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by nonethewiser 1286 days ago
Why cant you currently do those things then?
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I'm unaware of a clothes washing machine currently on the market that finishes the job in seconds. I believe that the technology has yet to be introduced.
When it is, how many seconds-long washings will my cheaply-made shirts survive? My guess is nearly one.
I suppose that you don't remember when the microwave oven was introduced. Food warm in 60 seconds? Nuking it? It will destroy all the nutritional value, it was said. I remember people, including my family, excusing the fact that we owned a microwave oven with the phrase "hospitals use it".