Here’s a short extension cord version of one
The explanation of why they’re a bad idea is valid though. Usually the kinds of people who know just enough to want this type of plug are also the type of people I wouldn’t trust with one.
It's a good thing they aren't in charge of adult toys...
Submitted 1 year ago by WashedOver@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
elliot_crane@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s pretty telling that the product page has zero reviews. I don’t think this product has any surviving users.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I think it’s been taken down and relisted multiple times, possibly due to reports. I’ve seen these plugs on amazon for years now.
DannyMac@lemmy.world 1 year ago
"Is this UL certified?
ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I trust NANCHANGZHENGFUYUANGUOJIMAOYIYOUXIANGONGSI for all my dangerously illegal electrical needs!
TheSacredOne@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Even funnier is if you click on the brand SCTOU to see other products, their other items appear to be questionable body armor and anti-bird spikes. Seller names are different as well, but they’re all similar random Chinese names.
Delphia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The car community has a saying “Only when you know all the rules are you allowed to break some of them”
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also in TRRPG community, but they break it all the time.
brognak@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Am I crazy or is the example picture of the interlock backwards. Both sides can be turned on, but only one can be off at the same time 😅
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
You’re right, I hadn’t noticed that. They have the breakers labeled backwards from how they normally are.
kubica@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm not well informed, but I wouldn't be surprised if in some places it wouldn't be legal to sell that kind of cords (because of being a safety hazard and such).
key@lemmy.keychat.org 1 year ago
For a generator you ideally want a 220v version so that you can power all the circuits in your house. Which makes the suicide cord all the scarier.
Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Omg please everyone report that listing z
sxan@midwest.social 1 year ago
It cracks me up that they’ll sell chainsaws to anyone.
User_4272894@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I used to know a hardware store that sold guns in the 80s. Guy bought one, walked down the block, robbed a bank with it, and died in ensuing police shootout. Store stopped selling guns after that.
tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
They should put what they are called in the electrical world to help drive home the point. “Suicide cords”
intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sales go up
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Spot@startrek.website 1 year ago
Aha! I knew there was a string adapter for my tin can so I can plug it to my audio jack!
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
But… They do exist. They’re just incredibly stupid and dangerous.
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Illegal too, according to the sign.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They are ILLEGAL, DANGEROUS, and NONEXISTENT. Get it straight!
squiblet@kbin.social 1 year ago
It’s also a good thing dildos aren’t made of
metal and connected to voltage.WashedOver@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Some are and some pay extra for that…
squiblet@kbin.social 1 year ago
Like, a motor.... The State of Arkansas would pay you for a novel execution device though.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Who is your dildo guy? Their selection is too limited.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You don’t sound fun
Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not with that attitude
S_204@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Was at a Christmas party last night and a guy dropped a 2 foot long double ended dildo on the table.
Male to Male adapters exist, but electrically questionable.
captainjaneway@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What parties are you attending that:
- Someone brings a dildo
- You describe that someone as just “a guy”
Having a dildo is questionable enough. Not knowing the guy who has a dildo at your Christmas party is extremely questionable.
Kage520@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, a couple years ago one of my brothers gifted another brother a dildo from “Santa”. I have 5 brothers, so no one knew for sure who did it. Much hilarity ensued.
Sway_Chameleon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I attended both a Halloween and Christmas party where the hosts had invited someone selling sex toys. Much hilarity and shenanigans ensued. They were both great parties.
joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Furry parties have more then double ended dildo
S_204@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Really fun ones.
The guy in question is a firefighter.
sigh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ASS TO ASS! ASS TO ASS! ASS TO ASS!
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I hate that we live in a world where this is a popular enough question that a sign had to be made about it.
The fuck is wrong with people? Just rehang the lights! It takes less time and effort than getting in the car and going to Ace to ask for a deathdapter!
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I bet they were on the ladder stringing them along the eaves of the house and realized they had the line backwards
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It literally takes 10 minutes to fix. I know, cause I made that very mistake this year. Frustrated yeah, but I sucked it up and redid it and fixed it. Lot less time, effort, and stress, than getting shit together to go to Ace, begging for a deathdapter, getting frustrated, and having to come home just to fix it anyway.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The electrical ones don’t exist because it would mean you have exposed metal that is carrying current when a human touches it. However, for some odd reason you can buy it for control panels.
