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by 8bitsrule 2898 days ago
Static damage? Where I was raised, winter temps regularly reached -40. That cold, outside air already had most of the moisture 'wrung out of it'. Now let that cold dry air into the house and warm it: the relative humidity plummets.

Now walk across a carpet in leather-soled shoes. Do NOT even touch metal doorknobs, let alone metal faucets!

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A favorite game of my siblings and I during the winter growing up in Minnesota was to shuffle across the floor and then poke each other.
In the winter (in MN), I usually wake up to my dog shocking us nose-to-nose while he checks if I'm still sleeping.
I'm kind of surprised he hasn't been trained out of this from the pain/surprise. Seems like sort of a shock collar effect.