• @Fredy
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    138 months ago

    Wait till you find out that in Europe a lot of microwaves still only have two dials you turn, 0 buttons or only the very basic of buttons alongside.

    • @[email protected]
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      108 months ago

      I’ve never really needed the other buttons. It has a whole ass numpad and loads of menus, when all I need is a dial for time and maybe one for power.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        38 months ago

        The reason there’s tons of buttons and settings is because it looks better on the showroom floor, especially when sitting next to other microwaves. Same goes for just about every appliance: They’re not made to work particularly well or last long, just look better than the other guy in a big-box store.

        The fact that I can’t test drive an appliance before buying it is very frustrating.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I think a very simple design could look elegant if done right. But then you couldn’t sell it on who-gives-a-shit features. Automatic salmon cooking. In the microwave. What the actual fuck

    • @[email protected]
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      68 months ago

      That’s because we use them for a) melting butter or b) heating soup

      They’re fucking awful for cooking

      • Bob
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        48 months ago

        Porridge out the microwave is decent enough!

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        48 months ago

        Chef Mike has his place. You just have to know what his strengths and weaknesses are. And not have a cheap ass piece of shit one, like most things, cheap usually means shit.

        • @[email protected]
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          28 months ago

          Kinda makes sense when the only "food* that doesn’t heat better in a pan or a convection oven is ultra-processed gash

          Not very popular in most places

      • @Pilferjinx
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        38 months ago

        +1 for popcorn. Check out the silicone bowls like hotpop so you can use that melted butter!

    • @thorbot
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      8 months ago

      TIL that Europe doesn’t have microwaves that transform bell pepper soup into boiling hot lava in 38.2 seconds. The bowl is untouchable too

      • @[email protected]
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        38 months ago

        Our microwaves would do it in ten seconds because we don’t have girly pink sequinned 110v electric