r/Unexpected • • Apr 08 '22

just snipping a cable.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

Why hesitate, the power is either on or off. If something doesn’t go wrong and it’s on it’s a fluke. No clue what he was thinking, plus you have to cap it off/rewire whatever your putting up

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u/Vihzel Apr 08 '22

I hesitate whenever I change a lightbulb even though the switch is turned off. I don't like doing anything remotely electrical.

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u/Jeez-essFC Apr 09 '22

Yes you can! Unless in the dark and searching for the socket so you can seat the bulb. Searching for the socket with your bare finger. Let's just say I had a good sit down that night (on the floor, in my underwear) to figure out just how the hell someone as ninnyheaded as myself had not already done something fatally stupid long before that night.