# The Magic That Scares Me

2025-08-09 - [54] 5:22

Super short post, which I am writing because I mentioned the quote I wrote later in this post to a coworker in the last day...

I sometimes do electronics, although very simple electronics where the worst that will happen is that one of the components blow out and release the "Magic Smoke".

Magic Smoke (Wikipedia) [HTTPS]

With that context in mind, and after getting a good discharge to my fingers from a large capacitor and having friends that got even better discharges to their hands/fingers from larger capacitors, I have realized that electricity can be a bit much sometimes...

Some friends of mine are electricians, and some have to deal with incredibly dangerous situations. I also have some chemist friends. A particular friend of mine told me a scary story a that I promised not to repeat in order to protect the friend's job.

I have felt this before but after hearing the scary story, this quote of mine is especially correct:

> Chemistry and Electricity are both magic, but if you say the magic spell wrong, you die...

Stay safe out there, or at least try to get a (de)merit badge for the spicy adventure you are on!

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