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[–] GoodShowSir@feddit.uk 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“Cancel button does not reset your toast back to bread.”

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 10 points 3 days ago

Well, obviously. You need a reset button for that.

[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I assume it's in like 4 or 5 languages though?

Also, gotta spell it out for the people with below average intelligence not to stick fingers, fork, or hands in it. The Toaster isn't a substitute for a rubber duck, etc. lol

[–] retrolasered@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

They need to add a page for the intelligent people laying it on its side to make cheese on toast

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Me: pops out crumb tray to clean it.

Me: pushes lever up to raise toast to pull it out easier

Person who never flicked through the manual: WTH?

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's people who don't even know there's a crumb tray to clean. Also, the manual likely has multiple languages and, of course, a bunch of warnings because people are stupid and incapable of taking accountability for their poor decision-making ability. "How was I supposed to know you couldn't put the toaster in the dishwasher?"

[–] Sakychu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago

Or alternative "How was I supposed to know not to insert a knife and damage the heating elements"

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

I take great pride in whacking the lever with one hand, then catching the toast in the air with the other.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

There are people who read the manual - peace be upon them.

And there are people who do not read the manual. May they spend enough time on hold to reconsider the errror of their ways.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll bet 10-11 of those pages are safety warnings such as "Do not bathe with your toaster. Do not stab your toaster with a fork." Etc.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 7 points 3 days ago

And probably in all European languages.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If any of it contained repair documentation that'd actually be pretty cool, but I'm pretty sure it's mostly just "how to press a button", and "please don't put this in the bathtub"

Yeah. It’s probably mostly warnings and warranty registration directions in 4 different languages.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

ADVANCED TOAST: Practical Bread Theory In The Modern Age

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

Probably just covering legal bases so they don't get sued to oblivion because they didn't tell people that toast can burn at prolonged exposure to toasting. And other stuff like that.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago

I just checked, and it seems even my dualit classic isn't exempt from this!

Though to its credit, it's mostly "how to not set the kitchen on fire" and "how to get the best out of your toast".

[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

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[–] zipsglacier@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I genuinely didn't notice the bossin' design on the toaster until I saw the even better picture on the manual!

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Did you know, the potentiometers scale is usually supposed to be minutes? Maybe it's in the manual 🙂

[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

You should see the manual for the four-slicer.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

It annoys me on toasters like this that you can't activate just one side. If you want to toast a single slice then you still have to have all the elements on instead of just the ones where the bread is.

Is one of the pages about why they chose to have 7 levels of toasting instead of 11?