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When people are way too smug about their wrong answer.

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This person was arguing with multiple people about how electric is superior to gas. In an effort to prove me wrong about how electric cooktops work, they posted a wiring diagram for an oven thermostat.

Update : after their snarky reply, I looked closer at the manual they posted, and it's for a stove with gas burners. So even if they were right, that component wouldn't exist on that particular appliance. It would indeed produce a steady heat though.

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[–] Ixoid@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Nobody is even addressing the green flames?

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just... Wow.

That is an impressive amount of completely misunderstanding how stoves work.

Said that a gas cooktop continues to cook food after the flame is shut off. You know... the flame? The source of the heat on a gas stove?

And then he claimed professional chefs prefer electric?

To quote Billy Madison: "...what [he] just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in [his] rambling, incoherent response [was he] even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award [him] no points, and may God have mercy on [his] soul."

[–] xep@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He must be confusing the residual heat on the cookware with the heating from the stove.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

He also thinks that residual grease on a pan will insulate the pan and prevent it from getting as hot.

Not to mention he doesn't know the difference between gas heat and gas for cooking.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It gets even better, I just realised this, but the manual he posted was for a stove with gas burners and an electric oven.

So even if things did work the way he claims, that component wouldn't exist on this particular appliance.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you look at the guy's posting history, you'll see that he's extremely confident - and also completely wrong - about many things.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's pretty spectacular actually. They really need a better hobby than arguing with strangers on the Internet.