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
YOU CANT HIDE THE TRUTH
tygerprints@kbin.social 1 year ago
They could've just said, "If you want a double-ended male plug, go check out the Adam and Eve store webpage."
Bonehead@kbin.social 1 year ago
And don't forget the code Ship2 for get 50% off your order!
tygerprints@kbin.social 1 year ago
Hmmm not sure what I would do with TWO double male plugs. I don't have that many people in my bed at once. : / Ummmm you should probably ignore that whole sentence.....
Kuro@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Pretty sad that it needs to be explained why these are a terrible idea
Shellbeach@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How else are we supposed to learn/know if not being explained? Omniscience?
Kuro@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Common knowledge that touching electricity = ouch?
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Every day there are thousands of people who hear about this for the first time. I’d link the relevant xkcd but I’m too lazy right now
BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I have had this conversation multiple times, about multiple cable types, while in elections sales.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What’s the best analogy or wording you’ve found for conveying the nature of the problem to people?
vxx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It prevents you from connecting two live wires and dying.
BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I’m not sure there is one, I usually just highlight that they’re one-directional, and you would technically need another nontrivial piece of hardware in the middle.
Then we figured out what their problem actually was.
Custoslibera@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t understand this.
Do your Christmas light end with a female electrical socket?
the_sisko@startrek.website 1 year ago
Yep! That way you can daisy chain several in a row.
Custoslibera@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Could you not just run an extension cord from the male end to the socket though?
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What even is this? I never saw one in my life, so the sign must be telling the truth.
User_4272894@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People hanging Christmas lights do the whole house and when they go to plug it in, they realize they have the female end by the outlet, not the male end. “Fuck, I’m not gonna redo the entire process” the idiot thinks to himself, I’ll just get a male/male adapter.
It’s not sold because as soon as you plug in the side to the house, the other ends become live, and touching them means “big ouch”.
“That’s okay, I’ll just plug the end into the lights, and then into the house, problem solved” the idiot thinks.
Except the far end of the lights has a male adapter and that end is still live. Plus, anyone who doesn’t know about your deadly modification is in danger of hurting themselves because they don’t realize the hazard.
There are exceedingly niche applications where these cords are used, but those applications only come up for trained electricians who know how to make one of these cords, and use them responsibly. If you’re asking the minimum wage guy in the blue vest, this sign is for you.
TheCrawlingKingSnake@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d be tempted to just cut the ends off , strip the wires, and connect them. Then again, I will never put up Xmas lights on my house like that.
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
why would Christmas lights have a female end in the first place?
overzeetop@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think thou dost protest too much. Perhaps not so much ace as you claim.
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Right below the sign they probably have the bits you need to craft one (two repair plugs and a bit of wire).
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m sure you can find one on AliExpress.
TwanHE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think i have we might have one of these but in eu type somewhere in the shed. Does have about 15cm of cable between the 2 plugs tho.
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Now I really want one.
AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We had one of these bad boys powering my Dad’s shop when I was younger. The look on my Dad’s face when I was troubleshooting why the power to the shop went out was priceless. Communication saves lives, kids. It certainly did mine. Reasonable electrical wiring will do that in place of communication.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Anything exists if you’re skilled enough with flatware and snips
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
You have conjured an image that is both more effort and more dangerous than OP.
tpihkal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Actually, they do exist; that’s kind of the problem.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Y’see, what ya do is take yer two cords and cut the ends off. Strip the wire and tie 'em together. Then ya wrap em in electrical tape so they’re water tight! Bam! Problem solved!
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
Not enough guns.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
You mean these?
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I posted these ones I found at the ski area I worked at 8 years ago. I wish they were a joke but some fucking moron had made these and used them on the trees in front of the lodge. In piles of snow too.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Me and my dad actually had to do this with a high voltage plug for an air compressor.
We had a welder that had the same plug as our air compressor but we needed it to be longer. So we spliced two male ends together to make an extension.
It was only extremely dangerous for about 5 minutes but that was some of the sweatiest 5 minutes of my life.
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s ace, so you can buy two plugs with terminals and make your own anyway.