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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 100 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (29 children)

Maybe the result of US education system

CHRISTIAN 4TH GRADE SCHOOL TEXTBOOK TRIES TO EXPLAIN ELECTRICITY

[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 29 points 7 months ago (3 children)

People have most certainly felt electricity.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Mistaking it for being touched by the hand of god, when they were trying to remove the bread from the toaster with a fork.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

As someone who did this before knowing it was dangerous I got away with it a ridiculous amount of times.

[–] hash0772@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Your username seems to be weirdly accurate.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It was not a title I chose but one I simply learned to accept.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

How was your Operation game? I'm guessing you won a lot.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 8 points 7 months ago

Also thunder and lightning really ought to count as seeing and hearing electricity.

Hell, seeing anything at all may technically count, because electromagnetic waves.

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

People can also say where it's from.

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