• ATDA@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My parents told me, “be careful the heating elements catch fire, there’s little to no safety mechanism, you can’t leave them alone!”

    It’s a kettle…

    People either don’t know they exist or have some weird thing with them. Gives me the same vibes as cultures that don’t sleep with the fans on lol.

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      2 months ago

      Well they aren’t wrong. They just come from a time with a lot less consumer safety. And we’re headed back with fake UL stuff being sold in stores. We kind of grew up in a golden age of consumer safety. We even made jokes about “don’t use grandma’s extension cord”.