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You can boil water with water by using the electricity from hydro power to power your kettle. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You have probably done it without even noticing. The modern world is clearly miraculous.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't have a kettle

What sad, depraved lives Americans live

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not like we can't buy kettles if we want. I just have no use for one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just have no use for one.

What sad, depraved lives Americans live

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I own an electric kettle and I boil my water in the microwave!

(Watch this brit go insane over microwaved water.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm having trouble formulating a response with my entirely blown mind.

Scum, sub-human scum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Besides the kettle is only for hot chocolate! You fill it up, put swissmiss in it and turn it on!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

wtf? You bought a kettle for swiss miss. Heresy! Only tea should go in kettles, everybody knows that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Got it, I'll try putting Arnold Palmer half & half in it next time.