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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

OOP should make REAL CLEAR to any kids that you can't do this to living creatures.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Microwaving dyes and synthetic fabrics doesn't seem safe

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re crispier in the air fryer.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Don't put the rat in the fryer

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

That's got to be one of the worst thing I've read in a few months

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Are you sure it's not the removable rice bag in the ass of the sloth that's supposed to be microwaved... Not the entire plushy?

I have the same one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Before clicking, I was going to suggest to check if it’s an ass rice design.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We have lots of these. Our sloth definitely goes all in.

Basically anything made by Warmies won't have a removable bag, everything else will (in my experience).

A lot of the Sainsbury's ones appear to be made by Warmies. They don't have removable bags - just stick the entire critter in.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Won't the eyes get super hot?

I am unfamiliar with stuffed animal microwaving tactics, as I generally default to the air fryer, but have also heard good things about sous vide, fwiw.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The eyes generally just explode. /jk No, they don't get hot because they don't contain any moisture.

I should put a caveat in here: if your stuffed animal says to remove the bag and microwave it separately, remove the bag and microwave it separately. Also, don't put a stuffed animal in the air fryer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The microwave energy will absolutely heat the eyes, and everything else in there, regardless of moisture. The dielectric materials will heat quickly as they offer resistance to the RF.

You must be thinking of humans, as human eyes will generally heat quicker when a body is exposed to RF. The rest of the human body will heat as well, but the eyes may melt first, while electricity arcs between the fillings on their teeth.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

There are a lot of assumptions here. The specific frequency of the microwave oven is tuned to be absorbed by water molecules.

Yes other materials, particularly metals, (shape and size matter too) can absorb the RF energy as well, but a lot do not, and the RF passes harmlessly through them.

Just like the massive amounts of RF that is going through you right now, every second of everyday. It is everywhere, but the wavelength is something that ignores almost everything you are made of.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That makes sense, I just remember a painful burn decades ago when hugging one that was in the back window of our car in a sunny parking lot.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Just to add on a clarifying detail: microwaves can heat things that aren't water, they just usually don't do so nearly as well. So while this sloth might have eyes that don't get hot, a different one might have them cheerfully get insanely hot very fast.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, fair enough. I think the ones which are designed to go in on the microwave are designed so the eyes don't get hot though!

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