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@donororgans @EllSvenkeson @anishmoonka This power strip could fit twice as many normal sockets

@EllSvenkeson @anishmoonka How you would imagine one?

Your phone charger can electrocute a toddler who pokes a fork into the socket. The British plug cannot. That difference comes from a 1947 engineering project that refused every shortcut and turned a household plug into one of the most deliberately safe objects ever mass-produced. Britain published BS 1363 in 1947, built for the post-war housing boom. The country was wiring millions of new homes at once and needed one standard that would work safely for everyone. They picked the most paranoid option available. The earth pin (the large top prong) is longer than the other two. When you push a British plug in, the earth pin goes in first. Inside the socket, it presses a lever that opens two metal shutters covering the live and neutral slots. A fork pushed into an empty British socket hits only shutters. The shutters block it. The two conducting pins are also coated in plastic for their lower half. A plug halfway out of the wall is still safe to touch. You would have to pull it completely clear before any live metal is exposed. Inside every plug is its own fuse. UK homes wire their sockets in a loop called a ring circuit, which runs at 32 amps, enough to melt a lamp's cord if the cord fails. So each plug carries a fuse matched to the appliance: 3 amps for a lamp, 13 for a kettle. When something goes wrong in your appliance's wiring, only that plug's fuse blows. The standard US plug (flat two-pin or three-pin) has none of the pin coating and no individual fuse. American building codes began requiring shuttered outlets in new construction in 2008, decades after Britain made shutters standard. Even those newer shuttered versions lack pin coating and plug-level fuses. Britain's plug is bulky because a fuse, a shutter mechanism, insulated pins, and three contact prongs all need room. The plug looks the way it does because safety engineers refused to sacrifice any of those features to make it smaller, and that decision is now 79 years old.

@pkmustdie @strwbry666 Yeah, because it's inappropriate? You don't talk about sex with someone without having a long history with them first.

@strwbry666 *doesn't establish a long term relationship without understanding how the both of u view physical intimacy*

A sexless relationship lol

@Clavicular0 These are two of the most unattractive people I have seen in some time.

Girls from the US are a lot more attractive than EU simply because the gene pool was devastated during WW2. All the good genes died in war, while the physically unfit stayed back and reproduced. Genetics are the number one factor in looks, but Looksmaxing still can bring success. So im going to offer my looksmaxing course 50% off to the French because not only do they need it, but they also cant afford it at full ticket.

@angerpom @vampiric_shirin Yeah, but the stars are not natural. Without the patch, it's easier to ignore the pimples, and there's a chance people don't notice them. If you stick a star on your face, it's obvious and very difficult to ignore. It invites questions and shows that you want attention.

@vampiric_shirin it’s either you see cute blue or black stars on my face or red and yellow pustules. fuck the person you qt’ed.

if pimple patches existed when i was a teenager it would have made me 1 million percent less suicidal when leaving the house with acne

@AA20012024 @prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel You don't have to give your password to a thing they don't know exists. In any case, if your life is that bad, work on moving out instead of wasting time on Twitter.

@whatwitre @prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel Be grateful you don’t know a thing about overbearing, controlling parents because you can’t hide a single thing from them. You must give your password to every single thing and tell them exactly what you’re doing all of the time.

"How do i come out to my muslim parents" idk bro don't

@AA20012024 @prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel Did people forget how to use computers? Use incognito mode, different user profile, another browser, secret folder (if possible), clear history and cookies manually after browsing, etc Or just don't give them your password lol

@whatwitre @prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel Well let’s see. They can take their phone and simply go through it. Go on all their social media’s and wala they found their twitter where they just admitted to being queer.

@AA20012024 @prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel How would the parents figure out the Twitter username of their child?

@prexicular77377 @whatwitre @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel Oh lucky you. You have normal parents but some people do not and they dig through their kids stuff. That includes their technology. At least your homophobic parents don’t do that.

@AA20012024 @prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel Do you think their legal name is prexicular?

@prexicular77377 @dan_gaffa @YURIpilledangel Your parents know now because you just said it right here. You don’t think they have social media?

@samu_debug @laowaihistorian @CedarReloaded Says a lot about americans, doesn't it? :)

@laowaihistorian @CedarReloaded Curious when the most sold car in the US in the past 40 years is a pickup truck

Americans thinks being between their car and its destination is a crime punishable by death

@suchnerve @Oblivion_Folder Maybe in your bubble 🤷

@Oblivion_Folder Uhhhh everywhere….

