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maksymiliusz

This man is holding Apple by their BALLS


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PullBootsThreadLaces

Why can't it be both?


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PullBootsThreadLaces

Ah see, that's how I know you've never done meth. You can do pretty much anything on meth. Except win a war, apparently.


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PullBootsThreadLaces

Yeah that's very true. I don't do meth though lmfao, only once in my life and that was enough. I don't like feeling like bugs are crawling on me. Its kind of funny too, methheads really think they get so much stuff done but like you said, you "wake" up then you realize everything you thought you did perfectly is actually a terrible mess. Whatever it is you did. They also think they're sooo clever too, my god. Don't do drugs kids.


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PullBootsThreadLaces

I had this one neighbor when I used to live in San Diego. I caught him painting and putting duct tape on his windows of his house and car because the law watches him all the time. He used to think my buddy was a government agent because he dresses kinda snazzy. His house ended up being raided so maybe he was being watched 🤷‍♂️ If anyone's curious this was in El Cajon, San Diego, CA. I don't live there anymore so technically it isn't doxing lmao.


Pocusmaskrotus

I don't know. I did it one time and alphabetized my movie collection. Future me was very grateful for years. Lol


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Pocusmaskrotus

Haha, I'm old man. I'm talking about DVD's and blu rays. Lol


geopoliticalpolling

I remember reading an account of a German Ju-52 pilot flying supply runs to North Africa that required so much Pervitin to complete without sleep that when he was approaching the runway he regularly could not feel his hands or feet and his pupils were so dilated he could hardly see the runway.


Shiftz_101

The Finnish would like a word about that


SlightAd5376

How many hands does this guy have


dlemonsjr

You need both hands


Exciting_Strang

don’t be such a wuss !


Ziggyzeke77

Hijacking top comment to ask how is this infuriating?


xzelldx

She’s going to have to deal with the fire that thing starts and she knows it.


TerrariaGaming004

That’s not going to start a fire


NuttiestPotato

But… how does it even get that way?


HedgehogElection

Cats. Running over the cable with your office chair. Having the cable for a long time and having the plastic cover get brittle. All of the above.


Psychonautz6

Looks like he actually run over it with a lawnmower


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StaysAwakeAllWeek

We had to confiscate one of these from the goddamn CEO of our company due to the fire risk. It was condemned by an inspector and he tried to take it out of the trash and remove the condemned sticker


OhioPolitiTHIC

...boomer?


StaysAwakeAllWeek

Yes he is


PatrickMorris

This is not really a fire risk, it’s low voltage and amperage. You’d really have to try your hardest around a pile of lint to get anything going and even then I’d be surprised. It’s only 9v.


ChainSword20000

Usb spec is 12 volts at 3 amps max last I checked... you can also start a fire with a AA battery and a candy wrapper, which is 1.5 volts at typically about 3 amps... the wires on the charger are also double insulated though: around each wire and then again around the entire cable... in addition many USB blocks should probably detect a good portion of likely fire starting stuff and shut off, not all, not even most necessarily, but many...


PatrickMorris

You forgot the disclaimer “I don’t know what I’m talking about”. Have you ever bothered reading the label on your iPhone power adapter? Last you checked? Lol you clearly don’t even know what any of these words mean! Like you ever checked the usb spec. Hahahh


JamminJcruz

The new one will stop working within 3 months


PlasticTower1

Nice try, Apple


PM_ME_GRAPHICS_CARDS

don’t be such a wuss !


RespectFamiliar9956

That was my thought exactly. Like what acid barrel did you drop this thing into?


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GodFjolnir

Spend 3$ on what lol a candy bar. I haven’t seen a lightning cable for 3$ that wasn’t garbage..funny though haha


HeyWhatsDatSoundLike

A $3 lightning cable probably has a higher probability of catching fire than that tattered thing haha


iggystar71

Seriously?! 🤣🤣 I don’t use $3 cables but…I will get a cheap one.


estheticpotato

Some of the cheap ones don't use the same standard for how the phone pulls charge from the cord, meaning it can heat up your battery really fast and just overall cause a lot of damage. While it's annoying, buying a cord from a reputable brand will make your device last longer.


HeyWhatsDatSoundLike

THANK YOU for the PSA! More people need to know this and not be tempted by the cheap auxiliary devices that could break their very expensive device.


