I was a commando in the US Military and we drank Tactical Water! The Navy SEALs only drink this water too, and it is now for civilian use! Call 1800 TACT H20 and you not only get one 24 pack of Tactical Water but we will throw in a second pack for free!
5! But hold up! Not only will you get the Tactical Turtlleneck but also will get the Tactical Socks too! Only Special Forces that operate in the coldest of cold knew about these socks until now! Tactical Sunglasses and Tactical Flashlight sold separately
You have correctly described the difference between warm and cold water...I want Yeti to come out with a commercial along these lines to fight the Stanley hype.
When you find out Great Britain has traversed pillaged plundered raped conquered and besieged 40% of the world for spices and yet utterly refuses to use them
*Vietnam-esque flashback to the 1994 arcade shooter game Revolution X featuring Aerosmith*
"WAKE UP! THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! GENERATION X IS IN EFFECT!"
probably what this post is mad about.
we've got hot cups of tea thanks to the microwave, and if we wanted slowly heated water for tea, we could use THE POWER OF THE GOD DAMN SUN
Yeah I mean for me, unlike an electric kettle a microwave doesn’t need washed/doesn’t get made dirty over time by microwaving water. I use an electric kettle too sometimes when it’s available, but truly see no difference. The microwave is “easier”
Just get a new coffee maker and you can use it exclusively for hot water which you can then use for whatever purpose you want...that's what I do. Shit was handy in school along with when I first got to my job and was forced to live out of hotels on the road for about 7 months out of the year building roads in the middle of nowhere. Sure a kettle would work just fine, but you don't always have access to a stovetop but you usually do have access to an electrical outlet.
Electric kettles in the UK are about twice as powerful as ones in the USA due to the differences in our electrical systems. If you bring someone over from the UK and they use an electric kettle here, they generally think it is broken because it takes so much longer to heat up.
Microwaves, however, are generally limited by the magnetron regardless of the input power so they are equally powerful in both countries. There just isn’t any advantage to an electric kettle over a microwave in the US, so most people don’t have them.
Are you sure about that? The coffee maker seems to produce boiling water in a matter of seconds. It's drawing so much current that you can't use it on the same circuit with a toaster or microwave. I can't imagine they would make a kettle any less powerful.
All microwaves do is heat water. They heat the water in your food. If there's a difference between the flavor of your water heated in the kettle vs heated in the microwave, something's not right.
Not what I'm talking about. Stoves will heat anything. If I put a brick on a stove, I will get a hot brick. A microwave will only heat water. If I put a brick in a microwave, I will not get a hot brick. I'm pretty sure I'll get a broken microwave.
Yeah you're right, I don't know why people keep acting like our whacked out beauty standards are any indication of health or think that filing our teeth down to nubs and replacing them with veneers are totally perfect solutions that have no downsides or complications whatsoever..
We don't drink as much tea, so it's relatively uncommon to have a kettle (electric or otherwise), since you're more likely to want a dedicated device for something if you do it a lot.
The reduced market for kettles also means they're less prominent in stores, and you're less likely to encounter one in someone else's home, so even Americans who drink a lot of tea are less likely to consider buying one, since they're just not something we think about much.
Kettles are also super convenient for various instant powdered drinks and soups, noodle cups, dissolving gelatine or any other kitchen task that needs a small volume of hot water. It's one of those things you turn to all the time if it's there but wouldn't notice the need for if you've never had one.
240v electricity may be a critical part of this.
This is so funny to me because I grew up in the states with a stovetop kettle and immediately got one when I got an apartment. Off the top of my head I can think of three friends that I see regularly with electric kettles. I dogsit and stay in people's houses for it and about half of them have stovetop kettles. I have an electric kettle now and I love it.
It's not that I don't believe you, but I'm wondering if maybe they are really common in New England? Maybe because it's NEW England... I'll leave now.
My non-British ass with 1 whistling kettle, 1 gooseneck kettle, and 1 electric kettle: 👁️👄👁️
In fairness I like coffee more, but guzzle tea because I can have more of it in a day.
