this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2024
569 points (98.1% liked)

Lemmy Shitpost

27131 readers
3619 users here now

Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.

Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!


Rules:

1. Be Respectful


Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...


2. No Illegal Content


Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means:

-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...


3. No Spam


Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...


4. No Porn/ExplicitContent


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...


5. No Enciting Harassment,Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.


-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...

If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Memes

2.Lemmy Review

3.Mildly Infuriating

4.Lemmy Be Wholesome

5.No Stupid Questions

6.You Should Know

7.Comedy Heaven

8.Credible Defense

9.Ten Forward

10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)


Reach out to

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 162 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"The downside is that the mug is also 180°C now."

[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"And it tastes faintly of the bacon I made for breakfast."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah see they've got one of those fancy dual air dryers in the picture. One side is clearly for food and the other for beverages.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah but you're not supposed to put the cup in with it. You pull the tray out and pour it into one.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Somebody had been considering what could be worse than microwave tea.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

There's nothing wrong with microwaving water. It's all just getting water molecules to move faster.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Thats how I make my teas. Boil it in a glass measuring cup, then pour it into a mug with the tea.

TechnologyConnections made a video about it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How do you measure glass in a cup?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

microwaving anything is microwaving the water it contains

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Americans will do anything other than buy an electric kettle.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).

Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I drink hot tea and cold coffee lol. I also drink hot coffee though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

We have replaced your American passport with Vietnamese to better accommodate your beverage preferences, please enjoy your new citizenship.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is literally a kettle on the left lower side of the image (likely deliberately as it seems awkward having it in front of the air fryer like that)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

in my experience, it is quite hard to find a place for a kettle that isn’t at least a little awkward

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this. they are always in the way and fit nowhere.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

OOP uses centigrade and spells color as "colour"; they're probably not American.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

I've heard electric kettles are slower here because of the limits of our electrical system. I do have a kettle for the stove, though. I also rarely drink tea.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Standard outlets in the USA are 120v at 15A (1800W max peak, 1440W max continuous). In comparison, standard UK outlets are 230v at 13A (2990W peak)

This also affects other things. For example, standard electric heaters (resistive heat) can't get as hot in the USA.

Edit: Also, dryers in countries like UK and Australia don't need a special type of outlet.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (15 replies)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

There's literally the handle of an electric kettle on the left side.

No this is something far worse: someone in the UK whom has strayed from the light and committed heresy!

May the Tea Gods have mercy upon them, for I shall have none!

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Okay this is a shitpost, but ffs don't try this. That's a small electric fan-forced oven. There's a nonzero chance the airflow will splash water all over the inside, which is absolutely not liquid proof. Water + electricity == bad.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I see your point. But how the hell is the mug not going to be hot either and you are able to just lift it out?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I mean that's true too, assuming you don't destroy your air fryer first.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Got an air fryer here with a steamer mode, so that definitely doesn't have moisture-sensitive electronics inside the cooking part!

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago (25 children)

Really though, so many Americans would have their cooking lives enriched by an electric kettle.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

My parents told me, "be careful the heating elements catch fire, there's little to no safety mechanism, you can't leave them alone!"

It's a kettle...

People either don't know they exist or have some weird thing with them. Gives me the same vibes as cultures that don't sleep with the fans on lol.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (24 replies)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

10 minutes to boil a cup of water? How is that considered good in any way?

[–] GhiLA 52 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

it's sarcasm.

Air fryers suck at boiling water. They're basically anti-microwaves. Everything a microwave is good at, they suck at, and vice versa.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Air fryers are for putting a crust on things. Basicly a miniature convection oven

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That's because it is basically a convection oven, it just has a basket and a few extra customizations. But, as the video notes, a convection toaster oven is not a suitable replacement for an air fryer in most cases.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (11 replies)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Pretty sure that counts as a hate crime against the English

[–] Hideakikarate 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I played a game online with a British person and another American. British guy was talking about tea time or something tea related. I have always heard that the British took their tea VERY seriously, so I decided to test it. I asked him if he heated his water in a microwave. Don't ask the British if they heat their water in a microwave. What followed was a man who was very passionate about tea talk just as passionately about his kettle.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

You have just united the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom blind rage. Congratulations.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Boiling a mug of water by blowing hot air on it is going to take a while. My guess is if someone was to try this (which I don't recommend) it's going to take longer than 10-12 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is 100% a meme. There's a kettle in the lower left corner of the picture, place awkwardly in front of the second frier drawer. and the cup would be scaldingly hot upon removing it from the air frier.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Me using a hardware store heat gun:
Pathetic

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Shout out to Asian water boilers and warmers.

Hot water on demand, no fuss.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Least redundant air fryer usage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This is as dumb as people 'marinating' diet coke by leaving it in the fridge. Can't level with this level of absurdity.

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›