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I, as every other technician on these forums knows; know exactly what "static electricity" is and what it can do and how to protect against it.@britechguy @Computer Bloke @GTP @frase I know Linus isn't a technician and LTT is more about entertainment than anything else, but I've found some of his content valuable. For example, the tests he did about how much thermal paste to use and different ways to apply it (spoiler alert: it doesn't really matter so long as you use enough of it). He also did a rather silly video about static electricity killing components. I've had STATIC ELECTRICITY BAD drilled into my head since I was a kid in the 90's and even to this day I'm obsessive about grounding myself before touching anything inside a computer or any bare components, but his rather unscientific tests show that the fear of static electricity is either way overblown or maybe modern components are just better protected from it:
But in the context of the OP's dialogue he made it sound like static builds up in the PC and needs to be cleared frequently and routinely.
I was confused about his statement.
Edit: Apologies to @Computer Bloke I wrote my post then realised you'd posted a similar comment.