If you grew up with Schuko, anything smaller just feels flimsy. The plugs used in Japan (the US type) to me felt like they live in a world where everything is s

If you grew up with Schuko, anything smaller just feels flimsy. The plugs used in Japan (the US type) to me felt like they live in a world where everything is scaled down to ⅗ of normality (which, in Japan, is somewhat apt). Changing these standards is pretty much impossible by now, although some smaller plug variant holdouts might move to Schuko at some point. Oddly enough, South Korea got Schuko, which makes for a really interesting exception in that region.