• Abrslam @sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    As a man who mildy electrocuted himself working on his own house yesterday I must say I’d rather be an influencer.

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      1 year ago

      I’m going to be annoying and tell you that you were mildly shocked, not electrocuted. “Electrocute” specifically refers to lethal exposure to electricity, as a portmanteau of “electric” and “execute”.

      Though I think the word is starting to go the way of “literally”.

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        1 year ago

        Am an electrician, we say electrocuted, shocked, or zapped depending on severity. I can tell you none of my coworkers who have been electrocuted died. Why be pendantic, when its rarely used in that sense.

        Also a lethal amount of voltage can be damn near any voltage, dc, or ac. So still technically correct. Being hit by 240, or 120, can most certainly kill you. It just rarely does so unless something goes very wrong.