It’s literally impossible to kill yourself by sticking a fork into the outlet. The reason is simple. The path to ground only passes thru the fork.
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Submitted 1 day ago by Godric@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day ago
John_Blund@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
You could with a corn fork:
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otacon239@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Could probably still start a fire, though.
altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Then you’d have to wait patiently for it to pick up a bit. It takes a good fire to do you in.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
unless you’re grounded somewhere else
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
that sounds like a challenge
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 20 hours ago
If the live side makes contact first you have an issue though. Because then the path to ground passes through the fork, up the handle and through you. Then your muscles tense and you might not make the neutral side connect the other end fork anymore.
altphoto@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
But if you don’t actually complete the circuit to ground, then current cannot actually pass through you, only voltage. You’ll feel a tingling. See if you can turn on an LED by connecting its ground lead to your carpet or tile floor.
sausager@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also he has a 4 prong fork. No way he’s getting that in a 3 hole outlet
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
ulterno@programming.dev 1 day ago
Well, maybe if you are covered with petrol (gasoline) and you stick it in long enough for the bottom of the handle to get hot enough to ignite it.
Of course, that is assuming that the Voltage is high enough to get the metal hot enough before the petrol evaporates away.altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day ago
OK, noted… Dose in patrol, then plug fork.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
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Randelung@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Would that even do much? Apart from frying your hand.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
The description is beyond hilarious, but it’s only topped by the disclaimer at the bottom haha.
Widdershins@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Was Connect Fork too much of a stretch?
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
Godric@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not at all
dingus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Gonna play tonight 😊
metoosalem@feddit.org 1 day ago
Pls don’t <3
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Pin the tine on the outlet?
random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 day ago
…and you are just gonna fail at that and blow a fuse.
ch00f@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
fu
Fuses protect wires in the walls, not what you plug into the socket.
If the tine in the neutral socket makes contact before live, it’ll probably just pop the fuse. Hot first, and you better hope it’s a GFCI.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
So, we are a bit trollish today. I’ll match the mood.
In your basic euro socket the safety latches don’t open unless you poke both holes at the same time.
If you cut two middle spikes of a fork and manage to shove it in the socket, you’ll just short the phase to the neutral and blow a fuse. You’ll be part of a partial circuit and feel it, but most of the current will favor the direct “fork connection”.
If you are in the United States of Dumbfuckistan and only have 120Vac in the socket, considering surface area of contact to the fork, you’ll probably only get little over 20mA running through you. It’ll take a long time to get respiratory arrest. You’ll probably get bored and detach yourself by leaning back. Heart complications may still follow.
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Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 22 hours ago
Uncle fester.
balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
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