People who joke about legos haven’t stepped on this bad boy

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    23 hours ago

    UK sockets usually have switches on them. There’s no need to unplug things when you’re not using them.

    Also, Lego is a collective noun. Saying legos is exactly like saying sheeps.

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      8 hours ago

      Lego vs Legos appears to be another North America vs The rest of the English speaking world thing. A collective noun feels weird to my American ears since they are individual pieces that are countable. It’s not a big deal though. I enjoy having different ways of talking.

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      8 hours ago

      They do some things right in the UK. But does every toilet need to be hidden in a basement labyrinth?

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        8 hours ago

        Oh yes, definitely. Otherwise the Minotaur might escape and frighten the other railway station users when he should be enforcing the unwritten rules of the urinal.

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      8 hours ago

      Which makes it extra amusing to me that they coat the pins or whatever with plastic so you cant accidentally touch live while inserting it.

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      22 hours ago

      I think the switches are nice but in the modern world you really don’t need to unplug a vast majority of things. Even my $30 120V USA space heater shuts itself off if it tips over or gets too hot. My cell phone charger pulls functionally 0W while idling.

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      20 hours ago

      this is something I’ve heard a lot from people in the UK, do UK electronics not have switches on them or something? all electronics I’ve ever seen living in the US have a power switch on them, do you think we unplug our stuff to turn them off?

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        19 hours ago

        I didn’t know you people had only one of them.

        I have:

        1. A switch on my appliance
        2. A switch on each socket of my extension board
        3. A switch on the wall
        4. An MCB connected to groups of sockets
        5. An MCB for the whole house
        6. A circuit breaker on the nearby distribution station
        7. A circuit breaker in the power plant
        8. A generator start/stop system in the power plant
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        12 hours ago

        No, but my point was that there’s no need to unplug something and leave the plug on the floor if there’s a switch.

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        19 hours ago

        Lots of devices have status lights and other circuutry that still gets powered when “off”. Its not a huge difference, but its nice to skip the unnecessary draw.

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      23 hours ago

      But what about when you need to plug your hair dryer in and need to remove a lamps plug and it ends up on the floor and then you get a knock at the door and its your friend and you go out and forget all about it until you get home and completely fuck your own feet