Reina Jul 22, 2023
I seriously hate touch interfaces on appliances. Especially on cooking tops. Please stop it. It's not cool. It's not modern. It's a nuisance. Bring back physical dials and buttons.
Show threadOfficially Tara 🕷️  🌹Jul 22, 2023

@reina but isn't it cool how sleek and modern they are? and how they don't work if your hands are a little dirty? but certainly that never happens in the kitchen.

wait you didn't intend to *cook*, did you!?

🙃🙃🙃🙃

Show threadapophis
@tarajdactyl @reina my accelerationist instincts keep telling me that if they started making these for restaurant kitchens i think we might have a real chance at a revolution
Jul 22, 2023 at 11:45pmWeb
Show threadOfficially Tara 🕷️  🌹Jul 22, 2023
@apophis @reina i suspect they are marketed for shiny kitchens that never get used. hopefully nobody will ever buy them for restaurant kitchens.
Show threadapophisJul 22, 2023
@tarajdactyl @reina shiny kitchens for "luxury apartments" that are designed only to appeal to speculators and landlords

...hence why they need to be illegal because no market force is going to go against this no matter how bad it actually is
Show threadOfficially Tara 🕷️  🌹Jul 23, 2023
@apophis @reina YES
Show threadOfficially Tara 🕷️  🌹Jul 23, 2023

@apophis @reina gosh how i hate that phrase. "luxury apartment" just means overpriced and impractical.

it means they took perfectly fine apartments and "renovated" them, with cheap crappy veneer of luxury on top of absolutely worthless junk so that they can charge "market rates"

Show threadReina Jul 23, 2023
@tarajdactyl @apophis For some reason I can't see @apophis's replies on my end? I can't seem to find your instance in either my personal blocklist or the instance's blocklist, nor have I muted or blocked you so idk what's going on?
Show threadOfficially Tara 🕷️  🌹Jul 23, 2023
@reina @apophis oh very weird. they mention you in every toot, so you definitely should see them.
Show threadapophisJul 23, 2023
@tarajdactyl @reina it doesn't look like either of our instances blocks the other so i guess it's just one of those random federation failures that happens sometimes
Show threadReina Jul 23, 2023
@tarajdactyl @apophis Yeah, I can see them by checking your replies from your instance perspective, so I've seen them, but it's really weird yeah
Show threadChristmas BakingJul 23, 2023
@tarajdactyl @apophis @reina My godson lives in Sweden and has an ikea stove with touch sensors. Ikea’s whole thing is making stuff to be used! We’ve cooked for his family in that kitchen and we were continuously asking “what does THAT beep mean?” “What number should I set it to?” (He’s also a UX guy and rants regularly about it.) (He did not chose it; the builder did.)
Show threadOfficially Tara 🕷️  🌹Jul 23, 2023
@ChristmasBaking @apophis @reina "He did not choose it; the builder did" - exactly! nobody who cooks would choose one of these monstrosities!
Show threadReina Jul 23, 2023
@tarajdactyl @ChristmasBaking @apophis I chose it but only because I didn't have any other alternatives. It was this induction top or electric heating top. If I had the choice if knobs, I'd pick it in a heartbeat. Though at this point it's money stopping me, as now I can switch it out freely.