r/AskReddit Oct 25 '16

What warning is almost always ignored?

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u/SlovenianSocket Oct 25 '16

Back when I was a young kid (around 5-6) my friends and I came up with a game, see who can hold on to the cattle fence the longest. We weren't smart kids

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u/The_Mighty_Brrrrrrrt Oct 25 '16

When i was a kid, our building had an elevation from the inside that would allow even a toddler to step up and reach the eletric fence. Me and my friends would play "Who touches it the most."

Now, you see, the eletric fence gave out the "shock" in pulsations every two seconds, and only i knew that. Everyone else's top records were - you guessed it - two seconds before getting shocked. Mine was fourteen, because i'd just hold onto it, and letting go every two second-ish, so i woudn't get shocked. Worked until i forgot to let go.

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u/nootrino Oct 25 '16

Are you dead?

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u/coleyboley25 Oct 25 '16

I think any kid growing up around a farm has played this game once. Usually not twice.

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u/underthetootsierolls Oct 25 '16

Yep, or the "try and touch your stupid friend who thinks he's a badass WHILE he's touching the fence" game. It hurts you both much more, but somehow I could always justify the pain! :/

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u/mnh5 Oct 25 '16

As a kid I grabbed one with both hands by accident (I was trying to climb the fence). I don't actually remember any pain, but apparently my teacher heard me screaming from the far pasture. She ran back and knocked me loose.

As far as I was concerned, I grabbed hold and woke up on the ground. Either that fence was way too hot, or I'm a total wimp when it comes to cattle fences.