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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

My microwave beeps at me every minute when it's finished to let me know to open it and yell "Are you happy now?".

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How else do you know to rescue the potato inside?

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

The potato can wait. I'm busy.

[โ€“] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

I actually unplug the microwave if I don't stop it before it beeps. Every beep feels like an audible knife penetrating my brain. And for the dryer I just firmly tell it like an annoyed parent to stop being disrespectful and to show some respect to its elders. If I'm feeling particularly annoyed, I'll give it a lecture about how dryers should be seen and not heard

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Those beeps are useful for things that you're supposed to microwave and then 'rest' for x minutes

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

True but if you're only cooking peas then it's a bloody nuisance when you're trying to organise the other parts of the meal.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

If I want it to time my resting period I just set the timer to run after the main cooking time.