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USB type C is identical from both sides, if we remove one side, it could be half thinner /s



And then one of the biggest selling points of USB type C is moot - namely its longitudinal symmetry, which allows to plug it in without caring about orientation.


<meme>That's the joke.</meme>


Well, that was a practical joke for over 5 years with USB 2, and I do not find it so funny when plugging in my phone to the charger half sleep at 3 o'clock in the morning.


Actually, USB 2 is nice in one way, it makes it easier to explain half-spin particles in quantum mechanics. "Just like plugging in USB, you have to rotate more than 360° to get back to where you started."


After the umpteenth time of hearing that joke, it's still not funny, and it still makes half-integer spin seem more mysterious.

A much better analogy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJRtxTyROOU




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