contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 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-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoPeople are shocked when they find out that I’m not a very good electrician.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 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-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoYou are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
minus-squareFogle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI understand the history. It now also means severe injury.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoJust mildly executed. Probably under 25 mins.
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.
You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
I understand the history. It now also means severe injury.
A sever injury resulting in death.
Just mildly executed. Probably under 25 mins.