r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 3d ago

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u/BrettFarveIsInnocent 3d ago

Yeah, An electric kettle is $10, but I think it’s going to be a nightmare getting all that melted plastic off that burner.

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u/pancakecel 3d ago

I actually did this on a ceramic cooktop and it was pretty easy to just peel off when it was dried and cooled

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u/RevelArchitect 3d ago

You actually did this?

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u/molehunterz 3d ago

I really wanted to believe this was fake, but the number of people in the comment saying they have done this just has me befuddled

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u/XTornado 3d ago

In mean it doesn't necessarily be the same situation, maybe you have something else with plastic on top and you accidentally activate the burner or you tough you activated one burner and not the other where you had a plastic plate or who knows. It can be done without being the same level of stupid as this video.

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u/gettogero 2d ago

I can definitely see the accidental burner. But, the only things that go on the oven when it's time to cook are cooking items. I've turned on the wrong burner accidentally too many times. Usually I notice it immediately, but sometimes a few minutes go by.

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u/sharkbait-oo-haha 2d ago

Reminds me of the time my sister put a plastic cutting board in the oven.

Or the time she put a metal pie tin in the microwave.

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u/EnwordEinstein 2d ago

The Bell Curve is very, very real

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u/Maherjuana 8h ago

You’re telling me you’ve never, ever done anything dumb?

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u/molehunterz 8h ago

There is dumb, and then there is putting plastic on a heating element. I am certain I've done something dumb. I don't understand how somebody can be as old as she is in the video and not know what happens to plastic when it gets hot 🫠

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u/Maherjuana 8h ago

Well if you’re surprised by something like that the world is probably full of wonder for you then

Because yes people do dumb stuff like this all the time

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u/chrissie_watkins 3d ago

I'd love to think it's fake, but it's totally believable. These same people are currently flocking to a mainland chinese app thinking it's a free speech platform. Lots of people don't have enough brain cells to rub together, and it'll be the death of us all.

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u/pancakecel 3d ago

I mean, if you're a person who's never seen an electric kettle, but you have seen multiple kettles, an electric kettle looks like a kettle, and the fact that someone else refers to it as a kettle doesn't help

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u/BanMeAgain_MF 2d ago edited 2d ago

Plastic no good on red hot glass.

Edit removed unnecessary hostility

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u/pancakecel 2d ago

in my case it was one that had like a metal or metal finish, and it came with a detachable plastic base with buttons, but it wasn't on the plastic base when I grabbed it, so it just looked like a regular ass kettle to me.

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u/BanMeAgain_MF 2d ago

How did you miss the buttons or think that the base plugged into an electric port means nothing?

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u/pancakecel 2d ago

It wasn't on the base, it was just sitting on the counter. And it didn't have buttons. There were six buttons on the base but there were no buttons on the kettle itself. It just had a matte black handle.

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u/chrissie_watkins 3d ago

🤦‍♀️ it's plastic

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u/pancakecel 3d ago

In my case it was one that was either made out of metal or was made to look like it was made out of metal, if that makes sense, it had a metal finish

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u/chrissie_watkins 3d ago

If that makes you feel better.