• andros_rex@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      You shouldn’t microwave water though, because there’s a chance that it could be superheated to the boiling point without looking like it and that can be dangerous.

      • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works
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        11 hours ago

        A really small chance that is only somewhat significant for distilled water and can be very easily mitigated by lightly tapping a teaspoon for a test.

        I do this everyday. The danger is not knowing but it’s not really riskier than being splashed by boiling water because you poured it too hard from a kettle.

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      1 day ago

      I’m aware but there’s this weird visceral unga bunga energy to it. It’d be like using a diesel generator to farm crypto it just feels fucking weird.

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          1 day ago

          Well also I’ve grown up around microwaves with questions wattage so rather than boiling or near boiling water you get slightly hotter than the tap water.

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              1 day ago

              Eh it only really a factor for heating up water in particular due to the square cubed law. Doesn’t take that much energy to reheat leftovers or nuke two hot pockets.

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                1 day ago

                For me it is faster to boil 1 mug of water in the microwave than to boil 0.5 L in the kettle (the marked minimum).

                But personally I usually use the kettle especially I the winter. I fill it up first thing and do other things while it boils.

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                  1 day ago

                  Fair enough. Should probably note I’m Californian and derived from non tea drinking stock, that’s for the Asians and Brits or my grandmother since she picked it up from her very British grandmother.