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A swiss plug will go into a German or french socket, a German plug will go into a french socket and visa-versa. A two pin German plug will fit in a swiss socket. There are probably more compatibilities with the EU, but these are off the top of my head.
Also, traveling to a different country within the EU isn't the same as going to a different state in the US, so technically, we are better off in the EU plug wise.
Swiss plug with a grounding pin won’t fit into a Type-C or Type-F socket though unless it’s a multi type socket. And Italy has that weird Type-L socket that comes in two sizes. Though they also have Type-F (Schuko). Ireland uses the British standard so not Schuko or Type-C compatible.
They are correct though. In the US, it doesn't matter where you go, every state uses the same plug.
In Europe, different countries use different plugs, even though they are all in Europe.
Ireland plug: 
France plug: 
Switzerland plug: 
Italian plugs: 
Only Ireland and Switzerland doesn’t accept Type-F aka Schuko which is the de facto EU standard. And the Swiss socket does accept Type-C, which is the two prong plug that fits everywhere in the EU except Ireland. And in Italy all hotels and homes have sockets that accept Type-L and Type-C/F
Also they are not correct, since they are implying that everyone in those countries uses adapters.
Can't your union standardize this? Like, this feels like exactly what the EU is for, facilitating unified standards to increase trade and improve quality of life across Europe.
Oh, and please don't copy us north Americans. Yeah the US, Canada, and Mexico (and japan for some insane reason though you still need an adapter because of the frequency if you're in the half where it's different) share an outlet type. But seriously, our polarized grounded plugs are fine enough but we have a lot of type A and yall can do better than that.
The EU actually did regulate the voltage and standardized the acceptable tolerances for appliances, which is the difficult part. In the olden days, your French 220V appliance wasn't necessarily guaranteed not to burn out if you put a British 240V through it.
We have a standard it’s called Type-F aka Schuko. It’s cross compatible with the French plug and socket. Though a Danish three prong plug doesn't fit in a Schuko socket but a Schuko plug does fit in a Danish socket. And in Italy it’s standard to install sockets that accept both Schuko and Type-L. Also type-C plugs aka Europlug (two prong, no grounding) are accepted in every European country except Ireland and UK.
The sad thing is that this person is probably eligible to vote.
Only a sith deals in reposts
That aside, isn't the US the country were, supposedly, people will go into financial insecurity and ruin if an emergency of 500 USD or less happens to them?
Where, according to collectivists worldwide, the average person doesn't even have savings to cover said 500 USD emergency?
How the hell then are you expecting the average us citizen to know and understand the realities others live by in other countries? Specially adapters? The thing that is sold so much in airports because even frequent travelers forget about it?
It will be probably strange for them to grasp why people have to adapt anything to a specific socket as the reason why they vary is not obvious at first glance, but that's not something to mock or make fun about?
Like, haha you don't have the privilege to be well travelled, what a poor dumbass?
Really
I assure you, this isn't an issue of privilege, just stupidity.
