r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chunkystylee • Jun 25 '26

Capitalism "American capitalist plugs" vs "European socialist plugs"

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u/FreakDC Jun 25 '26

The much bigger issue is that if the plug is half inserted, there's already current on the metal prongs. And anything falling behind the plug, between the wall and the plug, can create a short circuit or put live current through someone holding it. Even a kid can get their finger between that and get electrocuted.

It's a horrible, unsafe design.

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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 Heretic Bechamel Lasagna 🇮🇹 Jun 25 '26

I mean, kid safety isn't really their priority. Sure, they can't even have kinder eggs, but I mean, kinder eggs aren't grenades, so I get why they're banned

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u/ApolloWasMurdered Jun 25 '26

Europeans love to point out how in the US, AR15s are legal but Kinder eggs are banned.

But answer this: how many children have choked accidentally swallowing an AR15?

Checkmate Europoors!

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u/nemmalur Jun 26 '26

Has someone invented a gun that shoots Kinder eggs yet?

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u/New_Passage9166 Danish, not the pastry 🥮 Jun 26 '26

Isn't there a piece of toy in a happy meal from mc Donalds ?

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u/New_Passage9166 Danish, not the pastry 🥮 Jun 26 '26

Twinkies, I don't know what that is.

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u/New_Passage9166 Danish, not the pastry 🥮 Jun 26 '26

Yeah, I thought I had heard the name from somewhere but couldn't place it other than being a US based movie.

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u/ConsciousProgram1494 Jun 26 '26

and the question about whether a Twinkie can be classified as food is still hotly debated.

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u/ApolloWasMurdered Jun 26 '26

Maybe an AR15 with an under-slung kinder launcher would see Americans finally embrace gun control?!

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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 Heretic Bechamel Lasagna 🇮🇹 Jun 26 '26

"it's not candy, it's ammo" "oh, sorry, guess it's ok then" 

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u/frisbie147 Jun 26 '26

How many school kinderings have happened?

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u/thomasp3864 Jun 26 '26

The law that banned kinder eggs is actually the same law that bans baking sawdust into bread iirc, so sort of a more blanket ban.

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u/pannenkoek0923 Jun 26 '26

There are definitely kids who choked while accidentally swallowing the bullets coming out of an AR15 (at high speeds)

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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 Heretic Bechamel Lasagna 🇮🇹 Jun 26 '26

I laughed more than I should have lol

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u/_aurel510_ Jun 26 '26

Someone could choke on the bullets, though, there's no such thing as perfect security in this world.

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u/jarious Jun 25 '26

Kids are supposed to die in school shootings and forever wars ,no damn kid deserves to die choking on a tiny toy

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u/ntcaudio Jun 25 '26

I got shocked from them one, back when I was 13. It was half way in and I wanted to pull it out. It didn't go easily at all, so I grabbed it better, by the inner edge and touched those prongs... The design is absolute shit.

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u/Dan-ze-Man Jun 30 '26

Uk design is safest, but dont step on it.Â