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What is the best style electrical outlet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

For example, when you step on them, the plugs hurt a lot more than a Lego brick.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah UK plugs are what happened when the british military had millions of caltrops left after the war...

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 5 points 10 months ago

We have switches on the socket so rarely need to actually unplug anything.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, the same can be said for most plugs. I've had my own experience with US plugs, and it hurt so bad I thought it had punctured the bottom of my food.

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Type G plugs always land on the ground with the pins up though.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

All continental European standards are harmless, they lay flat and the prongs are thick and round