Comment on It's why the thrift store has so many of them

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A microwave plate is the part that spins during heating. It can be removed so it’s easier to clean. Removing it means that food will potentially heat unevenly and there’s usually a gear that the plate attaches to sticking out of the floor like a wart. Anything being heated will have to balance or lean on a slowly spinning gear which will potentially cause other problems.

  source

  • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s the joke?

    source

    • Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The joke is that you cant just buy the plate. You probably have to get a whole new microwave if you want it back

      source

      • j4k3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They have become fairly standard due to consolidation of global manufacturing. I’ve taken apart a half dozen over the last decade and they all had the same slow mains motor and 3 wing drive mechanism. There are probably lots of exceptions, but the parts inside are pretty simple.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
      • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can buy a replacement turntable plate! They’re not very expensive either.

        source
      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The plates are pretty standard and can be bought online many places.

        source
      • MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        of course you can! there is site just for that aliexpress.com

        source

        • -> View More Comments
      • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is not comedy.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
    • tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s vengeance. Pure, unhinged, vengeance.

      source
    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly, I think a big part of what makes this funny, to me anyway, is the “slighted” phrasing. It’s kind of an underused/archaic usage, so it sounds inherently a little funny in this modern context. But it also carries the implication that the original wrongdoing that they’re attempting to punish wasn’t very serious. Which actually makes sense, as this isn’t that annoying, just mildly inconvenient. It will still get hot in there, if you’re worried about food cooking unevenly, just turn it 180° halfway through.

      source
  • wabasso@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You reminded me that some have a full bladed structure on wheels attached to that gear as a means of spinning the plate. Pulling this prank on one of those models would be even more diabolical.

    source

    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve got one of those. First the plate broke, so we got a new one. Then we moved and somehow lost the rollers. Now neither fit right and I want a new microwave but this one works (except for the turntable sometimes) dammit

      source