submitted 5 months ago by JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

idk I'm not from the us but i think these are pretty common?
hole is just there for making production easier

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

I mean, it’s also a Euro plug with US pins. I’ve never seen that mashup before. 🤷‍♀️

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

oh,youre right, i kinda forgot us plugs are rectangular

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

There is the occasional round one out there, but they wouldn’t have “the France hole”.

[-] th3dogcow@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

hole is just there for making production easier

The holes allow the socket to grip the plug more firmly according to this page.

But, yes. These plugs are completely normal in Japan at least.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

technology connections made a video on it, none of the sockets actually use the holes, and ones that do, do it unintentionally

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[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Would you say the lack of the hole is not very interesting?

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