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I would end up looking at my microwave thinking “How can the time be 67:36? It’s waaaaaay past my bedtime.”
Just press the +30 sec button over and over, he’s going to burn down the house when he forgets. 💀
oh no my friend, as a product designer let me tell you user count clicks, more than 3 is bad UX and they’re lost! /s
Most microwaves go for 1-6 minutes when you press 1-6 without pressing something else first. Manually setting a time is cook time enter time start. Most operations are thus 1 key press or more rarely 2
my old one did that 😢 now i’m stuck typing in all the digits
Damn I wish my 1995 microwave had this.
Instead you get ~ ~ ~ more radiation ~ ~ ~
And here I thought microwaves can’t escape the Holey Door
That would be the core of the problem here. All that energy and nowhere to go
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.
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.
I measure my body so I can order clothes that will fit correctly. But I agree with the other stuff.
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.
This is the perfect use for that add 30 seconds button
Those are very long minutes!
metric minutes
Firemen love this one simple trick!
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.
You should watch the recent videos by “Nate from the Internet”, he keeps doubling the amount of vanilla extract put into cookies until you can detect a difference.
Spoiler: 1tsp, 2tsp, 4tsp, etc all taste exactly the same in the final product. After adding in cupfuls, the cookies start to taste bad from too much alcohol, but don’t taste any more vanilla than the 2tsp batch. He even tried with vanilla beans and whole pods.
There’s an obvious missing datapoint here - what about 0?
Good point, and they did do zero. You can tell a difference between 0 and 1tsp. Some say 2tsp is “better” but most can’t detect it. Anything above 2 is the same.
Wow, interesting!
It’s difficult to add too much vanilla extract, but you can definitely have too much almond extract or peppermint extract in something. Ask me how I know
Dishwashing powder, or basically any cleaning product really
For me, it’s the rinse agent. It just disappears into a hole in the door. There’s no fill level, no indicator. Just keep filling it until it feels right.
Nicest thing i have is a washing machine that dispenses the correct amount itself.
Ive saved so much detergent. And actually use the correct amount of fabric softener so my clothes feel kice.
You shouldn’t use fabric softener at all. It damages your clothes and shortens the life of them. And it makes towels less absorbent since you’re adding a coating of wax to everything.
Nah it’s good when you use the correct amount itself like 60ml ish for a load
Yeast in my pizza dough recipe. I “measure” it by sprinkling yeast on the top of the water until it’s evenly coated. I know how it looks.
The only thing I never measure are spices/seasonings.
Back in the bad old days, some ovens just had a clockwork dial that you’d crank to however minutes of microwaving you wanted. No on switch, just turn it and wait for the “ding”. OP’s method really isn’t too different since it’s the same number of steps.
Old days… (╥﹏╥)
Harambe
At an old job we had some rooms with really bad internet connection but not always. Network people came by with some ghost busters shit and went around asking us all to do really inconvenient shit – “please disable that hotspot” ugh… (And I had lots of tech at the time). They tracked it down to interference from an old microwave down the hall from the rooms that had problems.
Sounds nice to have a “network interference button” at your disposal. Well-timed frozen burritos would make an excellent cover for extra breaks.
Is the response in the post to this really that uncommon? I do this especially for the air fryer, but to a lesser extent in all cooking. Can you guys not tell when it’s done by smell?
Microwaves cook very quickly unlike you know normal ovens and don’t within the scope of normal cooking time output much air to carry the smell to allow you to decide when they are done. By the time you smell it you have nuked it way way too long.
Also most microwaves make it extremely easy to put things in for small increments for instance hitting 1 - 6 on mine’s keypad and nothing else immediately starts it for 1 - 6 minutes and also has a dedicated 30 seconds button. So it is incredibly easy to set it for a known small length of time allowing you to do other things whilst it cooks rather than standing by the fuckin door waiting to stop it. If you forget you may either ruin your food, destroy your microwave, or start a fire.
There are basically massive downsides to what you are suggesting and no upsides. It is just so unfathomably stupid that were this post to be associated with your real identity it is the only thing the entire world would associate with your name.
easy to set it for a known small length of time allowing you to do other things whilst it cooks rather than standing by the fuckin door waiting to stop it. If you forget you may either ruin your food, destroy your microwave, or start a fire.
Seems more like a skill issue? I don’t have the brain of a goldfish, so I don’t have to choose between watching food heat up or having to reset the thing every 30 sec.
There are basically massive downsides to what you are suggesting and no upsides. It is just so unfathomably stupid that were this post to be associated with your real identity it is the only thing the entire world would associate with your name.
Lol, seems as if I committed a hate crime against your culture…
If you calm yourself down just a little bit and actually focus on utilizing your limited reading comprehension skills, you will notice I specified the air fryer.
I have a microwave, but it is very rarely utilized. Even so, it’s not that hard to use if you’re not an idiot.
You are literally defending people doing the above behavior with a microwave
By asking if it’s really that big of a deal? I didn’t think so many people struggled with something as basic as using a microwave without having to check it every 30 sec.
I also specified that I mainly used the same routine for the air fryer.
Again, this seems like a skill issue.
Setting a microwave to 99:99 and repeatedly turning it off and on IS a skill issue
You just click start… Opening the door turns it off. Have you ever used a microwave? I can see why you would be having some issues.
This implies you are too stupid or incompetent to simply set the correct time on the microwave. It’s not really that hard to figure out how much time to set and it literally takes 1-2 presses to set any time between 30 seconds and 6 minutes. Many also have a speed dial setting to pre-program particular time/power settings 2 presses to actuate eg memory -> number.
You can set it to 99.99 and close and open it and you will get hot food in the same fashion as you could get drunk by pouring jim beam up your ass. You do you I guess. Excuse me whilst I make a proper cocktail like a fuckin adult human being with a functioning brain.
That is the most purely evil thing I have ever heard. NEVER DO THIS
When I need to put something in the microwave for 2 minutes, I punch in 1:60.
That’ll be 4 +30 second presses for me.
I hit the 2 button on my microwave because anything 6 and below automatically does minutes.
The downside is when I want to soften butter and forget about it.
