Platform is the home of .uk's first-person and opinion pieces, devoted to giving a platform to underheard and underrepresented voices in the media.įind some of our best reads of the week below: Then, Ryan – or at least someone I am convinced was him – pushed things too far. But as no crime had been committed there was nothing they could do. After all, he knew so much about me, including where I lived, while I knew very little about him.Įventually I phoned the non-emergency services to say I was concerned that someone was displaying stalker-like behaviour. The more I blanked and blocked him, the more accounts and calls he’d make.Īt night I could barely sleep due to the volume of calls and I was constantly scared that he’d just show up. Of course I didn’t, which only made things worse.

Within 24 hours the prank calls began and I started getting umpteen messages from blank profiles on Grindr too all saying the same thing: ‘Unblock me.’ I blocked him on WhatsApp, then on Grindr and I hoped that’d be the end of it. Then, after he attempted to ‘drop by’ unannounced, I finally made the decision to cut all contact with him properly. My ex insisted on knowing my body count - he instantly regretted it I simply said that, while I understood he was disappointed, I’d always been clear with him that I didn’t want anything more. The more I told him I wasn’t interested, the worse he got until eventually he got angry. The messages became more sexual in nature and he’d send explicit pictures of himself too (I’ll let your imagination fill in the blanks). Each time I had to repeat my earlier statement – that we were just friends, nothing more. He’d text me all the time saying how much he fancied me and wanted to take things further. He seemed to understand at first, even agreed to just being pals, but in the days that followed, his texts became relentless. ‘But I don’t see us being anything more than friends.’ Zings and zaps are technical terms that you only learn about in electrical engineering school ).ĮCS-3215MV-327KE compact 32.768 kHz MultiVolt oscillators offers low 1.3 ♚ current consumption.In the days that followed, his texts became relentless (Picture: Darren Shoneye)īy the time he left, I thought I had successfully friend-zoned him but to be safe I sent him a message after the date too.

The shock from this circuit is more of a quick zap, whereas circuits with IC DC/AC converters will create a steady zing.

Switch reopens, cap refills and current through inductor changes from V/R to 0 and another (but smaller) induction event occurs through the transformer, but this time the shock will be much less than when the switch closed because (V/R << infinite). After split second, current through inductor is constant (V/R from battery) so induction through coil no longer takes place and no more shock occurs. Output of secondary coil receives large voltage potential and if conductor or resistor bridges output (sweaty human skin, for example) then it will receive shock. This change in current at the transformer and causes induction into secondary coil. Switch closes and charge from cap dumps into transformer (no resistor so fact that change in current through inductor cannot be instantaneous is only thing to slow charge down) and (plus current from battery/resistor).

Shock prank toys