Microwaves are not to be fucked with. Microwaves are produced inside the oven by an electron tube called a magnetron. The microwaves are then reflected within the metal interior of the oven where they are absorbed by food.
When a magnetron bombards another magnetron with microwaves it produces a feedback loop that can result in an explosion. This phenomenon was first recorded in 1998, the same year that The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.
Someone once said, after a long day of volunteering, if you don't have enough time for a nice shower, a nice fresh pair of socks does so much good for you.
Screw that, I'm just taking a later lunch then. It they don't like it, they can take it up with the Department of Labor to see what they think of making employees attend a meeting during their breaks.
Just another way business downloads costs into it’s employees. Can’t improve working conditions with W@H, vacation, sicktime, work load, shorter hours or pay raises. Instead everyone gets $1.00 a pay taken off for the EAP program so they can watch webinars on mindfulness in their own time.
Someone above mentioned that magnetron bombarded by another magnetron can cause a feedback loop thus causing the explosion. I am not exactly sure if that is scientifically correct but that could be one explanation for the explosion.
But yeah the rest of the story is probably just a meme story.
Nice, It’s hard to seperate science from meme these days you know. Back in my day, people wouldn’t make such jokes but oh Wait I am still 23. Good times.
Jokes aside, the magnetron is just a vacuum tube surrounded by a big heatsink. It could implode but the vacuum volume is tiny and the metal inside and outside will prevent glass from flying everywhere, unlike a B/W CRT. There is also a transformer, HV capacitor, fan, a tray motor, a mechanical or electronic timer, lightbulb, high voltage diode and fuse, bimetallic contactors (thermal fuses), safety switches, interference filter and smooth start circuitry. None of this can really explode but will get hot in presence of microwaves, burning plastic and other materials, producing caustic smoke.
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