Microwave = Satan, yeah Options

[starlette]

Okay maybe not that extreme, but honestly, look at the microwave.

*Dangerous if you put your face too close
*Plastic will melt/catch on fire
*if you heat something in styrofoam like in a to-go box, the chemicals from the styrofoam can be transferred into your food!
*Foil sparks when you put it in there (try it its crazy)
*if you put in an empty chip bag, its shrinks it (try that too its fun)
*if you heat up liquid in a container like a coffee cup, it can explode in your face
*it actually changes the state of the food you are eating. read about it here
*NAZIS invented the predecessor to the microwave, somethin called a radiomissor cooking oven or something. go google it if you care haha
*they work by using radiation. What hell. Radiation.
*put a hard boiled egg in there, it explodes. WTF?!?! *thanks suddenly she*

And here is the biggest reason of all, well..why they creeped me out in the first place:

Go look at any frozen food product that can either be microwaved or baked in the oven. We'll say Hot Pockets, just because I know from perosnal experience. What kind of evil appliance can cook something in 2 minutes what an oven cooks in 30? thats just messed up. Period. Also, look at tv dinners. Chicken, potatoes and veggies. It takes at least 45 minutes to cook chicken, not including the preparation time. It takes a few minutes to cook frozen veggies on the stove, and it takes about 20 minutes to make mashed potatoes. This is to cook them, from scratch from a box whatever. But in a tv dinner, it takes 2 minutes. TWO MINUTES!!! What the hell kind of chemicals and crazy sh*t is in there that it can cook all that in 2 minute.s Even if you get food from a resturaunt and heat it up in the oven, it takes more than two minutes. Okay maybe I'm just paranoid, but I swear there is something seriously wrong with microwaves. They just arent normal. Am I crazy? I mean, I won't stop using one because its conveinient, but still, its a bit creepy. I'm such a dork. What do y'all think?

[IamRad]

ahahaaha i think JUST like that about microwaves. if u stare at them for too long, ur eyes can get damaged. im so paranoid around microwaves!

[*x____duckii*]

Haha, interesting topic. The microwave must be evil if it could cook food in less than 3 minutes But that is a bit bizzarre, though.

[*suddenly she*]

yes, and if you put an untouched popcorn thing into there, you hear popping noises and the bag inflates!!

and if you put a hard boiled egg in there and heat it, it explodes and is very dangerous.

thank you for alerting all of us. this topic should be pinned.
maybe not, but still, i applaud your heroics. or something.

[*jooleeah*]

Haha, you must have a lot of time on your hands. But microwaves are a bit weird, I guess.

[starlette]

yes, and if you put an untouched popcorn thing into there, you hear popping noises and the bag inflates!!

and if you put a hard boiled egg in there and heat it, it explodes and is very dangerous.

thank you for alerting all of us. this topic should be pinned.
maybe not, but still, i applaud your heroics. or something.

wooaah are you serious? an egg will explode? I'm adding that haha!

[AngelTears]

-_- I knew there was something funky about that thing..

*tosses microwave out the window* No more of that.. I'll use a toaster, or an oven.. or maybe a toast oven!! (HA! ok no..)

[sunissed14127]

Lol. Seems like you took a lot of time tothink about this.... =P

[miszSERENiTY]

I`m trying that chip bag thing aha...

[starlette]

Lol. Seems like you took a lot of time tothink about this.... =P

to be honest, its something I was thinking about when I was at a friends house who had no mircrowave and I had to wait 30 minutes to cook my hot pocket. I'm like i wish he had a microwave. then my brain started reeling about how not normal that is.

[Paradox of Life]

Thanks a lot. I just used the microwave and now I'm scared if my mashed potatoes are contaminated

And now I'm paranoid.

<_< >_>

Don't touch that microwave.

[Flaunted]

but think about microwavable popcorn.
it is worth having a satan microwave.

[*suddenly she*]

i've done it before. the egg exploded and my mom yelled at me. :P

[FoOd]

I burned my food when I put foil in it....

I didn't get to eat it.

[dahding]

*looks at hot pockets*

pfft, screw this.

*munch munch munch* i'm hungry for hot pockets.

