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xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet (imgs.xkcd.com)

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xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet

Title text:

Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3186/

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I'm not sure I fully get the joke, considering the literal existence of outlets like this. Did Randall not know they exist?

[–] atthecoast@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] mech@feddit.org 9 points 1 day 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.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day 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)

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Caspase8@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These were all over Vietnam when I travelled there. Didn't even need an adapter.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

silly Caspase8 Vietnam doesn't exist you were in Finland