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[–] decolo@piefed.social 211 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Add a dash of ADHD memory issues and this is almost guaranteed to burn your house down.

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago

Yeah. I know myself too well to use this "hack"

[–] xxploit@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Have you ever burnt tea (to dust from liquid and melted kettle handle in the process) while reheating it?
'tis but one of my life's achievements

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago

I have fallen asleep while boiling hotdogs to wake up in a smoky mess with black tar hotdog welded to the bottom of the pot. And it was my brother's house.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

My mom burnt a pot of spaghetti.

Yes, burnt. To a crisp.

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[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I set my microwave to 2:00 and I'm always back in time to open it at exactly 1:59. So I think I'm going to use this hack.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think you should probably heat your food for more than 1 second

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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Ahh here we go, I have to admit this.

I'm on my 3rd microwave. Ramen noodles caught fire twice. I forgot to add water once, go figure. The second time, I put them in for 33 minutes and 30 seconds instead of 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Started playing Xbox and forgot until I got hungry again and heard the smoke alarms going off. Flames were coming out of the microwave door so high they burned the cabinets above black, it was a brand new microwave. 3rd time was a metal coffee mug. Who makes a F-ing metal coffee cup so you can't reheat your coffee. It was cool watching the electric sparks and lines fly though.

No regrets. It was the grandparents microwaves. LOL.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 81 points 5 days ago (14 children)

i don't like to move my finger around, so all my microwave times are of the 44, 77, 2:22, 4:44... format

[–] Nimrod@lemmy.world 56 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Same vibe but I only use the +30s button to enter cook time. Bonus points to microwaves that automatically start when you press +30.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Bonus points to microwaves that automatically start when you press +30.

Yep, the cooking gets going while I press the +30 button additional times, saving precious second. Wish I could also change the power level while it's running. update: That actually does work! +30 all the foods!

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Samsung smart microwave wifi telemetry fears this person.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 13 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Telemetry? Oh God. Why Samsung? And why end users are you connecting your microwave to the internet?

Either way, it is kinda funny like seeing a random Win2000 in the Steam surveys.

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[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 days ago

Fuck Samsung. They're spending money designing this crap instead of designing appliances that last longer than two years.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I shop once a week and buy all the food for the week. At the end of the week, I have a nearly empty fridge.

I don't want to run out of ingredients, so I divide the weight on the package by seven, and weigh each one as I go. So I know I can have 120g of frozen blueberries each day, 60g of parmesan, 120g of broccoli, 90g of brussel sprouts, 30g of cream in my coffee for each of five coffees a day, etc. I'm happy when on the last day I don't need to weigh anything.

I didn't use to be this way, it just sort of happened.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 33 points 5 days ago

So the opposite of never measuring anything!

[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I once heard of someone who would do a regular shopping, and take everything and put it in a stew. Meat, vegetables, fruits, cheese, bread... Whatever was bought that day. I guess that's one way to avoid measuring everything separately.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Eww@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

I would end up looking at my microwave thinking "How can the time be 67:36? It's waaaaaay past my bedtime."

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 10 points 3 days ago

Just microwave everything for a M.I.N.U.T.E. Mean Ideal Nuke Unit Time Estimate. That's how the minute was invented back in the 1950s.

[–] fedikitty@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Just press the +30 sec button over and over, he's going to burn down the house when he forgets. 💀

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Damn I wish my 1995 microwave had this.

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[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Weird answer: body parts! I have what i have and measuring it isnt going to make me feel better. I do the things i need to do to increase muscle, decrease fat, and maximize happiness and longevity.

Measuring leads to comparison leads to disappointment

"Comparison is the theif of joy."

But your one was fine too, I guess.

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

I measure my body so I can order clothes that will fit correctly. But I agree with the other stuff.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The one at my work has never reached zero.

Like the code in Lost, we keep it from running out. Nobody knows what will happen if it does.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'll sometimes take a nap, 30 min before I have to go out. No alarm.

[–] IpsumLauren@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those are very long minutes!

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[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I wish I could do this, but my microwave resets to zero after about 3 minutes of being left with any residual time.

I’m also a 2:22, 55, 77, 99, etc. user.

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The sentence is life in prison but each offender only has to serve a couple years and then they get swapped out with the next one in the queue.

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Firemen love this one simple trick!

[–] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Garlic is understandable, I use a shit ton... But if it's an "extract" it's definitely getting measured. Maybe I'm just picky about my baked goods.

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[–] Azteh@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (6 children)

So for someone who has a microwave that only works in minutes and actual seconds, meaning 59 is the highest my seconds can go, before the minute counter is increased. Do these microwaves just work in terms of 100 seconds? So if you input 10:00 it's not actually 10 minutes but rather 1000 seconds, meaning it's now 16:40 on a "correct" microwave?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They do a weird conversion in my experience. I think for the first “minute” it just counts all numbers in the seconds field as seconds, then as it counts down, the next minute is only 60 seconds.

Eg I think I’ve tried putting in 90 seconds, and that is actually 90 seconds, same as if I were to put in 1:30 (minute and a half)

So I might guess something like 4:90 == 5:30

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Dishwashing powder, or basically any cleaning product really

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[–] eareetator@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (4 children)

This would drive me crazy, just seeing that start blinking non stop instead of the time like sane people.

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (10 children)

You can't do this with new microwaves. Child lock, you have to clear the time before you can open it. Yes, you have to clear it even if the time runs completely out.

[–] kazerniel@piefed.world 15 points 4 days ago (6 children)

wow and it doesn't let you disable this behaviour? must be so annoying

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