Can static electricity murder you? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Meridae'n · 10-05-2004, 07:22 PM

I'm assuming that it's possible for static electricity to kill you, but I'm curious as to whether it is capable of malice aforethought...

Dark Assailant · 10-05-2004, 07:43 PM

You can turn off your computer and crack open your system & power supply.... lol, don't !

YES YOU CAN DIE ! Static electricity isn't just the funny fuzzy stuff we get from carpet friction.

skier · 10-05-2004, 11:43 PM

Lightning is static electricity. I feel that it is full of malice when it strikes people.

goodhabits · 10-06-2004, 03:33 AM

It can very easily lead to death indirectly.
Have you ever gotten out of your car and been zapped as you close the door?
Sometimes at petrol stations this has happened to someone as they close their petrol cap after refuelling, and the spark is often big enough to ignite the surrounding petrol drips and fumes. You can find videos of this on the internet.

I am ALWAYS zapped when i close my car door, and i often start swearing (once i actually saw a blue spark.) It is my understanding that my little Honda Civic dislikes me, and is doing this out of pure evilness/hatred/malice/spite. On a related note, my car was stolen, and this just proves that karma exists.

omega2K4 · 10-06-2004, 12:47 PM

Haha, this thread reminds me of a skit on MadTV, where this family owned a sweater store with carpet floors, who always shocked each other when they touched each other, or anything metallic. Man, it doesn't sound funny, but the skit was hilarious.

10-05-2004, 07:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	Can static electricity murder you? I'm assuming that it's possible for static electricity to kill you, but I'm curious as to whether it is capable of malice aforethought... __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

10-05-2004, 07:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dark Assailant Tilted Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	You can turn off your computer and crack open your system & power supply.... lol, don't ! YES YOU CAN DIE ! Static electricity isn't just the funny fuzzy stuff we get from carpet friction. __________________ ·´¯`·-> Ðark Åssailant<-·´¯`·

10-05-2004, 11:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
skier Rawr! Location: Edmontania	Lightning is static electricity. I feel that it is full of malice when it strikes people. __________________ "Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim

10-06-2004, 12:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	Haha, this thread reminds me of a skit on MadTV, where this family owned a sweater store with carpet floors, who always shocked each other when they touched each other, or anything metallic. Man, it doesn't sound funny, but the skit was hilarious. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

10-06-2004, 03:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
goodhabits Upright	It can very easily lead to death indirectly. Have you ever gotten out of your car and been zapped as you close the door? Sometimes at petrol stations this has happened to someone as they close their petrol cap after refuelling, and the spark is often big enough to ignite the surrounding petrol drips and fumes. You can find videos of this on the internet. I am ALWAYS zapped when i close my car door, and i often start swearing (once i actually saw a blue spark.) It is my understanding that my little Honda Civic dislikes me, and is doing this out of pure evilness/hatred/malice/spite. On a related note, my car was stolen, and this just proves that karma exists.