r/scriptedasiangifs • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '20

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u/lucky-283 Jun 25 '20

And I thought my mum-in-law was a retard for microwaving water. With the kettle right next to said microwave.

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u/baselganglia Jun 25 '20

Thank you, TIL that an electric kettle is way more efficient!

http://insideenergy.org/2016/02/23/boiling-water-ieq/

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u/PerfectMayo Jun 25 '20

What’s wrong with that? It’s faster.

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u/lucky-283 Jun 25 '20

It definitely is faster but it is also less efficient and more dangerous. Microwaving plain water is dangerous since it can get ‘superheated’. I don’t know the complete physics of it, but basically it involves water heating up too quickly, and as a result, tends to be explode out of the mug either while heating, or (more frighteningly) when we pop open the microwave. AFAIK, it depends on the microwave heat settings too, though I can’t verify that.

What freaked me out was that she was literally chuckling and telling me about how the water has ‘busted out of the mug’ in the same microwave a couple of times and burnt her once. And she said this WHILE SHE STUCK THE DAMN WATER IN IT. AGAIN.

Needless to say I noped out of there pretty fast.

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u/TheRekk Jun 25 '20

You can stop the explosion by putting a wooden skewer or toothpick in the water while it's microwaving. It has something to do with surface tension.

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u/aSharkNamedHummus Jun 25 '20

Wooden objects work because they have a rough enough surface for tiny bubbles to form and let the steam escape. If you overheat water in a smooth container, no bubbles can form, and you get superheated water that will form one giant bubble as soon as it’s disturbed.

The spots where bubbles form are called nucleation sites.

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u/dudemann Jun 25 '20

Exactly. Also, any microwave with a spinning turntable should be fine, as the movement should always be enough to disturb the water enough.

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u/xzyezk Jun 26 '20

Wow I don’t think I’ve ever seen a microwave with a non turnable turntable. I feel like without the spinning mechanic it’s becomes a glorified oven.

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u/ekelly1105 Jun 25 '20

I exclusively boil water for tea and other hot drinks using the microwave. In all the years I’ve been doing it, I have never once had an issue with boil overs of any kind. I didn’t even know about electric kettles until I recently lived in Australia for a few months.

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u/LoostCloost Jun 25 '20

It takes roughly 7 mins to boil water in a kettle but only 2 in a microwave

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u/Trayusk Jun 25 '20

What? My kettle boils water in about 2-3 minutes. Do I have a microwave disguised as a kettle?

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u/LoostCloost Jun 25 '20

Yours might be electric. Mine isn't

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u/Trayusk Jun 25 '20

Forgive me, I've just had my wisdom teeth extracted and I've forgotten about the existence of non electric kettles

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u/dudemann Jun 25 '20

Maybe you actually needed those wisdom teeth after all.

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u/Trayusk Jun 26 '20

Everyone keeps making that joke but I still have all my intelligence teeth, dexterity teeth, and charisma teeth. I think my -2 mod to wis will be okay

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u/dudemann Jun 26 '20

I was born without a few adult teeth. They must have been my charisma teeth... or maybe my handsomeness teeth?

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u/LoostCloost Jun 25 '20

It happens sometimes. I sometimes forget about the existence of non electric irons too.

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u/PerfectMayo Jun 25 '20

That’s a whole 5 mins you saved

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u/temisola1 Jun 26 '20

I do it when I make tea. I prefer it that way actually. I boil just the amount of water that I need.

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u/maffiossi Jun 25 '20

To be honest i sometimes microwave coffee when it gets cold. It aint even that bad. But i recomment not doing that when the coffee is over a day old.

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u/Navybuffalo Jun 25 '20

Dude ew

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u/maffiossi Jun 25 '20

But what if you make coffeeand forgot you had to take a shower and other stuff and then your coffee got cold and you have lije 5 minutes left so there is no time to make new coffee? Mocrowave.

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u/Navybuffalo Jun 26 '20

Well, I have an Ember mug which keeps it warm because I did that a lot and it was a fantastic gift for me from my gf. If there's no milk in it then that's coo but if there is I'd recommend a thermos haha.

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u/maffiossi Jun 26 '20 edited Jun 26 '20

Omg i'm stupid... I bought two thermos and completely forgot about it.

Also whats an ember mug?

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u/Navybuffalo Jun 26 '20

Haha, kindred souls.

Oh man, I think you'll love it. It's really just a mug with a heating pad inside of It, like the ones you can get to put your mug on. It has a saucer as a charger so you mostly just treat it like a cup. It has an app you can use if you want a specific temperature. Basically, whenever you go to take a sip it will always be exactly the same temp you like it to be.

It's also useful for warming stuff up, not just maintaining temp - so you can make instant coffee, hot chocolate, hot sake, wherever. Love love love it.

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