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Got electrocuted today (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org
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Lowes hooked up a new washer/dryer combo, but when I ran it the water backed up. I went to clean it up and got electrocuted somehow.

My hand is fucked but my heart is OK, so I got out lucky. Spent the whole day in the hospital and I'm dreading the bill (thanks USA). So much for my plans of gaming over the holiday - can't do much with one hand.

The breaker to that room is off and I'm keeping the pets out until an electrician can come.

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[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"Electrocuted" specifically involves death, so in extreme, annoying pedantry, if you lived to tell the tale, technically you were only shocked and not electrocuted

Damn I'm surprised your hand is fucked, that really sucks! I've taken both 120V and 240V across the hand but was lucky with no serious injuries. Electricity is a dice roll.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Dying isn't always permanent

[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

You see, there's different kinds of dead: there’s sort of dead, mostly dead, and all dead. -- Miracle Max

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ty for clarification

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I was going to say this, but when he mentioned the ER, I figured it was close enough.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's a shocker

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This correction is shockingly out of line.

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