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Zeldy
03-18-2009, 07:04 PM
I am always giving people electric shocks, my friends actually believe I conduct electricity. I really don't understand how electric shocks between people happen, someone clever and good at Science should enlighten me on the subject.

It's actually really embarrasing for me! Does anyone else share this pikachu ability?

rubah
03-18-2009, 07:12 PM
Only in winter.

protip: stop wearing fleecey jackets ;)

Rocket Edge
03-18-2009, 07:16 PM
When I touch a car door I get an electric shock alot, but other than that i'm static-less.

Vermachtnis
03-18-2009, 07:20 PM
My cat hates because of it. Pet, pet, pet *SHOCK* pet, pet, pet, *SHOCK*. And my chair's always shocking me too and my car door and my house door. A bunch of stuff shocks me xD

Old Manus
03-18-2009, 07:26 PM
my friends actually believe I conduct electricity.Holy crap!

Zeldy
03-18-2009, 07:30 PM
my friends actually believe I conduct electricity.Holy crap!
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A JOKE AND I DON'T REALLY CONDUCT ELECTRICITY.

Old Manus
03-18-2009, 07:33 PM
Protip: The human body is a pretty good conductor of electricity

Zeldy
03-18-2009, 07:37 PM
I wish I could give YOU an electric shock. Twice. :mad2:

Aerith's Knight
03-18-2009, 07:37 PM
A static charge builds up along your body until it reaches the discharge load of 10 kV (or 20, I forgot), which allows electron emission from your body by ionizing the air between your finger and whatever ground is available(usually something metal).

Old Manus
03-18-2009, 07:47 PM
I wish I could give YOU an electric shock. Twice. :mad2:Anytime you want, baby :joey:

Caraliz
03-18-2009, 08:02 PM
Hot!

Rub your feet on the carpet and then touch someone.

Balzac
03-18-2009, 08:10 PM
Just like Jesus!

trancekuja
03-18-2009, 08:39 PM
Zeldy , the force is strong with you

Parker
03-19-2009, 03:41 AM
I work in a supermarket and the plastic carrier bags always give me shocks.

Iceglow
03-19-2009, 10:23 AM
Parker supermarkets are a lot worse for shocks, pull a manual pump truck anywhere and zaaap! Pull a roll cage anywhere and it's like zap zap zaaaaaaaaaaaap! I get so many electric shocks from where I work in HMV, seriously we have started to wonder if I could power a LPO's radio.

Parker
03-19-2009, 01:19 PM
I am too weak for the manual stuff I just scan items

Iceglow
03-20-2009, 12:16 AM
I am too weak for the manual stuff I just scan items

I'm not fantastically strong but moving stuff on a manual pump truck is easy, I moved 1.73 tons of compost growbags up a ramp once on one, that was hard!

Peegee
03-20-2009, 04:30 AM
This thread is confusing.

First of all you do conduct electricity. Second of all, you shock people due to build-up of electric charge, and you're just neutralizing yourself by touching people...eww <3

Drift
03-22-2009, 04:55 PM
you create the static by walking so you rub your legs together and create static from your pants.

protip: walk like john wayne to avoid your legs rubbish against each other.

Quindiana Jones
03-22-2009, 05:01 PM
The image of Zeldy John Wayning down the street will never leave me. xD

blackmage_nuke
03-22-2009, 05:11 PM
Whenever walk past metal objects I touch them so static doesnt get the chance to build up in my body. It's a small compromise in my daily life but I'm willing to make the sacrifice so that I atleast have a small awareness of when i'll be shocked. However because i go to such trouble whenever someone shocks me just to annoy me, no matter how good my terms are with them I tend to retaliate with more force than i normally would.

Quindiana Jones
03-22-2009, 05:15 PM
More Force Lightning, right? Yeah, I'm right.

Rikku_Yuffie_girl
03-22-2009, 05:35 PM
I get shocked or shock someone else only during summer. Odd. =/