CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoThis building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwavelemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down14
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageThis building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwavelemmy.worldCommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareItdidnttrickledown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·14 hours 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-up5·7 hours 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