[parallel]

*NAZIS invented the predecessor to the microwave, somethin called a radiomissor cooking oven or something. go google it if you care haha

Yupp. Know all about that one. =]

I think that's interesting. I think I wanna try that chip-bag thingy. Gee. Thanks for the ideas!

[loljuliana]

woah. .the last part made me think.
-attacks microwave with bat-
and just in case. .
-attacks toaster with bat-

[miss barnes]

oh wow....this really makes you think but, i dont think the microwave is satan or equal to satan but, its an amazing creation

[EmmalieV]

haha , interesting.

I still love my satanic microwave =)
Heats my sandwiches up in 30 secs.

[xbr0kensmil3]

i put my fork once by accident in the microwave and it went crazy. i got scared lol. But none the less i love microwave.

[pAtRiCk_sTar]

i LOVE microwaves.



Ahahaah not really They are a bit.....dangerous, eek

[DanielleMaria05]

Yeah, If you think about it, Microwaves don't really seem safe. LOL! Anyway, I'll still use them, I'm too lazy to actually cook.

[sadolakced acid]

microwaves work with radiation. conventional ovens work with radiation too.

1- you can't do anything to your face by looking at it too closely.
2- anything can be changed by heating. Milk expecially, because the protiens start comming apart at 110 degrees.

[soulless727]

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[Chii]

well, an oven has to be preheated so that's why it takes so long...a microwave was made to be heated quickly to make those fast snack things...that's what i think

[blondisnirvana]

I don't think microwaves are satan. Just possesed by him.

[KERP1UNK]

whoa...thats freaky...i'll never look at microwaves the same way again after reading that article!!

[starlette]

well, an oven has to be preheated so that's why it takes so long...a microwave was made to be heated quickly to make those fast snack things...that's what i think

actually, the cooking time for something doesnt include the preheating. It takes about 30 minutes to do to a hot pocket what a Microwave does to some in a minute and a half.

[eli5e]

yea ..lol my grandma ALWAYS says it's bad to stand in front of a microwave.

[starlette]

microwaves work with radiation.  conventional ovens work with radiation too.

1- you can't do anything to your face by looking at it too closely. 
2- anything can be changed by heating.  Milk expecially, because the protiens start comming apart at 110 degrees.

actually yes it doesnt actually do anything to your face, but standing too close to it can cause cell damage thank you. I researched it in chemistry a long time ago.

oh, and the thing about it changing stuff when it heats it, it like changes the chemical make up of food. Like changes water molecules into carbon monoxide or something. go read the link I provided up in the post, it has a lot of scary details.

I swear I didnt just make this stuff up cuz I'm paranoid. Microwaves zap the nutrients out of food too. And its weird cuz my family always says "go zap that in the microwave for 30 seconds itll be done" and now I get why. creeeeepy.

[crazeegirl411]

I think it's fine. If it heats up stuff for me and cooks frozen food, I don't care.

It's not like I'd die. That quick.

[dani41790]

Hahaha my gosh that's a really interesting thought. I saw that whole foil thing happen before. I freaked out like crazy because I thought the microwave was going to explode. I'm gonna try that chip bag one..

[*xcaitlinx*]

satan's a hell of a lot worse.

[HottxStuff]

Wow, I like microwaves.

[D1SMANTLED]

^^ lol, how randomm, robert!

This is funny, about all the microwave stuff. It gives me ideas...

[*x____duckii*]

satan's a hell of a lot worse.

And how do you know that?


...Wait, are you Satan?

[aznxdreamer]

i knew it...microwaves are evil and unnatural

[Chaos Bliss]

If mocriowaves are Satan than gods in the tv....

I love my microwave*pets microwave* i mean all the food that is "cooked" in microwaves has already been cooked, and dont microwaves use MICRO waves to cook things?... so i dunno if its considered radiation.. lol who care microwaves rock!

[KissMe2408]

ok first thing that came into my mind...
omg, have you ever put an egg in the microwave? lol, you should. But clean up afterwards. oih wait, you have...lol. I only did it once, for the record, lol.

and the other thing, yah mircrowavable dinners have all kinds of chemicals in it to perserve the food and help it heat up quickly, lol ur right. It's really bad for yah, but i eat it neway lol.

