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1110101010101 ( 1110101010101@reddthat.com )  to Old People Facebook@reddthat.com · 3 years ago

My Dad Doesn't Know How To Turn Off This Front Camera Heart Feature On His Phone And He Tried To Send Me A Pic Of His New Stove

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My Dad Doesn't Know How To Turn Off This Front Camera Heart Feature On His Phone And He Tried To Send Me A Pic Of His New Stove

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1110101010101 ( 1110101010101@reddthat.com )  to Old People Facebook@reddthat.com · 3 years ago
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  • peastea ( peastea@feddit.de ) 
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    I know it’s off topic but the stove design looks really weird to me. Why would you design a stove with all the knobs at the very back where they are hard to reach?

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆 ( Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) 
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      They’re not hard to reach for a normal sized adult.

      • grooving ( grooving@lemmy.studio ) 
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        Yeah but reaching over a pan that is spitting oil everywhere because it’s too hot is not fun.

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆 ( Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) 
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          I’ve never known a modern stove to have the controls anywhere else, and I’ve never really considered reaching over a pot or pan to turn the thing off. Most of the time, I’ll take the pot or pan off the stove first so it doesn’t burn. And if I am simply turning down the heat to go from boiling to simmering, I go around not over.

          I can totally see where you’re coming from tho. I grew up with this style; I’ve been tempered by the grease and steam of experience lol

          • Guntrigger ( Guntrigger@feddit.ch ) 
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            That’s really odd. I had never seen a stove with controls over and behind the hobs like this until today. If you just google “Stove” then 90% of the images are with the dials on the front, both home and commercial ranges. I don’t think it’s the norm to have controls positioned potentially hidden by superheated objects and seems like something that could even fall afoul of safety laws in the EU.

            • CmdrShepard ( CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ) 
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              Try searching for “electric stove” and you’ll see that 95% figure swap the other direction. I’m in the US and probably 95% of the stoves I’ve seen have the controls in the back like this one.

              I’m guessing gas ranges are more common in the EU and more commonly have front controls but they aren’t as common in the US. Our house has natural gas but only for the fireplace and furnace. The stove is electric. Of all the people I know, I think only one has a gas stove in their home.

              • Guntrigger ( Guntrigger@feddit.ch ) 
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                I’ve only had electric stoves everywhere I’ve lived for the past 20 years of my adult life across various EU countries, along with every friend, family or airbnb I’ve stayed at. I didn’t even know the controls could be positioned back there! It seems wild to me that could ever be the norm.

            • Echo Dot ( echodot@feddit.uk ) 
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              That’s probably it. There’s probably some EU law somewhere that says that this obviously dangerous design is dangerous and you can’t have it, and then the US is like, we don’t care about our citizens anyway, go right ahead.

              • poppy ( poppy@lemm.ee ) 
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                Different views of dangerous—knobs in front are more easily turned on by children. So they both have their risks.

                • Gloomy ( Gloomy@mander.xyz ) 
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                  That’s why most off them have to be “unlocked” first. Usually they need to be pushed inwards for a second and then they jjmp out and can be turned. It’s realy just a regional thing between US and EU

    • Chetzemoka ( Chetzemoka@startrek.website ) 
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      So small children can’t reach them.

    • Echo Dot ( echodot@feddit.uk ) 
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      What, you don’t like your arm being incinerated when you go to turn the heat off?

      What’s wrong with you, that’s the best bit.

      • ChronosWing ( ChronosWing@lemmy.zip ) 
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        It’s induction and unless you are dragging your arm across the top the likelihood of burning yourself is nil.

    • CmdrShepard ( CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ) 
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      To make them harder to reach so that you (or a child) don’t accidentally turn one of the burners on when you don’t intend to use it.

    • stolid_agnostic ( stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml ) 
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      I’ve used both. Think it’s more a style choice than anything.

    • blackn1ght ( blackn1ght@feddit.uk ) 
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      Glad it’s not just me, I’ve always thought this too. Surely you have to put your arms over the hot stuff?

  • Spzi ( Spzi@lemm.ee ) 
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    Imagine your kid posting silly pictures of your face on the internet, probably without consent.

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  • shiveyarbles ( shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) 
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    Lol I would ground my son if he posted a pic of me doing derpy shit on the Internet

    • chatokun ( chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Look at his age. His child is likely also a grown adult he wouldn’t be able to ground anyway(also likely the reason for the picture; they likely don’t even live one enough for a quick visit).

  • Melkath ( Melkath@kbin.social ) 
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    That man did not stop trying.

    He leaned in and is killin’ it.

    • IHeartBadCode ( IHeartBadCode@kbin.social ) 
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      Classic case of, “I’m not giving up, I’m giving in.”

  • stolid_agnostic ( stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml ) 
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    TIL that phones do that thing.

  • Bubonic [they/them] ( Bubonic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Save those pictures, one day you will look back on them and they will bring you peace.

    Sincerely, A son who misses his father

  • Destraight ( Destraight@lemm.ee ) 
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    So drive to your dad, and show him how to turn it off.

  • Ricebear ( Pandybear24@lemm.ee ) 
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    I haven’t laughed this hard at a post in a long time

  • Davel23 ( Davel23@kbin.social ) 
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    I think I have the same stove

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  • spudwart ( spudwart@spudwart.com ) 
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    “Stove my beloved” - him probably

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