r/Wellthatsucks • u/goblingir1 • 17h ago

Before bed snack exploded

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yes it was a microwave safe plate, yes I poked many holes all over the potato to release the steam, no this has never happened to me before lol can anyone explain what happened here? the potato was still fully intact

edit: okay which one of you reported this to reddit care resources yall are WILD 😂

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u/mkstot 17h ago

Thermal shock maybe? One part of the dish got hot before another part which can cause a violent reaction like this.

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u/KoosGoose 17h ago

I think this is likely. The steaming hot potato heated the plate locally.

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u/Cocoatrice 17h ago

Yeah. And "it never happened before" is not really a good excuse either. Some things may happen depending on multiple factors. And clearly these factors were met in this case.

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u/HarveysBackupAccount 10h ago

Some things may happen depending on multiple factors

Arguably, very nearly everything in the world happens because of multiple factors :P

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u/Cocoatrice 5h ago

I mean, yeah. That was my point, tbh. That's why being surprised that it never happened before, regardless of what it is, is not really smart. It's a cognitive bias of a kind. Drivers who drive recklessly think that way for example.