Clockwise or counter-clockwise?

[Out Of Bubblegum]

If you don't know what those words mean, ask your parents.

Does a microwave oven heat better when the plate turns clockwise or when it turns counter clockwise? And don't try and tell me it's the same.
Just because I look dumb does not mean that I am not that stupid.

:)

[s w e k]

never paid attention to that

[Affronter]

Righty-tightie , lefty-loosie

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Originalmente postado por Affronter:

Righty-tightie , lefty-loosie

Except when you have a left hand threaded screw.

[kbiz]

It should be the same. it doesn't make logical sense - since the food is in the same spots during each rotation.

[Fosty]

900 DOLLARYDOOS?!

[Enterprofilenamehere]

My microwave doesn't have a turntable at all.

Originalmente postado por Affronter:

Righty-tightie , lefty-loosie

That expression has never made sense to me. How does it make it easier to remember which way to turn things when it isn't clear which way is right and left? How does one turn a circular object right or left? It makes no sense.

[Electric Cupcake]

The microwave I grew up with didn't even have a rotating plate at all.

Upon visiting my grandmother's place and seeing her's rotate what was in it totally blew my mind.

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

Hold on, I am gonna microwave a burger brb.

EDIT:
It goes both ways. After four tries I observed it go clockwise first, on second counter-clockwise, on third clockwise and on fourth counter-clockwise. Intriguing design.

[Enterprofilenamehere]

Originalmente postado por Q-T_3.14.exe:

Hold on, I am gonna microwave a burger brb.

EDIT:
It goes both ways. After four tries I observed it go clockwise first, on second counter-clockwise, on third clockwise and on fourth counter-clockwise. Intriguing design.

Maybe if it went the same direction every time it would eventually unscrew itself.

[SMIFFY]

It's pronounced "anti-clockwise".

[kbiz]

Originalmente postado por Enterprofilenamehere:

Originalmente postado por Affronter:

Righty-tightie , lefty-loosie

That expression has never made sense to me.

It's a mnemonic. It's like a clock. Is the screw rotating left or right past the 12 o'clock position.

[GunsForBucks]

Originalmente postado por Munithe EXT:

the water goes down the hole the opposite way in the southern hemisphere

Coriolis effect

[Othobrithol]

Originalmente postado por Out Of Bubblegum:

Just because I look dumb does not mean that I am not that stupid.

I don't not think you are half as dumb as you want us to think you don't pretend to be, but certainly not twice as stupid as you aren't.

[kbiz]

Originalmente postado por SMIFFY:

It's pronounced "anti-clockwise".

Counter-clockwise in the States.

[Enterprofilenamehere]

Originalmente postado por kbiz:

Originalmente postado por Enterprofilenamehere:

That expression has never made sense to me.

It's a mnemonic. It's like a clock. Is the screw rotating left or right past the 12 o'clock position.

Problem is that most kids trying to learn aren't going to think about analog clocks when told that, or might not know which way the hands on the clock turn either.

Originalmente postado por Munithe EXT:

the water goes down the hole the opposite way in the southern hemisphere

If you're talking about toilets this isn't true. The Coriolis effect is negligible at small scales like this. The way the water swirls is nearly entirely dependent on the design of the toilet. Outside of toilets with whirlpools and whatnot the direction is mostly influenced by the direction of water currents and waves etc. as it forms. Even tornadoes don't always rotate in the direction they "should" depending on what hemisphere they are in, though they usually do as they are at a large enough scale to be significantly affected by the Coriolis effect.