Australians are disgusted to learn that Americans don’t use electric kettles
The latest cultural difference to take the internet by storm – Americans don’t use electric kettles and the Australians are finding this hard to believe. https://twitter.com/LucyXIV/status/839418325947994112
So what do they use instead of an electric kettle? Well…
@Shuttlecock
Mostly they use the microwave— Tiger the Werewolf (@HyperTigerXT) March 8, 2017
@thomas_violence They use stove-top. This is why: https://t.co/USDiU3SDzD
— TheRhodopsinTea (@rhodopsintea) March 8, 2017
Stunned disbelief followed this revelation.
america: our president will kill everyone
me: no surprises
america: we boil water in the microwave
me: fuck me rigid with the kings corpse— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) March 8, 2017
I try to be positive and non-judgemental but I just found out Americans often microwave water instead of using a kettle and I just
— Dan of Medan (Dan Pearce) (@GameDesignDan) March 8, 2017
@LucyXIV no kettle? No meat pie? No sausage rolls? That’s it! Done. Never going to America now. Fk that. Too weird
— Casey Carpenter (@KCNFB) March 8, 2017
@thomas_violence we do EVERYTHING in microwave. my cousin had a baby in there. came out real chewy, what a waste
— DVS (@DVSblast) March 8, 2017
There are also other ways…
@rhodopsintea @thomas_violence @MrReidOrg actually, they fire into the water with a semi-automatic rifle
— so-called bog dad (@AynRandy) March 8, 2017
In summary: US homes get 120-volts of power to sockets, whereas Australia (and most of Europe) gets around 240-volts. This is because we are civilised, powerful countries. It might also explain why this keep happening:
