[crote]

Just don't accidentally stick USB-C into a USB-A port. It will fit and it will short the port, causing the machine to crash. Speaking from experience...

[Kuraj]

Also don't accidentally stick an USB-A port into an Ethernet port. It will fit but your peripheral won't work

[lxgr]

Sometimes I look at USB-C plugs and US power outlets and wonder if there’s a shock hazard there…

[johnwalkr]

Once when I boarded a flight I noticed one of those multi-country mains power sockets next to a 2-hole headphone socket. They were arranged and aligned in a way that made it obvious that a 2-prong headphone cable would fit in the power socket. I took a picture of it and put it on Facebook before taking off.

After a nap I actually did put on headphones and plug them into the power socket by mistake. Luckily nothing happened.

[ben-schaaf]

I look at US outlets and wonder about shock hazards.

[Zak]

I think most people in the US have stuck a finger between the two completely uninsulated prongs of a plug and got a shock, usually during childhood. They usually only do it once.

[deathanatos]

The USB-C plug would be both too tall and too wide for the hot/neutral part of the outlet, and too wide for the ground portion.

So, no?

[TylerE]

Would need a complete circuit. So unless you’re sticking in both ends of one cable to the same outlet…

[lxgr]

Depending on how well you're grounded, you might just be the component that completes the circuit...

As far as I understand, not all US power outlets have a residual current device.

[stephenr]

While you're at it, also don't accidentally plug a computer's Ethernet port into an rj45 wall plate that connects to an analogue pabx, it will fit and it will fry the NIC.

Don't put shit in the wrong hole is really one of the most basic lessons we should teach people in life.

[tentacleuno]

On my computer, the USB-C port is at the back -- one time, I shorted the motherboard out due to trying to insert a USB-C cable without looking. Only did it once, but learned my lesson.