contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoTIL that in 12th grade Steve Wozniak made a fake bomb, laughed at the principal that disarmed it then electrocuted the guards at juvenile detention with 120v electricity.spyscape.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 12th grade Steve Wozniak made a fake bomb, laughed at the principal that disarmed it then electrocuted the guards at juvenile detention with 120v electricity.spyscape.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down2·6 months agoElectrocution is fatal.
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up42·6 months agoPeople are shocked when they find out that I’m not a very good electrician.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down4·6 months ago“Electrocution” is a portmanteau of “electric” and “execution”, by definition it means killing someone using electricity. What the Woz did to these guards was electrically shock them.
minus-squareFogle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down8·6 months agoI understand the history. It now also means severe injury.
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·6 months agoA sever injury resulting in death.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoYou are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
Electrocution is fatal.
People are shocked when they find out that I’m not a very good electrician.
Not anymore it’s not
“Electrocution” is a portmanteau of “electric” and “execution”, by definition it means killing someone using electricity.
What the Woz did to these guards was electrically shock them.
I understand the history. It now also means severe injury.
Just mildly executed. Probably under 25 mins.
A sever injury resulting in death.
You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.