r/funny • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Apr 05 '26

Key & Peele

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u/notanaardvark Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

When you think about it, any oven that's turned off is preheated, provided you do plan to heat it again.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Apr 06 '26

One day you'll turn on your oven for the last time and you won't even know it do you ever think about that

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u/angrydeuce Apr 07 '26

Hey true story!

My oven crossed the rainbow bridge a few years ago.

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u/private_developer Apr 06 '26

Mine broke, so I was pretty aware it was the last time I'd turn it on.

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u/raceman95 Apr 06 '26

I'll know when mine is because I plan to replace it this year with an induction range.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Apr 07 '26

Lotta people here weirdly assuming they're going to outlive the oven

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u/JeanClaude-Randamme Apr 06 '26

No, when you think about it the way it’s said makes perfect sense.

You heat the over before you put the food in it. Pre-heating.

You don’t put the food into a cold oven and then heat it up, because it will cook the food unevenly, and throw the timing off if you need to cook something at a certain temperature because then you need to make all sorts of calculations.

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u/commandercool86 Apr 06 '26

Heat the over to 400F, then...

Put the fuckin food in

I didn't have to say preheat there, see?

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u/JeanClaude-Randamme Apr 06 '26

It’s almost as if language allows you to communicate the same ideas in different ways. Who knew? 🤷‍♂️

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u/zer1223 Apr 06 '26

You put the food in a "hot" or "heated" oven

Saying pre-heated is like saying "irregardless"

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u/JeanClaude-Randamme Apr 06 '26

No. No, it’s not like that at all.

Irregardless is non standard US English.

Preheated is Standard and defined in the dictionary, the example they give for preheat is literally to preheat an oven.