Somebody asked why toasters are so primitive, and it generated a lot more heat than you’d expect – 21 favourite comments that popped up

12.

‘We have the more advanced option. The Tefal Beans ‘n’ Toast toaster, which will warm half a tin’s worth of baked beans at the same time as toasting the bread. Truly the scientific marvel of our age.’
–Kian-Tremayne

13.

‘Just wait for the AI toaster coming soon. You’ll be able to choose between blue toast, rare toast, medium rare toast, medium toast, give me your soul toast, medium well toast, and well done toast.’
–LollipopScientist

14.

‘There is a transparent toaster now… so you can see it get to the toasty point you like. I’m not spending £160 for it though.’
–drifterman43

15.

‘Use a fire – even simpler!’
–frownonline

16.

‘I want to know why the UK, the spiritual home of the white sliced loaf, doesn’t sell those square, crustless loafs of bread that fit in the toaster perfectly like the rest of Europe seems to. My local supermarket used to sell crustless bread but it seems to have disappeared.’
–Breaking-Dad-

17.

‘My folks are still using the Dualit they were gifted as a wedding present over 20 years ago. Dad replaces the elements and does a bit of soldering now and then but it’s still perfect. I think we’ve achieved peak toaster a long while ago – twist timer and a lever to manually pop up and down means little to go wrong.’
–Toothfairy29

18.

‘A toaster that won’t electrocute me fishing out my toast with a fork would be nice. I’m too ignorant and lazy to turn it off before anyone suggests it, too.’
–Zealousideal-Cap-383

19.

‘Toasting tech peaked with the grill in your cooker – where you have tonnes of space to lay out breads of all different thicknesses and sizes and manually watch how toasted the bread is before flipping it.

The toaster as an appliance was never needed in the first place, which is why it’s a bit rubbish really.’
–Flat-Transition-1230

20.

‘Bread should be self toasting by now.’
–No-Willingness-4097

21.

‘And why haven’t they reinvented the wheel yet, thats what I wanna know.’
–Peppl

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