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[-] federalreverse@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

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

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

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

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