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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by californical on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:34PM (#34320539)
I appreciate the point you’re making, but I’d like a source for

> Thousands of people will get shocked today

Before I come to any conclusions.

According to [0], “There are also at least 30,000 shock incidents per year that are non-fatal” and “ In the United States, there are approximately 1000 deaths per year, as a result of electrical injuries”

So about 1 in 30(ish) if we assume they accounted for nonreporting. If we assume they underreported by 10x, 1/300 is still pretty bad odds

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448087/

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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by nerdponx on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:38PM (#34320575)
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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by hattmall on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:55PM (#34334846)
That's 30,000 people getting shocked and it being serious, needing to go to the hospital. People doing work around houses get shocked all the time. 120v in typical US house is like mildly annoying. Definitely not trying to hold onto wires with bare hands or anything but getting "bit" while changing light switches or outlets isn't painful enough for many people to worry about finding the breaker box.
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