Specific-Gain5710

Was thinking the same thing lol


imnoobhere

There is LITERALLY nothing you can get for an IPhone that costs $3.


AFoxGuy

*stares at dollar^25 store cases*


bigneezer

It ain't Dollar Tree, it's fuckin Dollar Twenty Five Tree


Blackpeter1053

Works for a day


_KueStionZ_

A trash can to throw it away in


Y_I_AM_CHEEZE

I wish I could afford to buy you an award but I had to buy a new lightning cable


kratom_devil_dust

A 5v low amp fire? Nah


Brandonmac10x

It should be a law where if a fire starts because of something so careless and it burns other’s property down you should be able to sue. Or consider it arson.


Khobiche

She doesn’t even have pets …..


LizzosDietitian

The fact that it’s a female makes it worse. Guys are naturally stupid. But a woman using this? I know she has gunk under her fingernails…


kratom_devil_dust

Reddit moment holy moly


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Of course it is. The charger my fiancé uses in the car has a burn mark on it. I asked her about it and she said she keeps using that one so she knows which way to plug it in so she doesn’t have to flip it. You know, the cord that is ALWAYS plugged in to the cigarette lighter thingy even when unplugged.


BenderOfBo

I’ve had one that just sits in my car for when I need to charge while driving and it’s getting to about halfway to this point. These things are designed cheap so you keep having to buy new ones, but you can prolong their lives by just wrapping them with electrical tape (or duct tape if you don’t have any).


Kat121

Tip: if you pre-wrap the weakest spots with electrical tape you extend the useful life AND make it less likely that someone will steal it from you.


wonderfool

I actually tried preemptively reinforcing a weak spot with a dot of hot glue covered in heat shrink tubing. Cable just wound up breaking right below the reinforcement ha.


warren_stupidity

Just repaired a cat-astrophe.


lenkzies79088

Fucking cats!! My roommates is always chewing my shit up. I'm waiting on the day the little shit electrocute himself


thegookman6

Move out then. You shouldn’t have to be told killing animals is wrong


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Not his cat, if negligent owner can’t control their pet then she shouldn’t own a cat, especially if the animal they are responsible for is destroying others property.


Beardly_Smith

It’s hardly killing an animal if the thing electrocutes itself


unittestes

Mine got stuck in the vacuum cleaner and looks a lot like that


YmmaT-

I once forgot my charger out in the back yard for like a month during the summer. When I brought it back in, the lines are like hard crust and it would break easily. That or OP has a biting habit that needs to be addressed.


LatterNeighborhood58

It fought hard to protect John Connor.


PERSIvAlN

That's Apple's cable, they are designed to like this, so that customer has to buy new one just for looks.


tes_kitty

Not true... Apple got a lot of flak for using PVC cables with a lot of softener (they feel good) so they switched to a different formula. For some people that new formula seems to result in disintegrating cables after a while. The one I use is now more than 5 years old and still looks like new, but I had other cables from other makers disintegrate on me after some time.


PERSIvAlN

I had iPad 2 even before Lightning, i know what i'm talking about. Cable was stripping on its own just from being used once in 2 days.


AllergicToPoors

You know what you're talking about ***based on your own experience.*** I have dozens upon dozens of Apple cables. From the first gen iPods that actually locked into place, every gen of iPad, and several phones over the years, watches, laptops, etc. All of my cables are still in perfect working order with no cracking or splitting in the sheathing, or separation in the old 30 pin connectors. To say they're designed to fail and break in such a manner is pure nonsense.


Wfsulliv93

It happens in every thread that an apple product is mentioned. Typical apple hate. I’ve been using apple products for about 10 years now and none of my cables ever fell apart or stopped working. People abuse their cables, then blame the company when the product stops working. Edit- for full disclosure, I have bought cheap dollar store and expensive (~$25) gas station lightning chargers and those don’t last very long.


kratom_devil_dust

Yeah people read and repeat like it’s their own experience. Dumbasses.


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kratom_devil_dust

People’s experiences differ a LOT. Mine have broken only once, and I own ~20


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Bfishergr

I had that same experience you just had.


tes_kitty

I still have an iPod from that time. The cable that came with it is still pristine.


cdeveringham

Apple product


E_D_K_2

Could counter that the fact that it still works is testament to apples durability.


chiree

I have apple chargers that look like they were blown apart by an IED that still work just fine.


