USB tunneling

One day I realized I developed a skill for correctly inserting the USB on first try and I'm in an existential crisis ever since.

"Passive ability: Permanent USB tunneling" unlocked
The "empty" half of the plug (with the two hollow squares) is either at the top or on the right in 99% of cases. Once you realize that you barely ever have to flip it even one time.
- Do you mean the empty half of the cable? Because the plug itself has the empty half on the bottom.
  Usually easier to look for the USB logo or company's branded logo on top. The bottom is usually blank or containing legal info. The bottom also has the zig-zaggy join in the metal.
- Part of the reasoning is that dust can't really settle on the contacts if they are facing down. It's the same for the most part with rj45 (ethernet) ports.
- The irony is the USB keyboard- mouse -peripheral switcher I bought has the USB ports upside-down from normal

My superpower is that I can plug in USB A the right way up on the first try pretty much every time

While I'm extremely envious of you, if I had the opportunity to choose one superpower, there are probably a million others I'd choose before that one haha
like a superpower that gives me exactly as much money as I need at any given moment anytime I need it.
- In that case you could pay tuem for their USB A plug-in service.
- Hell yeah. Then you just just buy a bunch of new USBs instead of sitting there turning it around four times!
What is ironic is I bought a USB switcher for using Keyboard, Mouse etc with 4 systems; it has the USB ports upside-down.
- Your USB switcher is the work of the devil.
Captain Dongle!

The upside is where is the USB symbol on the plug, easy.

That may help in the case of a properly installed usb port, but what if the port is upside down? Or what if it's a vertical port? Is upside left or right?
- You should get familiar with your own ports. You not gonna flip the ports
- My old Lenovo tablet has the USB port upside down on the plug, and consequently, the micro USB also plugs into the tablet upside down. And for some reason, stupid thing always breaks the little notches on the micro USB, so you have to position everything in a way so that it won't slide out while charging.

Yes I swear both ends are blocked off until I look straight at it with both my eyes to unlock it.

Got it. USB plugs have spin 1/2

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Looking at the connector fixes the positron & you can connect first try.

I firmly believe that rather than superpositional, these are 11 dimensional. It doesn't matter which direction you rotate it, it will still take you on average five or six 180° rotations until it fits into the damned slot.

spin it two times*

‘Baby’

Upvote for the nostalgia.

Nostalgia? This is something I still deal with every day. What future are you living in?
- A lot of notebooks have only USB-C for years now.
  But true, i have not seen C Bluetooth dongles yet.

Thanks for the laugh!

Here's the way: look at the little "crack" on the middle of the plug on one side (the vast vast vast majority have one) – that should be facing down. I haven't used a vertical plug in a while but I think it faces left there.

For the forsaken anguish of God, microUSB, it's reversed, so crack up.

This post cracked me up!
But seriously, this is the way. Works even when the cable wasn't properly marked with a USB symbol.

That actually explain quite a lot.

You must spin it two times, not three.

No, no, no. This is all wrong. USB has a spin of 1/2.

You can buy reversible USB cables online. The connector works in either direction. They're pretty neat.

Wow! Can't believe it actually exists lol

heheh, it has teeth

USB-A is spin 1/2

Get a USB with a notch on the casing. Observe the orientation with your fingertips.

I think this kind of meme is the same thing as people who pretend to hate the word "moist."

I've been preaching this about "moist" for years. I genuinely haven't found anyone with an aversion to it who disliked the word before dislike of it became a part of the cultural fabric.
- You, my friend, are 100% correct in your take on the topic.
now what do you mean by that
- Boring pop culture opinions that nobody actually likes but which wear the cadence of interesting content so people unthinkingly clap along out of habit even though nobody is actually edified by it or sincerely enjoying it.
USB devices just not fitting the damn slot is an all too common issue, and it normally takes me 2-3 rotations to finally insert it if I'm not actively looking.

I love how everyone is trying make up some ‘logical system’ or magical thinking about the completely arbitrary and random nature of the problem.

It’s not like there’s a big hairy USB god in the clouds who is going listen to all your jibber-jabber or that there’s some hidden alchemical formula that will turn the wrongly oriented USB connection into the golden correct orientation everytime.

It’s all bullshit. I don’t care if you are offended. It’s not the Bronze Age anymore. Just grow up and look at your damn USB connector, and then the socket.

SCIENCE, BITCH.

- LOL. So much whooosh.