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Your example doesn't show why a 9v battery used in this way is dangerous.

• tablespoon 6y ago
  > Your example doesn't show why a 9v battery used in this way is dangerous. So? It's part of a more general argument against assuming household items are safe when you're using them in highly unusual ways or far outside of normal parameters. But if you need a specific example of someone killing themselves with a 9V battery to get the message, a sibling comment actually linked to a Darwin award where someone did just that.
  • 99_00 6y ago
    No one is advocating intentionally sticking electrical probes into your body. So, again, it doesn't show that a 9 volt battery used in the way described by the article is dangerous.
    • tablespoon 6y ago
      > No one is advocating intentionally sticking electrical probes into your body. So, again, it doesn't show that a 9 volt battery used in the way described by the article is dangerous. You're asking the wrong question. If you don't want to be a dumbass, the question that should be asked isn't "has this been shown (to me) to be dangerous?" Answering no then proceeding is a good way to harm yourself out of ignorance. The right questions are along the lines of "has this been shown to be safe?", "if not, do I have actually have a full enough understanding to find out?", and "if I die doing this, am I in the running for a Darwin award?"
      • 99_00 6y ago
        I'm not asking a question.
    • coldtea 6y ago
      >it doesn't show that a 9 volt battery used in the way described by the article is dangerous. Then again, it doesn't have to show that - since the person in the article didn't come to use it in "that way" after serious study, research and precautions, but by assuming its harmeless in general and using it in an ad-hoc manner. They could quite easily, with the same assumption, which is what the parent warns against, use it in a dangerous way.