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People are stupid about tea. You make one really great cup of tea in a cup, then you pour it into a mug, drink the tea, and put the original cup away unwashed. Next time you want tea, just pour cold water into the tea cup, and through the miracle of homeopathy, the water will remember from the residue that it was once a cup of boiling hot tea. The water will then spontaneously turn into hot tea right on the spot.
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I take a ceramic mug. I fill it with water. I microwave it for about a minute. I then put in the tea bag. It's pretty quick and easy. Also this is the mug I use. 
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Apr 10, 2015 14:30
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Master Twig posted:I take a ceramic mug. I fill it with water. I microwave it for about a minute. I then put in the tea bag. It's pretty quick and easy. Also this is the mug I use. A Good Post.
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Apr 10, 2015 14:44
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beato posted:Wait... I thought it was just for the funny pic. Is it actually a thing, or were you just staying in unfortunate accommodation? I don't know what to believe any more. Do they even have toilet paper in America?  Get with the times, John Spartan.
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Apr 10, 2015 15:08
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Ishamael posted:Bad kerning 'Minor Boys Softball' is a bit unfortunate, too.
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Apr 10, 2015 15:19
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Cleretic posted:'Minor Boys Softball' is a bit unfortunate, too. sports
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Apr 10, 2015 15:22
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Data Graham posted:Just to be sure, because I'm dense, we're all doing some kind of bizarre joke, right? Ask the Food Babe:  http://www.science20.com/cool-links/the_food_babe_took_down_her_goofy_microwave_oven_post_science_win-140892
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Apr 10, 2015 15:37
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Data Graham posted:Just to be sure, because I'm dense, we're all doing some kind of bizarre joke, right? My Mom drinks a lot of tea and has a tea pot. She swears she can tell the difference between using water from the tea pot as opposed to microwaving a cup of water and dunking a tea bag in it. She's full of poo poo, of course, but I wanted to get in on this bizarre tea derail and that's all I've got. edit: Mr Tea 
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Apr 10, 2015 15:39
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SHUT UP ABOUT TEA AND POST FUNNY PICTURES, NERDS!     
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Apr 10, 2015 16:11
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Another thing is that Americans just automatically assume that Brits are all so precious with their tea - all monocles and crumpets and extended pinkies and whatnot - but we really don't make it that complicated. We just like a good cuppa, in a mug, and that's pretty much that.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:11
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Phanatic posted:Ask the Food Babe: That better be a loving joke image. NOPE. went and looked it isn't, loving god that is infuriating.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:21
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mind the walrus posted:I have a tea kettle and so do most Americans I've known. You're thinking of tea pots. Data Graham posted:I mean, WTF is wrong with using the microwave? BiggerBoat posted:My Mom drinks a lot of tea and has a tea pot. She swears she can tell the difference between using water from the tea pot as opposed to microwaving a cup of water and dunking a tea bag in it. She's full of poo poo, of course, but I wanted to get in on this bizarre tea derail and that's all I've got. BTW, with no electric kettles, how do you make two-minute noodles? In a saucepan on the stove? Or do you microwave a bowl of water to boiling and then put the noodles in and microwave it some more?
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Apr 10, 2015 16:23
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ZeusCannon posted:That better be a loving joke image. I'm so loving mad right now. I'm seething. Jesus christ. gently caress.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:30
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Hydrolith posted:Well, if you microwave your water exactly the wrong way, it will explode. Kettles don't do that. Mythbusters did this and it's absolutely true. If your cup is perfect, unchipped glass (ie a really well made glass) it causes some kind of surface tension on the water that I think does some kind of pressurizing thing that keeps the water from boiling, and just touching the glass is enough to break this and send all the water bubbling like crazy, in essence exploding on your hand.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:40
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Tiggum posted:Most non-Americans talking about kettles mean electric ones, not the old-fashioned stove-top ones that Americans call "tea kettles" (which is adorably twee). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_Noodles Or cook them on the stove like the package of the non-microwaved ones say to. Although I do have an electric kettle that I used for some miso that I discovered in my pantry today. My ex was a tea drinker.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:41
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Choco1980 posted:Mythbusters did this and it's absolutely true. If your cup is perfect, unchipped glass (ie a really well made glass) it causes some kind of surface tension on the water that I think does some kind of pressurizing thing that keeps the water from boiling, and just touching the glass is enough to break this and send all the water bubbling like crazy, in essence exploding on your hand. It happens because really well made glass is very smooth, so there are no tiny imperfections where the nucleation can start. No nucleation = no boiling. So once you upset the balance by introducing nucleation points, the superheated water will suddenly and explosively boil.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:44
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 Tiggum posted:BTW, with no electric kettles, how do you make two-minute noodles? In a saucepan on the stove? Or do you microwave a bowl of water to boiling and then put the noodles in and microwave it some more?
