1 yr. ago • 95%

what are these floating on the surface

These were from water we just boiled

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that's limescale

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- Limescale from the tap, or a dirty dish with limescale.
  
  Either way it's harmless.
  
  This is why water softeners, aka soft water is a thing in many US homes.
  
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0bMbAC2ek6o
  
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- The kettle doesn't have whitish looking residue though. It's spotty specks of grey that leaves chalky white powder on my finger when I wipe them, is that still limestone?
  
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  Yup. It takes a minute for the scale to build up on the metal.
  
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  Maybe the kettle has some kind of non-sticking internal surface?
  
  Yes, that sounds like limescale.
  
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And I thought my water was hard. Ha he ho ha ha he he ho

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- hard water goes hard
  
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The pot you boiled the water in has fats stuck to the bottom which came unstuck during the boiling.

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- Could you explain how fats would end up in kettles? Since tap water should be the only thing going in
  
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  Kitchens can be very greasy places. Do you ever cook food in a pan near your kettle? It could also be from whatever container you poured the hot water in.
  
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  What container is the water in? If it is a mixing cup or glass cup, there will likely be residual fats that linger after washing. There are also various grease,s fats, and other lipids in you water pipes, faucets, and the kitchen air since particles linger around. Everything in a kitchen will start to develop a small film of grease if it isn't cleaned constantly. It's not harmful and you have been consuming it for literally your entire life
  
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  Something else I've noticed about my own kettle that might be contributing. I store my kettle very near or sometimes just on my stovetop. If you fry anything nearby, even with a wipe down/cleaning you can still get small amounts of fat splatter on enough of the kettle that some of it may be making it's way into the spout or underside of the lid that then gets mixed in by the steam inside when you boil water next.
  
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  Should be, but did someone boil milk at some point?
  
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Is it a dusty room?

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- The whole apartment looks pretty clean, but the base of the kettle looked a little funky. Only realised it after drinking a cup of water
  
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  Do you know if it's a hard water area? It may just be calcium.
  
  When you say "funky", was it a little furry and white? If so, that's probably calcium deposits (aka "limescale").
  
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- mfw I saw the surface of the water right after drinking a full cup from it
  
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- Lol. Minerals?
  
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This is way better than the poop guy

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- I don't wanna know what that is but part of me is aching to know
  
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  give it a few days & that ache will mature into a stabbing sensation
  
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  There's few poop guys you should know of
  
  poop-throwing shower guy Classic ragecomic from 9gag
  
  poop knife a reddit legend
  
  3 days without pooping Lemmy original
  
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Another picture

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- That looks suspiciously like Havva...
  
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  Hava nice day??
  
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shmegma

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- I thought putting milk in a kettle was weird enough. Putting unwashed dicks too??
  
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Those are porn bots

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