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Your microwave oven has its own microbiome (www.nature.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the article:

But for the general public, the implications of the study are simpler. “A microwave is not a pure, pristine place,” Porcar says. It’s also not a pathogenic reservoir to be feared, he says. But he does recommend cleaning your kitchen microwave often — just as often as you would scrub your kitchen surfaces to eliminate potential bacteria.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you're reading this I am in dire straights, possibly dead. I woke up this morning to find my microwave is bursting with tardigrades. I have left it cooking nonstop for 13 consecutive days and they've only gotten more pissed off. I've welded their every possible exit from the machine shut, but I fear they are beginning to chew their way out. If you're reading this, tell the government they need to drone strike my location immediately, possibly nuke it. The world is not prepared for what is inside my microwave.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Y'all ever see that one episode of Cowboy Bebop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Who knew lobster could go so wrong?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Hold the nukes it's just going to piss them off