system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why and how does putting a hairdryer in a bathtub electrocute you? Why wouldn't the electricity take the shortest path to ground through the water?
gpt
Electricity only takes the shortest path with no resistance. If there are multiple paths exist with none zero resistance, then more electrons go trough the path with less resistance and less electrons go trough the path with more resistance. However electricity goes trough all paths in second case.