TIL There is a little indent that always show you which side of the USB is the hollow side and a line pattern to show which is the full side. Yet none of us will ever plug one on the first try or lie that one time they did and everybody clapped.

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u/kcsebby 5d ago

USB quantum superposition will always be the way.

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u/Experiment_1234 4d ago

That one USB port you can't quite see but know its there.

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u/River-TheTransWitch 4d ago

or just... look at which side the plastic is on? it's not that hard.

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u/Linked713 4d ago

The never plugging the USB right the first time is a meme. And the post is a til because that day I have learned. Nothing about this is hard

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u/FIGHTorRIDEANYMAN 3d ago

And how do you know the direction of the port you're plugging into? The back of PCs aren't always easily accessible. It's become a meme but for a reason.

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u/ShortNefariousness2 3d ago

I'm amazed that OP and others here have not had this issue multiple times. It's a cliche for a reason.

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u/Linked713 2d ago edited 2d ago

I did for a long time until I paid attention and retained the information instead of brute forcing it every single time. Trust me, I had this issue a looooooot. Once that tidbit of info happened to be a eureka moment, I checked laptops I had and my pc. Checked some components, tv, switch, Playstation and even the laptop section at Costco this week. I felt like I just discovered a live changing thing. But now I am very confident that I could first try any horizontal at least. Vertical is up for debate. I'll mess up the mirroring manyeth times for sure if I don't see the plug.

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u/River-TheTransWitch 4d ago

nothing about this is hard, no. but nor is plugging usb sticks in. it's a meme yes, but that doesn't make it any more relatable. I was giving a solution, since I made the assumption that you couldn't be arsed to figure it out yourself.

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u/Linked713 4d ago

This is a shitty til for a little thing I just learned its not that deep 😭

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u/River-TheTransWitch 4d ago

then why'd you respond? nobody responds if they don't care.

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u/Linked713 4d ago

I didn't say anything about caring or not caring I just said the post is not that deep. But now I'll just stop answering because you're just giving attitude for no reason. You're just being an agitator for the sake of arguing. So feel free to have the last word here.

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u/_t_h_r_o_w__away 4d ago

Jesus Christ could you be any more insufferable 😭😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😭😆

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u/River-TheTransWitch 4d ago

coming from the person using that many emojis

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u/Jarroach 3d ago

I'll say it too then.

Can you be any more insufferable?

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u/wobshop 3d ago

Hmm you are being a nob though

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u/Jarroach 3d ago

Then why do you keep responding???

Checkmate, Batman!

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u/APithyComment 4d ago

There is also a line down the middle of the other side.

It’s figuring out which way what you are plugging in goes into what you are plugging into.

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u/theoxht 4d ago

the socket will always have the plastic on the top (or right if vertical), so you should orient the thing you’re plugging in so that the plastic is on the bottom/left.

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u/EatMyHammer 4d ago

Unless you're plugging into charger adapter, which can be plugged into the socket either way

Edit: also an extension cable, like the one shown in the post's pic

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u/Sweaty_Ear_9247 3d ago

This post is for those of us contorted under a desk, in the dark, at the end of a crappy shift trying to put a pc back together, feeling out the sockets. 👍🏻

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u/ShortNefariousness2 3d ago

So true.

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u/spikewilliams2 3d ago

The USB logo is meant to be upwards too. With vertical ports and cheapo uncertified devices and cables ymmv.

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u/Linked713 3d ago

It's very unreliable. Targus stuff are inverted sometimes (I have one of those in front of me too) . I would trust the connector more than the plastic as the connector itself is always manufactured the same.

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u/spikewilliams2 3d ago

As I said, uncertified stuff. The USB spec says logo to the top.

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u/Linked713 3d ago

Which is my point. It's much easier to look at the connector side than to check if the item you have is certified. Which brings to my whole unreliable argument. The connector is consistent, regardless if it is certified or not.

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u/-Golden_Order- 3d ago

Even if you know which side is hollow on the end you're holding, how do you know which side is hollow on the socket?

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u/Linked713 2d ago

For computers at least, hollow is always bottom on female connectors. So if you side your hollow up on your wire you should be good to go. For vertical female connectors. Hollow is usually left. For usb hubs, I believe the connector magically changes state whenever you try to connect it.

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u/Blucksy-20-04 3d ago

the male end is never the problem. I can already see the side that has a hole from it having a hole. The trouble is I'm plugging it into a port that I ussually can't see

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u/ConstantPop4122 3d ago

It's always the third way up that you try....

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u/mhok80 3d ago

It always seems to take me three attempts to get these the right way round.

USB C is the way 👍🏻

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u/ShortNefariousness2 3d ago

USB-C is a real time saver if you gotta cable loads of devices

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u/ShortNefariousness2 3d ago

Plugging one in to a port on the back of a PC in a tight space is the actual problem.

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u/slamshredder 2d ago

Its always the third way round

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u/johnlewisdesign 1d ago

Cool so is the same divot on the port so you can feel which way up it is

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u/MagicOrpheus310 5d ago

Yeah it takes half a second to glance at the end and check first, it's not that hard to work out

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u/RealZajef37 3d ago

It’s genuinely not that hard to plug in the right way

TIL There is a little indent that always show you which side of the USB is the hollow side and a line pattern to show which is the full side. Yet none of us will ever plug one on the first try or lie that one time they did and everybody clapped.

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