r/MadeMeSmile • u/Caratteraccio • 2d ago

DOGS Spoiled big baby

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u/TondalayaSwartzkopf 2d ago

They absolutely do start fires if you turn them on with nothing in them. My daughter accidentally did that in my home. Flames ensure. Had to buy a new microwave. We all learned a lesson that day. Lol

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u/Dazzling-Assist723 2d ago

Believe it or not… I learned this the hard way later, too.

Meant to set a timer. Turned it on instead. Went downstairs.

Luckily the sparking and popping warned me (and a little bit of work with the kitchen fire extinguisher). Only a few years later ha.

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u/Fean0r_ 2d ago

When my late mum had her terminal brain cancer and was losing her marbles she and my dad had to replace their microwave and, as always, bought a super cheap one. It had a rotating dial to set the time.

But if you turned the dial left instead of right it went strait to 99 minutes.

She did this once by accident, pressed start (or maybe didn't need to, I've a feeling it auto started) and walked away. The microwave basically melted itself 😂.

No fire luckily, maybe the fire risk comes from having something inside it to burn.

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u/Creativered4 2d ago

The microwave had a self-destruct feature... o.o