Gather round Kiddies

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 02/19/2019 at 21:32 • Filed to: None

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daddy’s gunna make plasma in mommies mi crowave

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i saw it on Giz modo. I saw the headline and thought that there is no way this is true. so i tried it (not my photo but its close) It is pretty cool, the kids gave more of a reaction than the baking soda volcano. I didn’ t let it go too long because i’d get my ass kicked if i melted down the microwave infront of the kids.

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/19/2019 at 21:48

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I prefer CDs in the microwave.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/19/2019 at 21:49

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Modern kids won’t even know what a CD is.

OPPOsaurus WRX > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/19/2019 at 21:54

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i cant imagine that being good for the microwave

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/19/2019 at 21:58

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I wonder where that cutoff is. I’d assume for some it would be like records when I was kid, but CDs didn’t really take over until circa 1990, so there is some of my life where records would have been the preferred format. I’d imagine most kids today have seen CDs, and certainly seen CD players in cars, even if they weren’t used, but I don’t think it’s impossible that there are kids today who more or less have no contact with them.

functionoverfashion > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/19/2019 at 22:00

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This is why I keep wanting to grab an old microwave from the “dump store” where people put aside functioning* things at our dump. I’ve gotten plenty of good stuff from there, including a nice backpack, shelves, tools, etc. and there are often microwaves in there.

Things I want to try: marshmallows, light bulbs, CDs, a penny, a regular metal utensil just to see how bad it really is... come to think of it, what’s stopping me?

functionoverfashion > facw 02/19/2019 at 22:03

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My kids have basically no contact with CDs. They have watched movies on DVD, which is probably their only exposure at home to disc-based media. They have seen teachers at school use CDs for music, I think. But I am certain if you ask them “how do you play music” they would answer “from daddy’s phone”

DipodomysDeserti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/19/2019 at 22:10

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My eight and five year old were bewildered when they found mine. They asked me why I had small, shiny records.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > DipodomysDeserti 02/19/2019 at 22:20

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That’s the thing- Records were the main audio media for so long that they still show up in popular culture and people who weren’t around for them still know what they are. By comparison, CDs are just a ten year blip in media storage histo ry.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/19/2019 at 22:26

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How about 173 raw eggs?

fhrblig > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/19/2019 at 22:34

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Back in 1981 my parents bought a microwave for the first time, a gigantic Amana Radarange. My dad immediately set about to blowing up things in it.  Eggs, potatoes, you name it.  He’d also been known to leave carbonated drinks in freezers until they exploded.  I’m surprised he never did this with grapes.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/19/2019 at 23:09

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Never knew grapes sparked in the microwave. But then again never had a logical reason to put them in a microwave in the first place.

DipodomysDeserti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/19/2019 at 23:12

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Half my vehicle fleet is also carbureted, so I may just be a weirdo. Like carburetors, records just feel better.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/20/2019 at 06:05

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My 9 year old is well schooled in the art of CD and how they can make you dear. His bedtime choice tonight was disc 1 from AC/DC Live (1992).

I still buy new release CDs...

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > facw 02/20/2019 at 06:07

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We got our first CD player in 1986. I bought my first one in 1992. The current and sec ond one dates from 2007. Used most every day...

benjrblant > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/20/2019 at 12:15

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Someone did a cool test on what RPM a CD explodes at. I don’t recall the numbers, but the slo-mo footage was impressive.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > benjrblant 02/20/2019 at 12:28

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Mythbusters did it. They determined that damaged CDs could shatter in a 52x drive but undamaged CDs failed around 23k rpm.

CaptDale - is secretly British > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/20/2019 at 12:38

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I went to best buy to buy blank CDs and they looked at me like I was crazy.... Like fuck you guys I needed blank CDs to make mixed discs

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/20/2019 at 12:49

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Go back to 2003 where you belong.

CaptDale - is secretly British > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/20/2019 at 12:58

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Can I go back further? Cause it is even harder to find blank Cassettes when I make mixed tapes