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Arrrghhhh my eyes, my eyes!
You think you're being funny, but you're not. You're offending an entire nation. (Although I'm fine with drawing a pot of tea in the microwave after the hot water has been poured out of the kettle onto the pot).
How many cups of water is that?
That's dumb you're not supposed to put the whole mug in the microwave. You heat the tea bag first and then put it in the water.
Where else are you supposed to put them? In the garbage while wet?
The bottom of the harbor.
Obviously you hang them up to dry. That way you can reuse them.
Oh you're one of those are you. Come round your house for a cup of weak second hand tea.
American here, so probably ignorant AF, but how wet are your teabags exactly? Everyone I've ever seen make tea does exactly that: pull it out of the water, smash it with a spoon against the cup rim to squeeze water out, toss it in the trash. It's barely more than damp after that.
Are the tea bags there so very different from ours that there's enough water retained in them that it risks making your trash can soggy?
(Tone here is meant to be curious, not confrontational; honestly wondering!)
Never squeeze a teabag unless you want overly bitter tea. It releases extra tannins into the brew. Just pull it out and let it drip into your mug a couple of seconds before you discard it.
The main issue is the hot tea bag making the bin steam up and potentially smell.
That's why you use the compost - it smells either way.
Put them on the metal bit on the side of the sink (not in it), then later once it's cooled put it in the bin or food waste bin depending on if the bags are biodegradable. No smell, and the sink remains fully in service.
don't have a metal bit on the side
Leave it sitting on the spoon.
It's biodegradable, right? Straight to the compost (or wherever plant leftovers go).
Nah, it'll soak the compost bin, especially in the biodegradable bag.
You might want to check your teabags, some of them use plastic in the glue. It's not a massive amount, but it builds up.
Soap dish or similar.
Miffed, Peeved, Irked, Mildly Pissed Off, Really Pissed Off, Fuckin' Livid
This scale seems way too overt for us. Actually exhibiting rage seems too American. Should be more like “tutting”, “fit of pique”, “not cricket”.
This is on the inside.
On the outside, you get 'mild irritation' face for all of these.
"If it's no hassle for you, would you mind stopping your genocide? Please, if it's not inconvenient for you at this time. Sorry again to bother you. Ta. Sorry." Wow very strong message from a RAGING PM.
The drainage-critters need their daily tea too.
Whoa, now, let's not be hasty.
It isn't just the brits that can't abide such rude behavior
You do not want to visit me at home then.
Do that in my house and I'll throw it at your fuckin face, don't be staining my sink.
Dump tea cup into sink, that's normal right?
Does this comment imply you leave the bag in the cup?