This is a debate, not an argument, let’s be adults about this. [Insert political joke]

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
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    9 months ago

    UK are safest, EU are both practical and almost as safe (as it supports a variety of plugs, both with and without grounding), and US is complete and utter garbage built for garbage voltage. Plus, the US one looks scared.

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        9 months ago

        Try going to Japan. They took the US design, but most outlets there don’t have the grounding plug (in hotels it was practically non-existent). My travel adapter didn’t even work xP

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          It’s goes far beyond grounding, half of Japan use 50hz and half use 60hz.

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          9 months ago

          It’s the same in The Philippines. One place I stayed had a three-way splitter & I snuck my laptop charger in the top, just letting the ground hang out. Luckily my gears has gotten lighter & with GaN chargers, two-prong is just fine.

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      9 months ago

      UK are safest

      Until you step on a plug…

      You thought Lego was bad on bare feet? Hoo boy

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        9 months ago

        At least the UK one is blunt. I’m trying, without success, to find a picture of the old style telephone (and my modem) connectors we had here in Norway. Imagine the UK power plug, but the pins are pointy. I’ve drawn blood stepping on these. I would run a marathon on Lego to avoid stepping on one of those again. Luckily they were gradually replaced by wallmounted RJ11 (or RJ45 if you had ISDN) during the 90’s.

        EDIT: Found it.

        FFFFUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu

        Stepping on one feels like getting shanked under your foot by Poseidon and his trident.

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      9 months ago

      The UK ones are only safe from an electric point of view. As stepping hazards for shoe-less feet they are only slightly less lethal than Lego bricks

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      9 months ago

      UK’s are hilariously over-engineered. Might as well have a puzzle mechanism on the back, to make sure you really meant to power that toaster.

      Breakers in every socket are a neat idea, though. And power switches at the socket make a lot more sense than US homes where some wall switches control some sockets, somewhere. Good luck!

      • Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        I’ve seen an Australian guy bend an American plug enough so that it fits into his outlet. Let’s just say that his house burned down his studio lights started flickering.