Why is an electric cord with two plug end (and no ‘outlet’ end) so cursed and could it have a use even if it’s kind of pointless?

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This all comes from an image I saw:
https://imgur.com/a/qio204X

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Answer 1

Electricity is meant to go from one end (prongs go into the live source) to the other end (something with no power plugs into the socket end) of those electric cords.

If you have prongs on both ends you’re plugging a live power source into a live power source – that’s making a short circuit.

If you’re lucky it will cause a power surge that will be stopped by a breaker box / fuses.

If you’re not lucky you might set one or both power sources on fire (so your house goes up in flames) or melt the cable and electrocute yourself. Or both at once.

There’s no setup that is safe where you’d have the plug end on both sides of one of those cables. That’s specifically to prevent people from doing this exact thing.

Also if you plugged only one end in, if you touched the prongs on the other end you’d at least shock yourself, if not light yourself on fire, because it’s basically equivalent to sticking a butter knife in a socket but with more range.