Comment by cjbgkagh
3 days ago
I think there is an element of audience capture. Similar to how ElectroBOOM has to keep electrocuting himself for his audience. It’s a living…
3 days ago
I think there is an element of audience capture. Similar to how ElectroBOOM has to keep electrocuting himself for his audience. It’s a living…
Maybe you know this, but ElectroBOOM doesn't actually electrocute himself, it's just a running gag.
The few I’ve seen were obviously staged but it did appear real in that he was hit with a high voltage. Looking it up suggests that he has been injured a number of times due to miscalculations.
It sure seems real to me. although some of those HV circuits like the jacob's ladder seem way too dangerous.
As a matter of fact he has mentioned that one of the Jacob's Ladder videos was the only time he messed up and came close to actually electrocuting himself (by reflexively trying to grab the leads as they fell off a table). Otherwise all of the shocks are "calculated" to be nonharmful.
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it's a stupid running gag because some might watch that and think playing with 120V live wire is fine.