Why I hate cheap extension cords

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• Anonus

  2016-03-02 04:36:01

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  i've never touched an exposed prong and shouldn't
• Tachyon

  2016-03-02 04:39:46

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  i don't think that could happen with the sockets we have over here
  
• Princess Alice

  2016-03-02 04:41:35

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I've done this before, when indeed I was trying to plug in some lights in the dark.

  
  

  It didn't hurt that badly but it gave me a nasty jolt.
• Tatterhood

  2016-03-02 04:43:11

  Tachyon said:

  i don't think that could happen with the sockets we have over here
  

  Well, it shouldn't be possible with North American ones either, but it is dumb that they're close enough to symmetrical that this can happen.
  
• Yarrun XIX

  2016-03-02 04:57:17

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  Anonus said:

  i've never touched an exposed prong and shouldn't

  And yet I want to
• lee4hmz

  2016-03-02 04:57:59

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  Yarrun XIX said:

  Anonus said:

  i've never touched an exposed prong and shouldn't

  And yet I want to
• Tatterhood

  2016-03-02 04:58:34

  i dont
  
• Tachyon

  2016-03-02 04:58:53

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  me neither
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2016-03-02 04:59:24

  is there a way to determine its properties without touching it in such a way that may injure oneself?
  
• Tatterhood

  2016-03-02 05:00:27

  glennmagusharvey said:

  is there a way to determine its properties without touching it in such a way that may injure oneself?
  

  invite yarrun or lee over
  
• Tachyon

  2016-03-02 05:01:50

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  at work we have to pass these various checklist/test type things in order to be considered a full-fledged crew member
  
  one of the questions they ask us is "why is electricity dangerous?" and the correct answer is just "it can cause serious injury or death"
  
  which i'd have thought was just common sense, but i guess they need to make sure we understand that?
  
• lee4hmz

  2016-03-02 05:02:41

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  Ah, NEMA receptacles, it's no wonder most of the world doesn't use them.
  
  Don't BS receptacles have shutters on them to keep exactly this from happening?
• Crystal

  2016-03-02 05:02:52

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  No it's because it's super effective on Flying-types, duh.
• Tachyon

  2016-03-02 05:05:45

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  that's if they were asking *you* that question
  
• Princess Alice

  2016-03-02 05:05:56

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  And, for those who would worry: No, when I took the pictures, the extension cord wasn't actually plugged into the socket. I have no desire to repeat that again.
• Princess Alice

  2016-03-02 05:06:44

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  glennmagusharvey said:

  is there a way to determine its properties without touching it in such a way that may injure oneself?
  

  You could use a multimeter, I guess, but I don't have one of those.
• Klinotaxis

  2016-03-02 05:08:31

  kill living beings
  

  lay a string from the ground to the prong. if it bursts into flame,