[*mzkandi*]

ok first thing that came into my mind...
omg, have you ever put an egg in the microwave? lol, you should. But clean up afterwards. oih wait, you have...lol. I only did it once, for the record, lol.

yeah i have put an egg in the microwave...doh I really thought I was being smart...for some strange reason I thought it would boil. I felt such a stupid ass cleaning all that mess up.

[f0nx]

I agree on this belief....once my arby's melt caught on fire....I have always acknowledged the fact that the microwave is indeed spawned from satan....

[yuna*]

AH! I eat those stuff! ><

[talcumpowder]

I'm not allowed to use my microwave anymore....
>.> <.<
No I didn't screw up my science project so badly it blew up the microwave... Nope. I didn't use too much foil either.... Nope.

[toodlepops.]

Meh. Technology has its ups and dows, I guess.
Deal with it, life goes on. =]

[gladz612]

hahahahhaa this si so funny.. bu i don't seem to be able to survive without a microwave.. so yea.. i'm possessed.

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

wow so if you microwave coffee it explodes in your face o_O that`s scary x____x ahaha yeah once i microwaved popcorn and the foil caught fire i ran around the house like a moron.

[smthngcrprategrl...]

i learned the hard way the dangers of the microwave. it was fun though. then my friend put a cd in there. it looked really cool but it kinda broke the cd....

[myheartxbandages]

haha yes, i started a fire in my house.
because of microwaves. and im extremely talented.

[Ington]

...

YOU'RE RIGHT!

[Soleil]

wow interesting train of thought.

[blackbow]

wow... am i not getting this? seriously, do people really think microwaves are bad? radiation? wtf? this is one of the dumbest threads i've ever read...

first of all... a microwave gives off less radiation than visible light.
and second... microwaves works because the specific waves it emits has properties that will heat up water very quickly. people say its dangerous to be close to a microwave because humans are like 90% water.

[sweetxsimplicity]

Plastic doesn't always melt/catch fire, like those microwavable containers, but I've like burned a container before in there by accident, it started to smell really burnt and gross. And I think you can get cancer if you always stand in front of the microwave.

[LiLaZnGirL122]

i noe y!! cuz the food is AALREADY cooked so when u microwave its warming it up so i heats and its cooked so uc an jus eat it

[starlette]

wow... am i not getting this?  seriously, do people really think microwaves are bad?  radiation? wtf?  this is one of the dumbest threads i've ever read...

first of all... a microwave gives off less radiation than visible light.
and second... microwaves works because the specific waves it emits has properties that will heat up water very quickly.  people say its dangerous to be close to a microwave because humans are like 90% water.

actually before you say I'm stupid, thats all stuff I learned about, mostly in chemistry. I don't actually think they are frakin the devil. Its sarcasm really. I just started thinking about how extreme the technology is in a microwave. The radiation in microwaves causes a chemical change in foods. Nutrients are zapped out of the foods leaving nothing but a residue. I'm not trying to tell everyone to throw away their microwaves, they are a conveinience, and I will forever use one. I used one yesterday. Its just a very sketchy piece of technology. I mean, if your microwave has any sort of leak, it can cause a severe damage to you health. It can do a lot of cell damage. When I mocrowave is closed, it emits about the amount of radiation your cell phone would, so its not deadly. But putting your face up to it isnt a smart idea. (even tho I do it sometimes lol)
Here is some stuff I found on what mircrowaves do to food.

In 1991, there was a lawsuit in Oklahoma concerning the hospital use of a microwave oven to warm blood needed in a transfusion. The case involved a hip surgery patient, Norma Levitt, who died from a simple blood transfusion. It seems the nurse had warmed the blood in a microwave oven. This tragedy makes it very apparent that there's much more to "heating" with microwaves than we've been led to believe. Blood for transfusions is routinely warmed, but not in microwave ovens. In the case of Mrs. Levitt, the microwaving altered the blood and it killed her.

It's very obvious that this form of microwave radiation "heating" does something to the substances it heats. It's also becoming quite apparent that people who process food in a microwave oven are also ingesting these "unknowns".

