Telling sunny the other day how I figured out The Sixth Sense spoiler because, wait, why are they taking a bus out to the suburbs?
― pplains, Monday, 16 May 2022 12:46 (two years ago) link
these are excellent KBP
several hours in transit at an airport is a goldmine for this thread
― Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Monday, 16 May 2022 12:52 (two years ago) link
yes yes it is
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 May 2022 12:59 (two years ago) link
not using electric kettles
― Roz, Thursday, 12 May 2022 03:49 (four days ago) link
Never had an electric kettle until dating/marrying a non-American. Life-changing device, will never go back.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 16 May 2022 13:56 (two years ago) link
"But where will I plug in my VCR?"*pulls cans of Dinty Moore beef stew out of camo cargo shorts*
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 16 May 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
getting a bowl of chowder on a cold day
― Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Friday, 20 May 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
Is that much ice tea drunk? What does it consist of? (Long Island notwithstanding)
― Peter Greenaway's Fleetwood Mac (S-), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
What does it consist of?
tea, ice. sometimes lemon. sometimes sugar.
i don't understand the question your honor
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
Get yourself an Arnold Palmer for a real thirst quencher, son.
― Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Friday, 27 May 2022 02:36 (two years ago) link
Okay I had an Arizona brand iced tea today. This is what I'm talking about.
https://imgur.com/a/uQVDkO9
King Boy, thanks for the Arnold Palmer tip!
― Bellend Sebastian (S-), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 13:10 (two years ago) link
dirty sugar water
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 16 June 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
sugar: the real american drink
― Keep the Aspidistra TikToking (King Boy Pato), Friday, 17 June 2022 10:13 (two years ago) link
Our lack of electric kettles baffles Europeans.In Europe, they make enormous sense because they're so much faster than using the stove. In the USA, not so much.In related news, household outlets in the UK and Europe run at 220-240 volts. In the USA, it's 120. https://t.co/rKHmL1Hddh— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 29, 2022
― Je55e, Wednesday, 29 June 2022 10:48 (two years ago) link
cottage cheese
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 15 July 2022 08:08 (two years ago) link
half & half
under armour
ranch dressing
― spacedaddy, Saturday, 16 July 2022 21:57 (two years ago) link
each person at the table adding dressing to their own salad from the bottle
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 16 July 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
The not using electric kettles is weird. I can’t remember having a non electric kettle in like the last 2 decades. Do USA’ians really not use them?? Poor people.
― Jeff, Saturday, 16 July 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
I crank on the gas burner (I believe y'all call it a "hob"?) every morning, it's true
however, our roommate uses an electric kettle upstairs for her morning coffee.
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Saturday, 16 July 2022 22:47 (two years ago) link
I'll probably get an electric kettle soon, but the reason I haven't yet is just that I don't really have room for it. The regular water kettle just lives on the burner of my gas stove. Counter space is precious.
― beard papa, Sunday, 17 July 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
Also, no one I know drinks tea regularly. (Probably bc it is disappointment juice?)
― Je55e, Sunday, 17 July 2022 03:59 (two years ago) link
I come across more "instant hot water" devices in the usa. We have an electric kettle used for some coffee styles and tea. I think they are popular. You can buy one at Target.
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2022 05:21 (two years ago) link
this thread is about american things iircnot european things
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 17 July 2022 09:39 (two years ago) link
Ranch dressing is everywhere, but french dressing feels secretly more american. Ketchup base, cups of sugar, etc.
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
usa thing: good mexican food outside of mexico
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
Also, no one I know drinks tea regularly. (Probably bc it is disappointment juice?) _The not using electric kettles is weird. I can’t remember having a non electric kettle in like the last 2 decades. Do USA’ians really not use them?? Poor people._What do you use it for?
― Jeff, Sunday, 17 July 2022 15:35 (two years ago) link
feel like we've been over the electric kettle thing a million times and why it makes sense that they haven't caught on in the US (much, anyway - my tea-obsessed mother has used one for many years)
― ✖, Sunday, 17 July 2022 15:54 (two years ago) link
It's such an internet dead horse but I still don't get why it is such a big deal. Like, water is water. It gets heated. It doesn't taste different based on the method of heating. If you can't detect a difference in a blind taste test you should maybe just be quiet on this boring shibboleth for a while.
My kitchen is tiny and very short of both counter space and electrical outlets, hence I hate single-use appliances.
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
It doesn't taste different based on the method of heating. If you can't detect a difference in a blind taste test you should maybe just be quiet on this boring shibboleth for a while.
🧐
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:00 (two years ago) link
I proof pizza dough in our electric kettle
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
brown some london broil in the ole kettle
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2022 19:01 (two years ago) link
if you heat water in the microwave it's either not hot enough or it has boiled itself all over the inside of your microwave
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 17 July 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
I've always been a microwave refusist but could do with borrowing one for tomorrow
― calzino, Sunday, 17 July 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
word
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 17 July 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
key to microwave happiness is getting the smallest one possible that just sits on the counter. A large microwave hanging over the stove with an ersatz fan will be the death of all kitchen goodtimes.
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 18 July 2022 00:58 (two years ago) link
If you have a stove you can put a teakettle (or even a saucepan) on it, twist the knob, boom, hot water. Like, it's already there, it's the same device that you use to make other things hot. This is not even a little bit complicated.
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 18 July 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
I can’t think of one thing I would use a microwave for that my toaster oven/stove-top won’t do better. Haven’t had one in decades.
― beard papa, Monday, 18 July 2022 01:56 (two years ago) link
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, July 17, 2022 8:06 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
An electric kettle boils much faster, and some of them will also keep the water hot.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 18 July 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
― joygoat, Monday, 18 July 2022 02:29 (two years ago) link
Also, no one I know drinks tea regularly. lies!!!unless you have disavowed knowing me
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 18 July 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
i also use the electric kettle to make coffee
yeah electric kettle is significantly better for pour over or french press, even your most basic, non-gooseneck one.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 18 July 2022 21:20 (two years ago) link
i hate that i'm getting into this but if you're content to let the water boil more slowly (which many are not) then idk what kind of magic water your electric kettle is producing that makes "significantly better" coffee
maybe this whole conversation is an American thing
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 18 July 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
It's an ILX thing.
― Tom D: I was in the army (Tom D.), Monday, 18 July 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
boiling shit on the stove is for boring ass nerds who are going to wait around for a fuckin cup of american ass bullshit tea with no milk because it aint worth delivered any quickquick boil electric kettles are galaxy brain so you can get to steeping asap abd enjoy your good cup of tea NOW instead of lateri don’t know why it needs to be explained but you all invite this beating every single fucking time if you dont get why you its because dont know and therfore you deserve to make your water in a fucking pot on the fucking stove or an asinine whistling goddamn kettle THEY SUCK AND THEY ARENT WORTH THE TIME WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 02:02 (two years ago) link
^my favorite Wu-Tang skit
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 02:09 (two years ago) link
is there like a video where I can see this competition side by side with a timer?
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
also this dispute ignores the voltage difference, which is why US electric kettles are um less than ideal at 120V
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 03:17 (two years ago) link
Just plug the kettle into two 120V outlets that are 180 degrees out of phase.
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 05:16 (two years ago) link