Taser!
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ultimatebob
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NikolaeVarius
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I actually want to be shocked by one, to see if I can withstand it.
There should be people in this world who can stand up to a few shots
There should be people in this world who can stand up to a few shots
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The best explanation I've come up with so far is this:
Tense your entire body as hard as you can. Now, imagine that, but twice as powerful - pulsing through your body at 19 times per second for five seconds. You're completely immobilized. I hesitate to call it 'pain' - it's different than what I expected. Extremely uncomfortable...and I suppose it's painful in a sense of the word, but not how I expected. It is very difficult to describe. The Taser (we have the Taser X26) sends electricity at the same wavelength that your brain uses to control voluntary muscle movement, and it completely overrides the brain's capability to control your muscles.
Jeff7
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I had that happen once - I was unconscious though. Antidepressant-induced seizure. 
But damn I was sore for a few days afterward.
Is there any lingering soreness?
I don't know that "wavelength" is the right term for electricity, though. Maybe just that it's pulsed at a certain frequency or something like that, or else that it's just at a sufficient power level that it does a "brute force" override. Kind of like when you get a shock from a wall outlet, and you happen to be gripping something. The electricity from the wall causes your muscles to contract, and it's so powerful that your own body's electrical system can't overpower it.
Still, it sounds (and looks) like loads of fun. (And I too hope it will be for our resident photoshoppers.)
But damn I was sore for a few days afterward.
Is there any lingering soreness?
I don't know that "wavelength" is the right term for electricity, though. Maybe just that it's pulsed at a certain frequency or something like that, or else that it's just at a sufficient power level that it does a "brute force" override. Kind of like when you get a shock from a wall outlet, and you happen to be gripping something. The electricity from the wall causes your muscles to contract, and it's so powerful that your own body's electrical system can't overpower it.
Still, it sounds (and looks) like loads of fun. (And I too hope it will be for our resident photoshoppers.
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Originally posted by: Jeff7
I had that happen once - I was unconscious though. Antidepressant-induced seizure.
But damn I was sore for a few days afterward.
Is there any lingering soreness?
I don't know that "wavelength" is the right term for electricity, though. Maybe just that it's pulsed at a certain frequency or something like that, or else that it's just at a sufficient power level that it does a "brute force" override. Kind of like when you get a shock from a wall outlet, and you happen to be gripping something. The electricity from the wall causes your muscles to contract, and it's so powerful that your own body's electrical system can't overpower it.
Still, it sounds (and looks) like loads of fun. (And I too hope it will be for our resident photoshoppers.
I don't know if it's the right word either, but it (Taser) works quite well. Perhaps frequency is correct..I'm not an electrician - as long as it works, that's all that matters.
ni4ni
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That isn't entirely true. At our department, we have an officer who has a pacemaker. He could not qualify to carry the TASER because it could possibly mess it up. We had a guy who had a heart condition come into the ER while I was working who had been "Tased." He had a MI as a result. Really depends on the situation and the degree of existing heart damage.
FYI, I have not qualified for the TASER.
SketchMaster
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Jeff7
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The best I could do in a few minutes before realizing that GIMP supports layers.
Someone else can take it from there.
Pics.bbzzdd.com has a few good ones in the top 25. Maybe this critter would look good on his chest.
Or put TheSiege's face somewhere in the scene.
Someone else can take it from there.
Pics.bbzzdd.com has a few good ones in the top 25. Maybe this critter would look good on his chest.
Or put TheSiege's face somewhere in the scene.
NikolaeVarius
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There's been dozens of cases where someone with heart disease or on drugs have died after being tasered.
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