[georgefrowny]

It's 3000V, but the energy delivered can be absolutely minute on a human scale, even for the highly sensitive nervous system. But metal oxide layers (what static discharge is often blowing holes in) are not on a human scale, they're atoms thick. And highly insulating, which leads to teravolts/metre field gradients.

For discharge that you can feel and see, the energy is even higher, but damage can be done far below this level.