Talk:3198: Double-Pronged Extension Cord

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F1rSt!1!!1!1!!1!1!1!11!11!1!!!!1!1!Qwertyuiopfromdefly (talk) 02:08, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

curses, im too early on the scene for an explanation of what he's gonna do with the items in the titletext; such are the woes of being one of the people writing the explanations that you have to actually understand the comics - Vaedez (talk) 02:15, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Same This isn't a good name (talk) 02:17, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

This is the third comic to reference the Demon Core experiment, after 1242 and 2593. Soupgirls (talk) 02:21, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

>"Demon Core experiment": Demon CoreNo, I don't understand either --PRR (talk) 03:26, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

If you're otherwise creating fire hazards, a lithium ion battery is a terrible thing to have, and none of the horror stories you've heard involved a sack of them. Flour is a serious explosion hazard. Vinegar and bleach will release chlorine gas when combined. It sounds like an attempt to have the highest ratio of destruction to materials cost with the least effort. MrMatt (talk) 03:32, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

The title text just sounds like a bunch of flammable/noxious substances. So really, he has good intentions. Tanner07 (talk) 03:57, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

--- Would someone mind explaining how the suicide cord can kill grid workers? I don't know if this is easier to understand in the US - we work on a ring main system in the UK, and (once it is plugged in and the prongs thus protected) I'm having problems seeing why it would be a problem even to the end-user (I suppose you could theoretically use it to connect a ring main rated for less current and set the walls on fire?)

EDIT: Gemini reminded me that these are generally used to connect a generator, to power up internal wiring that is depowered - if the grid worker has done this deliberately to work upstream and you power things back up things get ugly.

92.237.46.83 08:48, 24 January 2026 (UTC) Jon