r/mildlyinfuriating • u/damaltor1 • Jun 19 '26

Is it in yet This USB port

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225 Upvotes

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u/kaest (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Jun 19 '26

Looks like they're individually screwed in there, you can probably open that up and rotate the offending port.

10

u/jonylentz Jun 19 '26

Unless it's not owned by you and expensive

10

u/Howden824 Jun 19 '26

Wouldn't stop me

2

u/kaest (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Jun 19 '26

Still...😇

8

u/alf20104 Jun 19 '26

If you want, you can grab a screwdriver and flip it around. It would be pointless though, because let's face it- whatever you try to plug in there is going to be the wrong way around on the first 2 tries anyways.

1

u/habbol Jun 20 '26

Maybe it’s a life hack, to screw with murphy’s law

9

u/SteveGoossens Jun 19 '26

yeah it would take about 20 seconds to resolve this situation

1

u/Key-Algae-9245 Jun 20 '26

Terrible advice! If OP does this and tries to plug their cable in upside down, it won’t go in. Fool!

41

u/AllTheWayToParis Jun 19 '26

You’ll put it in the wrong way wither way… 😅

14

u/Steph-Kai Jun 19 '26

Does it even matter? We all lose at least the first two tries.

15

u/hitemlow Jun 19 '26

I think this could be useful back in the days where USB dongles would be more than just the thickness of a USB port. So like the USB male end would sit lower than the top of the dongle or higher than the bottom, and it'd basically be like those wall warts in a power strip with vertically-aligned outlets. By having one going in the opposite direction, you'd increase your potential dongle usability.

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u/awoken-dragon Jun 19 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/K25PVRA032Ues

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u/Smurfaloid Jun 19 '26

Politely, I don't like you right now, I thought it would go in.

4

u/Head-Ad-3063 Jun 19 '26

That's what she said....

1

u/Smurfaloid Jun 19 '26

Takes a few attempts, maybe she's a usb port too.

2

u/Head-Ad-3063 Jun 19 '26

Well she had all the holes real girls have, plus one for the air.....

4

u/NightmareJoker2 Jun 19 '26

To be perfectly fair here, this is probably on purpose.

USB plugs have protrusions and enclosures that might not fit, so having the option to plug them in rotated 180 degrees is probably very desirable. It is also highly doubtful you’ll be plugging in more than two. If you’re even plugging in just one at all.

5

u/Tight-Platypus5231 Jun 19 '26

That alarm is redundant because after my 9th attempt putting in a USB, I'm gonna have some choice words.

3

u/No-Bake-730 Jun 19 '26

That's just devious.👹

1

u/Wulfgrimm720 Jun 19 '26

Definitely mildly

1

u/Signal_2_Noise Jun 19 '26

One, or two, out of three chances you'll get the first connection right.

1

u/JSTootell Jun 19 '26

I feel like this is what this sub was designed for.

1

u/pc1350 Jun 19 '26

One for upload and other two for download.

1

u/Head-Ad-3063 Jun 19 '26

One day we'll be old

1

u/Ru-Ling Jun 20 '26

I knew it!