Comment on Why does the microwave button have a "popcorn" button when every microwave popcorn brand says "DO NOT USE THE POPCORN BUTTON"?

• MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not sure about microwaves popping the corn, but there was this guy Jimmy who was cracking the corn, but honestly I couldn’t be bothered with it.

  source
• CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nope. Someone got a patent on the idea in early days of microwave popcorn and they have effectively killed it by asking too high of a price to use.
  But there are phone apps that will listen to the pop rate and tell you when it’s done.

  source

  • Blibittyblah@futurology.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My god it does NOT need an app. It better be free.

    source

    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      If someone can’t count a few seconds to know when to stop I don’t think they should be making popcorn.

      source

      • atomicorange@lemmy.world ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Deaf people don’t deserve popcorn.

        source
    • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Free. (But with in-app purchases) ;-)

      source

      • Blibittyblah@futurology.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Well, as long as that’s a “tip” button.

        source
  • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Patents only last 20 years. I’d be more concerned about when it expires and they actually have a plausible reason to put a listening device in your microwave

    source
• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I must just be lucky. My popcorn button just puts my microwave on for 2m40s and my Kirky Sig movie theater butter popcorn comes out great every single time. I’d say one in 50 bags has had an issue with it being slightly overdone, if that. I appreciate that the button does 2:40 because I would never hit 2:40, it would either be 2:30 or 3m.

  source

  • Blibittyblah@futurology.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    TIL “Kirky Sig” 😂

    source
  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    The longest I have ever had a bag pop properly without starting to get the burning scent is 2:30 but most need stopped at 2:15. 2:40 would be burnt in the last three microwaves I have used.

    source
• s3rvant@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No. I ended up switching to this guy and has been awesome:

  a.co/d/06A84yWM

  source

  • Blibittyblah@futurology.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have one that air pops into a bowl. It usually works but occasionally there will be one that pops really hard and blows some of them out of the bowl. If you were to stand by when this happens you would be hit by popped pop corn, and in your shock, you would likely scream like a small child who stubbed their toe or realized Santa wasn’t real and therefore neither was the American Dream or hope for Humanity at this scale.

    source

    • Obituarykidney@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My dogs come running when I get out the air popper because there’s always a kernel or two that lands in the bowl before popping and sends a bunch flying. Yes I scream like a child every time which makes the dogs flinch, but not enough to stop them from hoovering up all the popcorn.

      source
    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds like it’s time to bring out the big guns!

      Image

      source

      • Blibittyblah@futurology.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Delicious!! Too messy though!

        source