There was a study on boredom that found people who did NOT want to be shocked. They put them in a room with nothing to do for 15 minutes, and if I recall, about half or the people voluntarily shocked themselves for something to do.
Well if it's low cost and easy to use..
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gedaliyah@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
me:
couple minutes in: ow!
couple more minutes in: ow!
30 seconds later: ow!
30 more seconds later: how long can i hold it…? ooooooow!
the researchers:
🤦♀️
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
I might do it once to see how strong it was. But I’d do it immediately, out of principle. I’m in here spiders georging up your data.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Fifteen minutes? Those are rookie numbers.
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Indeed, must be old research; current day would be more like 15 seconds and that is just perfect for a tiktok short or something.
from_D4rkness@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
This post will definitely reveal my age a bit. The easiest way to earn tickets at an arcade I used to go to as a kid was to play an Adams Family themed game that feured uncle fester. It had 2 knobs you had to hold as it would shock you and give you tickets for lasting long enough as it increased intensity. Eventually Sega bought the arcade and the machine was removed, but it makes me laugh to think on how I would willingly get shocked weekly just to “win” stupid little plastic rings, candy, and slap bracelets.
CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
No, you willingly got shocked weekly to win a tiny TV for your room! It was aspirational! Except the max payout for most games was like 50 tickets and the TV cost 80,000 tickets, so all you could buy at the end of the 2 hours with your 243 tickets was some bouncy balls and gum.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 7 hours ago
How many tickets for a pair of rubber gloves?
RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
These were actually a thing. Search for “shockers” here:
penny-arcade.info/the-strange-the-unusual
(Note: not Penny Arcade the comic; aren’t domain names fun?)
Ironrod@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
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That’s the one I remember, back when the Metro Centre had an arcade. I’m pretty sure the handles just vibrated at increasing intensity until you let go rather than providing an actual electric shock though
Zos_Kia@jlai.lu 4 hours ago
I remember 15 years ago being on a club in Acapulco and there was this old Mexican guy just going around with a modified car battery and two handles. He’d offer the handles to you then turn this big knob that controlled the voltage. And then he’d ask for a tip! It was so stupid.
rmuk@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
You know what is also unpleasant and totally free? Taking off your shoes, pissing in them, then putting them back on.
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Oddly specific
db2@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
rmuk went camping with Bear Grylls.
over_clox@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You spelled shitting wrong…
bhamlin@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Nice try, cenobite artifact…
ace_garp@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
About 7 years ago in Berlin at the Computerspielemuseum I played the PainStation against a stranger.
It is a pong-like video game that has a flat horizontal stainless steel panel where you place one hand and play with the other.
The panel can deliver non-damaging levels of heat, cold, and electricity when you start losing at the pong game.
Lot’s of fun. For the record, the other guy conceded with a smile.
Computerspielemuseum means Computer Game Museum.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
This machine would make money every single day if you placed it somewhere public.
Some people would try to over-volt it to commit suicide (or because they thought it would be kinky).
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
There are a non-zero number of buttholes that have been pressed against that electrode.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That is pretty cheap. I think I’d have a go.
nialv7@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
this is how i wake myself up every morning before work. cheaper than coffee.
Untamed_Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
Coffee doesn’t work on the long run, you will end up feeling actually more tired when you wake up and having to drink coffee to feel normal and other stuff cuz your brain adapts.
nialv7@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
i’m already using the machine, why are you trying to convince me more?
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
I’m reminded of being in the army years ago, one weekend we were doing taser gun training. Part of the training required everyone get shot with the thing at least once, that way you knew how it felt and what you’d be doing to someone if you had to use it. So that was our morning.
In the afternoon training was done by 1 when they expected it to take until 4 or so. So we ended up just sitting around for three hours. Fifty soldiers. Not allowed to leave early. Bored out of their minds. In a facility with taser guns, a couple hundred cartridges meant for training, and no supervision. Perfect recipe for hijinks.
Ended up being a memorable afternoon tbh. Lot of laughs.
otacon239@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
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