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[–] RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Think of it like this: the annoyance of the microwave telling me my food is done has conditioned me to do what I can to not hear it. It's not about the beep, it's about the response to the beep. When I start clearing the time and entering how long I want to cook I am already agreeing to beeps. Why do that on 2 occasions?

Another way to look at it. Ask yourself, do you have the same habits with a calculator? Don't know about you, but I subconsciously hit clear on a calculator multiple times before using one but why would I clear the resulting number? Maybe I'm conditioned to operate a microwave like a handheld calculator.

Who needs another clock in the kitchen anyway?