If you keep yourself "grounded," i.e. earth potential, you'll definitely get shocked in most scenarios. In order to not get shocked, you either isolate the circuit you're working on from the mains with an isolation transformer and don't complete a circuit with 2 hands or you isolate yourself from "ground." The guys who work on high-voltage lines are isolated from "ground" plus charged to the potential of the high voltage line they're working on.
The electricity definitely wants to get to "ground" potential. If you're "grounded," it's gonna go through YOU to get there if you let it.
If you keep yourself "grounded," i.e. earth potential, you'll definitely get shocked in most scenarios.
In order to not get shocked, you either isolate the circuit you're working on from the mains with an isolation transformer and don't complete a circuit with 2 hands or you isolate yourself from "ground."
The guys who work on high-voltage lines are isolated from "ground" plus charged to the potential of the high voltage line they're working on.
The electricity definitely wants to get to "ground" potential. If you're "grounded," it's gonna go through YOU to get there if you let it.
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