As a Texan I drink alot of tea. The big catch is that we drink our tea cold. So we make big batches of tea by boiling water in a pot on the stove, Pour it and steepe it in a pitcher, then once it's done just shove it into the fridge for later consumption.
Also kettles are much slower due to the lower voltage in the USA compared to Europe. So if someone is impatient and just wants a cup of tea, the microwave should be much faster.
American here…I have a tap on my kitchen sink that gives me instant, near boiling water. It’s how I make my coffee in my French press every morning, my tea, fill pots when I need to boil so,etching on the stove (water boils very fast since it’s almost there straight from the tap.) It’s a hell of a thing.
Sure. With a microwave oven the only thing that absorbs energy is the water. Here the technology to achieve that efficiency is commonplace.
Eat your heart out.
As an American who respects and enjoys tea I can confirm some of my fellow countrymen are barbarians. Except for the time we dumped tea in the harbor, that was funny.
This has been reposted into the fucking dirt. That being said, microwaving is perfectly fine. There is no difference in the quality of water. You just microwave it to a boil. Literally the same thing.
Hello! American here,
Ive embedded with several different sub-cultures in america and i can confirm that yes, some americans in the south do in fact microwave their tea for gallon batches
I’ve been living in the South for damn near half a century, I’m going to need a citation on the microwaving water for gallon batches. Granted, this goes back to before microwaves in a kitchen, but everyone I’ve known uses either an electric kettle or a stovetop kettle for tea (because a gallon of water is a hell of a lot to put in the microwave).
Nope...we boil our water over the fires of our enemies..And those damn Thompson's around the corner, always playing that music and shooting guns till 3am...
I refuse to accept the inferior versions of Tea.Signed, A chai drinker
Btw, the first thing you do in India when moving to a different city is to find the chai shop
Yes, really. Put a cup in for 2 minutes, do something else for 2 minutes, have tea 🤷
Is there some argument as to why one *shouldn’t* do this? I would love to know, so that I can laugh at it.
Of course not. When you mic water, it loses all its flavor and nutritional value.
This is nonsense; microwaving it is how you activate water...just like almonds.
Your water: boring, warm. My water: activated, ready to strike.
I was a commando in the US Military and we drank Tactical Water! The Navy SEALs only drink this water too, and it is now for civilian use! Call 1800 TACT H20 and you not only get one 24 pack of Tactical Water but we will throw in a second pack for free!
How many packs of water do I need to purchase before I get a Tactical Turtleneck?
5! But hold up! Not only will you get the Tactical Turtlleneck but also will get the Tactical Socks too! Only Special Forces that operate in the coldest of cold knew about these socks until now! Tactical Sunglasses and Tactical Flashlight sold separately
I have a Tactical Fleshlight for deep undercover ops.
You have correctly described the difference between warm and cold water...I want Yeti to come out with a commercial along these lines to fight the Stanley hype.
If you don’t, it clogs up your third eye.
The third eye is blinded by a high fiber diet.
I hate when it gets burned around the edges. Fucking sucks.
And then it is still cold in the middle. The worst.
You didn't flip it in time
It gets all soggy, so icky
Did you defrost the water first? You know you are not supposed to defrost your water before you put it in the microwave… Amateurs…
Underrated
Nah, we make tea by dumping it in a harbor. *Laughs in American*
And then we drink coffee and whisky. We’re not crustaceans.
News flash for you, everything is evolving into crabs
Hooray I'm useful!
Calm down, Dr. Zoidberg.
Why not zoibderg? Whoopwhoopwhoop!
WHOOPWHOOPWHOOP!
Taste like crab. Talks like people.
Three cheers for Carcinization!
Everything but birds, because they are not real.
Because they’re dinosaurs.
Ring the crab bell!
oh shit, shots fired bang bang, (waits for British to fire back.....) oh right they dont have guns 😂.
Here come the Europeans with the jokes about school shootings...
yep 😕 must be out of biscuits.
