schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1340arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-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-down3·edit-22 months 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-down1·2 months 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-down1·2 months agoIt doesn’t cool down faster. That makes no sense.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoListen I can’t prove it, but I swear on my mother it does
minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause only some of the water boils, not all of it.
minus-squareMicrowavedTea@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMy microwave must be really weak then. The kettle is still faster though
minus-squareMax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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