Electricity and You

[Mr Caustic]

I tried you cupcake test, Jade, and no, it just sat on my head until I got hungry and ate it. Then the rest of the pan. Then a small village that wouldn't give me tribute. So, I guess I'm not half gelatinous. Must be something else...

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

YAAAY [/sarcasm]

I shorted out one of the LAN cables in the TV station this morning!

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

More proof that I kill electronic things. Read the caption, too.

[Fatespinner]

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

More proof that I kill electronic things. Read the caption, too.

Perhaps the fact that you live so far away from anything resembling civilization has infused you with a supernatural aura which repels and destroys anything civilized or technological? Hell, I'm surprised that the computer you use to browse these boards hasn't burst into flame yet.

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

I just drained a battery with my bare hands. It was in the camera, fully charged, and when I touched it, the little bars that signify 'charge' disappeared. The camera then proceeded to shut off.

[Crimson Jester]

Eldritch = Wizard
Harry Dresden = Mr Shiney
Problems with electronics....hhhmmm

[Ambrosia Slaad]

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

...How much of an electrical field do humans generate?... The reason I wanted to know was, wierd things happen when I'm around electrical things.

...Something else that's rather ironic about the whole situation:

I work part time at a TV station.

Baaaaaad.

Hmmm, I think MIT or Princeton was testing computer devices that transmit data via the weak electrical field surrounding a human's skin. (My Google-Fu is weak tonight, sorry.)

Craig Shackleton wrote:

...if your rub your feet on a carpet and then pick up a flourescent tube bulb, you can light it with the static electricity.

As a kid, I used to go with friends and stand under high-voltage transmission lines. We'd hold florescent light tubes overhead and parallel to the lines. The EMF was so high, the tubes would light up. Kinda worried now about all that EMF that ran through me.

The Jade wrote:

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

Maybe there's a correlation here. When I was nine, I was shocked pretty bad... Possibly, large doses of electricity can permanently affect the normal amount of electrical energy discharged by the human body.

...we just need to get out there and electrocute kids and then watch 'em for a decade... I'd be curious if the others who've suggested strange electrical happenings were also severely zapped in their youth.

Well, I was the poster child for baby-proofing your house. I was shocked numerous times as a kid (all my over-curious fault). I never seem to have weird electrical device behavior or failures other than the occassional BSOD... but that's not my fault.

[Ambrosia Slaad]

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

I was shocked numerous times as a kid (all my over-curious fault). I never seem to have weird electrical device behavior or failures other than the occassional BSOD... but that's not my fault.

Now that I think about it, a lot of electronic eyes on automatic doors seem to hesistate before recognizing I'm there. When I was younger and not paying 100% attention, I actually walked into a couple of doors before they opened. I don't walk fast and I'm not transparent; until now, I just assumed the detectors were crappy. hmmm.

We're like a really weird franchise of Mystery Men.

[TriOmegaZero]

Obviously we generate enough power to run the Matrix.

[kyrt-ryder]

Lawgiver wrote:

Research has shown that not only body chemistry but body electrical content can affect psychology and mood. You might literally suffer depression because of the high charge you carry around all the time. Something to look into, just a thought.

So your trying to say he's too negutive? lol

[Jal Dorak]

Count me in as well.

I seem to easily acquire static electricity and store it for long durations.

The fun part is that it's easily discharged on other people. It weirds people out.

I'm not as bad a Shiny, but I have horrible luck with electronic devices as well. I almost have a sixth sense of when they are going to fail. Many times I've gone to activate/use a device and just as I turn it on or touch it I get a feeling of dread, and the device overloads/shorts out/etc.

I'm very sensitive to electro-magnetic devices. I can always hear when something is on, sometimes it is very loud and disturbing, other times soothing. This may be related to above. Many people can do this, but in conjunction with the above...

Another unexplained phenomenon (never had it myself). Thought I would share.

The "Hum" or "Mystery Noise". Read up about it - it's this weird low hum that only some people can hear in certain places, despite no physical abnormality, and it drives them bonkers.