british problems

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• Obā-san

  2016-02-23 00:38:32

  
  

  the thumbnail does not immediately reflect the thread title but
• Tachyon

  2016-02-23 00:47:13

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  am British, am indeed annoyed by beeping appliances
  
  incidentally that's Matt Parker, who is actually Australian, although living in the UK
  
• Klinotaxis

  2016-02-23 00:51:44 edited 2016-02-23 00:52:39

  kill living beings
  

  why would you put a buzzer on a kettle? those fuckers are loud. if you want it to make a particular loud noise you could give it a whistle
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2016-02-23 00:59:26

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  Klinotaxis said:

  why would you put a buzzer on a kettle? those fuckers are loud. if you want it to make a particular loud noise you could give it a whistle
  

  It is imperative to British tea drinking that you must know the exact second the kettle has come off the boil, no matter where you are in the house, in order to optimally reach mouth scalding levels of tea heat.
• Princess Alice

  2016-02-23 01:04:23

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  The beeping might be useful if you're visually impaired, I guess?

  
  

  Other than that it just seems like a really "didn't think this through" design decision.
• Salix Babylonika

  2016-02-23 01:05:19

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  almost got killed cuz my kettle kept beepin
• Obā-san

  2016-02-23 01:18:45

  
  

  quick question: how common are stovetop kettles in britisherland
• Fossilmaiden

  2016-02-23 01:19:39

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  Nil. Zilch. A concept most ridiculous.
  
• Obā-san

  2016-02-23 01:20:16

  
  

  huh
• Fossilmaiden

  2016-02-23 01:21:01

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  Well, most our stoves are electric too, so a stovetop kettle doesn't really accomplish much.
  
• Tatterhood

  2016-02-23 01:26:44

  oh hey I know him from numberphile videos
  
• Obā-san

  2016-02-23 01:29:07

  
  

  what about moka pots
• Tachyon

  2016-02-23 02:16:56

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  never even heard of them
  
  pretty sure they're not a thing here, i googled and they don't look familiar
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2016-02-23 02:19:29

  Fossilmaiden said:

  Well, most our stoves are electric too, so a stovetop kettle doesn't really accomplish much.
  

  Why wouldn't it?  It still heats the water until it's boiling, and boiling water can whistle as escaping steam.
  
• Tachyon

  2016-02-23 02:20:22

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  if you need electricity to heat the stove, you don't save anything by using a stovetop kettle, so you might as well use a regular electric one
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2016-02-23 02:27:30

  That then leads to the question "why doesn't a plug-in electric kettle whistle?".
  
• Klinotaxis

  2016-02-23 02:29:10

  kill living beings
  

  spout's too wide.
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2016-02-23 02:30:39

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  glennmagusharvey said:

  That then leads to the question "why doesn't a plug-in electric kettle whistle?".
  

  Some do.
  
• Tachyon

  2016-02-23 02:31:30

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  some do have built-in whistles to simulate the effect
  
  i would guess that beeping kettles like the one in the video developed from that
  
  kinda like how ringtones used to always imitate bells and now they're any kind of electronic sound
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2016-02-23 03:15:56 edited 2016-02-23 03:16:50

  My phone has no good bell-like ringtone.  This sucks.  What if I just want my phone to sound nondescript and also non-irritating?  What if I don't want my phone to play a guitar riff or a techno beat every time I get a call from my parents?
  
• Tatterhood

  2016-02-23 03:31:07

  download one from Online?
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2016-02-23 03:46:42

  My current ringtone is the best one they have, though I could potentially just search the sound effects of the various games I have and then use one that sounds kinda appropriate.
  
  I think Droidsound has a "make a ringtone out of this" feature.
  
• sunn wolf

  2016-02-23 07:03:36

  Today is Tomorrow said:

  what about moka pots

  not uncommon, but not common. i have one back in britain and i know a few others who do but most people prefer drip filter or cafetiere, or if you're a coffee snob then something like an aeropress is.more usual
• Obā-san

  2016-02-23 07:06:28

  
  

  my dad is a huge cafetiere person, my mom is a drip filter person
• Tre

  2016-02-23 07:14:34

  
  

  glennmagusharvey said:

  My current ringtone is the best one they have, though I could potentially just search the sound effects of the various games I have and then use one that sounds kinda appropriate.
  
  I think Droidsound has a "make a ringtone out of this" feature.
  

  zedge
• Obā-san

  2016-02-23 07:16:52

  
  

  my ringtone is

  
  

  
• glennmagusharvey

  2016-02-23 07:55:48

  maybe i can change my ringtone to Pokémon's "RING RING RING, RING RING RING, PHONE CALL, PHONE CALL"
  
• Tachyon

  2016-02-23 15:20:04

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  i guess idk what i'm talking about re:moka pots
  
  we have a cafetiere