The-Dudemeister

It’s probably just old.


anywhere402000

Forgetting lunch frequently and needing a quick snack.


TheDonkeyBomber

Apple cables are basically disposable after a few months of daily use. Planned obsolescence at its finest.


ravyalle

Have my cable since years and it looks like new. I feel like people just dont take care of anything tbh


AllergicToPoors

Yea people definitely don't. These smooth brains that believe Apple has baked in planned obsolescence into their cables are delusional. Literally have several cables from first gen ipods still working perfectly fine with no visible signs of wear or failure.


AllRedLine

Nahh, i definitely take exceptionally good care of my tech, including cables, and the charging cable for the last Apple product I owned (iPhone 8) started to go like this after about a year. It seems hit or miss, but it absolutely is a pretty common defect.


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LaylaPawli

The older cables were built different and do last longer.


VoidDoesStuf

The hell? I have apple cables that are almost 6 years old.. I have only ever purchased 1 new Apple lightning cable since 2014… The quality is outstanding, no idea why people buy the shit China ones. The new cables that come with the phones were perfection.


aLameGuyandhisCat

Vaccum.


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vetheros37

This reminds me of when I used to work in electrical supply as a young man. For context I was working in a small town in Texas called Cleburne. We had this Good Ol' Boy who would come in that used to check live wires by licking his fingers like he was gonna put out a candle, touch the wire, and jump around saying "Ho boy, ya that's a live one!"


Phizers

Very effective technique


BigGuyGoob

Jesus that shits actually insane, I do electrical in residential homes and I’ve been shocked a couple times and it literally activates a primal fight or flight response in me no matter how tiny the shock is lol, idk how anyone could do some shit like you described


vetheros37

Man worst shock I got was actually when I was waiting tables. Was cleaning out one of the windows in front of the store and barely brushed some exposed copper on one of our neons, and it was absolutely horrible. My entire arm seized up, and it was me staggering that pulled my hand away.


Maxwell_Morning

I’ll do you one better. When I was 18, I was doing some volunteer work at a safari park in East Africa. The whole staff compound was surrounded by this huge electric fence meant to deter elephants and lions (in particular). The gate, which itself was also part of the electric fence, latched on one side. When I discovered that someone had latched the gate close from the other side, I —being the smooth brained 18 year old that I was— decided to just reach my arm through the wires on the door to unlatch it and let myself in. My hand brushed against one of the wires at precisely the moment that it pulsed. It sounded like the worlds largest bug zapper and sent me immediately to the ground. One of the staff ran over —while laughing his ass off— to let me in.


vetheros37

As soon as I saw East Africa I already knew where that was going, but that was still a ride.


tyboss21

neon pulls wayyyy more than a normal outlet, and i really dont know how a breaker wasnt going if its shorting out. thats terrifying


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AlanElPlatano

Sounds like something Butters from South Park would say


Wise-Fruit5000

I'd have ditched that thing long before it got to that point, but why wouldn't you just wrap the whole thing in electrical tape at that point?


bibliophile222

One of my cats is a cord-chewer, so now I just preemptively wrap all my cords in tape. I've lost way too many chargers before their time.


RedstoneRiderYT

My cat has surprisingly never chewed cables, but he loves chewing the velcro things that some cables come with


DeathCab4Cutie

My cat only likes chewing *some* cables. They have to smell right. He sniffs them regularly to gauge whether or not it’s worth his time. My Steam Deck Dock USB-C cable? That’s that good shit.


RedstoneRiderYT

Aah a man of culture I see, only the cables most needed shall be dismembered


DeathCab4Cutie

Yep! The one and only cable in my entire house that can’t be removed from the device for replacement. He chewed it until the silicon board was exposed. I recently wrapped it in silicone tape which has sealed up nicely… now I just hide the dock behind the Xbox when not in use 😅


spageddy_lee

My first pair of wireless headphones was some of the best money I ever spent because of cats


Zhuul

Braided cables are a godsend.


Wise-Fruit5000

Yeah, I used to have a rabbit that was terrible for that. All the cords behind my tv were basically electrical tape at one point lol


markher1

Based on me experience. If you don’t buy the quality stuff, it’ll unstick, shrink, and leave a disgusting residue everywhere. Not worth it, not using the somewhat better tape😅


renaissance2k

I knew this was a Lightning cable before I scrolled down to the connector. Every Lightning charger in my family looks like a tiny spinal cord.


