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I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it. (sopuli.xyz)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/casualuk/p/425035/i-m-in-a-hotel-in-america-with-no-kettle-in-my-room-if-i-want-tea-i-have-to-microw

Wtf do I do? I'm only here for one night thank fuck but it's still very hard.

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's 50% this, and 50% "boiling water repeatedly all day is simply less important to them".

[–] kaki@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kettles are common in Japan despite having an even lower voltage than the US. So I think it's mostly the latter.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There’s probably other differences too. Lack of KitKat flavor variants, for example.