>>105692288
sure, but that was only an issue with 386/486 chips, after DIP so they were square, but before ZIF so they required you press them in. those i can understand. but ZIF? LGA? i don't see it. if it doesn't drop in flat on it's own it's the wrong way around, no need to use any force (it's literally in the name for ZIF: Zero Insertion Force)
pic related, a 486 socket, is one i could agree with you on. looking at it again it doesn't appear to be asymmetrical either, i don't remember them being able to go in the wrong way, but i never got them the wrong way so i suppose i just never noticed. they're pretty clearly labelled which way around they go, and anyone who's spent hundreds on a new cpu is going to be extra careful with it