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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Huh, I never knew Australia shared the same power point as china, thought we were on our own. Good to know not EVERY country is suffering through inferior plugs

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[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Italy WTF man? Also fuck Type H!

[–] drgeppo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

the weird looking holes are just to make it compatible with two sizes of plugs, so really it's just the best wall socket

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[–] Insane_Turnip@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

K is the happiest. I like that one. B is shocked (pun!) at what's going on. H is encouraging me to see things in a racist light.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

B or N. They’re simple and effective, grounded but optionally, but most importantly you can fit two in a small space.

I can’t tell if N is polarized though, so B is the boss

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does Japan / type-A not have grounded circuits?

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

F because its the most stabdardized, G because its the safest

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Type D is listed but not visually shown. Am I missing something?

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[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Name a more painful thing to tread on than the British plug. Bonus points if it's incorrectly wired to be live.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

J. They look good and the plug is small

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

I like type F for the symmetry. However, type K is smiling.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

I like N,C,E,F, and K But I really like the switches on the UK plugs.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

F, C, E, K..... Are they all directly compatible?

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 1 month ago

Which ever outlet that allows me to stick a fork in them.

[–] justanotheruser4@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Germany and France are members of the EU, so is Denmark.

[–] megane_kun@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As someone living in a country which uses a variant of Type B (without the ground pin), appreciate the design of Type F.

Mainly because it recessed, which helps with making the plug more securely plugged in. I think it has features that makes plugs really secure, and won't be yanked off, which happened to me quite a lot (tripping on a wire, yanking off something off the wall socket, etc).

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

as european, i think the British still tops our's

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

G, you have to try really quite hard to electrocute yourself

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