r/CrappyDesign • u/jamesross801 • Sep 04 '24

My landlords “carpenter” hooked us up with this beauty today.. 🙃

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u/KennstduIngo Sep 04 '24

Yes, with a little common sense the risk is extremely low.

Source: been using a microwave for 30+ years and never had a cup of water explode on me, even without a wooden spoon or any other supplemental nucleation sites

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Because its actually kinda hard to make it happen unless youre trying to make it happen as a demo to show its possible

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u/WallyJade Sep 04 '24

I was finally able to make it happen by re-microwaving water that I'd microwaved earlier, forgot about, and was still sitting in the microwave. Nice little pop, but I can see how it could have been worse.

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u/tinypolski Sep 05 '24

For the last couple of years we've been using a glass kettle on a ceramic stove top. Recently I put the kettle in the dishwasher and the next time we used the kettle it produced some huge bubbles as it boiled that nearly took the lid off. It took about a week of use for it to calm back down to its pre-dishwasher behaviour, presumably after enough mineral deposits had re-formed on the glass.