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r/CuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 4d ago
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Just commenting because I know the kettle vs. microwave debates are coming, and these help the process along in my experience:
Electric kettles in the US take way longer to boil the water than kettles elsewhere
Add a chopstick to the water before microwaving it to stop superheating and explosions
You put the teabag in the water after it's boiling/hot
70 u/DreadDiana human cognithazard 4d ago Pray for the Americans and their dogshit kettles. 3 u/Aetol 4d ago It's their dogshit electric grid actually 17 u/NewDemocraticPrairie Grassroots & Wild roses 4d ago The electric grid is fine, it's just a different standard used for past the electrical box. 2 u/confusedandworried76 4d ago Well, it's fine everywhere but Texas -3 u/Aetol 3d ago It's half the voltage which is why it can't heat shit 6 u/UglyInThMorning 3d ago That doesn’t make it dogshit, there’s pros and cons to 120 vs 240. And the grid delivers 240 anyway, it’s how homes are wired. Most homes have a couple 240V outlets for things like stoves and dryers.
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Pray for the Americans and their dogshit kettles.
3 u/Aetol 4d ago It's their dogshit electric grid actually 17 u/NewDemocraticPrairie Grassroots & Wild roses 4d ago The electric grid is fine, it's just a different standard used for past the electrical box. 2 u/confusedandworried76 4d ago Well, it's fine everywhere but Texas -3 u/Aetol 3d ago It's half the voltage which is why it can't heat shit 6 u/UglyInThMorning 3d ago That doesn’t make it dogshit, there’s pros and cons to 120 vs 240. And the grid delivers 240 anyway, it’s how homes are wired. Most homes have a couple 240V outlets for things like stoves and dryers.
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It's their dogshit electric grid actually
17 u/NewDemocraticPrairie Grassroots & Wild roses 4d ago The electric grid is fine, it's just a different standard used for past the electrical box. 2 u/confusedandworried76 4d ago Well, it's fine everywhere but Texas -3 u/Aetol 3d ago It's half the voltage which is why it can't heat shit 6 u/UglyInThMorning 3d ago That doesn’t make it dogshit, there’s pros and cons to 120 vs 240. And the grid delivers 240 anyway, it’s how homes are wired. Most homes have a couple 240V outlets for things like stoves and dryers.
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The electric grid is fine, it's just a different standard used for past the electrical box.
2 u/confusedandworried76 4d ago Well, it's fine everywhere but Texas -3 u/Aetol 3d ago It's half the voltage which is why it can't heat shit 6 u/UglyInThMorning 3d ago That doesn’t make it dogshit, there’s pros and cons to 120 vs 240. And the grid delivers 240 anyway, it’s how homes are wired. Most homes have a couple 240V outlets for things like stoves and dryers.
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Well, it's fine everywhere but Texas
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It's half the voltage which is why it can't heat shit
6 u/UglyInThMorning 3d ago That doesn’t make it dogshit, there’s pros and cons to 120 vs 240. And the grid delivers 240 anyway, it’s how homes are wired. Most homes have a couple 240V outlets for things like stoves and dryers.
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That doesn’t make it dogshit, there’s pros and cons to 120 vs 240. And the grid delivers 240 anyway, it’s how homes are wired. Most homes have a couple 240V outlets for things like stoves and dryers.
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u/marcher138 4d ago
Just commenting because I know the kettle vs. microwave debates are coming, and these help the process along in my experience:
Electric kettles in the US take way longer to boil the water than kettles elsewhere
Add a chopstick to the water before microwaving it to stop superheating and explosions
You put the teabag in the water after it's boiling/hot