Hot take: you don't need a microwave oven at all. I've been living without one for 12 years now and I don't miss it. It's surprisingly rare for the instructions on food packaging to require a microwave; they almost always have options for ovens or stoves, too.

You don't even need a heat source if all you eat is take out!

Not having a small and convenient way to heat food is nothing to be smug about. Microwaves are convenient for heating some types of foods in a small and efficient way. Like leftovers.

I get the convenience of microwave ovens, but they are, like a lot of things that are convenient, a sacrifice of quality. I’ve never found something that could be reheated in a microwave to taste better than something I reheated in a toaster oven or on the stove top, and both of those options are only marginally slower than a Microwave for significantly better results.