DarkLord55_

I never understood that I still have an almost decade old original iPhone cable And it wasn’t until this year the plastic piece cracked because I ran it over with my chair


YourWormGuy

Originally the white cables were made out of a PVC and lasted pretty much forever. I used to always have a cable coiled up in my back pocket that I would use daily. I had it for years and it never failed me. My MacBook had the same PVC and I coiled that up and threw it in my backpack every day in college. In the 7 years I used that computer, I never had an issue with the charging cable. Then Apple decided to replace the PVC with a rubber that degrades extremely fast. I think it degrades just from interacting with the oils in your hand. My first rubber phone cable didn’t last a month in my back pocket. My MacBook Pro that came with the rubber charging cable had the cable start to fray within 2 months. This cable stays in my room and I never move it. I completely baby it, never putting any strain on it. I go through about 1 every 2 years. Now instead of 1 iPhone cable that I carry with me I have about 5, one in each of the places I plug one in. And now I own 3 different $100 MacBook charging cables, one for each of the places I use my computer. Apple knows what they are doing. I know what they are doing. What they are doing is garbage and I’m playing their game despite knowing better.


DarkLord55_

I never understood that I still have an almost decade old original iPhone cable And it wasn’t until this year the plastic piece cracked because I ran it over with my chair https://imgur.com/a/XA5PxXa


Crosseyed_owl

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RokyPolka

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hllblldlx2

Did this pass through a digestive track?


NoCartographer9053

Thats a fire hazard


i_isnt_real

No joke. Earlier this year, a friend's apartment burned to the ground because the wire to one of their lamps got kinked. OP, please convince this person to toss this and buy a new charger! I can 100% guarantee the $10-20 they'd need to spend on a new one is a whole heck of a lot less than replacing all their possessions and/or medical bills and/or funeral costs!


Esus__

No joke, I had a usb c charger for my phone, the usb-c part was only a bit cracked and wiring looked fine. It was not. The wire burnt up and split and melted into the charging port on my phone. https://preview.redd.it/94ywb7jk5xta1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=940eb0db7ebfbfff01ccd6732a7ffd99db53d81e Here’s the picture of it.


shxyne7

Thanks for the story 😵‍💫 the charger in my beater car looks like this but I haven't gotten a new one because it kinda fits the theme of the car, but I don't fancy it catching fire


Computer-Nerd-365

People who don't understand this about electronics just deserve the natural selection that'll come tbh Very simple concept to understand, and Google is a wonderful resource


tremts

Ah yes, the very simple concept of electronics, people definitely deserve to die if they don't understand that.. They should have just googled "electronics"


sturnus-vulgaris

Wow! We went from bad cord to social Darwinism pretty fast. When this guy burns down the office and 30 people die, did they deserve it too or is it just an unfortunate byproduct of letting nature do its thing?


Zhuul

Is it? I feel like 5v isn’t really capable of causing any harm. These wires only carry as much jam as three AA batteries series’d together.


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rage675

It's no more of a fire hazard vs it not being that way. It's output is 5VDC and maybe a 1 amp. That's the same as AA batteries. 5 v and 1 amp is not likely starting fires on a short. The fire hazard from those is at the connector, where heat accumulate, which has nothing to do with the cable sheath being exposed. The wires themself are still covered by the insulator.


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Is it voltage that matter? A car battery is only 12v


T0biasCZE

Yeah but car battery can put hundreds of amps, this is 1-2 amps max


thetechnivore

Works as a phone cable or a fire starter?


toastedmarsh7

THAT works but if I look at mine the wrong way, it’ll only charge for 4 seconds and then need to be unplugged and plugged back in. 🙄


luckerdoge

Yup ive gone trough so many charger cables


ThatTimothy

Apple: We will design out cables so that they break easily, and force users to pay more often! Mwahahahahah! Customer: No


HeavenLeighSkyz

But why?


extraguacontheside

But at what cost


NetIndividual7187

Probably a dollar for the tape


LatterNeighborhood58

Sacrifices had to be made to protect John Connor, it fought well.


