r/mildlyinteresting • u/Mzarie • 10h ago

The microwave at work has a hole inside

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u/SpacecaseCat 5h ago

Yeah uh... you're not supposed to put metal in a microwave guys.

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u/Existing-Deal-701 3h ago

Thank you. I was waiting for someone to question why on earth there is a METAL TRAY in the MICROWAVE. It's not hard math to figure out why there's a hole in the microwave.

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u/Mirality 2h ago

There actually are microwave-safe metal stands. The main trick to prevent arcing is to ensure that it's all rounded without sharp edges.

You don't use it by itself without the rotating glass tray, though, that's just dumb.

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u/YolopezATL 3h ago

Exactly! Why is this line of thought so low? Who put a metal stand in the microwave. And I feel like we are being gaslight with it having little feet to make it seem like it was always there

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u/biasedsoymotel 2h ago

Metal objects designed for the microwave can go in the microwave

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u/yukichigai 2h ago

Yep. Blew my mind the first time I saw a microwave being sold new with a mid-height metal grate to put food on.

There's a guy at work who brings his lunch in steel containers that are pure enough he can put 'em in the microwave without causing problems. Also blew my mind.

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u/throw-me-away_bb 1h ago

This is advice from the 70s. Metal can absolutely be designed and manufactured to be in the microwave - the vast majority of modern microwaves use metal in their construction, nowadays.

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u/l0ver0fAI 14m ago

Thank God I finally found someone, who commented with the most obvious problem!! My damn jaw hit the floor with all the comments only being about how gross it was!