Microwaves are pretty user-friendly.
Usually the buttons are fairly standard and self-explanatory, like “defrost,” or “reheat,” and can even be specific to types of foods that should be heated using specific settings.
So when one Twitter user discovered a troubling button, a bit of panic ensued:
why does my microwave have a CHAOS MODE pic.twitter.com/feV8M6uxQx
— aoife (@AoifeeO) September 12, 2017
If that wasn’t the button you noticed, then it was most certainly “Jacket Potatoes:”
Everyone deserves to look and feel stylish in the manner of their choosing
— sparkletone (@sparkletone) September 14, 2017
Wait, do you not microwave your chaos emeralds?
— literally a ghost (@fixverified) September 13, 2017
How else are you gonna Control the Chaos? pic.twitter.com/NAYXWkcItL
— InquisitiveRavenclaw (@InquisitiveRav) September 14, 2017
— ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ & Knuckles (@Rokashi) September 14, 2017
Chaos… DEFROST! pic.twitter.com/MljWFYs8Zu
— Tina Russell ??? (@Tina_Russell) September 14, 2017
There were some other theories:
Chaos Defrost was one of my favourite 80s rappers.
— Mike T (@CiderBotherer) September 13, 2017
Apparently your microwave is running the country.
— Roland Keogh (@re_keogh) September 13, 2017
Let’s MAke Hell Hot Again… #MAHHA
— Jan-Kjetil Jess (@JanKjetilJess) September 13, 2017
Maybe for when these get out of control? pic.twitter.com/yXeSz4kL2z
— lynn boyden (@lrb23) September 15, 2017
For this pic.twitter.com/72TTEJBILi
— ? baby boy ? (@SatansLilPrince) September 14, 2017
Pretty much what’s going on pic.twitter.com/4CnJY02FZ7
— Derrick Koooooooooo (@SanKoJin7) September 15, 2017
— Xyblade Blaxen (@XybladeBlaxen) September 14, 2017
People wanted to see the button in action:
Press it and you’ll find out. We’ll all find out.
— Miles Moss (@PoshElectrician) September 13, 2017
Press it, press it, press it lol
— -JD- (@emeraldguy15) September 13, 2017
A kindly Redditor explained what “chaos defrost” means, since apparently most people were puzzled:
Or, basically:
Its because the microwaves are applied in random pulses for statistically more even distribution of energy to a wide variety of items.
— Raven Luni (@Raven_Luni) September 14, 2017
Still, the name is a bit alarming:
Happy microwaving, everyone!
