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As a Brit I will tell you that not all of us like this processed shit that passes for bread. However the plug is actually a really good piece of engineering. T
by hnlmorg 8d ago
As a Brit I will tell you that not all of us like this processed shit that passes for bread.
However the plug is actually a really good piece of engineering. There’s so many subtle design features to it that can be genuinely life saving. The only drawback is the often cited problem of stepping on one, to which I say “you shouldn’t be leaving plugs on the floor anyway. And it’s still better that than having kids electrocute themselves or your house burning”
- cineticdaffodil 7d ago[dead]
- chihuahua 7d agoThe peak of British engineering was in the 1990s when I briefly lived there, and you could not buy small appliances with a plug attached. You got the bare wire, and you had to buy a separate plug, and connect it yourself at home. Of course, any rational British person would instantly understand that the best way to ensure safety is to have every single person wiring up every single plug in their house.
- hnlmorg 5d agoThat’s a gross over exaggeration. Most electrical equipment did come with a plug. The white appliances that didn’t was because they were kitchen appliances that either wired into a separate ring, or the wire had to be threaded through small gaps in the kitchen cupboards. For that last point, I’ve often ended up cutting the plug off new kitchen appliances, thread the cable, then wire a new plug afterwards.
- Symbiote 7d agoThe law changed in 1994 requiring appliances to be sold with the plug attached.
- jimmythefish 7d agoMostly I’m happy about that, but you can’t remove the plug from dead appliances anymore and keep it (along with the 48 other “spares”) now they are all moulded plastic.