I mean yeah test it rule

Stun gun or taser? If it shoots barbed electrodes, it might be worth carrying. If it doesn't, you're much better off with pepper spray or a knife. Both will have longer lasting effects.

I bought one of those flashlights with a built-in taser thing at the end. Thought I'd give one to each of my 4 girls if they were effective, but that of course meant I'd have to try it out. When activated it was definitely intimidating to see and hear. When I did it to myself I was quite disappointed however. It hurt but wasn't debilitating. It'd likely just piss your attacker off.

Many are quite shitty with specs that are mostly fabricated and at best they really need to touch skin and the effects don't necessarily last long best case. If you are going to GTFO pepper spray is better it's not foiled by clothes and it gives you distance.

I used to have a really barky dog, and there was nothing we could do about it, so we eventually bought one of those shock collars that reacts to loud noise.

I had a friend come over and say "What's this? Shock collar?" He picked it up and put it across his own neck, and goes "woof. WOOOF! OOooowww, that fucking hurts." and put it back down.

It had never occurred to me to test it on myself, and yet it was a thing he did without even pausing a second.

And thus a new masochistic furry was born!
I bought a shock collar and tried it on myself first. I never put it on my dog
- Yeah those are fucking illegal where I live, as are prong collars and crating for long periods of time. All of those are animal abuse, and negative re-inforcement is a terrible way to train any animal anyway (humans included)
- The good ones are adjustable and are not triggered by noise but by remote. The idea is to start with a very small level - something that basically triggers a neck muscle and distracts the dog from deep throating a sock.
  When I first got one for my dog, it was after about three months of one-on-one training, followed by specific training for us humans on the correct way to use an e-collar.
  Fun fact - the vibration is actually more scary/traumatic for your dog because it gives them an external sensation rather than the neck muscle twitch. I accidentally hit vibrate and my dog jumped about a foot in the air (I was mortified).
  I'm fully expecting down votes, but for our rescue we really did use the e-collar as a last resort to try and adjust her learned behavior - stuff that is dangerous for her to do (like swallowing socks and hair ties that she'll steal from on top of desks). She is utterly loved and pampered - she's got a bed in every room of the house and gets bougie food, plus all the toys she could ever want.
  We just wanted her to stop and listen when it's super important.
- It didn't work. That dog loved barking more than it disliked pain.

That's very funny, until one of them has an undiagnosed heart condition.

Collateral damage of science.
- You win some, you lose some
wouldn't it be fine if the current is localised and not through the heart?
I don’t make the rules
at least everybody will know that they can't handle it

I feel seen.

I have never felt more autistic. Do people really need to lick fire to know it will hurt?
- A couple of ways of interpretating this maybe:
  curiosity of the sensation
  absolute pathos of just trying to feel something
- Live a little!
  Just wanted to know if it hurt more than an electric fence. Having ADHD bypasses some hesitation when I know it isn't likely to cause severe injury or death.
  It hurt more than the fence FYI.
- Relevant XKCD: The Difference
- Not 30 minutes ago I burned myself on my cast iron pan because even though I could tell the handle was warm, I figured surely I could deal with it long enough to scrape out the crumbs. My oven mitt was literally within arms reach and I just... didn't bother.
  Idk if that helps answer your question but there ya go
- So? I know it hurts, I’ve zero idea what the feeling is like and would love to experience it.
  Pain is temporary, a curious mind is forever.
- The pain is part of why I wanna do it. I play with electricity for fun and pleasure.
- As a boss of mine used to say, "electricity comes from the outlet and tastes like ouch"
- I imagine it's like the urge to lick a 9-volt battery or touch the plate after the waitperson says "careful, it's hot". It's unpleasant, they know it's unpleasant, but they have to check for themselves.
- I don't think they are the same species as we.
  Just imagine you are watching a documentary about great apes, and the world kind of starts to make a lot more sense.

As the owner of a stun gun they are scary loud and intimidating. I've tried to shock nyself with it, but I couldn't commit. It's like trying to do a backflip for the first time with no training.

The bark is much worse than the bite

and now that you've put the idea in my brain......

i have an electric lighter. I want to zap myself with it to see how much it hurts. I fucking know it will hurt, but now i'm fucking curious.

I hope you're happy with yourself.

It does hurt but like licking a 9V battery hurts.
They do hurt, hilariously so. As a teenager I remember a group of friends all zapping each other with one on the ass. That electric spark will go through jeans even and people will jump. (It can however leave a little scorch mark on clothing though, so don't do it through clothes that aren't dark colored or that anyone cares about.)
- Oh I remember that. Stings like hell.
Report back... for science
- I'm going to have a drink instead and try to forget this terrible idea.

for anyone who wants to experience it: Just buy yourself an EMS device and dial it up. you'll get the idea. they cost $35

But! If you use one of these (or a TENS unit) do not run the electrodes from one extremity to another. Even a small amount of electrical current going across your heart can mess with your cardiac rhythm.
The pedantic breakdown between stun guns and tasers belongs somewhere in this comment thread, and it's probably right around here.
OOP probably had a stun gun
and are also very helpful for some types of chronic pain!
- indeed! why i have mine.
EMS? Is that anything like a TENS?
- Similar, and some devices can do both. EMS makes muscles contract so it uses higher voltage. But they're both devices that shoot electricity into an electrode you put on your body.

Why? Just why?

Bois bein bois
- I love that phrase so much but hate that it's been stigmatized as an excuse for rape. Like nooo I just want to make a joke about I take photos of bugs or hit my family with a pool noodle at the store :((
  
  ...granted I'm not a boy either.. but that's besides the point
- "What, you feel like living forever?"
  dudes