xkcd #2830: Haunted House

3 years ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd

Diabolo96 59 points 3 years ago

Remember when every phone on the house had it's own proprietary cable ? Truly horrible times.

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jasondj 36 points 3 years ago

Remember when you had to rent your phone from the phone company?

Imagine if service providers still did that now, and you’d have to rent a special box from the internet company to access the internet…or one from the TV company to watch shows and movies. What a world.

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Persen -1 points 3 years ago

You still have this in some parts of EU.

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jasondj 14 points 3 years ago

The joke is that this is the state of American TV and Internet.

Sure some Cable ISPs let you bring your own modem, and Verizon Fios used to let you provision the Ethernet handoff of the ONT to go direct into your own router (if you chat up the install tech and are able to test connectivity with them there)…but the majority of users rent their modems and cable boxes.

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Thisfox 0 points 3 years ago

How bizarre.

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pastermil 5 points 3 years ago

Sony Ericson's break-off cable was fun to use!

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randomaccount43543 25 points 3 years ago

https://explainxkcd.com/2830/

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demonquark 16 points 3 years ago

Thanks. For a moment I thought Pennsylvania wiring was a real thing.

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eating3645 -1 points 3 years ago

Do you.... think.... that Pennsylvanians don't wire their homes?

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Wogi 11 points 3 years ago

No they're Dutch

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dot20 6 points 3 years ago

I’ll have you know they’re actually German (Deutsch)!

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someguy3 5 points 3 years ago

Thanks, wouldn't have got it.

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randomaccount43543 11 points 3 years ago

Title text: You can leave at any time through the door over there. It's a Louisville door, so you'll need to find a compatible knob. No, don't be silly, that one is a Lexington knob! Of course it won't fit.

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TwoFace211 8 points 3 years ago

*laughs in American*

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UserNotFound 4 points 3 years ago

Laughing in Europe

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cyberic 6 points 3 years ago

Woosh

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CADmonkey 3 points 3 years ago

This one is particularly upsetting to me.

Edit: Actually a bit surprised texas hasn't tried to impliment their own "Non-Woke" outlet design yet. It would undoubtedly be something that uses more material and costs more, but is considerably less safe both to the user of the outlet and the structure the outlet is in.

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mo_lave 3 points 3 years ago

When you think about it, is it just the fediverse IRL?

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bi_tux 3 points 3 years ago

Wait, the US didn't even manage to standardize that?

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scottywh 10 points 3 years ago

It's a joke.