• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Saliva is the difference. You can taste the electricity if you lick a 9v.

      A piercing would probably heat up instead of tasting spicy

      • TwilightKiddy@programming.dev
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        Metal piercing has much lower resistance than skin. The less resistance the path is, the more current will flow on that path. So, even if you spit on the piercing and lick it to your heart’s content, the path of least resistance between two battery contacts will still be that metal rod instead of your skin. In other words, the probablility of a miniature skewer cosplay happening is much higher than that of an electrocution.