sense from an evolutionary point of view that men would be more prone to checking things that are low risk out, one man can make a lot of babies at a time while one woman can only make one baby at a time.
I am now curious if the rate is similar for tans folks.
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.
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.
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.
That guy was running his own study. “How many times can I shock myself before I breach the ethical limits of the study and they cut the session short”.
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.
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.
“Still hurts but not as bad as the first or second time… I wonder how long they’re going to be gone.. I wonder if it would hurt more or less if I strapped it to a.. different location…”
While I know that's not how stats work, I find it completely correct to belive that one women gave herself a shock from 4 participants, and 70 men did.
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.
Just use the old one hand in the back pocket trick if in doubt.
And poke with a dry finger, don't dip your hand in seawater then grab on to the electrode, you'll be fine ;
basic mains elec safety precautions.
I wonder if most sparkies are men - I'm not sure i've ever met a woman electrician.
The ones I met at my current job are both laid back, the journey(wo)man is a kind older church-going lady who likes pink work gloves while working on 3ph 480 lines, the apprentice is my age and speaks softly but has a lot of excellent tattoos and probably dirt bikes.
So iunno. Other than being good and reliable electricians, they may be crazy in different ways, but I like em both.
It's the other way around. It's not how many people that shocked themselves were women or men, it's how many men shocked themselves and how many women shocked themselves. so if 50% of men shock themselves and 10% of women shock themselves it'd add up to 60
Yes I understood that in the second reading. I deleted the comment but I guess it was not propagated in time everywhere. Also you can't add up the men's and women's percentages because the number of participates could vary between the two groups.
Absolutely no way I'd shock myself in boredom willingly. I have way too much respect for myself... says the man who has on multiple occasions twisted a pencil multiple times in my hair to the point it starts to get the smallest pain reaction when I've been bored at home in the middle of the night.
Oh yeah I definitely would have been curious.
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.
Also: does it only work once?
Also, can i get used to it after 4-5 more times?
Can I build up an immunity to electrocution?
Another fool taken by the iocane myth!
You were probably referencing this, but just in case...
Then, a few minutes later, you start to wonder again.
Remember that reaction game where you got shocked if you weren't first to hit the buzzer? We all played that for funsies.
It's not like they were going to apply a shock that would do damage. Fuck it.
100% what went through my head when I asked myself if I would also do it.
Right? People who are like 'lol men r dumb' are the dumb ones. It's a social experiment, now a Saw puzzle.
Yeah its a low risk experiment. On par with poking an animal corpse with a stick, it makes sense that a solid number of men would immediately go with poke it with a stick. Also it kinda makes sense from an evolutionary point of view that men would be more prone to checking things that are low risk out, one man can make a lot of babies at a time while one woman can only make one baby at a time.
I am now curious if the rate is similar for tans folks.
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.
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.
There's a whole sexual kink associated with those collars. I'm just sayin'
The electroshock tag is a thing on nhentai for a reason.
If you ever find a regular electric fence, it hurts way worse if you aren't wearing shoes. Just FYI.
Yeah but it also puts you one step closer to death.
I once stepped too close to an electric fence, barefoot, right after it rained. OW.
We would sit around the fire pit taking turns zapping ourselves with the electric fly swatter. Good times!
It allegedly hurts you much more than them due to differences in skin thickness and moisture as well as them having a load of hair in the way
You chose unwisely.
I'd love to be judgemental about this, but I'd absolutely be in that 25% of women who did it too.
The best part is "at least one". What's the breakdown of more than one shock?
I'm going to need the graph above that. How many shocked themselves to get aroused?
So a shock reduced arousal but increased boredom?
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.
If I’m reading this right, the average bored person shocked themselves every 2 minutes?
Or shocked themselves 23 times consecutively and then passed out for the hour
I want to see the percentage who gave themselves more than one. They're the real heroes of this study.
One guy shocked himself 190 times
That guy was running his own study. “How many times can I shock myself before I breach the ethical limits of the study and they cut the session short”.
He underestimated their resolve though, clearly.
That's more than one every 5 seconds lmao
He probably spammed the button at some point, just to see what that would feel like
When you minmax your masochism stat.
