Was not expecting to catch a stray and get bullied by transsexual women for using a Canon camera when I sat down to listen to this episode today. Sure they're prone to developing "Canon cough" but you can fix that with a used E shot needle and some Walkman oil, which IMO is extremely transsexual.
![What I built for a first attempt was extremely crude. I connected the needle to a potentiometer, which was used for approximate current limiting, and then to a car battery. I also inserted a current meter into the circuit so I could monitor things. For the other electrode I used a pop can. Grabbing the can would complete the circuit and start the flow of electricity. One side effect of this is that I could loosely tune the current by how hard I squeezed the can. Squeezing harder would lower the resistance slightly and allow more current to flow.
This is what the result of my efforts looked like:
[photo of a bunch of wires connecting a multimeter, soda can, and car battery]
I'll admit that it doesn't look like the safest contraption in the world. I would watch the current meter and time it by counting seconds to work out roughly the amount of lye generated. Once I got to the target, I'd let go of the can. As janky as this was, I was able to successfully use it to remove some hair from my arm! This was a euphoric moment where I realized this project was going to work. The follicle that came out was enormous - it reminded me of epilation, except it came out with absolutely no resistance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6g6ahjg65mbvy5sehsawiqjs/bafkreihu3jxoy3h75ahcqnsyphu6iuak25ure2v53xzxzr7pefegha4dn4)
