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xkcd #2830: Haunted House

https://xkcd.com/2830/

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Remember when every phone on the house had it's own proprietary cable ? Truly horrible times.

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- Remember when you had to rent your phone from the phone company?
  
  Imagine if service providers still did that now, and you’d have to rent a special box from the internet company to access the internet…or one from the TV company to watch shows and movies. What a world.
  
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  You still have this in some parts of EU.
  
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- Sony Ericson's break-off cable was fun to use!
  
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https://explainxkcd.com/2830/

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- Thanks. For a moment I thought Pennsylvania wiring was a real thing.
  
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  Do you.... think.... that Pennsylvanians don't wire their homes?
  
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- Thanks, wouldn't have got it.
  
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Title text: You can leave at any time through the door over there. It's a Louisville door, so you'll need to find a compatible knob. No, don't be silly, that one is a Lexington knob! Of course it won't fit.

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*laughs in American*

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Laughing in Europe

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- Woosh
  
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This one is particularly upsetting to me.

Edit: Actually a bit surprised texas hasn't tried to impliment their own "Non-Woke" outlet design yet. It would undoubtedly be something that uses more material and costs more, but is considerably less safe both to the user of the outlet and the structure the outlet is in.

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Wait, the US didn't even manage to standardize that?

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- It's a joke.
  
  AC outlets across the US are indeed standardized.
  
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When you think about it, is it just the fediverse IRL?

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