My local hardware store has one of these signs. I managed a different hardware store about a decade and a half ago, and I also made a very similar one. (Mine was nicer, and routered out of a scrap piece of plywood.)
You would be amazed at the number of times we’d get asked that question. Typically it involved a story along the lines of, “Well, my wife started putting up her end of the Christmas lights at one side of the house, and I started putting up my end at the other side of the house, and we met in the middle, and…”
The ol’ Lady and the Tramp excuse, huh? Lol
I don’t understand how people need help making a cable like that. AFAIK It’s a length of 3 wires wrapped in insulation, and two plugs. It’s a hell of a lot simpler than ethernet.
Some older things might genuinely need that kind of cable, like a leaf blower or something
They absolutely do not. The simple point that if you plug one end in, the other will have exposed live wires in the prongs proves that that is never done. Power connectors are gendered for a reason and the reason is electrical safety. Female for output, male for input. Always. Everywhere.
The thing is if someone doesn’t know how to make one of these, they definitely don’t know why it’s a bad idea.
I don’t understand how people need help making a cable like that.
You underestimate the sheer stupidity and lack of education of the majority of the American public.
People voted for trump. Clearly there are plenty that don’t see why this is a bad idea.
Gay Plugs
Westboro Baptists updating their signs
Made one of these on accident by repairing an extension cord with 2 males.
Plugged it in, threw the end in the yard, walked up to my saw, “Oh FFS!”
Reversed the cord, plugged it in, walked up to my saw, “the hell…”
Walked back to the porch and started to reverse the cord again, “This can’t be right.”
Plug first, check of the repairs are done correctly later, is what i always say.
Sparks are just a layer 1 error messages.
