Same country that convinced itself that you should have one hot and one cold tap, and if you want to get proper temperatured water just fill the basin… instead of just combining them like the rest of the civilized world.
Comment on xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 22 hours agoWhy the hell would I want the plugs to be polarized? Brits really stockholmed themselves into thinking that being unable to turn the plug around is a good feature. This is fine and dandy by Brits’ standards.
Tanoh@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
dublet@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Mixer taps exist in the UK and are widely used.
dublet@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Quite a lot of plugs are polarized, as you would see if you followed the link in my post. This includes plugs in the USA, Canada, Japan, China, Argentina, Switzerland, Denmark.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
What’s that to me? It’s still dumb and inconvenient.