Actually, plain spoons like this are perfectly microwave safe unless you place it touching the wall of the microwave.
The problem with metal in microwaves is caused by charges building up and jumping from one point to another. This will absolutely happen between the prongs of a fork or the folds on crumbled aluminium foil.
But spoons have a continuous mostly flat surface so the charges have an easier time balancing out by traveling within the metal. Hence, no arcs.
There's a good experiment by the dude I can't remember the name of who does those kind of experiments while pretending to be dumb (except the video where he arched some current and he tried to catch the device with his hands, we was very close to being electrocuted to death there by his own admission)
Anyway, as you said, spoons and knives are completely fine by themselves, and the issue comes only when you give electricity something to arc over (forks are the main culprit there, aluminum coming hot second)
I chew. But im also the type of person to go through one of those party size tubs of ice cream in a couple days. For my own health and safety I do not keep ice cream in my house.
I don't understand how people chew, my teeth freak the fuck out if they touch something as cold as ice cream. Like my dad chews ice cubes and I don't get it, that shit is so painful.
There are definitely people who are more sensitive to cold i for some reason dont have that. I still get brain freezes but my teeth are usually fine. I also chew ice. Especially ice from Chick-fil-A.
I put it in my mouth and let it thaw, instead of chewing or sucking but that's cuz of teeth sensitivity so I dunno, i never swallow still solid ice cream, am I doing it wrong?
Edit: oooh ok I just understood it, yea exactly i suck it too (pun intended)
You can safely put a metal spoon in a bowl or cup with water in the microwave. You can't put forks in the microwave because the tongs will arc. I actually just recently learned this.
I've had people lose their shit on me because I put metal bowls in the microwave. They don't have a rolled edge to arc so I don't see a problem. Some microwaves have metal racks in them. I'm sure my bowl is fine.
it's unlikely to be a problem, but no metal is "safe" in a microwave. metals reflect the microwave and could burn shit if it's directed a bad way. big concave surfaces like metal spoons can be good at that
A spoon shouldn't fuck up in the microwave, forks do because the tines are too close together and the "wave" connects the fork's tines. Atleast, I think so. I'm not brave enough to try.
Same principle that makes a grape explode. They're just the perfect size of a microwave's wave.
Fun fact: the reason microwave doors can have those holes in them to look through and not let microwaves out is because microwave wavelengths are too wide to fit through the holes.
Technically, pure carbon is the byproduct of incomplete combustion of butane, that's the soot. Elemental carbon has no flavor to humans, and since you guys are mostly made of that it should be fine!
The ice cream would cool the spoon. Metal heats up quickly and does not hold heat well. Ice cream is mostly water which will absorb the heat from the spoon quickly without heating up much itself. But if you didn't do a good job getting the spoon in contact with the ice cream you could very easily burn yourself.
Surprisingly, a spoon is actually relatively safe, now Im not saying to microwave a spoon, but it doesnt have much arc points so there wouldnt be as much of a show
I’m lazy which is why I put it in the microwave first and then put it in a bowl. It’s mostly for my one granddaughter. She said she likes it “melty.” She’s 5.
George had so many great moments. They were the 90’s tame version of Alway Sunny. But one of my favorite ‘George is fat’ moment was him eating the cake out of the trash at a party
lol he was never seen as comically obese at all in the show. He was always viewed as somewhat chubby.
Obesity rates were around 25-30% in the 1990s and are today 40%. Its not like it was the 1950s. By the 90s we were well into the obesity epidemic already.
I just learned there is a significant portion of the population that can chew ice cream without pain.
Chewing never even dawned on me because it would make eating ice cream unpleasant.
Interesting enough I discovered there’s a huge population who chew ice cream are probably fucking idiots.
That both of us came to different conclusions based on the same information is interesting though, shame ice cream chewers will be too busy licking windows to read this.
I don't think I know a single person who eats bucket ice cream by melting it in their mouth. Everybody here just... eats it. Maybe it's a regional thing
My first thought was that eating that soot on the spoon was bad, but then I remembered that we almost all eat flame grilled foods, which would have many times more of the chemicals in the soot.
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Guy uses a lighter on a spoon but instead of taking drugs hes using it to eat ice-cream
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He's well on his way to Type 5 Diabetes
It works better when you put the spoon in the microwave
Actually, plain spoons like this are perfectly microwave safe unless you place it touching the wall of the microwave.
