Basically the smaller two digits always count as seconds and when they hit zero, it subtracts 1 from the larger two digits and carries 60 seconds over.

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TheSecurityNinja 24 points 3 years ago

This hurt my brain so badly I had to walk over to my microwave to figure it out.

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Technus 16 points 3 years ago

I was like "are people that dumb that they'll type in 100 seconds and the microwave just changes it to a minute instead"

But then I realized I was the idiot.

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Pencilnoob 5 points 3 years ago

Your comment made me laugh, well done

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xusontha 8 points 3 years ago

I had to hold my hand up and type it into an imaginary microwave to get it too lol

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Xusontha 1 point 3 years ago

Ignore me

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Xusontha 1 point 3 years ago

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shadshack 20 points 3 years ago

You guys use more than just the +30 button? Weird.

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affiliate 3 points 3 years ago

my latest microwave only has a knob you can turn to set the time. the microwave starts a couple seconds after you stop turning the knob. i’m in heaven

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mypasswordis1234 17 points 3 years ago

99 is 0:99 so 99 seconds. 100 is 1:00 so 1 minute so 60 seconds

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killeronthecorner 12 points 3 years ago

199 is 2m39s yes total normal nothing to see here

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alienzx 3 points 3 years ago

But 139 is a minute less....

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affiliate 2 points 3 years ago

this is truly terrible. they’ve gone and made 99 = 139

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xusontha 14 points 3 years ago

You see, it's because two digit numbers follow newtonian physics while three digit numbers follow quantum physics

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southsamurai 1 point 3 years ago

Nah, it's 120 seconds for me

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ech 14 points 3 years ago

Don't be mixing number systems with different bases, y'all.

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clanginator 6 points 3 years ago

That's called Microsoft math

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OpenStars 5 points 3 years ago

99 > 100, seems legit

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bastian_5 3 points 3 years ago

If you type 9,999 your house burns down

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HurlingDurling 3 points 3 years ago

Typing 666 could do it as well depending on what you have in the microwave

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June 1 point 3 years ago

Things bogged the fuck out of me forever

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EdibleFriend 1 point 3 years ago

....magnets

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crusty 1 point 3 years ago

...magnetrons

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criitz 1 point 3 years ago

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