There was this post in devRant regarding EU battery replacement bill. Some selectively amnesiac people commented about

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electrineer

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@retoor generally that advice would be dangerous
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SidTheITGuy

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Say it anyway my dude. You already gave us the context.
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dmonkey

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We've been replacing batteries for decades everywhere wtf this danger issue comes from?

Regarding this argument seems that literally everyone got some kind of amnesia
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netikras

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@dmonkey IDK, but my kiddo got a toy radio set as a gift this weekend and the manual explicitly warns that batt replacement must be carried out using protective gloves.

It's powered by 3xAAAs per unit

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I remember as a child I used to lick 9V batteries to check if they've got any juice left. And now we have to wear gloves when licking them. Doesn't make any sense
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electrineer

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@netikras I've only heard that about button cells to not get your skin oils on the cell. Even in that case it possibly doesn't matter but people keep repeating it.
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netikras

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@retoor haven't tried THAT....

Prolly because salt stones we used were not meant to be hung. We used to drop them on the ground in the grass for the animal to reach. Licking it myself wouldn't be something I would've been even remotely interested in :D
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Jedidja

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@netikras It might just be because of the chemicals inside the batteries.
Alkaline are ... quite alkaline ... and can chew up electronics when they leak.
So wearing gloves while handling old one kinda sounds reasonable to me - but also waaaaaaay overzealus about safety. But manuals do be like that.

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