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Why are they terrible?

• cess11 11mo ago
  They boil stuff but take up much more space than a kettle.
  • jack_pp 11mo ago
    I'd like to see you make popcorn or an omelette in a kettle. Or heat up rice / soup / stew
  • greazy 11mo ago
    They also heat other things up like food but take less space than an oven.
    • everdrive 11mo ago
      Yes, they miraculously leave your food cold but heat up your plate enough to burn you.
      • jrflowers 11mo ago
        I think you might have a terrible plate problem instead of a terrible microwave problem
  • jonesjohnson 11mo ago
    They warm up things that a) I don't want to put in a kettle and b) don't want to put in a dedicated pot to put on the stove. Like the remainder of the soup i made yesterday that I've put in a china bowl in the fridge. I was able to eat warm soup out of that bowl without requiring to make any other dishes dirty. Pretty convenient if you ask me. Bonus: you can take a cherry tomato or a single grape and make a small plasma arc in the microwave. Pretty cool trick to impress and scare people at house parties.
• torginus 11mo ago
  They are not. But they are the AI slop of cooking - it's easy to get an acceptable result, so people associate it with junk food made with zero effort.