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I think type K, it looks so happy all the time.

Which ever outlet that allows me to stick a fork in them.

I think I would like Australia's over the rest.

The recessed circles I feel like they would gather dust and grime in there if you don't use it often and be tough to clean out.

I like the angles prongs as well as the switch to turn it off and on.

As a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha

Name a more painful thing to tread on than the British plug. Bonus points if it's incorrectly wired to be live.

Type H can fuck right off.

G - safest

Type K cause it looks like a happy face.

Type K looks the happiest. Type I looks the hauntedest.

G

This is

Schuko (Type F)

I declare RJ45 and USB C everything! But for big boi power….. no clue.

G, you have to try really quite hard to electrocute yourself

Type B, H, or I. They look unpleasantly surprised by what I'm shoving in their mouths. Definitely not K, because he looks like he likes it.

I like the USA type-A plug. That's probably not a popular answer since I see lots of comments about safety features in the other plugs, but my focus is on convenience.

The plugs are small, making it much easier to design folding-plug devices like this one. It also means that cords don't have a bulky knob on the end, and splitters and power strips can be smaller than other plugs - much smaller than Schuko type-C or UK type-G.

The most common objection is that it's possible for live pins to be exposed when a device is partially plugged in. That's true, and most people who grew up around them has been shocked that way once. Few have been shocked twice, as the lesson to be careful with electricity usually forms a lasting memory.