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by jamiek88 956 days ago
And by safe it means 'won't die' not 'pleasant feeling' still be careful with 50v!
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With dry hands it shouldn't be bad, with wet or sweaty fingers it probably can become quite a "shocking" experience.

If there is some liquid poured over the connector or if the cable is damaged, this could really become nasty.

As a teenager I touched a phone plug with my tongue. While it only delivered 48V it was far from being pleasant
You're just lucky it didn't ring at the time!
Touching a 9V battery to your tongue isn't pleasant.
Having done both I can assure you that the phone plug experience is far sharper. It's the similar "lemony" shock, but far far stronger
Licking a Nintendo game card is also not pleasant.
Which Nintendo console, what game and for what purpose?