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What do you call these? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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No seriously, I always get blank stares when I ask people, I've called them wall chargers or power bricks, my friend called them plug chargers, my fiancee calls them dongles. What do you call these around your house, like when you're asking someone if they've seen any (______)'s

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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Phone charger

But in the case of the ones in the pic, fire hazzard

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Because they're made in the wrong part of China where no iPhones and Motorola are made? It's so hard to tell whether it's the west side of Shenzhen or the east side that is best. Are they gonna dance-fight over that?

    hazzard

    Them Duke boys.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    My stepkid had one of these exact ones. He pulled it out and the outside sleeve detached.

    The internals on these are incredibly unsafe. There's a very high chance you can rip it out, and the tines will remain plugged in, with nothing to grab onto to remove them. The tines themselves are only pinched internally by a weak little bit of metal to connect to the rest of it, not even soldered.

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