This is why /r/DIY is the worst. A bunch of people watch the same Technology Connections video and think US electrical plugs are this murderous boogeyman lurking in the shadows.

If they’re so dangerous show me all the deaths. Show me the injuries. You can’t, because statistically they don’t exist. You’re an order of magnitude more likely to be mauled by a bear than injured by a NEMA connector.

Chill out. They’re fine.