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  • Obā-sanObā-san

    the thumbnail does not immediately reflect the thread title but
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei 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
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    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
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image 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 AlicePrincess Alice
    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 BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    almost got killed cuz my kettle kept beepin
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    quick question: how common are stovetop kettles in britisherland
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Nil. Zilch. A concept most ridiculous.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    huh
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Well, most our stoves are electric too, so a stovetop kettle doesn't really accomplish much.
  • TatterhoodTatterhood
    oh hey I know him from numberphile videos
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    what about moka pots
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei 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
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    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.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei 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
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    That then leads to the question "why doesn't a plug-in electric kettle whistle?".
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    spout's too wide.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image 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.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei 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
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    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?
  • TatterhoodTatterhood
    download one from Online?
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    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 wolfsunn wolf
    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-sanObā-san

    my dad is a huge cafetiere person, my mom is a drip filter person
  • TreTre
    image
    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-sanObā-san

    my ringtone is

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    maybe i can change my ringtone to Pokémon's "RING RING RING, RING RING RING, PHONE CALL, PHONE CALL"
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i guess idk what i'm talking about re:moka pots

    we have a cafetiere
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