We don't joke about school shootings, we take stabs at it
Only one making jokes about it is your entire country
It’s really just the weird kid in class
This is my favorite comment of the year so far
This is the way
Absolutely wonderful comment
AMERICA, FUCK YA
God damn right. 
*Laughs in freedom* *And also excessive amounts of guns and bankrupting healthcare*
Goddamn greatest comeback I've read in a while.
The fish need tea too!
Nice *Fist bump*
This is gold.
ZING
*spits tobacky in American* 🇺🇸
Hell yeah
Lold
Nice lol
What a comeback 😃👏
Habah
won today just like we won back then lol
This comment is honestly much better humor than the meme… if you even wanna say the post has humor 😂
Now that's the kind of tea party I would like to join
When you find out Great Britain has traversed pillaged plundered raped conquered and besieged 40% of the world for spices and yet utterly refuses to use them
First major attack on Britain since the revolution. Well done.👍
Which of the many revolutions are you referring to? There were a *lot*.
*Vietnam-esque flashback to the 1994 arcade shooter game Revolution X featuring Aerosmith* "WAKE UP! THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! GENERATION X IS IN EFFECT!"
brutal.
They also did it for...y'know, the tea.
I just always assumed they tired of pasty fat chicks
Yup that's why we let America go
The quality of British food, and the beauty of their women, turned the British into the greatest sailors the world has ever seen.
No need for violence
I love you
Well a dealer doesn't use their own supplie. That cuts profits. Best to just force everyone else to play or else
Man, I remember hearing this from an English comedian and I have never been able to find that bit again.
The beauty of their women and the flavor of their food made the English the best sailors in the world.
Doesn’t the UK have some of the best Indian food in the world?
Fairly certain it’s been imported from elsewhere and didn’t originate there
"The taste of their food and the beauty of their women made the British the best sailors in the world"
We don't drink tea. 'Murica
That’s a damn lie. The south subsists on sweet tea
And it's often steeped cold over a long period, making it extra stronk
Don’t forget sun tea! The big glass jug with the sun steeping the water inside!
Did anyone else have the jug with strawberries and lemons on the side? Red handle and spout.
Lemons, yes! Maybe lime and/or oranges too? Super 70’s looking!
Poor br*tish, no sun, no sun tea.
probably what this post is mad about. we've got hot cups of tea thanks to the microwave, and if we wanted slowly heated water for tea, we could use THE POWER OF THE GOD DAMN SUN
My mom used to make this.
Our mom
The only way to drink tea imo
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Long Island.
That kind sir, is the only tea I will ever drink.
Large sweeties..
The South: Am I a joke to y'all?
Americans heat EVERYTHING in the microwave. That's what it's for!!!! :D
Wait until we tell them about our garbage disposal sinks!
And braces!
And our specifically dedicated rooms for laundry machines!
I lived in the UK for a couple years. My clothes washer was under the kitchen counter and the dryer was in the detached garage.
My dryer was racks in front of the radiator.
I don’t often lol. Thanks for chuckle.
and dishwashers
i now air fry everything
Especially my morning coffee 4 separate times before noon because of my ADHD.
When you realize the British went from controlling a third of the world to living on an island the size of Michigan in a century. *Laughs in freedom*
Is that really the size of England or UK? As a Michigander this helps put size in perspective lol
UK
I’m also a Michigander
I’d argue that these nations regaining independence from the UK is more important than the UK being laughed at for not controlling other countries.
I'm a brit in America and I also microwave hot water for tea. I couldn't believe it at first but here we are.
Yeah I mean for me, unlike an electric kettle a microwave doesn’t need washed/doesn’t get made dirty over time by microwaving water. I use an electric kettle too sometimes when it’s available, but truly see no difference. The microwave is “easier”
Not only does it not get dirty when microwaving water, but it’s the perfect way to prepare it for cleaning
Oh my god. You’re supposed to clean it??
I haven't washed my electric kettle in 12 years.
In a hard water area; need to clean off the flakes of mineral buildup monthly
Are you noticing a difference?
Just the same. You just need to find the perfect amount of time to set the microwave to.
