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by gzalo 991 days ago
It's just a grounding issue, just that you feel the 50/60hz and your skin detects it as a weird texture/vibration.

I think the periodic electric impulses may be interpreted by your brain as a fake stick-slip phenomenon and change how the texture feels.

See: https://superuser.com/questions/462244/electric-shock-mild-v...