My dad keeps bending all his chargers too much so I bought him a 90-degree-angle charger…
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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You need to show us how he is charging his phone because I am confounded
I have a feeling that he would do the exact same thing to a wireless one if you were to buy one for him.
Have you tried turning it (your dad) off and back on again?
Solution 1: magnetic charger. They look like [this](https://image.doba.com/dg8-ECqUdfYLNFVS/dspic.webp), rotate 360+180, you just keep the small piece in the phone because pulling it out all the time wears it out.
Solution 2: wireless charger
Solution 3: let him get his own chargers, he’s an adult
Did he try to tie a knot with that one?? I am so confused lol
It seems you basically bought him one with the 90-degrees in the wrong direction and he wanted to over-correct it /s
Have you tried asking him why he’s shoving his charges into odd spaces? I feel like this is a conversation away from resolve or another hilarious reddit post
What on earth is he doing?
I went on this quest with my partner. She had similar luck with chargers. Turns out it was the strain of being juuuust far enough from the outlet and using it while it was plugged in.
I bought her a 15ft long USB cable. We’re 4 years in on it now.
Gift him Braided cables
*How?*
The fuck is wrong with your dad?
He’s unplugging them by pulling them out by the wire
At least you didn’t inherit your dad’s iq.
slap him in the back of his head
It looks like your dad needs a charger with a [rotating](https://a.co/d/iDAD334) head
I’d take away all the electronics until he learned his lesson.
Is your dad Lenny from Of Mice and Men?
Well now it’s a zero degree charger
You need to get one with a hinge at the cable port
Looks like he pulls the cable out not the plug. Not sure it’s an angle thing.
I could be totally off-base here. Maybe he’s doing it on purpose as a way to get you to spend more time with him or see him?
He’s not bending them, he’s hooking his finger on the cord and pulling to disconnect his phone. Buy him the cheapest replacement possible.
Get one of those detachable magnetic ones. It’ll come off if he pulls on it too hard
What is wrong with him? Is he that clumsy and careless?
Buy him another one, then wrap the plug with like 10 layers of duct tape. Or hell, wrap the whole cable with 10 layers of duct tape!
You should just give him a wireless charger at this point.
Benders gonna bend.
They make an adapter with a spring to put on the ends like these so it won’t do this
No hope
If it’s just for charging, there are magnetic chargers that have a permanent part in the charging port and the cable attaches to it magnetically. Pull too hard in any direction and it just pops off.
I’ve literally never had a charger cord do this and I’ve had an iPhone for 17 years
Yeah that’s from yanking the cable to unplug it rather than grabbing the plastic part like a sane person
To protect the ends of charging cords, you can use cable protectors, which are sleeves or wraps that fit around the cable near the connector, reinforcing the weak point where the cable meets the plug; you can also try wrapping the area with electrical tape, storing your cables properly in a protective case, and avoiding excessive movement of your device while charging to minimize strain on the connector.
Have you seen or asked him how he unplugs his cords!?
Buy him one with a 180-degree angle.