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      5 months ago

      A grease fire in an electric toaster? Nothing a bowl of water couldn’t cure. /s

      (/s because it would explode and could electrocute you at the same time)

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        WTF is the point of making a joke, putting an idiot-“s” then a disclaimer?

        If someone takes you seriously that’s a Darwin award waiting to happen and the human race will improve slightly

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          I used to hate the /s but we live in a global world where there may be young people and non native english speakers reading these comments. What is an obvious sarcastic joke to you and I might get lost in translation and on a case like this where actual fatal consequences could follow the joke being misunderstood there’s no harm in the community self policing a little to help keep everyone safe and in the loop.

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            As an ex-young person and a non native english speaker, definitely agree. Back when I was younger and on Reddit I have missed satire on many different jokes cause the intentions of commenters would be hard to deduce.

            Thankfully I wasn’t stupid enough to do something like put out an electric fire with water, but there has most definitely been a case of someone killing themselves because they couldn’t tell whether a comment was a joke or not.

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      5 months ago

      Why would it catch fire in a toaster but not under a grill where there’s an actual flame?

      You’d never get that toaster clean again, but I’m not sure it would catch fire.

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        5 months ago

        FYI, the fat dripping from steak does actually cause flare ups and sometimes even sustained flames in grills. This isn’t dangerous in a grill because it’s designed to cook with fire at high temps. But it can ruin your steak if you aren’t paying attention.

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    5 months ago

    Luckily the picture shows a bad idea in progress but has not followed through and in my head canon they took the meat out and put it into a frying pan.

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    5 months ago

    Other than the fire hazard, I don’t see the problem.

    The meat being suspended gives it an even dry heat. Cooking both sides simultaneously should result in an even cook equivalent to constant rotation.

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      5 months ago

      It’s unlikely that a toaster would be able to produce even remotely enough eat to make this worth your while.

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        5 months ago

        You underestimate the power of my toaster. Just like I do every morning when I burn my toast.

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          5 months ago

          Yeah. Like you said earlier the fire hazard would be the main problem. All that fat melting to the bottom where bread crumbs have been gathering for years. Eventually something will catch fire and burn.

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    5 months ago

    When you said “hot meat”, I expected a very different scenario. :(

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      Yeah, this seems like it might actually be brilliant, until the grease catches on fire underneath the steak. I think we need to invent this thing, with a grease capturing mechanism. I’ll see if George Foreman is interested in making another $383 million dollars to promote this thing. Nice!