#fun with appliances

[clatterbane]

Hahaha, my targeted robovac strategy did pay off! 😎

After making supper in there, I gave the Instant Pot lid and main gasket a good wash off. Thought I might as well take out the float valve stem for a proper cleaning too, while I was at it.

So, of course that fiddly little seal suddenly went shooting off somewhere across the kitchen. 🤬

After no luck peering around with a flashlight, it did at least occur to me that maybe I could use the robovac's fondness for sucking up random small objects of all descriptions to my advantage. Emptied the dust cup, sent it trundling around the kitchen on "strong" for a little search and rescue mission.

With success!

That's now washed off well, and ready to go. I should probably go ahead and get some spare gaskets to keep in reserve anyway. But, I would have been pissed if that one had stayed AWOL, and I couldn't use the pressure cooker until a replacement got here.

[once-delight]

Daniel Molloy @ Armand

I just wanna address the rumours real quick; I am NOT microwave safe. do not put me in there

[egophiliac]

tsum events really are just the best, huh

[zu-is-here]

make teleshopping great again ♪

[tamara-kama]

This also includes most home arcades.. from what I know they tend to run either on Armbian Linux or Android

[idkwhyyouaskingm3-blog]

We are the hilltop. It is me and I am it and we are. We are…

[acoustic-crayons]

"Why, someone is getting tired of my cooking,"

If y'all like good John Dory angst with some HickDory side severing, you should read AhkiKris's fic Guilty As Sin?

This particular drawling is based on the chapter 18 cooking scene!

[below the cut for a bonus yandere joke pic]

"They're probably wondering where you are. If Branch and I weren't on okay terms, he'd probably think I kidnapped you."

This is what happens when you make jokes about kidnaping and yanderes in the comments with the author lol

BTW They don't have tails or anything in fic so the actual ficart reflects that. This silly extra piece on the other hand is free game lol

[pinchofdecor]

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[idk-bruh-20]

Irondad fic ideas #152

Every year around the holidays, a "bug war" breaks out in the Parker-Stark households 

Not bugs as in creepy crawlies. Technology bugs. Surveillance.

Tony and Peter are both determined to figure out what the other wants for the holidays 

The two are on surprisingly even ground: Peter's spider-sense doesn't consider this a threat, and FRIDAY won't snitch. They both have to find any "bugs" the old fashioned way.

Bonus:

Soon enough the whole Ironfam is wrapped up in it. November and December become a time of yearly paranoia, everyone watching what they say and "checking for bugs." 

Even Peter's friends discover tiny bugs on them. When Ned first learns the itty bitty robot behind his coat button is from Tony Stark trying to find out what he wants for Christmas he faints on the spot

Bonus 2, Crack Taken Seriously Boogaloo:

For a bit of drama: it's all fun and games until one year Peter gets kidnapped. The situation is bad. They only find him in time thanks to one of the "holiday bugs" Tony recently snuck on

[toytulini]

victorian style haunted house that has dysphoria about not being an open concept minimalist hellhole, before we even have those, so it doesnt know why it just feels sooo miserable and has to lash out at everyone inside it, so its wretched and haunted the whole time, until its finally bought by a house flipper in the 2020s who knows JUST how to fix it

[trivialbob]

My bedside alarm clock is a Philips Wake-up Light. The large face is a variable brightness light. It can be set to turn on with the alarm, at a very dim level, then get progressively brighter over several minutes. I've even used it with no alarm sound to wake me up. That was a surprisingly gentle and pleasant "alarm."

The light can do the same thing when I get ready for bed--go from bright to off, over a time of up to 20 minutes.

Last week I turned on the radio. When I was done, I tried to turn off the sound. The device was frozen. Unplugging was the only way to silence it.

After plugging it back in, the thing was completely dead. No light, no sound, no clock.

The manual didn't have any useful suggestions. (Yeah, I hang on to user manuals as long as I own something.)

A YouTube video showed a guy with the same problem. He opened the unit and did a bunch of stuff, with tools and some sensor, that I didn't have the patience to watch.

A Reddit user experiencing the dead device issue said to unplug the thing--and leave it unplugged for several days.

I left mine unplugged for a few hours. Then I impatiently plugged it in, expecting success.

No success.

As I considered throwing it away, because it's pretty old, I decided I could leave it unplugged for several days. I have a phone and a watch to tell time anyway.

This morning I plugged it in after waiting three days.

It works perfectly.

[simbleleven]

hide away.

Somehow, it never occurred to me to take off that paper bag – like, why was I so surprised he actually had a face under there. Had no idea what exactly I was trying to achieve with this edit, so...[jazz hands].

[whyeverr]

Octavia's excited to start her day, happy to wake up and get going even on toddler time! But—

[broken appliances sizzling in the acid rain]

Rain? Today, of all days?

[miralines]

Marius

*cue fire elmo*

One Marius coming up!

*****

“Well, Mr. Scorch, this has been *very* illuminating. I’ll have to run some tests, but I believe you suffer from a debilitating case of Seasonal Affective Disorder.”

Mr. Scorch says nothing. Marius pats it gently, reassuring.

“Now, I know this must be a shock, but it explains your symptoms perfectly, and the good news is that most cases respond well to–”

“Why are you talking to the toaster?” Tim asks from behind him. Marius jumps up, hiding his notes behind his back.

“Aha, Tim! You should have knocked! Confidentiality and all–”

Tim groans. “I’m telling Ashes you’re diagnosing the appliances again.” He turns and walks out of the kitchen.

“Wait! No! They’ll take my cooking privileges again!” You prescribe a microwave a bottle of spLexapro one time… how was he to know it would explode?

Tim breaks into a run, and Marius sprints off after him, his patient forgotten.

[stinkyhyena9000]

Real-life question not related to Sing. Do you have memories of Halloween, like what characters you dressed up as?

Hmm I have a couple of memories

Some really early childhood memories are dressing up as a pumpkin, as a power ranger. One year I wore a scary pumpkin mask with a swamp monster costume.

I want to say it was during my time at junior high, I didn't feel like dressing up. That year I wore sweat pants with a homemade printed shirt saying "Phobia" on it.

During freshman(?) year of high school, I dressed up as my among us character (homemade). I still have my shirt from it! That was also my first time ever playing DnD.

I think after that, it might have just been Halloween shirts idk. I've also worked the past two Halloweens, as well as this Halloween too.

This year I am dressing up though for work. I'm gonna be Chili Heeler!

[aroacewxs]

im strangely attached to my house's home appliances. what do you mean these machines have been created to serve a singular purpose for humanity's convenience. what do you mean no matter what, my washing machine will keep washing my clothes even when i turn off the lights and leave it alone in the dark. what do you MEAN

i like to watch my washing machine for a little bit. and appreciate it for being here.