While there’s a bit of (well deserved) snarkiness in the sign, it did take the extra steps to try to answer why such an adapter plug is dumb. Ace really is the helpful place.
Hefty-Veterinarian70 on
Oh yeah? Then how am I supposed to convert my extension cord to a heating element?
Nina_Helen on
As a Manager of a small North East retail chain of home centers, I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve had to explain this. This sign is too relatable
MagicalFatus on
Maybe it’s cause I’m not American but I honestly can’t see how this would work anyway. I’m feeling really puzzled and think maybe I need my morning coffee.
Deedeelite on
The fact that they needed to make a whole ass sign to explain this makes me wonder how people who thought this was a thing have survived this long.
buttfook on
I think I saw a double sided male plug in your moms top drawer when I was snooping
iLikeMangosteens on
Make the plug and let Darwin take over.
_phasis on
this right wing propaganda is going too far
LosManNYC on
My neighbor created his own. I put my lights up a few weeks ago and realized I messed up the second floor. I had to go back up on the second roof (two story house) the next day and reverse the direction of the lights. That’s when my neighbor said he made one after doing the same thing last year.
xDevilsCloverx on
I made my own of this for a very specific case of a portable light bulb socket.. but the end needed a male header and the wall wants it too to power it.. I took two extension cords and soldered them together that night + rewrapped with electrical tape.
It worked, no fires. Pays to know how magic works. But dont plug it back into the wall. 0 potential difference all funny till you phase to phase fault on the funny outlets
Whaloopiloopi on
It does exist when you stupidly build one yourself to feed your motor home and then grab the end of it and zap the fuck out of yourself… Don’t ask me how I know lmfao.
AgileInternet167 on
Ah yes, the good old suicide wires.
Able_Plum2651 on
So mister Ace man, what shape of double male end plugs do you have?
Cleverbird on
I dont get it, whats the facepalm? This seems like a useful sign to me.
westerngrit on
No Female Double Ended Plugs either.
Cultural-Roof-3048 on
how is saying that a Double-ended male plug doesnt exist due to their danger a facepalm?
ReserveMaximum on
I’ve seen this type of plug before… but it was in a university physics laboratory where it was behind 3 locked doors and only the professors and senior TAs had access. It also had a big huge warning never to use it except in the specific experiments that required it. I never used it once despite being the head TA in the department
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While there’s a bit of (well deserved) snarkiness in the sign, it did take the extra steps to try to answer why such an adapter plug is dumb. Ace really is the helpful place.
Oh yeah? Then how am I supposed to convert my extension cord to a heating element?
As a Manager of a small North East retail chain of home centers, I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve had to explain this. This sign is too relatable
Maybe it’s cause I’m not American but I honestly can’t see how this would work anyway. I’m feeling really puzzled and think maybe I need my morning coffee.
The fact that they needed to make a whole ass sign to explain this makes me wonder how people who thought this was a thing have survived this long.
I think I saw a double sided male plug in your moms top drawer when I was snooping
Make the plug and let Darwin take over.
this right wing propaganda is going too far
My neighbor created his own. I put my lights up a few weeks ago and realized I messed up the second floor. I had to go back up on the second roof (two story house) the next day and reverse the direction of the lights. That’s when my neighbor said he made one after doing the same thing last year.
I made my own of this for a very specific case of a portable light bulb socket.. but the end needed a male header and the wall wants it too to power it.. I took two extension cords and soldered them together that night + rewrapped with electrical tape.
It worked, no fires. Pays to know how magic works. But dont plug it back into the wall. 0 potential difference all funny till you phase to phase fault on the funny outlets
It does exist when you stupidly build one yourself to feed your motor home and then grab the end of it and zap the fuck out of yourself… Don’t ask me how I know lmfao.
Ah yes, the good old suicide wires.
So mister Ace man, what shape of double male end plugs do you have?
I dont get it, whats the facepalm? This seems like a useful sign to me.
No Female Double Ended Plugs either.
how is saying that a Double-ended male plug doesnt exist due to their danger a facepalm?
I’ve seen this type of plug before… but it was in a university physics laboratory where it was behind 3 locked doors and only the professors and senior TAs had access. It also had a big huge warning never to use it except in the specific experiments that required it. I never used it once despite being the head TA in the department
I beg to differ