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This should be a crime. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 82 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

i don't like to move my finger around, so all my microwave times are of the 44, 77, 2:22, 4:44... format

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  • [–] 56 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    Same vibe but I only use the +30s button to enter cook time. Bonus points to microwaves that automatically start when you press +30.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Bonus points to microwaves that automatically start when you press +30.

    Yep, the cooking gets going while I press the +30 button additional times, saving precious second. Wish I could also change the power level while it's running. update: That actually does work! +30 all the foods!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    My microwave automatically starts when pressing 1-6 and then the +30sec button is the start button.

    The max I can do with two button presses is 6:30.

    If the microwave wasn't underpowered it would be perfect.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Our new microwave has that and the buttons 1-6 will start that number of minutes immediately. We were pretty excited about it because our old microwave didn’t even have the 30sec button.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I like the 30 second button. I loathe the 1-6 minute buttons. Time entry club forever!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I wish that function only worked on 1-3. I hate that I have to push the cook time first if I want 45 seconds. Do I ever put something in for 4 minutes straight? Absolutely not. If something needs that long to heat up, it probably needs to be on a lower power/defrost, or it's a thick soup that is 2 minutes, stir, then 1 minute increments until just right.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    what brand is that?

    good to acknowledge when companies actually improve products rather than just enshittifying them

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Both microwaves are GEs. The first was from 2007 and came with our house in 2015. It still worked when we left it in that house earlier this year so despite not having the 30sec button we didn’t really have any complaints about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Mine, each number does that number of minutes when pressed, so it's all increments of minutes. It also has a +30s, but I usually just set it to the minute above and stop early.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    That 77 is hurtig my brain.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    any number between 1 and 99 is just interpreted as seconds, no need for French Revolution era microwave

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Sometimes, just to be insufferable, I'll microwave something for one minute, but instead of entering 1:00 I enter 0:60.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    If you have a microwave that doesn’t start one minute when you push 1, so you have enter the zeros, then you’re actually being more efficient doing 60 because it skips a number press.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Or microwave has a +30 seconds button, so I always just mash it until it’s close enough. I usually have to add a little extra anyway, since it’s a 1000 watt microwave and instructions usually are calibrated for 1200 now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    wow what country do you live in? in the UK all microwave instructions I've seen are for 800-900W

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