The problem with metal in microwaves is caused by charges building up and jumping from one point to another. This will absolutely happen between the prongs of a fork or the folds on crumbled aluminium foil.
But spoons have a continuous mostly flat surface so the charges have an easier time balancing out by traveling within the metal. Hence, no arcs.
make us a video of you demonstrating this with a spoon in your own microwave, please
I'm not going to bother because videos can't be embedded in the comments. But there's plenty of videos showing and explaining this online.
Here a video explaining it https://youtu.be/fljZ_jaUq-c?si=JisGbAZtVIuQ4iHk
Here a video putting a spoon knife and fork and nothing happens with any of them https://youtu.be/Ih2BvzWbJAU?si=G3LEkwo-H_i391pr
If you want to see any other combination feel free to search for it yourself. YouTube is brimming with microwave experiments
There's a good experiment by the dude I can't remember the name of who does those kind of experiments while pretending to be dumb (except the video where he arched some current and he tried to catch the device with his hands, we was very close to being electrocuted to death there by his own admission)
Anyway, as you said, spoons and knives are completely fine by themselves, and the issue comes only when you give electricity something to arc over (forks are the main culprit there, aluminum coming hot second)
Electroboom
RFK Jr. like predictions
5 Diabetes
5 diabetes
Please don’t share spoons.
What if you already kiss the share-er?
I suck on icecream, do I do it wrong or y'all also chew?
Don't say that, you don't suck, pal. You're a terrific guy 👍
Also true
Yeah, your corrected version explains why he sucks. I hope he sucks well.
His buddy Ice Cream sounds like a terrific guy as well
You haven't seen him on ice cream. He's like an entirely different person. It's terrifying.
I chew. But im also the type of person to go through one of those party size tubs of ice cream in a couple days. For my own health and safety I do not keep ice cream in my house.
I don't understand how people chew, my teeth freak the fuck out if they touch something as cold as ice cream. Like my dad chews ice cubes and I don't get it, that shit is so painful.
There are definitely people who are more sensitive to cold i for some reason dont have that. I still get brain freezes but my teeth are usually fine. I also chew ice. Especially ice from Chick-fil-A.
I used to do this all the time but then the dentist told me it was destroying my teeth. I highly recommend you stop.
I chew ice cream but I can't just bite it in half like normal food because it's so cold. I kinda rotate it around and chew the sides
Same here. I fortunately don't have issues when it comes to my teeth, but a chunk of something freezer cold is just unpleasant to have in your mouth.
Chewing ice is one of the top causes of broken teeth, FYI.
Hey, I chew ice and some of my teeth aren't broken yet!
So, like, how do you eat ice cream without it touching your teeth?
seriously, maybe i'm just dumb, but I don't understand.
I put it in my mouth and let it thaw, instead of chewing or sucking but that's cuz of teeth sensitivity so I dunno, i never swallow still solid ice cream, am I doing it wrong?
Edit: oooh ok I just understood it, yea exactly i suck it too (pun intended)
My teeth started to hurt just thinking about biting/chewing ice cream.
People biting ice cubes like a parrot fish extracting raw minerals from the earth's mantle.
Chewing on ice cream would be in my Saw movie, I’d die
Im the weird one for biting my ice cream but you’re over there like
Gotta show off the action
Right? I'm genuinely disgusted when I see someone ruin a perfectly good ice cream by melting it down outside of their mouth.
You eat ice cream however you want, king
Imma a sucker. I like to whip it until its runny and slurp it
I don’t think I have ever chewed ice cream unless it was an ice cream sandwich.
How's burnt butane soot taste with ice cream? 🤔
Only for the first bite!
Easier work around is putting the spoon in the microwave on high for 2 minutes.
can't wait for some LLM/AI to use this as a source
You can safely put a metal spoon in a bowl or cup with water in the microwave. You can't put forks in the microwave because the tongs will arc. I actually just recently learned this.
A metal ball will likely also be fine, but it’s best not to test it. Metal objects will arc more the sharper they are.
this is why I only use circular pieces of tin foil in my microwave
Spherical even
That's why you only put round things like grapes or eggs in the microwave.
Ooooo, that's evil
So no kiki, only bouba.
I've had people lose their shit on me because I put metal bowls in the microwave. They don't have a rolled edge to arc so I don't see a problem. Some microwaves have metal racks in them. I'm sure my bowl is fine.
it's unlikely to be a problem, but no metal is "safe" in a microwave. metals reflect the microwave and could burn shit if it's directed a bad way. big concave surfaces like metal spoons can be good at that
I think spoons are actually fine if you were making a joke.