Because the body is electrochemical in nature, any force that disrupts or changes human electrochemical events will affect the physiology of the body. This is further described in Robert O. Becker's book, The Body Electric, and in Ellen Sugarman's book, Warning, the Electricity Around You May Be Hazardous to Your Health.

One short-term study found significant and disturbing changes in the blood of individuals consuming microwaved milk and vegetables. Eight volunteers ate various combinations of the same foods cooked different ways. All foods that were processed through the microwave ovens caused changes in the blood of the volunteers. Hemoglobin levels decreased and over all white cell levels and cholesterol levels increased. Lymphocytes decreased.

Luminescent (light-emitting) bacteria were employed to detect energetic changes in the blood. Significant increases were found in the luminescence of these bacteria when exposed to blood serum obtained after the consumption of microwaved food.

In 1991, he and a Lausanne University professor published a research paper indicating that food cooked in microwave ovens could pose a greater risk to health than food cooked by conventional means. An article also appeared in issue 19 of the Journal Franz Weber in which it was stated that the consumption of food cooked in microwave ovens had cancerous effects on the blood. The research paper itself followed the article. On the cover of the magazine there was a picture of the Grim Reaper holding a microwave oven in one of his hands.

Dr. Hertel was the first scientist to conceive and carry out a quality clinical study on the effects microwaved nutrients have on the blood and physiology of the human body. His small, but well controlled, study showed the degenerative force produced in microwave ovens and the food processed in them. The scientific conclusion showed that microwave cooking changed the nutrients in the food; and, changes took place in the participants' blood that could cause deterioration in the human system. Hertel's scientific study was done along with Dr. Bernard H. Blanc of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University Institute for Biochemistry.

Leukocytosis, which cannot be accounted for by normal daily deviations, is taken very seriously by hemotologists. Leukocytes are often signs of pathogenic effects on the living system, such as poisoning and cell damage. The increase of leukocytes with the microwaved foods were more pronounced than with all the other variants. It appears that these marked increases were caused entirely by ingesting the microwaved substances.

"This process is based on physical principles and has already been confirmed in the literature. The apparent additional energy exhibited by the luminescent bacteria was merely an extra confirmation. There is extensive scientific literature concerning the hazardous effects of direct microwave radiation on living systems. It is astonishing, therefore, to realize how little effort has been taken to replace this detrimental technique of microwaves with technology more in accordance with nature. Technically produced microwaves are based on the principle of alternating current. Atoms, molecules, and cells hit by this hard electromagnetic radiation are forced to reverse polarity 1-100 billion times a second. There are no atoms, molecules or cells of any organic system able to withstand such a violent, destructive power for any extended period of time, not even in the low energy range of milliwatts.

Of all the natural substances -- which are polar -- the oxygen of water molecules reacts most sensitively. This is how microwave cooking heat is generated -- friction from this violence in water molecules. Structures of molecules are torn apart, molecules are forcefully deformed, called structural isomerism, and thus become impaired in quality. This is contrary to conventional heating of food where heat transfers convectionally from without to within. Cooking by microwaves begins within the cells and molecules where water is present and where the energy is transformed into frictional heat.

In addition to the violent frictional heat effects, called thermic effects, there are also athermic effects which have hardly ever been taken into account. These athermic effects are not presently measurable, but they can also deform the structures of molecules and have qualitative consequences. For example the weakening of cell membranes by microwaves is used in the field of gene altering technology. Because of the force involved, the cells are actually broken, thereby neutralizing the electrical potentials, the very life of the cells, between the outer and inner side of the cell membranes. Impaired cells become easy prey for viruses, fungi and other microorganisms. The natural repair mechanisms are suppressed and cells are forced to adapt to a state of energy emergency -- they switch from aerobic to anaerobic respiration. Instead of water and carbon dioxide, the cell poisons hydrogen peroxide and carbon monoxide are produced."

[*nightmare4taki*]

I heard that when Microwaves first came out a lady put her cat in the microwave to dry it off. Well not only did the cat dry off but it exploded inside of it. So the lady sued the Microwave company for not stating the consequences of the microwave. Astonishingly she won her case.

It wasn't the Microwave companie's fault that the ladie had no common sense.

There are also other stories where people have sued and won even though it was their fault.

[xMayleex]

Aww poor cat, very interesting topic, thanks for the info