feeling exceedingly bougie now that i've set up my new electric kettle

note: this is not a political statement, i'm just trying to keep up my neti pot rinses and not die of ameboid illnesses from tap water lol

@wigglytuffitout nowt bougie about an electric kettle

okay, maybe a kettle with a temperature control is a bit, but only a little

@troubleMoney oh i got one that's like stainless steel with a fancy spout and has variable temperature control all the way from 104-212 F.

and not even for making tea. or pour over coffee. or any of the things it suggests. it's exclusively for sitting in my bathroom and boiling distilled water

Rather Bougie

@wigglytuffitout okay yeah that's a bit bougie, keep it in the kitchen and use it for tea and/or coffee occasionally to avoid the bougie-ness

@troubleMoney i might use it for hot cocoa from time to time when i don't feel like walking to the other end of the house tbh

complicating this: i am horridly american and all but the cheapest of electric kettles often end up feeling bougie as fuck because "why wouldn't you just microwave some water"

@wigglytuffitout microwave... water...?

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU YANKS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE TEA LIKE CIVILISED PEOPLE?!?!?

LAST TIME YOU TRIED MAKING IT IN A BLOODY HARBOUR!

THE WATER'S TOO COLD AND SALTY IN A HARBOUR YOU DAMNED COLONIALS!

@troubleMoney oh i can make this so much worse. so very very much worse.

i'm from the south

y'all ever heard a recipe for southern style sweet iced tea

@wigglytuffitout LALALALALALA NOT LISTENING!

@troubleMoney we literally add so much sugar to it that it must be added while the tea is hot because otherwise we won't be able to get it to supersaturate in properly

i am not making this up

@wigglytuffitout we made the right decision spending effort to keep india rather than you lot