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Are you talking about people not throwing the main breaker and energizing nearby lines, or is there something more subtle?

People don't expect a male plug to be live, but that's exactly what you can get with a double-male setup.

Someone picks it up and ZAAAAP.

I agree, don't do it.

Does anyone else remember the "Blotto Box"?

The guy who wrote that has apparently never heard of fuses...