schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1327arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-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-up5arrow-down2·edit-28 days 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-up4arrow-down1·8 days 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-up12arrow-down1·8 days agoIt doesn’t cool down faster. That makes no sense.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoListen I can’t prove it, but I swear on my mother it does
minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoYou can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoBecause only some of the water boils, not all of it.
minus-squareMicrowavedTea@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoMy microwave must be really weak then. The kettle is still faster though
minus-squareMax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoIt definitely depends on the microwave. In my office, one boils a mug in 2:20, while the other requires over 3 min
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
Because only some of the water boils, not all of it.
My microwave must be really weak then. The kettle is still faster though
It definitely depends on the microwave. In my office, one boils a mug in 2:20, while the other requires over 3 min