People who joke about legos haven’t stepped on this bad boy

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    UK sockets usually have switches on them. There’s no need to unplug things when you’re not using them.

    Also, Lego is a collective noun. Saying legos is exactly like saying sheeps.

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      If you look at the picture, that’s clearly the front part of a plug without the back cover, disconnected from all wiring and kept on the ground, with the pins facing upwards, to pierce some fascia.

      If someone were to insert that plug into a socket as-is, it would still be a death trap as long as the power switch is on.

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      They do some things right in the UK. But does every toilet need to be hidden in a basement labyrinth?

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        Oh yes, definitely. Otherwise the Minotaur might escape and frighten the other railway station users when he should be enforcing the unwritten rules of the urinal.

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      Lego vs Legos appears to be another North America vs The rest of the English speaking world thing. A collective noun feels weird to my American ears since they are individual pieces that are countable. It’s not a big deal though. I enjoy having different ways of talking.

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      Which makes it extra amusing to me that they coat the pins or whatever with plastic so you cant accidentally touch live while inserting it.

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      I think the switches are nice but in the modern world you really don’t need to unplug a vast majority of things. Even my $30 120V USA space heater shuts itself off if it tips over or gets too hot. My cell phone charger pulls functionally 0W while idling.

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      But what about when you need to plug your hair dryer in and need to remove a lamps plug and it ends up on the floor and then you get a knock at the door and its your friend and you go out and forget all about it until you get home and completely fuck your own feet

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      this is something I’ve heard a lot from people in the UK, do UK electronics not have switches on them or something? all electronics I’ve ever seen living in the US have a power switch on them, do you think we unplug our stuff to turn them off?

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        I didn’t know you people had only one of them.

        I have:

        1. A switch on my appliance
        2. A switch on each socket of my extension board
        3. A switch on the wall
        4. An MCB connected to groups of sockets
        5. An MCB for the whole house
        6. A circuit breaker on the nearby distribution station
        7. A circuit breaker in the power plant
        8. A generator start/stop system in the power plant
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        Lots of devices have status lights and other circuutry that still gets powered when “off”. Its not a huge difference, but its nice to skip the unnecessary draw.