But the real solution is what every Baskin and Robbin’s does - a simple vat of cold water.
A spoon shouldn't fuck up in the microwave, forks do because the tines are too close together and the "wave" connects the fork's tines. Atleast, I think so. I'm not brave enough to try.
Same principle that makes a grape explode. They're just the perfect size of a microwave's wave.
Yeah imma trust my gut on this one tho. Not gonna try it xD. If anyone has the balls to do it let me know.
You don't need balls, just forks.
Fun fact: the reason microwave doors can have those holes in them to look through and not let microwaves out is because microwave wavelengths are too wide to fit through the holes.
yeah. the metal in microwaves (in general) is a myth.
i got chewed out like 30 years for doing it once but its really not harmful in and of itself.
I mean anyone whos used a hot pocket crisping sleeve has done it.
Are you nuts! It'll get radiation! Stick it in the toaster. Just hold on to it so it doesn't fall in.
Technically, pure carbon is the byproduct of incomplete combustion of butane, that's the soot. Elemental carbon has no flavor to humans, and since you guys are mostly made of that it should be fine!
What the hell are you made of?
Silicon if the clanker demographic here is anything to go by.
Unironically, silicon is the next best building block for actual life outside of carbon
I am nitrogen based, so keep your bottles of Head And Shoulders away from me
That's it, I am getting a fire truck.
Ka-kaaaaaaw
I think we've established that ka-kaaw ka-kaww and tookie tookie don't work
the burnt stainless steel finish on the other hand, very not good for you to be ingesting or inhaling
What are you, then?
I'd be more worried about burning my tongue
The ice cream would cool the spoon. Metal heats up quickly and does not hold heat well. Ice cream is mostly water which will absorb the heat from the spoon quickly without heating up much itself. But if you didn't do a good job getting the spoon in contact with the ice cream you could very easily burn yourself.
that's why real ones use a jet flame torch style lighter
Yeah long live the meth lighters!
Smokey, with notes of almond and WD-40.
This guy blazes
Brain freeze and burnt tongue at the same time!
Ikr?! he could burn the handle since it’s conductive or idk put the spoon in hot glass of water
Hank Hill here, this down right one of the most manly twist right here.
He'd say real men use propane
“Troy and Abed scooping iiiice-cream.” 🎶
nights...
Lol what show is this?
Smiling Friends, but I don't remember this scene so might be a new ep or AI or something.
Not AI. Its a new teaser edited with impact frames from One Piece
It's a new episode, I think it's like S2 ep7 or ep 6
Elite
The HR guy doing the background check:
(Opens the page for 0.00003 seconds, closes it, presses the delete button on the application)
Haha 😆 oh man that’s like a sitcom in real life
Is this the “smells like tastes like” dude? He’s awesome.
Why is he chewing like that?
His teeth are just that powerful.
Comedic chewing motions add to the juxtaposition of his crackhead impersonation.
Chunky
Chewing is the only correct way to eat ice cream. #Don'tchangemymind
I thought I was alone! My people are here!
But it’s not solid? Chewing on it is pointless. Do you chew your milkshakes before you swallow too?
cause he fat
Content creator
I’ve always ‘chewed’ ice cream, unless I’m trying to enjoy a cone
Biting a cone and looking like you got a cumblast from frosty the snowman is unreal tho
I just put the ice cream in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds. Although this looks like it’d work!
I put the spoon in the microwave myself, get dessert and a show
Surprisingly, a spoon is actually relatively safe, now Im not saying to microwave a spoon, but it doesnt have much arc points so there wouldnt be as much of a show
Yep, need sharp edges for electrons to build up on.
Reddit pedants unite!
So the actual advice is wrap the ice cream in tin foil and microwave and you should be good.
I forget about that yeah. I think the edge of the spoon could still do something, really it depends on how smooth your spoon is
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I've tried this, but it kinda sucks because the edges get way too soft, while the center stays rock hard.
This is true, but I like to eat the edges. So do my grandkids.
I microwave the tub to make it easier to scoop. 10 secs and I get nice clean ice cream scoops
the whole tub? really?
if its already portioned in a bowl you don't need to do this and I don't think putting the whole tub into the microwave is what I would do.
Yes, time depends on how cold/hard it is and makes it a lot easier to scoop out, I only do ~10s and it's enough to be easily scooped
I’m lazy which is why I put it in the microwave first and then put it in a bowl. It’s mostly for my one granddaughter. She said she likes it “melty.” She’s 5.