Friend sex is valid but you should be aware that if there’s a man involved, he will probably catch feelings about it. So be prepared for that

@gh0stmp4 Well, you shouldn't send them in general. What if he shares the nudes somewhere? Or stores them in an unsafe place, and they get discovered? Or they get found on your devices?

ppl are mad at me for sending them on imessage sorry do u want me to send nudes on snapchat like i'm a teenager again

IM TWENTY SIX YEARS OLD WHY CANT I SEND NUDES TO MY LONG DISTANCE BOYFRIEND WITHOUT BEING TOLD OFF BY APPLE BRO

@J_Stobrimore @potatoslav Nah. I was in the US once and everyone was so incredibly fake. Like, just act natural. Why do you have to pretend?

@potatoslav And yet whenever a European comes over to the US for a vacation, they spend all of their time talking about how nice and kind and friendly everyone they encountered is before going back to Europe and saying that it's all fake again.

“smiles are reserved for sincere interactions” Americans constantly get accused of being “fake” but we are usually just… nice and happy? even if you’re a stranger we ARE having a genuine conversation with you. idk why this is so hard for so many Europeans to understand.

@Jewelpaint @Datchia1 Not once in my life has a teacher shared anything personal. Teachers aren't people in class - they're teachers. When they get home, they can act normal, but in class, they're just representatives of the education system.

@whatwitre @Datchia1 Boo bad rage bait get a life

My English teacher had a supernatural sticker on her laptop, when I asked if she liked the show she stared at me dead seriously and said, “If Dean Winchester walked in here right now and asked me to quit teaching and go hunt monsters with him, you’d never hear from me again” She was a great teacher ngl - so I understand the Ryan Gosling thing

@TastyDeaths @MudkipNerd_ I can't imagine a scenario where my belongings would be stolen on a train. It simply doesn't happen.

@MudkipNerd_ well nice idea but thats not how any country in the world works

hey man all i'm saying is we should be living in a society where crime and theft are discouraged to the point where you should be able to feel safe on the train. without some retard taking a picture and making fun of you on twitter. i know thats a really radical opinion tho

@SneakyTOA @lispeaks_ "Coming out" is stupid. Nobody cares if you're gay anymore. Everyone who has ever been in a discussion with me related to sex knows that I suck man dick, and it never caused me any problems. What's the point of making a big deal out of it and telling unrelated people you're gay?

@lispeaks_ He very obviously wasn’t ready to come out, OP should have shown him; her and his dad were a safe space first, Especially as coming out can be a very big deal for people, and he’s been striped of that chance in a very embarrassing way Don’t get why people don’t get that

people seem confused why this one was ruled YTA but that judgement doesn't mean "you're a bad person" it means "you were rude in this situation." being dismissive and crass about a deep insecurity is mean! not being hateful does not exempt you from being rude

@Jewelpaint @Datchia1 How would you even know what a teacher likes? Teachers aren't supposed to talk about their personal life.

@Datchia1 Every teacher needs something random to be obsessed with that their students can poke fun at. In the 3rd grade my teacher had a life size statue of gumby, my 11th grade English loved the backstreet boys. My 7th grade math (while a bitch) had an entire shelf full of giraffes

@ReinaSgt @4kteli22 @Toywhore1312 @GirlGurl26 @Brien_Jackson Because they're kids? They don't know how to have safe sex. They don't know how to properly act. They're vulnerable. And in general, they are still barely conscious and don't know how to make sound decisions or achieve success. They should be kids and learn or play videogames.

@whatwitre @4kteli22 @Toywhore1312 @GirlGurl26 @Brien_Jackson Why is a 16 year old not supposed to have sex with another 16 year old??

Hot take: An adult man has more business being in the sexy lingerie section of Victoria's Secret than a teenager does lol

@ReinaSgt @4kteli22 @Toywhore1312 @GirlGurl26 @Brien_Jackson Are you retarded? Teenagers don't and aren't supposed to have sex. They're literally children.

@4kteli22 @Toywhore1312 @GirlGurl26 @Brien_Jackson What "kind of behavior"? 15, 16 or 17 year olds will have sex with each other, whether you like it or not, it's nothing special or problematic.

@biffy_xd @aussiewongm @Squishey_ @meowkoteeq It's at least trying to prevent the supply of alcohol to kids. We need to do everything we can to restrict the alcohol use in our society.

@aussiewongm @Squishey_ @meowkoteeq this can't be effective surely this just leads to 18 year olds telling their homies to stay in the car while in the store and prevents absolutely nothing

was buying vodka with gf and the machine obviously flagged us for an id check. a guy walks up, looks at my id, approves the purchase without even checking gf's id and says "there's no way someone born in 1996 would be hanging out with a 17 yo" i mean yeah fair assumption ig

@ariloveshorror @AngelMndza I'm afraid I won't know what boundaries to set or not set and unintentionally get rid of all the people I know.

@whatwitre @AngelMndza They keep the wrong people away. If someone truly cared they’d respect them

Trying to date as an autistic who works 50 hours a week is not for the weak, I simply do not have the energy to go out and meet people or give my all to someone because my days off I am simply recharging and want to be left alone </3