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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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There is no good spot in a microwave for a human
(The half-wavelength or distance between hot spots is about 6 cm. You'll get burns of internal organs and most likely cataracts because the proteins in your eye's lens, which gets very little cooling due to lack of blood flow, coagulate at high temperature.)
But what about a hell-sized microwave
A microwave oven, no matter the dimensions, uses microwaves. If the wavelength increases tenfold, it becomes a radio wave device. Also not an oven, because it's no longer good at heating water molecules so you don't of in the cold food and of out hot eat the food.
Come again?
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/why-do-they-call-it-oven
Ah, a shitty meme! Not your fault; I intentionally memory-hole the dumber memes I encounter.
It's presumably a showerthought by someone drunk or speaking bad English edited into Garfield as a shitpost, which I find funnier than most memes (see also the pelican mouth copypasta). The fact that it was referenced on Technology Connections did play a part in me quoting it, too.
Holy shit! I love Technology Connections and somehow never saw the air-fryer episode! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.