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Shocking (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I would like to see a study done with several groups:

  1. People who read multiple books each year
  2. People who watch lots of video essays
  3. People who listen to podcasts
  4. People who prefer short-form content such as TikTok
  5. Veterans
  6. Educators, such as teachers or professors
  7. Librarians
  8. A control group composed of people who either do not fit into the other categories

I've heard a lot of people claiming some of these groups are better than others of these groups, but I'm rooting for a null result.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

All of these participants had received a sample of the shock and reported that they would pay to avoid being shocked again.

From: https://news.virginia.edu/content/doing-something-better-doing-nothing-most-people-study-shows , so the chart is actually measuring the second shock.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Oh, those are the scientists. And yes, they're the heroes of this study!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

One guy shocked himself 190 times

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

When you minmax your masochism stat.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Can't believe they shocked themselves :o

Meanwhile millenials:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That toy has been in my Amazon cart for like a decade lol

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We just want to feel something, OK?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Trying to figure out what that is.

(In a bad millennial. My mind went to some sort of weird sex toy.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Gen X here and I didn't know it wasn't a sex toy until I saw your comment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It's basically an electric version of hot potato, The item in my Amazon wishlist is called lightning reaction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Looks a bit like some 4-way old fix telephone hub.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why not both?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I suspect that would be unsanitary?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's why people get tested regularly.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

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

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