If you are doing ordered by new, yes definitely it would not work. But these kind of megathreads work best when people order by active, which is the case when there is a very high post rate. Lemmy is not totally there yet but will probably be there very soon at the current growth rate.
Yup, electric installation in Western Europe is so bad that nobody would attempt this. There is a good chance (a few %) that the plug is not linked to a breaker, or that the breaker has seen multiple world wars. That is if you have circuit breakers altogether.