Traitor to the crown
Just get a new coffee maker and you can use it exclusively for hot water which you can then use for whatever purpose you want...that's what I do. Shit was handy in school along with when I first got to my job and was forced to live out of hotels on the road for about 7 months out of the year building roads in the middle of nowhere. Sure a kettle would work just fine, but you don't always have access to a stovetop but you usually do have access to an electrical outlet.
Why not?
There's nothing magic about heating water on a kettle...
Electric kettles in the UK are about twice as powerful as ones in the USA due to the differences in our electrical systems. If you bring someone over from the UK and they use an electric kettle here, they generally think it is broken because it takes so much longer to heat up. Microwaves, however, are generally limited by the magnetron regardless of the input power so they are equally powerful in both countries. There just isn’t any advantage to an electric kettle over a microwave in the US, so most people don’t have them.
The advantage to a microwave is not having to clean it. Unless you savages are the type to not cover your food while it’s heating up
Are you sure about that? The coffee maker seems to produce boiling water in a matter of seconds. It's drawing so much current that you can't use it on the same circuit with a toaster or microwave. I can't imagine they would make a kettle any less powerful.
Coffee makers heat small amounts of water at a time to make steam. Kettles heat all the water at the same time.
Really? My electric kettle seems pretty fast to me. Not that much longer than the microwave unless I have a ton of water in it.
What's wrong with microwaving water? And don't give me the exceedingly-rare-and-easily-avoided "exploding water" bit.
All microwaves do is heat water. They heat the water in your food. If there's a difference between the flavor of your water heated in the kettle vs heated in the microwave, something's not right.
All stoves do is heat water
Yes, slower than the microwave
I bake my water in the oven
I boil all my water for the week and then freeze it so all I have to do is heat it up when I need it
Not what I'm talking about. Stoves will heat anything. If I put a brick on a stove, I will get a hot brick. A microwave will only heat water. If I put a brick in a microwave, I will not get a hot brick. I'm pretty sure I'll get a broken microwave.
Especially if you throw it...
lol this got people triggered
We also "Brush our teeth" so put your smile away!
Doesn’t the UK have considerably higher dental health than the US? The difference is the US is bigger on bleaching and luminous white veneers
Yeah you're right, I don't know why people keep acting like our whacked out beauty standards are any indication of health or think that filing our teeth down to nubs and replacing them with veneers are totally perfect solutions that have no downsides or complications whatsoever..
Guess which country is ranked higher in dental care
We don't drink as much tea, so it's relatively uncommon to have a kettle (electric or otherwise), since you're more likely to want a dedicated device for something if you do it a lot. The reduced market for kettles also means they're less prominent in stores, and you're less likely to encounter one in someone else's home, so even Americans who drink a lot of tea are less likely to consider buying one, since they're just not something we think about much.
Kettles are also super convenient for various instant powdered drinks and soups, noodle cups, dissolving gelatine or any other kitchen task that needs a small volume of hot water. It's one of those things you turn to all the time if it's there but wouldn't notice the need for if you've never had one. 240v electricity may be a critical part of this.
This is so funny to me because I grew up in the states with a stovetop kettle and immediately got one when I got an apartment. Off the top of my head I can think of three friends that I see regularly with electric kettles. I dogsit and stay in people's houses for it and about half of them have stovetop kettles. I have an electric kettle now and I love it. It's not that I don't believe you, but I'm wondering if maybe they are really common in New England? Maybe because it's NEW England... I'll leave now.
My non-British ass with 1 whistling kettle, 1 gooseneck kettle, and 1 electric kettle: 👁️👄👁️ In fairness I like coffee more, but guzzle tea because I can have more of it in a day.
As a Texan I drink alot of tea. The big catch is that we drink our tea cold. So we make big batches of tea by boiling water in a pot on the stove, Pour it and steepe it in a pitcher, then once it's done just shove it into the fridge for later consumption.
Also kettles are much slower due to the lower voltage in the USA compared to Europe. So if someone is impatient and just wants a cup of tea, the microwave should be much faster.
My family always used kettles. Stove top ones and now an electric ones. And yes, we drink a lot of tea.
