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I learned this morning that if you microwave frozen pancakes for 2 minutes you'll have to throw the plastic plate out

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

What's the pancakes to do with this? Don't microwave plastic, just don't. :/

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Please don’t microwave plastic

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I know it's repetitive, but DON'T MICROWAVE PLASTIC.

If your frozen food comes in plastic containers, please remove it before microwaving. We've always known that microwaving plastic is bad, but there are some very concerning recent studies and we're learning more about how bad it really is.

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/can-you-put-plastic-in-the-microwave

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Plastic plates? Like toy plates for children? You're not supposed to actually uses these.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

For one sentence there is a whole lot to unpack there

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also don't microwave boiled eggs. Learned the lesson the hard way. May be cut them in half and then microwave to avoid the eggsplotion 😀

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why would you boil them before microwaving them?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A small slice of pizza takes 15 seconds, not 15 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even PP is not safe. And squishy platic bottles too

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

why the downvoting? am i off topic or would y'all like me to not post here again?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Comments say they didn't get the joke.

But it's also not the kind of post this community is meant for. It was pretty funny tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This might be a bit better for somewhere like [email protected] because it's an anecdote. Also, I think TIFU communities are kinda dead right now so they could use your post there. If it makes you feel better, I gave you an updoot.