A Twitter user from the UK shared a screengrab of an article titled, “A quick and easy way to heat water without using a stove.” The article was a call for Americans to “consider an electric kettle.” A user named Stephen Roberts wrote in the following tweet, “I absolutely will not hear from Americans criticizing our laundry racks after this.”
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The New York Times, 2022 pic.twitter.com/pbGGOsAiHp
— Stephen Roberts (@stefanroberts) June 29, 2022
I absolutely won’t hear from Americans criticizing our clothes dryer racks after this.
— Stephen Roberts (@stefanroberts) June 29, 2022
Screenshot of The New York Times article went viral with not only British but Australians contributing to the comedic jabs thrown at Americans. Since being shared, the tweet has garnered over 45,000 likes and innumerable reactions from Twitter users.
One user wrote, “If kettles are novel to Americans, a tap of boiling water will blow their minds.”
If kettles are novel to Americans, a tap of boiling water will blow their minds. https://t.co/K2OhgPad48
— Alan Robertson (@dba_hba) 2 July 2022
Another user said, “Coming from the tea culture, but growing up in America, it was so weird how many of my friends didn’t know what an electric kettle was.”
Coming from a tea culture but grew up in America it was so weird that how many of my friends didn’t know what an electric kettle was https://t.co/A0w8OUMgMk
— Ali A. Olomi (@aaolomi) 30 June 2022
One user commented, “America really lives in the past.”
America really lives in the past. https://t.co/Fg4dmEYvlZ
— Melanie Van Wyk (@melvanwykct) 30 June 2022
“The year is 2022. The New York Times just discovered the kettle,” wrote this user.
The year is 2022. The New York Times just discovered the kettle. https://t.co/gwJdxtXpUR
— sarah holland-batt (@the_shb) June 29, 2022
One user sarcastically said, “Welcome to the American friends of the future,” and went on to explain the application of this “useful technology.”
Welcome to future American friends. This technique is really useful. We have been using it for over half a century and we have never looked back. And yes, can it also be used for cooking such as quick cooking. https://t.co/vM1jsZdoTg
— Palli Thordarson (@palli Thordarson) June 29, 2022
Here are some other reactions to the tweet:
One of my favorite styles of tips on the internet given by American people searching for kettles is https://t.co/zdjP7K9nfB
— Rachel Wheeler (@rachelhappyface) June 29, 2022
We need to investigate this phenomenon in America that continues to be mind-blowing by the existence of kettles. Boiling water in the microwave, ffs.
I know it has to do with short power supplies to the outlets, but still. https://t.co/qGlzvapt8o pic.twitter.com/OQGNpIUQA1
— elizabeth (@strengthtodream) June 29, 2022
look outside. The Yanks have finally found the kettle. https://t.co/fQJcJCBKJY
— John Bull (@garius) June 29, 2022
Americans can’t wait to find out that running water is cleaner and more hygienic than toilet paper. https://t.co/reMmmjBjjS
— Sandhya Ramesh (@sandygrains) 30 June 2022
Tea culture is widely practiced among British, Australian and Indian peoples in other parts of the world. America has yet to wrap the idea of hot tea around its head and a user has provided video proof of it. The clip shows how an “American Girl” makes tea by heating water in the microwave.
watch:
it gets worse. very bad. Even scary. pic.twitter.com/8rggSsGvZ3
— Fetch News (@_FeachNews) June 29, 2022
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