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X Mar 10, 2019 @ 11:57am
Its posible to shrink with electric shock?
If we have 73% of our body with water, ist true that if a person takes an electric shock, lightning or something else, it will shrink? Like a 2 meter tall person gets 50 centimeters after a electric shock ?
This happened to my friend's mother and aunt when they got shocked with a plug, he said, is it true?
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HavocTheMushroom Mar 10, 2019 @ 11:58am 
I highly doubt it...I've been shocked before, but haven't shrunk at all...
X Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:02pm 
Originally posted by HavocTheMushroom:
I highly doubt it...I've been shocked before, but haven't shrunk at all...
So, I will be safe? I'm almost 1,75m, im very afraid of this, i dont want to become 50 centimeters tall ;-;
post nut clarity Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:03pm 
My pants size went from M to S after getting shocked during welding. Be careful.
DarkCrystalMethod Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:18pm 
I shocked myself by accidentally touching the prongs on a plug while removing it (for better leverage). My hands are still HEUGE.
Hellsteeth30 Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:22pm 
I started dressing more to the right instead of the traditional left after an electric shock.

More a directional thing than shrinkage but overall height remained unchanged.

You'll be fine, just go nuts inserting yourself into sockets.
talemore Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:31pm 
No.
999999999 Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:34pm 
Electric chair, sure.

Zapped while using a plug, no.
Longhaul Mar 10, 2019 @ 12:57pm 
Im going to keep shocking myself until i disappear into the atomic realm.
Danger Mar 10, 2019 @ 4:44pm 
Dear XandyGamer !


It doesnt hurt to use your brain
76561198925706378 Mar 10, 2019 @ 4:55pm 
Yes, but not in a survivable good way.
Fajita Jim Mar 10, 2019 @ 4:59pm 
No, you will not shrink.

Your height is mostly the result of rigid body structure, namely your skeleton. And anyway, soft tissue swells under electrical shock. Why do you think they put a veil over the condemneds face before frying them in the electric char? A: So witnesses don't have to watch their tongue and eyeballs pop out.

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Walach Mar 10, 2019 @ 5:07pm 
And then you need to think about what it is that makes it so the water boils away. Spoiler: Maybe it has something to do with some rather important bits in you. And heat, lots of it :P

A tip when working with electricity: Never use both of your hands on whatever might shock you because the current can go from one hand, into your heart and then out your other hand. When you use only one hand the current will only go from one finger to another finger on the same hand.

EDIT: this only work if you are on insulated floor.
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OMG! Mar 10, 2019 @ 5:10pm 
No, it just gives you super powers.
Fajita Jim Mar 10, 2019 @ 5:10pm 
Originally posted by Walach:
And then you need to think about what it is that makes it so the water boils away. Spoiler: Maybe it has something to do with some rather important bits in you. And heat, lots of it :P

A tip when working with electricity: Never use both of your hands on whatever might shock you because the current can go from one hand, into your heart and then out your other hand. When you use only one hand the current will only go from one finger to another finger on the same hand.

EDIT: this only work if you are on insulated floor.

And do note: Capacitors can store a charge for a LOOOOONG time. So just because that power supply has been sitting on the shelf for six months doesn't mean it's safe to poke around the bells with a screwdriver.

^^Personal experience.

Last edited by Fajita Jim; Mar 10, 2019 @ 5:10pm
A Terrible Modder Mar 10, 2019 @ 5:16pm 
yes you will shrink, sometimes

depends on if you die and start getting broken down by bactirea
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