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[–] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (17 children)

UK are safest, EU are both practical and almost as safe (as it supports a variety of plugs, both with and without grounding), and US is complete and utter garbage built for garbage voltage. Plus, the US one looks scared.

[–] sylver_dragon 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Plus, the US one looks scared.

Even our outlets are terrified of how bad the plug design is.

[–] bartvbl 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Try going to Japan. They took the US design, but most outlets there don't have the grounding plug (in hotels it was practically non-existent). My travel adapter didn't even work xP

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

It's goes far beyond grounding, half of Japan use 50hz and half use 60hz.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It’s the same in The Philippines. One place I stayed had a three-way splitter & I snuck my laptop charger in the top, just letting the ground hang out. Luckily my gears has gotten lighter & with GaN chargers, two-prong is just fine.

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