• FrChazzz@lemmus.org
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    2 hours ago

    This whole thing reminds me of a time in high school (tiny Christian school) where a group of kids decided to start a “gang” called the “Yo’s” and my friends decided that there needed to be a rival “gang” they called the “No’s.” Us No’s wore brown paper towels in our back pockets to show our allegiance and we picked which hallway was “ours.”

    Anyway, we had a mandatory assembly by the end of the day on the dangers of gang activity…

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        22 minutes ago

        A paper towel. That is brown in color. Which was what was in the dispenser at the high school. For drying your hands.

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    I’ve never seen a non-electric stove in my life. Doesn’t that, like, introduce a bunch of nasty chemicals and such into the home? And what if there’s a leak?

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      Not just chemicals, carcinogens. But Republicans heard it triggers the people they hate, so they’re doubling-down on poisoning their families…

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        13 hours ago

        Maybe not boom. Maybe everyone just gets really tired and goes to sleep forever.

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          The US tried to curtail gas stoves a bit in new home builds at the federal level during Biden’s term to reduce asthma and carbon emissions and the GOP predictively lost its shit because that would threaten natural gas profits.

          At this point induction stoves are as good as gas ranges to cook on, cheaper to operate, can be powered with clean energy and have no health issues, but Americans are fucking stupid in aggragate.

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      10 hours ago

      All cooking produces off gassing and particulates that can be unhealthy. All cooking should be done with a good exhaust fan that sucks up all that stuff.

      Gas ranges also produce nitrous emissions, CO, and CO2. I say this as a fan of gas stoves for many things - they’re not good for health and I’ve never seen a properly sized stove exhaust fan installed, not that people use the ones they have anyways.

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        This all feels very unhealthy. I do hope that you at least have good healthcare to make sure you’re healthy.

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          Yeah no issues that I’ve ever seen, probably long term but wouldn’t be able to differentiate from any other exposure during a life time. I also dont hang out in the water heater closet or laundry room all that much

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      Gas stoves are meant to be used with a range hood fan. The products of combustion are vented outside (ideally) from there. There are studies that show indoor particulate counts from gas stoves if you care to look up how they compare to electric, wood and coal.

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      Quick no one tell them almost every restaurant in existence uses gas…

      gas does have some possible toxic effects if not properly vented.

      BUT it heats 10 times faster and allows almost instantaneous control of the heat…( the reasons kitchens use it)

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      Don’t think so mate. Any stove needs good ventilation. Fires and injuries are more common with electric. If you like to cook you really can’t beat gas imo. The control and visual feedback on intensity is great. Gas is doped with sulfur so it’s pretty easy to detect a leak.

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        You should look at Induction top. Much safer, higher speed, easier to clean, way more efficient. Just plain electric heaters is what my parrents used literally 30 years ago (but yes those do cause more fires statically)

        The only reason to go with gas is that you like to use a Wok, but don’t want to invest in a induction bowl.

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    14 hours ago

    Tell me you’re short without saying you’re short. (Can’t easily reach the otherwise superior rear burners)

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      There was a time when my kids were small that I was a back burner gang member. I used it because I worried they’d pull it down and burn themselves. Now that they are old enough to know better? Front burner gang all day. Ain’t nobody got time to be reaching way back there.

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    You’re really going to start a Lefty Front vs Alt Right Front fight on lemmy and not expect the Left to get upvoted until the meme fails to support Palestine, then it’ll get blocked?

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    But sometimes I want to to use the sucky back burner that heats slow and unevenly because I don’t want the burner to feel bad at never getting picked