• JonC@programming.devEnglish
    96·
    11 months ago

    Sure, there’s a lot of plug sockets there, but I don’t see a single plug in that image

    • hemmes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      11 months ago

      Five-bed home looks gorgeous on the outside - but inside there’s a horrifying amount of NEMA 5-15 receptacles

      FTFY

          • JonC@programming.devEnglish
            29·
            11 months ago

            Maybe let’s just say that you and I have different senses of humour and leave it at that.

            For me, the humour comes from the fact that I pretended not to understand the image and point out that there are no plugs in the image. It’s a bit of wordplay that relies on the fact that people sometimes call plug sockets plugs.

      • deur@feddit.nl
        11·
        11 months ago

        To see OP make a funny, here we go!

        First (above)

        Can we please stop with this pedantic nonsense? This is just such exhausting ass behavior. Especially when you’re still wrong. Not everyone calls things the way that you do in your local area. That’s a news article from the UK where a plug socket is called a plug.

        Second deleted comment

        To be a joke it has to be funny or have some comedic or humorous value. You didn’t have a punchline. You didn’t make any comedic observations. It was just pedantry and I’ve never seen anyone walk up and go “Um actually, this” and then get a laugh without being on the show Um Actually.

        • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
          4·
          11 months ago

          I’m just here to plug for Um, Actually. If anyone wants to see pedantry be funny it’s a great show. It’s mostly behind a pay wall at Dropout.tv (formerly collegehumor) but if you like DnD actual play, whose line is it anyway, or game shows it’s well worth the $5 a month to support a streaming service that isn’t evil and makes great content.

          • poppy@lemm.ee
            3·
            11 months ago

            A good amount of it is on YouTube as well if you want to see what it’s about.

      • TheBest@midwest.social
        4·
        11 months ago

        the technical term is a convenience receptactle, which accepts the plugs from the item that needs power.

        Colloquially you’re correct. But in discussion its proabably worth it to differentiate, but I definitely still say “wheres the plug-in” at.

    • fidodo@lemmy.world
      20·
      11 months ago

      It’s far simpler to deactivate and drywall over a receptacle than to add a new one in. A moderately handy person can do it themselves.

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
      45·
      11 months ago

      I’m an electrician, I’d happily live there.

      Gotta wonder how many circuits are in each room if they all look like that though… panel must be loooooooong

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        69·
        11 months ago

        Gotta wonder how many circuits are in each room

        I’m an electrician

        A very optimistic one, it seems. Because I’m willing to bet good on money on you not wanting to live there when you find out.

      • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        11 months ago

        Or its like my house where my basement has a plug every 16" along the wall and the entire basement is on one 15 amp breaker.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          12·
          11 months ago

          Ah, I see the guy that wired your house also wired my apartment. Kitchen, living room, and bedroom all on 1 breaker with our tiny ass bathroom getting an entire breaker to itself. Who knows what the other 4 breakers are wired to, because every useful plug in the apartment is on one breaker.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          Or mine is the opposite … a previous owner installed fluorescent shop lights in my unfinished basement, and they’re spread across three separate breakers

      • EtherWhack@lemmy.world
        5·
        11 months ago

        It looks like they do all have a lot of plugs. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/home/interiors/a-house-for-sale-for-25m-is-covered-in-power-points-and-no-one-knows-why/news-story/628d6cc69c74ab98224b03f101ba2c97

        Not sure England’s code would even allow it, but maybe there are multiple circuits tied to a few plugs each, and each room shares the circuits in the same config. This I know would be a huge pain to wire, especially when it seems some may be added after the plaster.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          Given general lack of technical knowledge and hyperbolic reporting, I wonder if a lot of these are network and phone, even video or audio. That would support the call center idea. It still seems excessive, but makes more sense

  • DLSantini@lemmy.ml
    54·
    11 months ago

    As long as everything is wired properly, and there’s not too much going on on any individual circuit, that’s an awesome setup for so many things. Imagine you’re a streamer/YTer, OF girl, maybe musician with a big recording setup, etc. How nice is it to not need a shit ton of extension cords, power strips, splitters, etc, to plug in all of your camera chargers, lights, audio devices, other assorted devices required for such a setup. Even though I didn’t film/stream when I was painting/crafting, I still needed so many power strips to plug in my lights, airbrush compressor, paint booth fans and lights, Dremel and other tool chargers, laptop, 3d printer and wash station, mini fridge, and other assorted items. I only have 2 outlets. So yeah.

  • Enk1@lemmy.world
    53·
    11 months ago

    Theater room, maybe? The receptacles on the ceiling and along the side walls could be for speakers. A Dolby Atmos setup has speakers on every wall, the floor, and the ceiling.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    47·
    11 months ago

    Assuming that is a mixture of power, media, and data outlets, this would be heaven for me.

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
    39·
    11 months ago

    Maybe it was a Bitcoin operation going on. I can’t think of why else so many plugs would be needed.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      16·
      11 months ago

      For stuff like servers or mining rigs, it would probably be more efficient to have a few high amp outlets feeding power strips in racks.

    • LordAmplifier@pawb.socialEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      Maybe they were just sick of the socket always being a tiny bit too far away to charge their phone while using it and went all in.

    • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Yes. The layout of the lighting indicates that the room was used for some project rather than a regular living room.

      Maybe they had a lot of fish tanks. Each tank takes at least 3 sockets. With water involved, it’s also makes sense to have wall sockets instead of using extension cords on the floor.

  • ZeroTemp@lemmy.world
    25·
    11 months ago

    Looks like the wall of plugs you’d see in a hospital room. Maybe this room was setup like this for someone with a medical condition that required a hospital bed and several machines that needed to be plugged in?

    • Steak@lemmy.ca
      15·
      11 months ago

      I think I read somewhere else this home was basically being used as a business and was full of PC’s and desks and phones and such. Maybe like a call centre.

    • Thrashy@lemmy.world
      10·
      11 months ago

      I had an architecture professor who studied design for aging in place, and this sort of thing was one of the things he advocated for. Aging and death are a part of life, and designing a room in the house to be able to support hospice care for a family member is a way to make a difficult experience more humane.