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Funko Pops, to me.

I understand that some of them are fairly overpriced, but I also really like them as is. It doesn't work on all characters, but it sometimes work on a lot and there's so much representation and variety that it's good to have a few.

If people want to talk about waste of plastic and vinyl, they should bark at the companies who make teeny tiny figurines that serve no purpose and have so little detail that spending any money on them is a waste.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Microwaving food. Too many people think that it's radiating the food. Its just making the water molecules in the food wiggle and heat up to warm the food through internal collisions.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean it is radiation, just like 5G signals, and y'know, light

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That is true lol.

The heating effect is more due to standing waves rotating the (polar) water molecules in the food.

There aren't hot radiation particles moving into and staying in the food like a number of people believe.

Microwaves (and 5G) have much less energy than visible light, but its a scary sound word. People don't like to think that they are exposed to radiation 100% of the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Microwaves are ~2.4GHz, same as wifi. That is the resonant freq of water. They don't go deep, not even close to a milimeter. And it all converts to heat.

The sun is more damageing then microwaves of same power. And ionizing radiation is the really harmful one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That was a weird time, when troubleshooting internet connection issues was like "Is anyone using the microwave or perhaps a cordless phone at the moment?" Lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't like it, but that's because it's usually the faster but inferior quality option, bread/bun gets hard, sometimes uneven heating, some things get slimy, etc. I opt for toaster oven or range/pot/pan over microwave 9/10 times just because I have the extra 10-20min and prefer the quality. Radiation (for me) has nothing to do with it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's a fair call and I'm the same, its not optimal for a lot reheating. I've met a fair few people who refuse to own or use a microwave because the don't want their food "irradiated" or think that it is somehow unhealthy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

they often called it nuking. took a good 15 years before mass acceptance. early ones had warnings about standing near with pacemakers could kill you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

"Honey, how long do you want your food to wiggle?"

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's even the optimal way to cook some things, and people still avoid it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

which food comes out better in a microwave?

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Things with a lot of water evenly distributed. Potatoes, steamed vegetables, stuff like that. I've read it's good for making caramel too but haven't tried that one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I recall it being great for sponge toffee, also fantastic for melting things like chocolate or other (non-culinary) stuff.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh melting chocolate, I need to try that next time. I'm always worried about burning the chocolate in the pot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Everything I've seen says do it in 30s bursts and stir, apparently does a good job of melting it with breaking

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Though I'd highlight that warming food up in a pan or pot on the stove is criminally underrated.