He was comically obese in the 90s now he just looks fit
George was insecure about his body image. Newman was the obese one.
George had so many great moments. They were the 90’s tame version of Alway Sunny. But one of my favorite ‘George is fat’ moment was him eating the cake out of the trash at a party
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I don’t see what’s so funny about that. It was above the rim.
lol he was never seen as comically obese at all in the show. He was always viewed as somewhat chubby.
Obesity rates were around 25-30% in the 1990s and are today 40%. Its not like it was the 1950s. By the 90s we were well into the obesity epidemic already.
In what world is he fit? Wtf.
Freaking George. Next time just have a soda at the freaking tennis match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MgaRS0MIE&t=30s
Hitting rocky road
I upvoted all 21 comments that made this joke. One of them better make it to the top.
Song?
Anthony Hamilton - I’m a Mess
Came to see the comments/questions on chewing ice cream. Was not disappointed.
It's a slippery slope. A Rocky Road, if you will.
I think he might be high. He is chewing icecream
Are you trying to gatekeep how to eat ice cream? I guess society didn't learn a damn thing from those Reese's commercials in the '90s?
I just learned there is a significant portion of the population that can chew ice cream without pain.
Chewing never even dawned on me because it would make eating ice cream unpleasant.
Honestly depends on how cold/stiff it is.
Interesting enough I discovered there’s a huge population who chew ice cream are probably fucking idiots.
That both of us came to different conclusions based on the same information is interesting though, shame ice cream chewers will be too busy licking windows to read this.
I like ice cream with nuts and hard pieces of chocolate like NY Super Fudge Chunk...I would choke if I didn't chew...lol
My teeth hurt just seeing it.
That's how real man eat ice cream
/s
yeah no, i tried this one time. the top of my mouth was cold but my tounge definitely got burned from the spoon lol
https://i.redd.it/ue699dv8sg6g1.gif
Why he chewing the ice cream tho
You’ve never had ice cream that’s been frozen solid?
Yeah, you melt it in your mouth or use a hot spoon to scoop it. I think i saw a video about it once
Why waste time?
I don't think I know a single person who eats bucket ice cream by melting it in their mouth. Everybody here just... eats it. Maybe it's a regional thing
Do you guys chew pudding over there too?
I guess it is that cold
Some people are blessed with teeth that aren't sensitive. Not me, though 😭
Wait, how do you eat it? Do you just let it melt in your mouth?
The humanity!
LOL More like " hitting ROCK-Y ROAD bottom"!!!
When you’re big back, you chew every fucking thing!
More like rocky road
Thought he was warming up soup by the spoon
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Spoon… interesting. Must try that.
Hitting rocky road bottom
Should have been Rocky Road.
Hitting rocky road bottom.
It's a rocky road where he's going
It's a rocky road to recovery
-shrug- life's a rockyroad.
It’s a rocky road back
Rocky bottom
It's gonna be a Rocky Road.
Rocky road
More like Rocky Road bottom.
https://i.redd.it/golkcedfzg6g1.gif
Hitting the bottom of Rocky Road is what he's doing.
More like rocky road
More like hitting rocky road bottom
The OP missed a great title….
Hitting Rocky Road bottom.
Must be a rocky road
Hitting Rocky Road bottom
Sometimes you have to travel down a rocky road
My sensitive teeth are cringing so hard watching this
Who chews ice-cream like it's gum?
Could be ice cream with brownie bits, nuts, cookie dough, or chocolate chips.
Remember bubble gum popsicles? Damn I want one now
Heroin addicts
Why does he chew like that 🤢
Chewing??????
I've been there. Not like I can microwave the spoon, and an old ice cream tub takes to long to soften
My wife puts ice cream in the microwave for 15-20 seconds to soften it lol
You usually put a spoon that you heated with fire in your mouth?
LOL
Kinds shocked reading the comments. I thought heating up a spoon was pretty common to eat ice cream when it's too frozen
Hahahahaha nicely played
Was expecting cookie dough lol
The ice scream is his meth
Brilliant
Rock hard ice cream smacks
My first thought was that eating that soot on the spoon was bad, but then I remembered that we almost all eat flame grilled foods, which would have many times more of the chemicals in the soot.
Trick is to put the tub of ice cream in the microwave for like 10-20 seconds. Softens it juuussstt enough.
easy trick. put the spoon in the microwave and that will heat it faster.