why does sticking a fork in a power socket electrocute you?

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I swear this isn’t a troll question, it’s always been my understanding that electricity takes the path of least resistance, and silver is one of the best conducting metals, so if you did the sterotypical stick a fork in a power socket why does the power do anything to you when it can go through the much less resistive silver?

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there is resistance in the powerlines all the way to the generator. there is less ressistance going through a human than kilometers of metal

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