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Apr 10, 2015 16:44
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It's "Freedom is Slavery"  Or is this guy one of those Southern irredentists?
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Apr 10, 2015 16:50
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War is peace, slavery is Freedom, ignorance Is strength There's nothing better than a poor concept executed badly. 
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Apr 10, 2015 16:50
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Tiggum posted:BTW, with no electric kettles, how do you make two-minute noodles? In a saucepan on the stove? Or do you microwave a bowl of water to boiling and then put the noodles in and microwave it some more? They can't pull the same power load here of course, which means I am always blown away when the exact same model of kettle boils in like 5 seconds in Europe. I wonder if I can hook one up to one of the 220v circuits in my house...I'm not going to try that.
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Apr 10, 2015 16:53
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Zopotantor posted:It's "Freedom is Slavery"
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Apr 10, 2015 16:58
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Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:Another thing is that Americans just automatically assume that Brits are all so precious with their tea - all monocles and crumpets and extended pinkies and whatnot Your name is Mr. Gibbycrumbles
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Apr 10, 2015 17:00
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skander posted:He's a Goon, who said that the artist didn't recognize the 'quote', and therefore must have been "not much of a reader." No, he yelled at people in the Tattoos thread for not paying enough attention to the details in their tattoos. Then proudly posted that. Then never posted again for some strange reason.
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Apr 10, 2015 17:20
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Kangaroos are terrifyingly muscular 
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Apr 10, 2015 17:20
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Paladinus posted:You risk melting your plastic cup and burn the tag on your tea bag. Tiggum posted:BTW, with no electric kettles, how do you make two-minute noodles? In a saucepan on the stove? Or do you microwave a bowl of water to boiling and then put the noodles in and microwave it some more?
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Apr 10, 2015 17:36
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IUG posted:No, he yelled at people in the Tattoos thread for not paying enough attention to the details in their tattoos. Then proudly posted that.  IUG posted:Then never posted again for some strange reason. e: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2343641&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=121#post337679130 Flyball has a new favorite as of 17:52 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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Apr 10, 2015 17:49
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MiketheGreat posted:Kangaroos are terrifyingly muscular I guess that's what happens when you jump around all day every day.
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Apr 10, 2015 17:52
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InequalityGodzilla posted:What? Why would the tea be in the microwave? You boil the water first then put the tea in. 
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Apr 10, 2015 18:02
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If you don't have PG Tips in America you're missing out. Three sugars and milk = proper builder's tea. It's what Guy Fawkes died for. Anyway 
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Apr 10, 2015 18:46
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Tea is supposed to be iced and sweet and anything else is insanity. Also, here is a picture I guess. 
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Apr 10, 2015 18:59
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Huh, you'd think a green screen be cheaper than trying to find a painting of a city on fire?
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Apr 10, 2015 19:01
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minato posted:Putting the tea bag in the microwave means you're saving time by steeping-while-heating, and it also allows the nucleation so the purified water doesn't explode when you take it out of the microwave. And unless you're using really frickin' expensive tea cups superheated water is rarely a problem. Plus lots of tea bags here in the US use metal staples to keep closed because we're philistines, so they can't go in the microwave. Also since this is apparently now the tea megathread who here's a fan of lapsang souchong?
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Apr 10, 2015 19:14
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Why is he barefoot? A stapled teabag is fine in the microwave.
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Apr 10, 2015 19:19
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Omnishambles posted:A stapled teabag is fine in the microwave. Your mom is fine in bed, but I don't want her to be in there.
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Apr 10, 2015 20:42
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Apr 10, 2015 20:44
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Why is he barefoot? Because it's TV news and he and his producer would rather he be comfortable than be impeccably dressed below the desk? You're lucky he's wearing pants.
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Apr 10, 2015 20:50
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Apr 10, 2015 20:54
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A goon gives us a deeper look at Mass Effect's dialogue system...
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Apr 10, 2015 21:25
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I don't get how this "electric kettle" is supposed to work.
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EdibleBodyParts posted:I don't get how this "electric kettle" is supposed to work. The problem is that he's trying to use it on a gas range.
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