this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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[–] x4740N 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The outlets don't think it's a good idea

[–] NorthWestWind 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Botree 3 points 2 years ago

That was me as an 8yo kid, but somehow I had enough "sense" to wrap a cardboard around the fork before inserting it into the socket and shorting circuiting the whole house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This reminds me of how people were trolled on Finnish forums several years ago. The trolls told about how one could save in electricity bills by calibrating wall sockets.

[–] ptolemai 1 points 2 years ago

guilty, bread knife. self inflicted shock therapy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Except that appears to be a GFCI outlet.