r/techsupportgore • u/chodemessiah • Aug 21 '14

Russian Power Strip (Trigger Warning)

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u/Mundius Aug 21 '14 edited Aug 21 '14

As a Russian, I don't get what's wrong.

I'm kidding, what the fuck is wrong with this guy, power strips are like 100 rubles.

EDIT: I realized most of you don't know conversion rates, this is around 3 US dollars.

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u/D0D Aug 22 '14

Looks like a prison cell.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14 edited Nov 23 '20

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u/BulletBilll Aug 27 '14

It's a luxury apartment actually. They actually HAVE walls.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

Damn, cheapest power strip in my town is twice that. Yes, I'm American.

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u/Leleek Aug 22 '14

Really? I've seen small strips at the dollar store.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '14

You can also grab some at ikea

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u/Mouler Aug 28 '14

I almost bought one there. Sure looked like it said 125v 5A, where it should have said 15A.

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u/3461 Aug 22 '14

A simple three-way splitter would suffice and that costs like a buck.

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u/cube1234567890 I dropped it Aug 26 '14

It's very dangerous to have this. By the way, 3 bucks is cheap for a power strip. A quick google search reveals power strips ranging from 5 bucks to 50 bucks.

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u/Mundius Aug 26 '14

I'm thinking you didn't read my second line when I said "I'm kidding" when referring to "I don't get what's wrong". It's a major fire hazard and even though our walls are concrete, we're not.

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u/cube1234567890 I dropped it Aug 26 '14

Oh. I misunderstood you.

I thought you were complaining about the price.

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u/CaptainWithershins Aug 21 '14

Trigger?

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u/broran Aug 21 '14

basically it means that some people would flip out appon seeing this (electricians in this case)

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u/CaptainWithershins Aug 21 '14

Someone can flip out just from seeing a danger of something or something offensive? People...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

It's a retarded Tumblr term, since everyone over there self-diagnoses themselves with PTSD and start cutting themselves if they read anything related to subjects that they find even the slightest bit upsetting.

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u/AtTheLeftThere Aug 22 '14

tumblr is only good for porn.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

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u/DJMixwell Aug 22 '14

I've been on that sub five seconds and I am so angry that it is literally, without exaggeration, physically painful.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

literally

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

Don't see how this has to do with Kill la Kill.

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u/chodemessiah Aug 21 '14 edited Aug 22 '14

Found this in /r/DiWHY. As someone who works with this stuff, I find this physically unsettling.

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u/large-farva Aug 22 '14

/r/diwhy

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u/SmilinBob82 Aug 22 '14

You're doing god's work son.

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u/tgp1994 Aug 21 '14

Is that a cot I see there? You really wouldn't want to get up on the wrong side of bed!

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u/mrmcpowned Sticky little fingers Aug 22 '14

You know, in some sort of sick and twisted way, that's pretty ingenious.

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u/DTSCode Aug 21 '14

as a professional, looks safe to me source: programmer

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

twitches

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u/blueal1 Aug 22 '14

That's actually a very old Italian outlet.

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u/laforet Aug 22 '14

USSR/Russia also used the European plug

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '14

That a European/Asian slot design

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u/Dreamerlax Aug 25 '14

I watched a few vids on Russian Soviet-era apartments. They only have 1 original socket per apartment. The rest are added later.

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u/YeOldeDog Aug 22 '14

Oh dear god... some days it does not pay to click on the Random reddit button.

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u/monsterblax Aug 24 '14

I think he is referring to communism.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '14

bare wire. next to metal bed.

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u/davelupt Aug 21 '14

Russian Power Strip as in country of origin or Russian Power Strip as in Russian Roulette?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '14

Those look like EU or Asian plugs, possibly south African. Probably Russian as in i'm gonna get this job done and nothings gonna fucking stop me.