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human
ELI5: Why do appliances use electricity when they're turned off but still plugged in?

I feel like this is either a myth or the electricity used is insignificant.
gpt
It's real. The little blue light on a lot of monitors and tvs takes energy. Clocks on coffeemakers or stoves or microwaves. Things like cell phone chargers will continue pulling energy even when the phone is fully charged. A lot of electronics simply enter a standby mode rather than actually being powered off completely. 

For an individual, it might not amount to a crazy amount of energy consumption. But multiply that by every household, and it's a lot of energy just being wasted.