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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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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 hours ago

Exactly. It's best technically but worst for the end user. I am an end user and I would hate to be stuck with that monster of a uniderectional plug. I don't care that it washes my dishes for me if it doesn't fit in my bag and kills me in the night when I step on it.