post things that confuse and befuddle americans
Post things that confuse and befuddle americans
Jonathan Sullivan
Xavier Robinson
Grayson Jenkins
Teapot? Confusing Americans?
Logan King
Jonathan Rodriguez
They unironically microwave their water to heat it
Henry Ross
most of them don't have electric kettles
Wyatt Ramirez
americans boil their water by microwaving it
Nolan Myers
Benjamin Anderson
It's a water heater
Ian Watson
I have a tea kettle.
Carter Morales
Ian Long
that kills them, not confused them
Alexander Gonzalez
>americans boil their water by microwaving it
WHAT THE FUCK
Colton Scott
You are kidding, right?
Luis Gonzalez
they're voltlets and their electrical supply can't boil water fast enough through a kettle
Luis Gutierrez
WE’RE DUNB BUT YOU DON’T HAVETO RUB IT IN!!!!
Cameron Clark
This is incorrect.
Brody Perez
Justin Ramirez
Jeremiah Wood
Most homes in the US operate on 100-127 volts, whereas the UK and many other countries use between 220 and 240 volts. The lower voltage in the US means that electric kettles would not heat water as quickly as they do in the UK. As a result, they haven’t caught on the US.
Mr. Reid gives this example:
To raise the temperature of one litre of water from 15°C to boiling at 100°C requires a little bit over 355 kilojoules of energy. An “average” kettle in the UK runs at about 2800 W and in the US at about 1500 W; if we assume that both kettles are 100% efficient† than a UK kettle supplying 2800 joules per second will take 127 seconds to boil and a US kettle supplying 1500 J/s will take 237 seconds, more than a minute and a half longer.
He concludes: “This is such a problem that many households in the US still use an old-fashioned stove-top kettle.”
Blake Jones
It's even worse because of the low voltage there is a lot of loss even for relatively short cables. Basically it's hard for them to keep a lot of lightbulbs on in different rooms. Modern American homes fix this though. They basically use 2 phases of their rotary current or something like that
Michael Cook
>more than a minute and a half longer
So fucking what? They have no 2 minutes to wait?
Eli Jackson
Mutts are much more weird. Actually it's 220-240v on the cable entering into the house. And THEN, inside the house, they have a splitter making two 110-120v lines from that.
Grayson Torres
yeah I think I read something about how larger appliances like washing machines
assuming 100% efficiency, which is not the case in real life
my kettle takes more than 2 minutes to boil
it doesn't make them useless, just less convenient and so the Americans never bothered
Elijah Cruz
Americans low energy
Euros high energy
Landon Jenkins
These always make me chuckle
Logan Foster
Ah you're right thanks for reminding me!
Colton Johnson
Nathaniel Brooks
I make fun of Americans for heating water in a microwave, but I am guilty of doing the same thing.
I make cocoa and tea by heating some water in a bowl, and then pouring that on top of the infuser (or the cocoa).
Jonathan Roberts
Logan Ortiz
>yeah I think I read something about how larger appliances like washing machines
about how they draw 240v instead of 120v
Jacob Kelly
What prevents yanks from just finding a job that has maternity leave?
Luis Williams
It that real?
Carter Rodriguez
Liam Mitchell
Yeah
Aaron Peterson
yes, American working conditions are third world
I met some Americans when I was on holiday in America and they were shocked about how I was getting my full time wages while there as my annual leave
Ryan Brooks
A lot of companies simply don't offer it, especially lower income jobs.
Jaxon Moore
Then... don't work there?
Chase Murphy
Was he shocked also about how low your wage is comparing to american?
Oliver Davis
Bo job, no healthcare/food/car/apartment/loans/...
Oliver Barnes
for equivalent positions, we're actually fairly close
the biggest difference would be for those earning minimum wage, which is substantially higher for Australians
Alexander Harris
Does fucking no one use a stovetop kettle?
Parker Turner
A lot of lower income Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Even if they want to quit, they could loose their house, their car and have no means to feed themsleves.
Plus, it's simply not enough jobs that offer maternity leave.
Robert Allen
Nope, every I house I have ever been to used an electrical one
Blake Howard
That's ancient technology, never even seen one.
Colton Watson
We use it sometimes. But electric is more convenient.
Cameron Anderson
LOW ENERGY
Sebastian Sanders
More efficient and faster to use an electric one.
Alexander Cruz
I have one...
Bicycles AND Public transport in one!