From: https://news.virginia.edu/content/doing-something-better-doing-nothing-most-people-study-shows , so the chart is actually measuring the second shock.
Oh, those are the scientists. And yes, they're the heroes of this study!
If I know that I'm in an experiment then I must gather information about the experiment.
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.
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.
"Ow, that was painful. What would happen if I press the button again?"
The Difference
"Not so bad now that I'm expecting it! Wonder if the third time is even less."
“Still hurts but not as bad as the first or second time… I wonder how long they’re going to be gone.. I wonder if it would hurt more or less if I strapped it to a.. different location…”
Can't believe they shocked themselves :o
Meanwhile millenials:
Trying to figure out what that is.
(In a bad millennial. My mind went to some sort of weird sex toy.)
Gen X here and I didn't know it wasn't a sex toy until I saw your comment.
Why not both?
I suspect that would be unsanitary?
That's why people get tested regularly.
Looks a bit like some 4-way old fix telephone hub.
It's basically an electric version of hot potato, The item in my Amazon wishlist is called lightning reaction.
We just want to feel something, OK?
That toy has been in my Amazon cart for like a decade lol
I'd zap my dick and give them a whole new category for their charts!
— Once-ler, 2012
While I know that's not how stats work, I find it completely correct to belive that one women gave herself a shock from 4 participants, and 70 men did.
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.
How do you think we got the job?
Honestly, I would do it in the first 5 minutes.
I'd wait until they're out of the room just to be polite, but that's it
Screw that. I'd shock myself while they explained it just to make sure they weren't lying.
It reduces interviewer bias if you do it before they get a word in.
"Hello sir. On this table is a--"
BZZZZZT
Where is the shock happening? I might be pressing the button a lot if it's to the prostate.
Girls not curious or just used their knowledge base?
Every participant experience the pain once before being put in the room alone with the device, they all know.
That actually knocks out knowledge AND curiosity. It's just what the paper says-- boredom.
An article linked here said they associated the results with men's "higher sensation seeking behavior". I read that as men are needier.
That's... just not what that means? At least for the normal definitions of those words.
More like r/whymenhavemorefuninlife, what's the point of living longer if you live a boring life?
Boooring.
Hey...
ZAP.
I need to see a chart of how many times they shocked themselves
Simpsons did it.
Would
Experiment, progress, possibly die
Do you know how many times I've tested the cattle electrified fence just to see what would happen?
Two times?
That isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
I just thought of the time machine ordered in Napoleon Dynamite and got a laugh.
The 35% of men who didn't do it had previous experiences with electric shocks from fences or electronics
Every participant experience the pain once before being put in the room alone with the device, they all know.
Just use the old one hand in the back pocket trick if in doubt. And poke with a dry finger, don't dip your hand in seawater then grab on to the electrode, you'll be fine ; basic mains elec safety precautions.
I wonder if most sparkies are men - I'm not sure i've ever met a woman electrician.
I've met a few, and they were/are damned good electricians. Quality was A1, as a former electrician.
I don’t know how to phrase this politely, but it comes from a place of love: were they just as nuts as male electricians?
The ones I met at my current job are both laid back, the journey(wo)man is a kind older church-going lady who likes pink work gloves while working on 3ph 480 lines, the apprentice is my age and speaks softly but has a lot of excellent tattoos and probably dirt bikes.
So iunno. Other than being good and reliable electricians, they may be crazy in different ways, but I like em both.
It's the other way around. It's not how many people that shocked themselves were women or men, it's how many men shocked themselves and how many women shocked themselves. so if 50% of men shock themselves and 10% of women shock themselves it'd add up to 60
Yes I understood that in the second reading. I deleted the comment but I guess it was not propagated in time everywhere. Also you can't add up the men's and women's percentages because the number of participates could vary between the two groups.
Absolutely no way I'd shock myself in boredom willingly. I have way too much respect for myself... says the man who has on multiple occasions twisted a pencil multiple times in my hair to the point it starts to get the smallest pain reaction when I've been bored at home in the middle of the night.
Just get someone else to pull your hair, it's a lot more fun