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No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

https://explainxkcd.com/3022/

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Close enough to zero to be a rounding error, I'd bet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm often on here telling stories if how evil my mother was, and now I know I can skip all the tedious rehashing of her many evil acts and just tell people she made tea by putting the tea bag in a mug of water and microwaving the whole thing.