• kevindqc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is it a design flaw if someone uses the toaster in a way it’s clearly not intended for, and food touches the hot elements and catches fire?

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      1 year ago

      Tired of burning your house down when you want to use your toaster toske something not toast? Introducing the toaster oven. For when you want to toast something besides bread.

    • SoJB@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      This is an incredibly American attitude. The appliance clearly has a commonly occurring misuse that puts consumers at risk of burning their neighborhood down.

      It would be a trivial addition to put a physical deadman’a switch on the bottom, exactly like what space heaters use.

      The role of government and regulation is to serve and protect the people. I cannot believe you are unironically advocating that corporations should just put out whatever dangerous products they want with no repercussions just because there is one specific way to use it “correctly”.

      Nevermind the million things that could happen. Cat knocks it over. Disabled or elderly person? Stoned college kid? Child?

      I guess it’s all about pErSoNaL rEsPoNsiBilItY when it benefits you, and all about collectivism when it only benefits you huh?

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        1 year ago

        Dude what the fuck are you on about. Plenty of products have safety measures in place because we have federal systems to regulate them.

        You can’t just cherry pick one example and then say America bad. What a fucking .ml tier take.