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I'm asking myself why there doesn't seem to be any ground pins.
Because the house was built before ground wiring to all sockets was mandatory so I only have 2 wires in each outlet.
Absolute madlad.
Because OP has very unrealistic expectations in life.
meh. the ground is there for when something goes wrong. seeing as nothing is plugged in and they have safety caps in the sockets nothing should go wrong for some time.
I was making an apparently too subtle joke about not being grounded as a person, extrapolating from there 😁
I think this is a European-compatible socket with no ground, used in Russia.
you are right but not about the russia part. In western europe.
I never said they were used exclusively in Russia. However, it is strange because I don't think they are allowed in the EU - a grounded plug can be inserted without a ground connection, and the recess is way too shallow. Such sockets may have been allowed by lenient regulations many decades ago but the design seems way too modern.