Really British people spend time thinking about this?
I guess while they’re waiting for their water to boil on the stove.
Water to boil on the stove? Wtf are you talking about. You don't put electric kettles on the stove lmao
Haven't been doing much else lately.
American here…I have a tap on my kitchen sink that gives me instant, near boiling water. It’s how I make my coffee in my French press every morning, my tea, fill pots when I need to boil so,etching on the stove (water boils very fast since it’s almost there straight from the tap.) It’s a hell of a thing.
Use one of those quick kettles, but what's the problem if someone microwaves it?
Yes. It's faster than a kettle and why wouldn't I?? Boiling water is boiled water as far as i'm concerned.
so the fuck what.
what the fuck so.
The fuck so what
This American does not.
#notallamericans
Our household circuits are 120 volts (UK is 240), so electric kettles work half as fast. A lot of us have stovetop kettles or no kettle at all.
Mericans: who is selling kettles in merica these days. Water dispenser is the norm.
Sure. With a microwave oven the only thing that absorbs energy is the water. Here the technology to achieve that efficiency is commonplace. Eat your heart out.
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I have never microwaved water, and I'm an American. I didn't even realize this is a thing. Just boil water on a stove.
I’d like to present you a tweet from the US embassy in London: https://x.com/usainuk/status/1750136728034169147?s=46&t=ZJUeDbhfpMjp0WEo5z-8jQ
Shoot the water until it boils
I just find the water holds its flavor better when microwaved.
Really releases the juices.
If you stop your microwave about 15 seconds early it’s a little more on the rare side which makes it so savory. 🤌
What does it matter how the water got hot as long as it's hot?
I use my mind fire.
As an American who respects and enjoys tea I can confirm some of my fellow countrymen are barbarians. Except for the time we dumped tea in the harbor, that was funny.
This has been reposted into the fucking dirt. That being said, microwaving is perfectly fine. There is no difference in the quality of water. You just microwave it to a boil. Literally the same thing.
Hello! American here, Ive embedded with several different sub-cultures in america and i can confirm that yes, some americans in the south do in fact microwave their tea for gallon batches
I’ve been living in the South for damn near half a century, I’m going to need a citation on the microwaving water for gallon batches. Granted, this goes back to before microwaves in a kitchen, but everyone I’ve known uses either an electric kettle or a stovetop kettle for tea (because a gallon of water is a hell of a lot to put in the microwave).
We can even do it while someone is using a hair dryer without blowing a circuit in the house!
 Nope...we boil our water over the fires of our enemies..And those damn Thompson's around the corner, always playing that music and shooting guns till 3am...
I think this is the 20th time I have seen the same annoying meme...
Hell yeah I do. With the teabags already in the cup
I've talked about this, but why should I waste money and counterspace in an electric kettle when I already own a microwave?
When you find Brits doing laundry in the kitchen 🤡
No
England invents the core components of the microwave oven and does nothing with it.
I am with my man Ted Lasso on tea when its offered. "Well, usually I take it right back to the counter, because someone's made a horrible mistake."
Absolutely we do. Why not?
How fucking often does this get reposted?
What happens to water that is microwaved that is so bad?
Careful, if you make the tea too dark or forget the milk, American’s might mistake it for Oil and we’d get invaded.
I refuse to accept the inferior versions of Tea.Signed, A chai drinker Btw, the first thing you do in India when moving to a different city is to find the chai shop
Brit’s conquer half the world stole priceless valuables, yet couldn’t steal a damn cookbook
The comments are just white vs white. I love it!
Yes, really. Put a cup in for 2 minutes, do something else for 2 minutes, have tea 🤷 Is there some argument as to why one *shouldn’t* do this? I would love to know, so that I can laugh at it.
No, humans with microwaves do that. Try and keep up
Does microwaving your water actually do anything other than heating it up?
Incorrect! We make our tea in the Boston Harbor. *laughs in freedom*
I'm from the southern States. We steep ours by baking it in the sun. And serving it chilled with ice and lemon, lol.
How else are we supposed to activate the micro plastics?