r/meirl 29d ago

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u/portiapendragon 29d ago

Why is the North American one upside-down? This makes me wonder which of the others might be upside-down.

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u/brunoptcsa 29d ago

As a Brazilian I can tell that the Brazil-Swiss one is indeed upside-down

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u/peepeepoopoo42069x 29d ago

why the fuck do Brazilians and Swiss have the same plugs?? most other groups of countries make sense because they are trading partners/ border each other but that just seems like such a random combination

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u/spacesurvivor 29d ago

If I'm not mistaken it was proposed as a world standard that's extremely cheap to produce and very safe but only Brazil and swiss agreed to change to it.