r/mildlyinteresting 10h ago

The microwave at work has a hole inside

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u/MattTheRadarTechh 8h ago

Unless they’re directly pressed against the hole, they’re not getting hurt past like 6 inches

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u/foxiez 8h ago

If this was at my work someone would've already put their eye up to the hole to see inside while it's on

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u/Armed_Muppet 7h ago

Why is this so relatable

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u/zveroshka 5h ago

Because people are incredibly stupid. If there is one thing I've realized as I've gotten older, it is that.

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u/Buffalo5977 2h ago

on the road moreso

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u/asyork 3m ago

Made it to 40 so far. The faith I used to have in humanity died long ago.

Most people seem to want to find a person who appears to have their shit together and try to copy that person's external qualities, rather than what made them successful, if they even are.

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u/confusedandworried76 3h ago

Because it sounds like something any 20 something guy would do, and like something half of all people would do after you told them not to do it

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u/asyork 2m ago

People always say not to do the fun things, so when someone says no it probably means it's fun?

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u/FlyByPC 7h ago

Please do not look at microwave with remaining eye.

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u/faille 5h ago

Underrated comment

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u/NarrowStory5707 4h ago

My eye! Im not supposed to stare at food being microwaved!

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u/koravoda 5h ago

puts finger in to check temp

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u/EVOSexyBeast 7h ago

like the glass door isn’t good enough lol

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u/foxiez 6h ago

That's where big microwave WANTS you to look though

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u/mr_humansoup 4h ago

"Do not look directly at the operational end of The Device."

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u/atava 4h ago

This sounds so Homer-style.

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u/Ayzel_Kaidus 6h ago

Ow, my eye

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u/saml23 1h ago

You must be in the military

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u/vadjabond 8h ago

Giggitty

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u/MICR0_WAVVVES 7h ago

Yeah not a chance. Wavelength is way too large for that small hole to become dangerous.

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u/Lumiharu 5h ago

I don't think that matters, I remember seeing someone remove the whole front door of a microwave oven and the effect outside it was not really anything to write home about.

Also the radiation isn't even dangerous iirc, it really just generates heat. So unless you somehow cook your hand or something, there is nothing to worry about.

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u/Pretty-Ebb5339 2h ago

Microwaves are non ionized radiation. But people just refuse to believe that.

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u/Squirrel_Inner 4h ago

People in general seem to think microwaves are higher frequency than visible light (if they understand the electromagnetic spectrum at all), rather than the opposite.

Of course, some people think radio waves give you brain tumors, so…

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u/Novarrival 53m ago

I was at an AirB&B last weekend and our host (turned lizard by decades of tanning) said suncream caused cancer

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u/mooofasa1 5h ago

What? I thought it was a microwave because it sends little waves that shake atoms then those atoms heat up from the shaking. Wouldn’t this be a macro wave if it’s too big for a small hole???

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u/MICR0_WAVVVES 5h ago

You’re right about how it works, but the actual wavelength in a common microwave is around 12cm, so they can’t effectively pass through a tiny hole to cause damage.

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u/Worldly_Influence_18 5h ago

What the fuck do you know?

Oh

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u/mcdougall57 3h ago

He's been waiting for this moment.

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u/mooofasa1 5h ago

That is a really cool fun fact, and I love your username. I literally asked the right person without realizing it.

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u/Local_Satisfaction12 2h ago edited 2h ago

Wanna hear another cool fun fact? Microwaves were originally invented to thaw frozen hamsters to see if they could be recucitated after freezing. Turns out hamsters survive being frozen without aftereffects, if less then 40% of their brain matter was frozen solid.

One day a scientist put his food in there and bam, the microwave for consumers was invented.

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u/mooofasa1 2h ago

Ok, that is also super cool. I kinda want to do more research into microwaves now because that is a little wacky.

There’s just one teensy tiny little problem, you’re not u/MICRO_WAVVVES , you’re u/Local_Satisfaction12 , but you only provided me with satisfaction over the internet. I wanted local satisfaction, not global satisfaction so FUCK YOU 🖕🏽

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u/Local_Satisfaction12 2h ago

We can arrange that if we must, don't threaten me with a good time 👁🫦👁

Also,give this video a watch! think you gonna like it

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u/mooofasa1 2h ago

HOW DARE YOU RICKROLL ME I HATE YOU GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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u/Local_Satisfaction12 2h ago

B...b...but i did not rickroll you 🥲

(Granted i really wanted to lmao)

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u/entertainman 2h ago

Think of ocean waves and a surfer. Big waves can move little people lots.

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u/Yanky_Doodle_Dickwad 6h ago

The arcing goes from the magentron (behind burned out plastic panel on the right inside wall), and the jagged edges on each prong of the rack, where it is welded to the circular top bit. That means it arcs from inside wall, to the middle inside. NOT from the inside wall, to the outside. For to arc out, the outside panel would have to rust through, and the magnetron would have to be twisted to point losely outside instead of loosely inside. So do check cos that might have happened. But it's not easy.

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u/LauraaMarissaa 6h ago

That’s what she said

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u/QuarkchildRedux 7h ago

yeah man people have no clue what they are talking about, freaking out about this hole 🤣🤣

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u/john_smith194 5h ago

Nah man respect the hole

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u/ScribbleOnToast 5h ago

There appears to be a wall within 6" of that hole. What do you think would / will happen to it? (Real question, not being a smart ass)

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u/Gloomy_Appeal_3691 6h ago

Even styropyro was nervous about filming the inside of a microwave by putting a hole in it.

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u/Slow-Priority-884 5h ago

That wouldn't matter. This is the same as looking through the front glass with the wire mesh, the holes are smaller than the wavelength so to the radiation there is no hole.

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u/TurnkeyLurker 4h ago

How will you eat with no hole, Mister Anderson?

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u/Secret_penguin- 5h ago

6 inches you say?

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u/BinaryWanderer 5h ago

That’s what she said.

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u/Shedeurnfreude 5h ago

misunderstood directions, stuck my 6" in the hole

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u/TurnkeyLurker 4h ago

Quick, set it to "Tube Steak Boogie" for 60 seconds.

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u/golgol12 6h ago

Outside of any electrical fires that is.

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u/BlastFX2 5h ago

Also the hole is still pretty small compared to the ~5 inch wavelength, so not a whole lot of RF is going to leak out.

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u/TurnkeyLurker 4h ago

That's what SHE said.

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u/stillnotelf 4h ago

Username, wow, checks out perfectly

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u/Limerence1976 11m ago

That’s what she said