I think that’s kind of a human trait, not really unique to America. I’ve never seen any country that didn’t have really nice examples of craftsmanship and design, and really crappy examples of half-assery and corner-cutting.
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Good band name 
I’m picturing a vampire/goth band.
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Mosquito Pop. It’s all at frequencies above 18 kHz, so you can barely perceive it. 
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Ha! Yet it’s somehow deafening when you’re trying to fall asleep in a darkened room.
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Buy a simple silicon brush, brush your fish sticks with some neutral oil, stick em in the air fryer and there you go, Best of both worlds.
The idea you could replace a small counter-top appliance that goes out of the way between uses with an installed oven that’s always there is erm, possible but incredibly stupid. Why not replace your pen by employing a staff of scribes?
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I think in this particular article it’s paid antivirus software, because I guess it affects a lot more people. The air purifier is a close second, though.
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I think the real worst offender is the sticky rodent torturing device. I’ve seen the videos.
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Beat me to it!
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I guess it depends on what I’ve eaten. Sometimes a cooling wipe is refreshing.
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That’s not how metric works.
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You… know you can just ignore the post, right? That Mark isn’t actually addressing this to you?
… or maybe not.
I had one of the first air fryers - the t-fal actifry, I bought it for the promise of food cooked with less oil, then promptly realized I got the same results, as noted here, by using my toaster oven (which has convection). I’m a fan of multi-use tools over single-use ones, but I certainly don’t think pointing out that you may have a device that can do these things already is any more “holier than thou” then trying to shame owners of cold-brew machines is.
I mean, more information good?
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Uh, I don’t think these things existed when Jr. Kidd was an infant, and it wouldn’t have mattered - I quickly became a ninja when it came to wiping the boy because if I didn’t…there was a fountain of pee to contend with.
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You’re right, he should’ve presented his answers in Kelvin.
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I’m always amused when the subject of drinking yesterday’s coffee comes up. Some people will only have a cup that they just made fresh from freshly ground beans, me, I’m with Wally.
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OT, but I once worked on a HUD program and some of the building electricity usage was reported with the units selected: gallons. 
Edited to update energy to electricity, that’s the part that tickled my fancy. Gas or oil might come in gallons (even if that’s not how energy content is reported), electricity does not.
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A lot of people who have never used one are down on air fryers around here.
Apart from soup and noodle dishes I practically lived in a frying pan. I kept the oil down but just got sick of frying everything. But I like fried food. I never used my gas oven. Bought myself a BIG airfryer for $99 bucks for Christmas and have used it daily (sometimes multiple times daily) since. It’s not a toy and has a permanent place on my bench. It’ll cook several small chickens at the same time, and stuff I normally wouldn’t bother with, like wings come out excellent. Did a Turkey thigh but it takes me ages to eat it all, doing the whole beast. Cooks fresh and frozen fish, roast onions and potatoes and it does a very credible steak - like the one I had last night. That it cooks steak so well surprised me. I prefer doing bacon in the air fryer. Sausages - magnifique - there’s a lot of fat in those suckers. Sure I spray a bit of oil where it is due. Fries made with raw potato might not pass the test but frozen fries seem to be loaded with grease anyway so they are no bother. I prefer sweet potato chips anyway. Airfryer food is definitely not bland but I sure would not be spending big bucks on an overpriced model - they all come out of China anyway - even Philips. Just get a big one to avoid disappointment.
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They have windows similar to the ones that are common in Germany in Seattle, Washington, complete with screen.
The bigger problem is that most houses are built with stuff from Home Depot or Lowes and those are a race to the bottom in quality.
Other differences offhand:
- Electric kettles take a long time because they are usually closer to 1200W instead of 3000W
- Doors are usually not fire doors to the outside
- Mortise locks are uncommon
- Usually only one phase of power available instead of three
- Central AC is more common than split unit HVAC
- Pine and sheetrock are typical framing materials
- Towel heaters/bathroom drying racks are less common
- A tub with half glass and handheld sprayer are less common vs fully enclosed or curtain
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My mom lived out the last years of her life believing that I still used a rice cooker every day, as is the way of my people. Let’s just say it was a bit of an issue.
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My parents had windows like that in the North of England, but I admit that they weren’t common there.
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