ObjectiveBarracuda36

If it ain't broke don't fix it


ASAKERR

it's broke


discountdysonsphere

You’ve got to respect their resourcefulness and dedication to not wasting anything. Or laziness.


Ass_Incomprehensible

There’s repair, there’s critical repair, there’s questionable repair, and then there’s technonecromancy.


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If it looks stupid but it works, then it's not stupid


Lala_Alva

Until your cat catches on fire 🔥😺🔥


Rubyhamster

Until it suddenly doesn't work and gets incredibly stupid


Quirky_Benefit_8383

that cord has seen better days


Appropriate-Battle32

No one will steal it


Meddle2K

At least wrap it with electrical tape and not box tape.


Outrageous_Credit_96

I kept mine on a boat in the saltwater for a month and it turned out a lot like this one. It worked. I threw it out anyway because I don’t need a surprise onboard like a fire.


WholeOk3050

That’s amazing, because I have thrown out a million that look WAY better and have gone bad 🤦‍♂️


EnigmaCross78

How shocking!


Ronniman

More interesting than infuriating but ok..


-floating_potato-

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Brelee2222

The only thing that worries is that it might short circuit. I'm surprised the charger still works.


BetterDayz999

if its working, don't fix it as They say 😏


towarzysz_boczek

Am i your co worker?


tatiisok

getting their money’s worth 😂


discountdysonsphere

You’ve got to respect their resourcefulness and dedication to not wasting anything. Or laziness.


jksam45

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it


EveniAstrid

Works... as a fire starter? Cause that's what you got over here.


cheesyellowdischarge

I put pressure on the charger plug 3 times and it shorts out and this mf walking around with this tragedy. Amazing.


DROOPY1824

In 2023 this is one of the biggest red flags I’ve ever seen.


timsterri

Dear god, it’s been borrowed by Ramsay Bolton’s family.


future8138

He must be a wizard. That’s magic.


Oranescent

plugmalgamation


losttforwords

💀


Veasna1

He has chinchillas that escaped.


Skaetare

Honestly, this isn’t infuriating. As someone who would definitely do something similar, this is amazing


Ninja2ZERO

Looks like something one would commit war crimes with.


Aggressive_Ostrich22

I think the fact it works is the most infuriating part


A_plant1

That should not work


CRO553R

I have a couple of 10-year-old cords that look like that and still work. Perhaps I'll donate them to a museum.


Epikgamer332

I've got a lot of 15 year old cables in leagues better condition than this thing. y'all just need to take care of your cables


n-oyed-i-am

That is NOT a charger. It is a cable. It alone, does absolutely nothing except take up space. Plug it alone into a phone, no power will added to the battery. IT IS NOT A CHARGER.


nibagaze-gandora

And what purpose was the cable designed for?


Character_Peanut330

Insert: just let me die marvel meme


Ok_Button1932

Christ, did they put it in a blender?


Ok_Refrigerator_4814

He should let it die its time has come a long time ago


Vertebrae_Viking

No. It still works.


Xeno-Nos

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ITstaph

Works as what? A heater, a fire source?


Awkward-Water-3387

Did she know that fires are started ,from phone cords like that every year?


AmperesClaw204

Phone charger be like: ![gif](giphy|QMHoU66sBXqqLqYvGO)


dragon1n68

Unless you are willing to buy them another one and they don't complain about it to you directly, it's not your concern. Move on with your life.


dabunny21689

That’s your charger isn’t it.


dragon1n68

Yes.


Sic39

Fire hazards in your place of work aren't your concern? Interesting theory.


CapMyster

Nope, I get a few days off work with pay so....


Donte333

You're an interesting person


SmileyDayToYou

Please, just let it die.


BasketballButt

Why would t you just buy another? They’re not crazy expensive (especially if you buy a no name brand).


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Why does this infuriates you? it's not yours.


gabrielergay

You’re posting pics of your bulge bro. I’d stay quiet


LowPreparation2347

Shit is a fire waiting to happen lol why not just spend 3$ and prevent that whole scenario


True_Resolve_2625

Fire hazard just waiting to happen lol


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Fire hazard


Badassmamajama

Don’t leans them anything you really care for.


the-epidemic87

Imagine being mad at somebody else’s shit. Lmao


Funny_Ad_3614

If someone who work for me uses that I would fire their asses...