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I hate that microwaves have to beep like R2-D2 everytime you push a fucking button. I was in a crappy hotel room once, and in that room was a microwave from the '90s. That thing had an analog timer and dials and physical buttons and shit. No crappy capacitive touch sensors. It was amazing. Every microwave should be like that. Oh, and when the food was done you heard a ding (LIKE A FUCKING BELL!) and that was the only sound it made aside from the ooooooooooooo sound of the thing. It was amazing. I still long for a microwave like that one.
I’ve seen a few newer models that have a silence mode. If you have a newer microwave you may want to look into it.
Yeah, but nothing will beat that old fossil. It truly was the perfect microwave.
I’ve silenced my microwave and I’ve never looked back!!
I haven’t had a microwave in a decade and have zero regrets. Every now and then it would be handy, but it’s really not a necessity.