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context: Are you Jacking On in there?! >
  
  Do I preach to you when you're lying stoned in the gutter? >
  
  
  Fox said he would prefer that people interested in brain stimulation use it under medical supervision.
  
  We're too broke for that, dude. >
  
  “Too broke for that, dude!”
  rips off a lamps power cord like he’s Walter White. >
  
  Wait what? I can buy something that'll send a mild shock to my barely reinforced thinking sponge??? Sign me up mofucka!
  Seriously, is this legit? I have a bunch of 9volts that might save me a few bucks. Should I start licking these like it's honey or what? >
  
  Only to test them.
  Here's how to interpret the results.
  *Nothing, just feels like putting your tongue on a spoon or something: battery is completely dead
  *You can sort of "taste" something sour or acid-y: battery is weak
  *A noticeable sting: battery is good but not 100% charged
  *A noticeable sting and your tongue twitches a little: battery is perfectly charged >
  
  dude how powerful are your batteries tf >
  
  Always have to check to make sure your car battery isn’t dead. >
  
  You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias >
  
  “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is sparky and bruised.” -Zapp Brainagain. >
  
  
  The at-home devices are available online and typically range in cost from as little as $40 to around $500
  
  these are a scam, then. made to cash in on the idea of direct brain stimulation while doing basically nothing. 
  your brain is wrapped in a substantial layer of strongly insulating bone. making an electrical device that can safely overcome that resistance is hard enough. I don't know that you could make such a device for $40. 
  what you could easily do is make a piece of junk that passes a superficial current across your scalp, maybe gives you some tingles too convince you it's doing something.
  more importantly, if they could make these devices so cheaply, they'd undercut every medical device suppliers in the country. >
  
  
  making an electrical device that can safely overcome that resistance is hard enough. I don't know that you could make such a device for $40. 
  
  "Safely" is the operative word here. I could absolutely make a device that could overcome that resistance for $40 if you like to live dangerously. >
  
  Hold cheap metal fork in mouth.  Kneel in front of electrical outlet.  Insert fork into outlet.  Coffee addiction no more. >
  
  in fact, all your addictions will go away!
  don’t do this >
  
  let's please not disrupt Darwinian tik. let it tok along. >
  
  Good call, I’m going to allow watt will happen to happen. >
  
  path with the least resistors my friend. >
  
  I'm amped to get behind this capacitance challenge. >
  
  Drouds for all the wireheads in Known Space. >
  
  r/tDCS
  idk, shocking a brain that relies on electrical signals may do things and wake you up like stimulate fight/flight response. 
  I have been shocked a few times with 220v and did not need coffee. >
  
  No thanks... I'll stick to sniffing my gas stove top >
  
  I was feeling sick, losing my mind.
  Heard about these treatments by a good friend of mine. >
  
  He was always happy, smile on his face.
  He said he had a great time at the place. >
  
  I wanted the treatment, I wanted it fast. Didn’t want to be first, but certainly not last >
  
  Sad Pepe sticking a fork into an electrical outlet vibes ⚡😬💥🤯😵💀 >
  
  I do research with tDCS and work with two other scientists who use it for slightly different experiments.  It is a  safe and effective technique for some applications--chronic pain, improving motor learning, enhancing short-term memory, improving strength.  Typically the improvements are more noticeable in populations who already have a deficit (eg:  Parkinson's and Alzheimer's patients, spinal cord injury...).  Haven't read about getting rid of brain fog, and I'm skeptical.  Even if effective, it's not coffee.  First, it takes 20 minutes of wearing the electrodes--more or less can reverse the effects.  Second, it may be better to treat the underlying cause of the brain fog.  tDCS might do that, but I know there isn't much research on that application.  This one guy is likely experiencing a placebo effect. >
  
  7:00am: 
  wakes up
  wipes eyes
  picks up fork from nightstand and sticks it in power socket
  "Ahh, refreshing" >
  
  It blows my mind (well, not like this) the lengths people will go to, to avoid going for a run.  Or hopping on a bike.  Or a walk, even.
  If you're suffering so much that you feel the need to electrify yourself with a scam product off the Internet, you can make the effort to go outside. >
  
  I get it. It’s an addiction. When I had Covid - I couldn’t finish my cup of coffee at all. Lil Espresso, half way through- I felt nauseous and my head would ache. No more coffee for awhile and after Get better. I no longer crave at this time. 
  I will see how I can go with out it. >
  
  “Known side effects…include small burns…” >
  
  This is due to arcing when there's a bad contact between skin and electrodes.  It's always due to user error. >
  
  Larry Niven was warning about the advent of Wireheads in the early 70's. >
  
  Sounds like the medicals are a tad upset because this is available and being done without a prescription, some kind of medical supervision or some other way they could of been profiting off of this technology. 
  Think of how much money they are losing. The docs, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers. This could of been a gold mine for them.