You are not harmed by contact with a charged metal ball, even though its voltage may be

Question:

You are not harmed by contact with a charged metal ball, even though its voltage may be very high. Is the reason similar to why you are not harmed by a Fourth-of-July sparkler, even though the temperatures of each of those sparks is greater than 1000ºC? Defend your answer in terms of the energies that are involved.