No, if I wanted to microwave something for 57 seconds I'd put 57 seconds in. I don't practice brinksmanship
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Of course! I'm not going to let a fucking oven tell me when my food is ready. Fuck you, Skynet, this is how the rebellion against the machines starts!
I time it right so that I can run towards the microwave “in slow motion” and pretend I’m stopping a bomb from going off, 1 second before it blows. My kid loves it. 🤷♂️
No, my microwave has a nice chime instead of a beep
Mine does a singular *ding*, which is very appreciated.
Me in the break room stopping the microwave before the beeps:
Here future microwave user, have these free nine seconds I'm leaving you.
Me finding the timer is not cleared when I want to use the microwave:
Ugh, now I have to press the reset button before I can enter the length of time to warm my lunch. Who was the accursed person who left time on here?
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Yes, because of the stupid turntable. 1:30, the water isn't hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water, in the summer, is 1:47, that puts the water at the front of the oven at the right temp, but I don't want to punch in 1:47, so I just hit the 2 to start and run the oven for 2 minutes, and then pull the door open at 1:47. Also, no beep that way.
Commercial microwaves, like in a restaurant, have a row of numbered buttons that can be programmed for time and power setting. That's the best way to control a microwave.
My microwave has a feature that, after it's done microwaving, positions the turntable the way it was when it started. So a cups handle is always accessible.
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Yeah because the thing beeps as if the house is on fire. I'd rather have it stay silent. And 1-3 seconds is not really enough to have any measurable effect.
Well yeah that's when the bomb goes off, gotta stop it
No, but I don't wait for the beeping to stop.
Turning off the sound of my microwave was an ability I was not aware I had. It’s so small of a thing but amazing.
Wait that's a thing?!
Now you have a new feature required on your next one if you can’t already do it.
No, unless I want to set it up for period shorter than what is available but that hardly ever happens.
I usually leave and come back when it beeps.
If I don't stop it before the last second, the universe will blow up.
I'm just hit the god damn stop/cancel button if you want to stop it before the timer reaches zero.
Only if I hear popping noises (and I am not microwaving popcorn)
If there's cheese I'll let it pop 2 or 3 more times before stopping it.
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Sometimes
god forbid we let people customize these things. we'll jam AI into the fucking appliances before we let people have actual QOL advancements.
Almost always.
Only if I'm standing across the room and my brain calculates that the time it takes to close the distance is within the time remaining on the countdown and I get to do a badass flip, twirl, and slide to stop it just in the nick of time so I get to pretend I have super hero level reflexes.
I cannot do badass flips but the point still stands. I can twirl and slide though, as long as I'm wearing socks.
Only if I think I set it for too long.
Yes especially at night cuz I don't wanna wake up my parents and my sibling lol
No. I like the BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
I prefer to stand up at the last moment and reach the microwave as it beeps. It's fun to have audible confirmation on your inner timing.