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These istors keep messing with my power! I hear they're bipolar too.
All my plugs are male–male. I take all in stride:
what would you do with a male-male cord?
Probably start fires and electrocute people
Why is this need seasonal?
Often used (foolishly) to bridge gaps in string lights
Have you seen how cold it is outside? Ya gotta stay warm somehow.
Of all the answers I got this is the most logical
Christmas lights often have a female plug on the end so you can chain another string to them. They also aren't designed to care which end the electricity is coming from.
Now if someone has strung up all their lights, except...oops, they got it backwards, the female end is where the male end should be, and the male end is hanging off the corner of the 2nd story roof, they might be tempted to just use a male to male cord to hook it up instead of having to pull down the entire thing and redo it the other way around.
But… there’s a male plug on the other end… do they also try to plug the bit of the toaster where the toast goes into the wall socket??
But TIL thanks, horrifying though that is
It's tradition 🤷
Aside from Christmas lights, some people also use them to give their house power through a generator, but that will back feed into the grid and hat is very illegal.