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arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
No, of course we don’t microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately. https://explainxkcd.com/3022/
minus-squareMicrowavedTea@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoIn my experience you won’t actually boil water in the microwave because it takes an eternity so you end up with tea in “warm” water instead. Or apparently some people also put the tea bag in the microwave ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBrother it takes 3 minutes to boil water in the microwave. I have done this without fail. It cools down much faster though. Not sure how that works.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt doesn’t cool down faster. That makes no sense.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoListen I can’t prove it, but I swear on my mother it does
minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoYou can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D
In my experience you won’t actually boil water in the microwave because it takes an eternity so you end up with tea in “warm” water instead. Or apparently some people also put the tea bag in the microwave ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Brother it takes 3 minutes to boil water in the microwave. I have done this without fail.
It cools down much faster though. Not sure how that works.
It doesn’t cool down faster. That makes no sense.
Listen I can’t prove it, but I swear on my mother it does
You can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D