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Shocking (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Boooring.

Hey...

ZAP.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Checks out. I'm a man and I would definitely administer at least one shock to myself. Probably upwards of ten.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Experiment, progress, possibly die

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Would

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The fact that 25% of women did do it and 25% of men didn't is fascinating to me. What are your favorite explanations here?

I'm going with 25% of people of either gender are just sort of contrarians to their own gender and thus did what they think the opposite one would do. I feel like I would do that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It's 35% of men, but close enough.

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

I just thought of the time machine ordered in Napoleon Dynamite and got a laugh.

[–] mindbleach 3 points 5 months ago

Archival footage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The 35% of men who didn't do it had previous experiences with electric shocks from fences or electronics

[–] BlueMagma 9 points 5 months ago

Every participant experience the pain once before being put in the room alone with the device, they all know.

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