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If it's Veritasium, I would just recommend watching. End of sentence. This bloke is amazing.
What's a "hydrophobic coating" in relation to foods?
I don't use plastic to heat anything up. I may buy microwavable foods, but then scrape them into a metallic or class container and heat them in the oven (that's more out of necessity, as I don't have a microwave oven). And I don't like popped corn (though I kind of wish I did).
Hydrophobic coating loosely means a thin water proof coating on a material that otherwise isn’t waterproof.
Example: the previously mentioned popcorn bags are paper based but with a thin plastic based coating. (Historically we used to use wax for this kind of thing but in the modern day it’s almost always plastic)
Not that containers made of glass, ceramic, or metals that don’t corrode don’t need and typically don’t have hydrophobic coatings.
Ah ok. Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks, mate!
I just hate that he exudes privilege. It's not his fault, he does amazing science communication. But man it's hard for me to watch his stuff.
Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. I don't like him either, but the information is useful and/or interesting so I've been watching some of them.
And if there's ever a brand integration, he'll spout their marketing drivel uncritically and try to pass it off as science. I can't trust him anymore.