CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 17 days agoThis building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwavelemmy.worldimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down15
arrow-up1501arrow-down1imageThis building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwavelemmy.worldCommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareItdidnttrickledown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·16 days agoSomeone here may have already pointed out why these warning exsisted but the pace makers that were in use back in the 70’s and 80’s would sometime malfunction around microwave ovens. The signs were to reduce liability.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·16 days agoIt was an important plot point in an early episode of The Simpsons.
Someone here may have already pointed out why these warning exsisted but the pace makers that were in use back in the 70’s and 80’s would sometime malfunction around microwave ovens. The signs were to reduce liability.
It was an important plot point in an early episode of The Simpsons.
Always has been