you know what really corks my screws whenever i go overseas i have to carry
around this bulky looking adapter for all my gadgets and that is assuming of
course that i can even get it into my overstuffed bag lest i have to pay
another outrageous amount of money to heaven forbid check a bag with the
airline and you know speaking of airlines how
exactly is it that we as a society have
figured out a way to safely get thousands of flights to their
destinations every day even between countries where the air traffic
controllers don't speak the same native language yet we haven't figured out a
way to get everyone using the same type
of power plug and yes i know about the voltage differences
worldwide with large parts of the americas operating on 110 volts while
much of the rest of the globe uses between 220 and 240 but that's a rant
for another day and besides there is absolutely no reason that these prongs
that we use here in canada couldn't carry a 200 something volt potential
and did you know by the way that this same style of north american plug first
appeared all the way back in 1912 that means the world has had at least a
hundred years to get on the same page about this it's pathetic but you know
hang on a minute because now that i think about it this style of plug
actually kind of sucks i mean aside from them being super easy to plug in the
wrong way and frustrating users way
before usb ever did have you ever inserted a plug only part way and then
gotten a really nasty shock when you accidentally touched the prong well i
have and let me tell you it's about as much fun as a soft kick to the privates
well i guess i wasn't the first person to notice that as electrical power for
homes surged in popularity long before there was any kind of serious
international effort to coordinate how it was delivered so countries mostly
developed their own outlet standards separately and some of them even
intentionally deviated from the north american style in favor of safer designs
with less exposed metal i mean the thing is all you really need for a working
outlet is a couple of sticks of something conductive and then maybe a
third prong for safety reasons so it doesn't really matter what shape they
are or what kind of emotion the outlet on the other end ends up conveying so
everyone just kind of said you know what who cares just make it work and we ended
up with this whole mess of different plug standards that we have today
i mean sure i get that when all of this happened no one was taking lightweight
laptops and electric razors across the atlantic all the time but like please
won't someone think of the future generations of children i mean
in fairness right around the time the world's electricity usage was starting
to ramp up and different nations might have come together harmoniously holding
hands to figure out this plug issue some
jackass named adolf hitler was busy trying to conquer the globe so the
international community was a bit more worried about stopping him than getting
a record player that someone bought in new york to work over in london speaking
of london did you know that the brits hastily developed a new plug standard
that nobody else was using in their effort to put their country back
together quickly after the blitz that's part of why gadgets from england need an
adapter as soon as you get to the other side of the channel but it's 2019
and there aren't any world wars going on and even the cold war is a distant
memory so why can't we go ahead and agree on one plug and one outlet
standard i mean is it seriously just because it would be too much of a hassle
to retrofit everything and it's much easier to just use a an adapter
okay yeah i guess that's exactly the reason well
until we figure out totally wireless energy transfer i guess i'll just charge
everything before i get off the plane with those fancy international chargers
they have on the back of the seat or maybe i'll just start going to the united states for all my vacations i
hear in europe some places it is actually illegal to offer free soda
refills did you know that because i didn't
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