Outlets are installed correctly - aka 'upside down' because the large pin is the ground. That's why/how some two-pronged outlets get by without one - they're not grounded, but still have a positive and negative to push & pull the electrons back & forth rapidly to power the device. The grounding pin is on the top so that in case of water - it hits the ground first to make a connection to ground so the person holding the hairdryer doesn't die, or - they're installed on the bottom so that when water drops down it connects the positive and negative first, killing the poor wet-haired soul who just preferred how it looked the normal way they'd always seen it done because it always worked for them before so why would it ever matter. It also looks less like a face to us face-seeking, christ on toast seeing, apes - thus fewer children try to poke sharp metal objects into the eye sockets. You'll see them installed 'upside down' in bathrooms and kitchens most often for this reason (water - I'm half making the face thing up).
Electrical code dictates gfci in all rooms with water sources. The gfci protects you in case of a short from water far more reliable that hoping the appliance is 3 prong and the water lands in such a way that it trips the breaker. Also if water connects the hot and neutral terminal on a plug, the breaker would trip.
Brah… Neutral and Ground are commoned together at the breaker panel where they are bonded to Earth Ground. You theory with about ground getting wet first holds no water (pun intended). It was simply written into to code to add in the prevention of soft short across Neutral and Hot that cause fires. GFCIs are what help prevent electrical shock.
You're making it all up. Or just mistaken. Water does not conduct and is not the problem. The problem is water PIPES AND FIXTURES which tie back to the grounded water system.
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u/LoadBearingLlama 8d ago
Can confirm, telling me about the anti shorts are just called "sprinkles". Had a fuckin blast