Joshua Nelson
>A lot of lower income Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
Then they shouldn't be having children.
Lucas Johnson
Is your electric water heater even smart?
gizmochina.com
Parker Rivera
A small minority of people. Most people prefer the convenience of an electric kettle.
Easton Roberts
in the stone age
Brayden Lopez
Too cheap to buy one, I just use a pot.
Jonathan Evans
But you know they are having most of the american children.
Blake Rivera
Never seen anyone use these.
Thomas Rodriguez
Zachary James
That's because the government still feeds them with food coupons and shit.
Elijah Cox
Wait a minute, is that a fucking cezve?
Austin Lewis
We use that at cabins in Norway, because free electrical sockets is not a thing for non modern cabins.
We also generally only use coffee kettles at cabins, which do taste amazing. Even if most of us could also afford to use coffee filters to pour said coffee into a termos/vacuum kettle to preserve it.
Ethan Martin
Yes. Food stamps are huge welfare shit in US. Every one of the 7 mutts are using food stamps.
Levi Cook
i once had to spend 7 days in a hospital (3 of those in ICU) and was taken to hospital by an ambulance
total bill was around 450€ (525$) and this was without having an insurance
Hunter Perry
Yeah, I acquired a taste for the coffee while in the Balkans. Drink it pretty much every day at this point and never looked back.
Jaxson Bell
oy vey AND an electric stovetop. Despicable.
Easton Carter
nice, makes me wish I wasn't a NEET
Mason Barnes
alri grandad
Joseph Hughes
Carson Ramirez
Christian Moore
Balkans are crazy about cofee. The most often complain from Russian tourists visiting Serbia is where the fuck I get a cup of tea?
Jackson Nelson
Ian Gomez
Elijah Fisher
and how much it would be cost in USA?
Joseph Ramirez
and the best one
Colton Bailey
What's wrong with it?
Carson Scott
I didn't expect to see that in an American's kitchen, honestly surprised.
It looks like a nice one, too.
Ryan Watson
muhammad
Austin Howard
I can imagine. As a coffee drinker I was grateful.
Realistically? The ambulance ride alone could be 10.000 or more.
It's just a cheap one off Amazon but it works like a charm.
Brandon Gomez
It's over lads, we can go home now, he said it
Logan Jenkins
What's wrong with you mutt? I was trying to hold your ground!
Nathan Turner
Anthony Reed
>10.000 or more.
holy fuck i think even ambulance van wouldn't cost that much
Jackson Collins
>I can imagine
No you cannot!
And every caffe answer you 'eh? Tea? Wtf is that?'
Mason Hernandez
Fully equipped ambulance is like 100k
Isaac Rogers
When we were in Sarsjevo though most cafes offered Turkish tea in the tulip glasses. Really refreshing on a hot day.
Carson Powell
This confuses and possibly enrages the american
Jacob Anderson
>tfw have a keurig so I just press the hot water button
works like a xharm haha
Angel Phillips
This also confuses the Norwegian,
But the Norwegian also enjoys it a lot.
John Young
I use this to make coffee.
Blake Allen
Russian invention by the way.
Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky (Russian: Фёдop Aпoллoнoвич Пиpoцкий; February 17 [O.S. March 1] 1845- February 28 [O.S. March 12] 1898) was a Russian[1][2][3][4][5] engineer and inventor of the world's first railway electrification system and electric tram.[6][7][8][9][10] While the commercialization of his inventions in Russia was relatively slow, Pirotsky is known to have met with Carl Heinrich von Siemens and influenced Siemens' eventual introduction of the first regular electric tram line (for the Berlin Straßenbahn).
Isaiah Robinson
didn't read
Aaron Wright
I do, but that's because a electric kettle doesn't have a deafening flute.
Dominic Rogers
Read it!
Liam Martin
Levi Adams
Evan Hughes
Jose Hall
does america really not have trams
Kevin Morgan
I have never in my life seen anyone microwave water and I've never heard of anyone doing such a thing except on this board
The kettle thing is true though. It's more common to heat water on the stove. But people know they exist. And the microwave shit just confounds me. It's like one inbred retard let it slip that he does that and suddenly everyone thinks it's every American's preferred method
Anthony Howard
This will confuse and enrage amerilard
Nathaniel Rodriguez
San Francisco have trams, but that's just old attractions for tourists.
Nathaniel Rodriguez
Fresh is dumb, ferment it!