Comment on xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Randall isn’t suggesting a universal wall plug, he’s suggesting you cut holes in your existing plates to make them “compatible”. (At least that’s how it reads to me)

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• atthecoast@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Typical wall outlet in china. Any plug will hang loosely in there and work. Dangerously

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  • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Only if the socket is worn out and you are using a plug without inherent safety mechanisms.

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• quinkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Plenty don’t fit that. Type i for instance.

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Can’t speak for all of them, but type I does fit

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• mech@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m guessing seeing one of these was the starting point for this cartoon.
  Also wouldn’t surprise me if he threw in 1-2 types that don’t exist.

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