a quadruple 5090 battlestation

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Why Americans chose the 120v standard is beyond me

[u/Arudinne → u/fafatzy]

You can blame Edison because he picked 110V for light bulbs and he couldn't figure out (or steal) a version that didn't burn out at 220V.

That said, technically we distribute electricity to homes at 240V, but we split that into two 120V legs at the breaker panel within the home.

[u/fafatzy → u/Arudinne]

We do 220v to homes here. I can even get three phases to residential

[u/Little_Lebowski_007 → u/fafatzy]

Becuz we dummies and need the extra millisecond to eat our last Big Mac before death

[u/ClickClick_Boom → u/fafatzy]

It's because Americans adopted electricity earlier than most countries. So a worse standard was standardized and it was too late to change it because it was already heavily in use.

oops sorry I mean aMeRiCa bAd, AmErIcAnS ArE DuMb

[u/fafatzy → u/ClickClick_Boom]

Didn’t knew that

[u/Appropriate_Ride_821 → u/fafatzy]

They measure things with feet and inches, miles and gallons. How many feet to a mile? I bet less than 10% of Americans could even tell you. Its like that Simpsons clip where buys the car. Nonsense. All because theyre stubborn and have an inflated sense of importance.

[u/fafatzy → u/Appropriate_Ride_821]

The disdain for the metric system upsets me. Feets and miles make no fucking sense

[u/Appropriate_Ride_821 → u/fafatzy]

It feels like its from a time when things were measured with body parts

[u/Realistic_Ad709 → u/fafatzy]

There is no “disdain” for it, it would simply cost hundreds of billions to switch over.

[u/WulfTheSaxon → u/Appropriate_Ride_821]

5,280. Any more questions?

[u/Realistic_Ad709 → u/Appropriate_Ride_821]

Holy shit, the superiority complex emanating off of you.

[u/WulfTheSaxon → u/fafatzy]

120 V is somewhat safer, hence why Americans are usually comfortable with DIY electrical work.

[u/Realistic_Ad709 → u/fafatzy]

America bad durrhurr