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posted by martyb on Monday August 19 2019, @04:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the Common-sense-is-not-that-common dept.

A while back there was an article about a man whose hand was scalded after he nuked a cup of water in the microwave. A cautionary tale, with the punchline being that microwaving food can store energy in the material being heated which can then violently erupt when the material is disturbed.

A woman has been possibly blinded in one eye after her microwaved eggs exploded:

She said: "I googled to see if you could make boiled eggs in the microwave.

"There are endless websites and YouTube videos which say you can. The one I read, though, was the set of instructions on recipe website, Delish.

"It said that you could microwave the eggs as long as you add salt to the eggs in the water to prevent them from bursting.

"The instructions then said to leave the eggs in the microwave for between six and eight minutes. Being cautious, I did six and took them out.

"As I looked into the jug to see if the eggs were done, they went bang in my face.

"It only happened as I took them out. The eggs were fine in the microwave."

This is another example of the everyday acts that people undertake in their daily lives which can have devastating consequences if not handled correctly.

Have we failed society by not teaching basic science lessons at school? I love how microwave popcorn has a warning on the outside to remove the outer packing first, and the iron warning tag advising to not iron clothes on the body.


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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday August 19 2019, @02:26PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Monday August 19 2019, @02:26PM (#882128) Journal

    The sin with reference to the story where the guy "spilled his seed on the ground" was more akin to rape, than anything. As he had one job (impregnate her) and he decided not to, even though he was okay with having sex with her. In fact, the father lost, 2 or 3 sons that way. So, would have been best, if he'd taught them not to be selfish.

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  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday August 19 2019, @04:41PM

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Monday August 19 2019, @04:41PM (#882208) Journal

    The sin with reference to the story where the guy "spilled his seed on the ground" was more akin to rape, than anything.

    Well, that's an... interesting... interpretation of it. I'm not aware that the story claims the sex was non-consensual. (I mean, a lot of the sex in the Bible was likely non-consensual, as was a lot of sex of that time and place anyway, since wives were expected to "obedient" in most situations, but that's another issue. Point is, this particular encounter was not referenced as being out of the norm.)

    If anything, the woman in that passage would be trying to fulfill her obligation to bear a child for her (dead) husband. The sin was not "rape" -- it was, as you note, not using sex for procreational purposes. Which has led to all sorts of doctrine in a lot of Christian denominations around this stuff, including doctrine against use of contraception and (as I was joking about in my previous post) some Christian churches' stance on masturbation.